Computer Drive User Manual

Table Of Contents

Preface

This IBM Redbook will help you plan, install, and configure the IBM System Storage DS6000

Copy Services functions in System z™ environments, and provides the details you need to

implement and manage these functions. The book includes hints and tips.

This document is intended to help you either to design and set up a new Copy Services

installation, or to migrate from an existing installation. It also addresses functionality and

terminology differences from other IBM Copy Services products.

You can read this book in conjunction with the IBM Redbook IBM System Storage DS6000

Series: Architecture and Implementation, SG24-6781. You may also wish to refer to the

companion IBM Redbook for the DS6000 that supports the configuration of the Copy

Services functions in open systems environments, IBM System Storage DS6000 Series:

Copy Services in Open Environments, SG24-6783.

The team that wrote this redbook

This redbook was produced in Mainz, Germany, by a team of specialists from around the

world working for the International Technical Support Organization, San Jose Center.

Gustavo Castets is a Certified IBM IT Specialist and Project Leader working for the IBM

International Technical Support Organization, San Jose Center. While in San Jose, from

2001 to 2004, he co-authored twelve IBM Redbooks and taught IBM classes worldwide in the

area of disk storage systems. Before joining the ITSO, Gustavo was based in Buenos Aires,

where he worked in different technical sales support positions for more than 22 years. Today,

in addition to his work with the ITSO, he works for IBM Global Delivery in Argentina as a

Storage Specialist supporting US and European accounts.

Bert Dufrasne is a Certified Consulting IT Specialist and Project Leader for IBM TotalStorage

and System Storage products at the International Technical Support Organization, San Jose

Center. He has worked at IBM in various IT areas. Before joining the ITSO, he worked for IBM

Global Services as an Application Architect. Bert holds a degree in Electrical Engineering.

Stephen Baird is an IT Specialist with IBM Global Services. He joined IBM in 1999, working

in Open Systems Server Performance Management and Capacity Planning. Since 2002, he

has worked in Storage Area Network and Disk Storage subsystem support, and has gained

experience with Brocade, Cisco, and McData fiber channel switches and directors as well as

DS8000, DS4000™, and ESS series hardware. Stephen holds a degree in Mechanical

Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, MA.

Werner Bauer is a Certified Consulting IT Specialist in Germany. He has 26 years of

experience in Storage software and hardware, as well as with S/390® and z/OS. His areas of

expertise include Disaster Recovery solutions for enterprises utilizing the unique capabilities

and features of the IBM Disk Storage Servers, ESS and DS6000/DS8000. Werner

co-authored IBM Redbooks about Transactional VSAM, DS6000™/DS8000 Concepts and

Architecture, and DS6000/DS8000 Copy Services. He holds a degree in Economics from the

University of Heidelberg and a degree in Mechanical Engineering from FH Heilbronn.

Denise Brown is a Software Engineer at the IBM Open Systems Level Test Lab in Tucson,

Arizona. She has been working with IBM Storage for the past four years, with experience in

Storage software and hardware in an Open System environment. Her current areas of focus