IBM z/OS DFSMS Cloud Data Manager extends your journey to cloud storage by helping you use object storage for z/OS data.
Migrating large amounts of existing DFSMShsm Migration Level 2 (ML2) data sets to Migration Level Cloud (MLC) enables you to:
Writing and reading z/OS data sets to and from S3-capable cloud storage at scale enables you to share z/OS data with other platforms and other z/OS sysplexes by using consistent and secure methodologies.
Retain critical historical accuracy of data set while migrating data to cloud objects as the date last referenced and the migration date remain unchanged.
Use IBM transparent cloud tiering to remigrate data to cloud objects with minimal z/OS host processing.
Use cloud object storage for sharing z/OS data with other z/OS sysplexes and other platforms
Tuning options enables you to migrate data sets to the cloud without impacting DFSMShsm production workloads.
Cloud Object Storage allows you to migrate DFSMShsm ML2 tape data to any S3-compatible object storage. You can use existing on-premises or off-premises cloud storage for storing cold data.
The TS7700 tape subsystem facilitates the migration of DFSMShsm ML2 tape data to cloud objects, reducing recycle processing time and replacing serial access with direct data access.
Cloud object storage provides a universal method for sharing data across platforms. Cloud Data Manager uses this storage for sharing z/OS data with other platforms and with other z/OS sysplexes.
Move vast amounts of cold data from tape to Cloud Object Storage. Easily find and select DFSMShsm-managed ML2 tape data by last migration date to migrate from ML2 to MLC.
Create new policies or update existing policies that were defined years or decades ago for existing ML2 data. Use DFSMScdm to migrate existing ML2 data according to new or updated policies.
Replace existing inconsistent processes, such as FTP and NFS, with a consistent and controlled methodology to share z/OS data at scale.
The requirements are as follows after the installation of Shopz:
These are the specific support required to use IBM transparent cloud tiering for data migration to the cloud:
IBM transparent cloud tiering requires VED 5.3 or later for the TS7700 target.
These are the requirements needed for z/OS DFSMS Cloud Data Manager: