Datasheet

Support statements for SVC Metro and Global Mirror:

 Both SVC Metro Mirror and Global Mirror are supported by IBM i as a client of VIOS on

both IBM Power servers and IBM Power blades.

 Only full-system replication is supported.

 Replication of IASPs with Metro Mirror or Global Mirror is not supported.

 Both Metro Mirror and Global Mirror are supported for a planned switchover (IBM i

production partition is powered off).

 Both Metro Mirror and Global Mirror are supported for an unplanned failover (IBM i

production partition is running).

 Suspend and resume in case of link failure between SVC clusters is supported for both

Metro Mirror and Global Mirror.

For assistance with using SVC Metro and Global Mirror with IBM i, contact IBM Lab Services

using the following website: http://www.ibm.com/systems/services/labservices/contact.html.

12.3 XIV Copy Services and IBM i

IBM has conducted some basic functional testing of XIV System Storage Copy Services with IBM

i as client of VIOS. The following lists is the resulting statements of support for using XIV Copy

Services with IBM i.

Snapshots and Volume Copy:

 XIV snapshots and Volume Copy are supported by IBM i as a client of VIOS on both IBM

Power servers and IBM Power blades.

 Full-system snapshots and Volume Copy when the production IBM i logical partition

(LPAR) is powered off are supported.

 Full-system snapshots and Volume Copy when the production IBM i LPAR is in restricted

state are supported.

 Full-system snapshots and Volume Copy of the production IBM i logical partition (LPAR)

after using the IBM i 6.1 memory flush to disk (quiesce) function are supported.

 Full-system snapshots and Volume Copy when the production IBM i LPAR is running are

not supported.

 Snapshots and Volume Copy of iASPs are not supported.

Remote Mirror:

 XIV Remote Mirror (synchronous replication) is supported by IBM i as a client of VIOS on

both IBM Power servers and IBM Power blades

 XIV asynchronous replication is also supported by IBM i as a client of VIOS on both IBM

Power servers and IBM Power blades

 Only full-system replication is supported

 Replication of IASPs with Remote Mirror is not supported

 Remote Mirror is supported for a planned switchover (IBM i production partition is

powered off)

 Remote Mirror is supported for an unplanned failover (IBM i production partition is

running)