Dynamic target allocation
This solution creates dynamic target volumes on the storage system during a backup operation.
During the backup process, target volumes are created dynamically and allocated on
demand. IBM® Storage Protect
Snapshot uses the Storwize® family or SAN Volume Controller command line interface (CLI) to communicate with
the storage system. You do not need to install a Common Information Model (CIM) server.
Tip: Ensure that OpenSSH is installed on the Production and Backup servers. During the
configuration process, you are prompted for the location of the OpenSSH binary.
Important: Using the MAX_VERSIONS
parameter in the CLIENT section of the
profile, specify the number of backups to retain. Use a specific number of backups to retain or use
the ADAPTIVE option for each DEVICE_CLASS for
DEVICE_CLASS<SVCDTA>.
In SAN Volume Controller environments where the source volumes of a backup are mirrored internally and the copies are in two different SAN Volume Controller storage pools, the storage pool for the target volumes is not automatically determined. You must specify the target storage pool with the SVC_POOLNAME parameter in the DEVICE_CLASS section of the IBM Storage Protect Snapshot profile when the COPYSERVICES_REMOTE is YES.