IBM GDPS

Continuous availability and rapid recovery

IBM® GDPS® is a family of disaster recovery and resiliency solutions built on IBM Parallel Sysplex® technology. It automates storage management, remote copy configuration, and failover across dispersed sites. With clustering, automation, and storage replication, GDPS ensures continuous availability, minimizes downtime, and enables rapid recovery from outages or cyber threats.

Summary of features for GDPS 4.9

Continuous availability

Ensures seamless operations by automatically switching workloads to alternate sites, minimizing downtime.

Multi-site resilience

Supports synchronous and asynchronous replication for data integrity, rapid recovery, and business continuity.

Cyber resilience and data protection

Isolate and recover from cyberattacks or corruption using secured, tamper-proof backups.

Intelligent automation and compliance

Reduces manual intervention with orchestration, real-time monitoring, and support for regulatory requirements.

Solutions

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Enables secure point-in-time copies of the critical source data and helps restore corrupted or deleted data.

GDPS Metro

Provides automation, synchronous replication (Metro Mirror), and HyperSwap.

GDPS Global-GM

Orchestrates the recovery of systems that are using asynchronous replication (Global Mirror).

GDPS Metro Global–GM

Combines the local near-continuous availability of GDPS Metro with the unlimited distance recovery options provided by GDPS Global.

GDPS Continuous Availability

Near real-time replication to update data to a second instance of a workload and to manage the distribution of work across both.

Resources

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This automated, customized solution manages storage, remote copy, and Parallel Sysplex operations for seamless failure recovery.

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Qualified DWDM vendors

Find products tested and qualified by IBM for use in GDPS environment and Server Time Protocol (STP).

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Protect your business with IBM Z Cyber Vault

Learn why you need to protect your business with IBM Z Cyber Vault to help you identify and rapidly recover from a cyber-attack if one affects your business.

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Disaster recovery for Linux on System z

Learn how to provide disaster recovery and high availability for Linux® on IBM Z using GDPS and IBM Tivoli® System Automation.

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Training and skills

Explore courses and earn a GDPS Fundamentals badge by completing the course that provides foundational knowledge needed for on-the-job expertise.

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Previous release: GDPS 4.7

Features of release 4.7 include the addition of Dual Control mode for LCP Manager, enhancements to Role-Based Security and GDPS Link Management.

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Previous release: GDPS 4.8

Features of release 4.8 include the new GDPS Solutions Management feature, support for MGM 6-site topologies, and Role-Based Security enhancements.

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Comparative assessment

Read Zibis Group’s assessment of the IBM Z Cyber Vault solution in comparison to offerings from HW vendors Dell and Hitachi, and from the SW vendors BMC/Broadcom/Rocket.

Qualification reports

IBM products

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Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform™

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EMC

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