IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700 with R3.0

IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700 with R3.0

by Larry Coyne, Katja Denefleh, Joe Hew, Rex Newton, Aderson Pacini, David Reich, Michael Scott, Chen Zhu
Released October 2013
Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
ISBN: 9780738438580

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Book description

This IBM® Redbooks® publication highlights TS7700 Virtualization Engine Release 3.0. It is intended for system architects who want to integrate their storage systems for smoother operation. The IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700 offers a modular, scalable, and high-performing architecture for mainframe tape virtualization for the IBM System z® environment. It integrates 3592 Tape Drives, high-performance disks, and a new disk cache subsystem into a storage hierarchy. This storage hierarchy is managed by robust storage management firmware with extensive self-management capability. It includes the following advanced functions:

  • Policy management to control physical volume pooling

  • Cache management

  • Dual copy, including across a grid network

  • Copy mode control


The TS7700 Virtualization Engine offers enhanced statistical reporting. It also includes a standards-based management interface for TS7700 Virtualization Engine management.

The new IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700 Release 3.0 continues the next generation of TS7700 Virtualization Engine servers for System z tape:

  • IBM Virtualization Engine TS7720 Server Model VEB with 3956-CS9 and 3 TB disk drive modules (DDMs)

  • IBM Virtualization Engine TS7740 Server Model V07 with 3956-CC9 with 600 GB DDMs


These Virtualization Engines are based on IBM POWER7® technology. They offer improved performance for most System z tape workloads compared to the first generation of TS7700 Virtualization Engine servers.

TS7700 Virtualization Engine Release 3.0 builds on the existing capabilities of the TS7700 family. It also introduces the following capabilities:

  • Up to 4,000,000 logical volumes per grid domain

  • Disk cache refresh utilizing 3956-CC9 for TS7740 Model V07 and 3956-CS9 for TS7720 Model VEB Virtualization Engines

  • IPv4 or IPv6 support for customer network and IP Security for grid communication

Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Notices
    1. Trademarks
  3. Preface
    1. Summary of contents
    2. Authors
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    4. Comments welcome
    5. Stay connected to IBM Redbooks
  4. Part 1 Architecture and planning
  5. Chapter 1. Introducing the IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700
    1. 1.1 Overview
    2. 1.2 New capabilities
    3. 1.3 Concepts of storage virtualization
    4. 1.4 Benefits of tape virtualization
    5. 1.5 Data storage values
  6. Chapter 2. Architecture, components, and functional characteristics
    1. 2.1 TS7700 Virtualization Engine architecture
      1. 2.1.1 Monolithic design of a Virtual Tape Server
      2. 2.1.2 Modular design of the TS7700 Virtualization Engine
      3. 2.1.3 Peer-to-peer VTS design
      4. 2.1.4 Principles of grid design
      5. 2.1.5 Management of the TS7700
    2. 2.2 Stand-alone cluster: Components, functionality, and features
      1. 2.2.1 Views from the Host: Library IDs
      2. 2.2.2 Tape volume cache
      3. 2.2.3 Virtual volumes and logical volumes
      4. 2.2.4 Mounting a scratch virtual volume
      5. 2.2.5 Mounting a specific virtual volume
      6. 2.2.6 Logical WORM (LWORM) support and characteristics
      7. 2.2.7 Virtual drives
      8. 2.2.8 Selective device access control
      9. 2.2.9 Physical drives
      10. 2.2.10 Stacked volume
      11. 2.2.11 Selective Dual Copy function
      12. 2.2.12 General TVC management in a stand-alone cluster
      13. 2.2.13 Expired virtual volumes and Delete Expired function
      14. 2.2.14 TVC Cache management in a TS7740 stand-alone cluster
      15. 2.2.15 TVC management processes for TS7740
      16. 2.2.16 TS7720 TVC cache management
      17. 2.2.17 Copy Consistency Point: Copy policy modes in a stand-alone cluster
      18. 2.2.18 TVC selection in a stand-alone cluster
      19. 2.2.19 TVC encryption
      20. 2.2.20 Logical and stacked volume pooling
      21. 2.2.21 Logical and stacked volume management
      22. 2.2.22 Secure Data Erase function
      23. 2.2.23 Copy Export function
      24. 2.2.24 Encryption of physical tapes
      25. 2.2.25 Security identification via Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
      26. 2.2.26 Service preparation mode
      27. 2.2.27 Service mode
    3. 2.3 Multicluster grid configurations: Components, functionality, and features
      1. 2.3.1 Rules in multicluster grid
      2. 2.3.2 Required grid hardware
      3. 2.3.3 Data integrity by volume ownership
      4. 2.3.4 I/O TVC selection
      5. 2.3.5 Copy Consistency Points
      6. 2.3.6 Cluster family concept
      7. 2.3.7 Override settings concept
      8. 2.3.8 Host view of a multicluster grid and Library IDs
      9. 2.3.9 Tape Volume Cache
      10. 2.3.10 Virtual volumes and logical volumes
      11. 2.3.11 Mounting a scratch virtual volume
      12. 2.3.12 Mounting a specific virtual volume
      13. 2.3.13 Logical WORM (LWORM) support and characteristics
      14. 2.3.14 Virtual drives
      15. 2.3.15 Allocation assistance
      16. 2.3.16 Selective Device Access Control
      17. 2.3.17 Physical drives
      18. 2.3.18 Stacked volume
      19. 2.3.19 Selective Dual Copy function
      20. 2.3.20 General TVC management in multicluster grids
      21. 2.3.21 Expired virtual volumes and Delete Expired function
      22. 2.3.22 TVC management for TS7740 in multicluster grid
      23. 2.3.23 TVC management for TS7720 in a multicluster grid
      24. 2.3.24 TVC management processes in a multicluster grid
      25. 2.3.25 Copy Consistency Point: Copy policy modes in a multicluster grid
      26. 2.3.26 TVC (I/O) selection in a multicluster grid
      27. 2.3.27 Remote (cross) cluster mounts
      28. 2.3.28 TVC encryption
      29. 2.3.29 Logical and stacked volume management
      30. 2.3.30 Secure Data Erase
      31. 2.3.31 Copy Export
      32. 2.3.32 Encryption of physical tapes
      33. 2.3.33 Autonomic Ownership Takeover Manager
      34. 2.3.34 Selective Write Protect for disaster recovery testing
      35. 2.3.35 Service preparation mode
      36. 2.3.36 Service mode
    4. 2.4 Grid configuration examples
      1. 2.4.1 Homogeneous versus hybrid grid configuration
      2. 2.4.2 Planning for high availability or disaster recovery in limited distances
      3. 2.4.3 Disaster recovery capabilities in a remote data center
      4. 2.4.4 Configuration examples
    5. 2.5 TS7700 Virtualization Engine hardware components
      1. 2.5.1 Common components for the TS7720 Virtualization Engine and TS7740 Virtualization Engine models
      2. 2.5.2 TS7720 Virtualization Engine components
      3. 2.5.3 TS7740 Virtualization Engine components
      4. 2.5.4 TS3500 Tape Library
      5. 2.5.5 IBM TotalStorage 3592-J1A Tape Drive
      6. 2.5.6 IBM System Storage TS1120 Tape Drive
      7. 2.5.7 IBM System Storage TS1130 Tape Drive
      8. 2.5.8 IBM System Storage TS1140 Tape Drive
  7. Chapter 3. TS7700 usage considerations
    1. 3.1 Introduction
      1. 3.1.1 A short look at history
      2. 3.1.2 Challenges of today’s businesses
      3. 3.1.3 Challenges of technology progress
    2. 3.2 Gather your business requirements
    3. 3.3 What type of data do you store in your TS7700 environment
      1. 3.3.1 Environment: Source of data
      2. 3.3.2 Backup data, active data, and archive data
      3. 3.3.3 DB2 archive log handling
      4. 3.3.4 Object access method: Object processing
      5. 3.3.5 Batch processing: Active data
    4. 3.4 Features and functions
      1. 3.4.1 Stand-alone versus grid environments
      2. 3.4.2 Sharing a TS7700
      3. 3.4.3 Tape volume cache selection
      4. 3.4.4 Consistency policy
      5. 3.4.5 Override policies
      6. 3.4.6 Cluster family
      7. 3.4.7 Expire Time (resource efficient) versus legacy implementation
      8. 3.4.8 Data security: Encryption
      9. 3.4.9 Allocation assistance
    5. 3.5 Operation aspects: Monitoring and alerting
      1. 3.5.1 Handling messages
      2. 3.5.2 Regularly scheduled performance monitoring
      3. 3.5.3 Optionally: Check your data
  8. Chapter 4. Preinstallation planning and sizing
    1. 4.1 Hardware configurations
      1. 4.1.1 TS7740 Virtualization Engine configuration details
      2. 4.1.2 TS7720 Virtualization Engine configuration details
      3. 4.1.3 Cables
      4. 4.1.4 Limitations
      5. 4.1.5 TS3500 Tape Library High Density frame for a TS7740 Virtualization Engine configuration
      6. 4.1.6 TS7700 Virtualization Engine upgrades and replacements
    2. 4.2 Hardware installation and infrastructure planning
      1. 4.2.1 System requirements
      2. 4.2.2 TCP/IP configuration considerations
    3. 4.3 Remote installations and FICON switch support
      1. 4.3.1 Factors that affect performance at a distance
      2. 4.3.2 Host attachments
      3. 4.3.3 FICON Director support
      4. 4.3.4 FICON channel extenders
      5. 4.3.5 Cascaded switches
    4. 4.4 High availability grid considerations
    5. 4.5 Planning for software implementation
      1. 4.5.1 Host configuration definition
      2. 4.5.2 Software requirements
      3. 4.5.3 z/OS software environments
      4. 4.5.4 Sharing and partitioning considerations
    6. 4.6 Planning for logical and physical volumes
      1. 4.6.1 Logical volumes
      2. 4.6.2 Logical WORM (LWORM)
      3. 4.6.3 Physical volumes for TS7740 Virtualization Engine
      4. 4.6.4 Data compression
      5. 4.6.5 Secure Data Erase function
      6. 4.6.6 Copy Policy Override settings
      7. 4.6.7 Planning for cache thresholds and removal policies for a TS7720 cluster
      8. 4.6.8 Planning for tape encryption in the TS7740 Virtualization Engine
      9. 4.6.9 Planning for Cache Disk Encryption in the TS7700
    7. 4.7 Planning for LDAP for user authentication in your TS7700 subsystem
    8. 4.8 Tape analysis and sizing the TS7700 Virtualization Engine
      1. 4.8.1 IBM tape tools
      2. 4.8.2 BatchMagic
      3. 4.8.3 Workload considerations
      4. 4.8.4 Education and training
      5. 4.8.5 Implementation services
  9. Part 2 Implementation and migration
  10. Chapter 5. Hardware implementation
    1. 5.1 TS7700 Virtualization Engine implementation and installation considerations
      1. 5.1.1 Implementation tasks
      2. 5.1.2 Installation tasks
    2. 5.2 TS3500 Tape Library definitions (TS7740 Virtualization Engine)
      1. 5.2.1 Defining a logical library
      2. 5.2.2 Adding drives to the logical library
      3. 5.2.3 Defining control path drives
      4. 5.2.4 Defining the Encryption Method for the new logical library
      5. 5.2.5 Defining Cartridge Assignment Policies
      6. 5.2.6 Inserting TS7740 Virtualization Engine physical volumes
      7. 5.2.7 Assigning cartridges in the TS3500 Tape Library to the logical library partition
    3. 5.3 Setting up the TS7700 Virtualization Engine
      1. 5.3.1 TS7700 Virtualization Engine definition with the MI
      2. 5.3.2 Verifying the composite and distributed library sequence numbers
      3. 5.3.3 Defining VOLSER ranges for physical volumes
      4. 5.3.4 Defining physical volume pools (TS7740 Virtualization Engine)
      5. 5.3.5 Defining scratch (Fast Ready) categories
      6. 5.3.6 Defining the logical volume expiration time
      7. 5.3.7 Events
      8. 5.3.8 Defining TS7700 constructs
      9. 5.3.9 TS7700 licensing
      10. 5.3.10 Defining Encryption Key Server addresses
      11. 5.3.11 Defining Simple Network Management Protocol
      12. 5.3.12 Enabling IPv6
      13. 5.3.13 Enabling IPSec
      14. 5.3.14 Security Settings section
      15. 5.3.15 Inserting logical virtual volumes
    4. 5.4 Virtualization Engine multicluster grid definitions
      1. 5.4.1 Data access and availability characteristics
      2. 5.4.2 TS7700 grid configuration considerations for a two-cluster grid
      3. 5.4.3 Defining grid copy mode control
      4. 5.4.4 Defining scratch mount candidates
      5. 5.4.5 Retain Copy mode
      6. 5.4.6 Defining cluster families
      7. 5.4.7 TS7720 cache thresholds and removal policies
      8. 5.4.8 Backup and restore construct definitions
      9. 5.4.9 Data management settings (TS7740 Virtualization Engine)
    5. 5.5 Implementing Outboard Policy Management for non-z/OS hosts
  11. Chapter 6. Software implementation
    1. 6.1 Host implementation considerations
      1. 6.1.1 Sharing the TS7700 Virtualization Engine by multiple hosts
      2. 6.1.2 Partitioning the TS7700 Virtualization Engine between multiple hosts
      3. 6.1.3 Logical path considerations
      4. 6.1.4 Library names, Library IDs, and port IDs
    2. 6.2 Hardware configuration definition
      1. 6.2.1 Defining devices through HCD for Cluster 0
      2. 6.2.2 Activate the I/O configuration
      3. 6.2.3 HCD considerations for multicluster grid operation
      4. 6.2.4 More HCD and IOCP examples with a two-cluster grid
      5. 6.2.5 Display and control your settings
      6. 6.2.6 Set values for the Missing Interrupt Handler
    3. 6.3 TS7700 Virtualization Engine software definitions for z/OS
      1. 6.3.1 z/OS and DFSMS/MVS system-managed tape
    4. 6.4 Implementing Selective Device Access Control
      1. 6.4.1 Implementation of SDAC in z/OS
      2. 6.4.2 Implementation of SDAC from the MI
    5. 6.5 TS7700 SETTING function
    6. 6.6 Software implementation in z/VM and z/VSE
      1. 6.6.1 General support information
      2. 6.6.2 z/VM native support using DFSMS/VM
      3. 6.6.3 Native z/VSE
      4. 6.6.4 VM/ESA and z/VM guest support
      5. 6.6.5 z/VSE as a z/VM guest using a VSE Guest Server (VGS)
    7. 6.7 Software implementation in Transaction Processing Facility
      1. 6.7.1 Usage considerations for TS7700 with TPF
      2. 6.7.2 Performance considerations for TS7700 multicluster grids with TPF
  12. Chapter 7. Upgrade considerations
    1. 7.1 TS7700 Virtualization Engine component upgrades
      1. 7.1.1 TS7700 Virtualization Engine concurrent system component upgrades
      2. 7.1.2 TS7700 Virtualization Engine non-concurrent system component upgrades
      3. 7.1.3 TS7720 Virtualization Engine Cache upgrade options
      4. 7.1.4 TS7740 Virtualization Engine Cache upgrade options
    2. 7.2 Withdrawn hardware and features
    3. 7.3 TS7700 Virtualization Engine upgrade to Release 3.0
      1. 7.3.1 Planning for the upgrade
    4. 7.4 Adding clusters to a grid
      1. 7.4.1 TS7700 Virtualization Engine grid upgrade concept
      2. 7.4.2 Considerations when adding a new cluster to the existing configuration
      3. 7.4.3 Considerations for merging an existing cluster or grid into a grid
      4. 7.4.4 Example of creating a three-cluster grid scenario
    5. 7.5 Remove cluster from grid
      1. 7.5.1 Purpose
      2. 7.5.2 High-level description of the process
  13. Chapter 8. Migration
    1. 8.1 Migration to a TS7700 Virtualization Engine
    2. 8.2 Configuration upgrades
    3. 8.3 Upgrading drive models in an existing TS7740
    4. 8.4 Moving data in and out of the TS7700 Virtualization Engine
      1. 8.4.1 Phased method of moving data
      2. 8.4.2 Quick method of moving data
      3. 8.4.3 Products to simplify the task
      4. 8.4.4 Considerations for static VOLSERs
      5. 8.4.5 Combining methods to move data into the TS7700 Virtualization Engine
      6. 8.4.6 Moving data out of the TS7700 Virtualization Engine
    5. 8.5 Migration of DFSMShsm-managed data
      1. 8.5.1 Volume and data set sizes
      2. 8.5.2 TS7700 Virtualization Engine implementation considerations
      3. 8.5.3 DFSMShsm task-related considerations
    6. 8.6 DFSMSrmm and other tape management systems
    7. 8.7 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
      1. 8.7.1 Guidance for TS7700 Virtualization Engine usage
      2. 8.7.2 Native drives
      3. 8.7.3 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager parameter settings
    8. 8.8 DFSMSdss
      1. 8.8.1 Full volume dumps
      2. 8.8.2 Stand-Alone Services
    9. 8.9 Object access method
    10. 8.10 Database backups
      1. 8.10.1 DB2 data
      2. 8.10.2 CICS and IMS
      3. 8.10.3 Batch data
  14. Part 3 Operation
  15. Chapter 9. Operation
    1. 9.1 User interfaces
      1. 9.1.1 TS3500 Tape Library Specialist
      2. 9.1.2 Call Home and Electronic Customer Care
    2. 9.2 TS7700 Virtualization Engine Management Interface
      1. 9.2.1 Connecting to the management interface
      2. 9.2.2 Using the TS7700 Management Interface
      3. 9.2.3 The Systems icon
      4. 9.2.4 The Monitor icon
      5. 9.2.5 The Virtual icon
      6. 9.2.6 The Physical icon
      7. 9.2.7 The Constructs icon
      8. 9.2.8 The Access icon
      9. 9.2.9 The Settings icon
      10. 9.2.10 The Service icon
      11. 9.2.11 Drive cleaning
    3. 9.3 System-managed tape
      1. 9.3.1 DFSMS operator commands
      2. 9.3.2 Library LMPOLICY command
      3. 9.3.3 Host Console Request function
      4. 9.3.4 MVS system commands
    4. 9.4 Basic operations
      1. 9.4.1 Clock and time setting
      2. 9.4.2 Library online/offline to host
      3. 9.4.3 Library in Pause mode
      4. 9.4.4 Preparing for service
      5. 9.4.5 TS3500 Tape Library inventory
      6. 9.4.6 Inventory upload
    5. 9.5 Tape cartridge management
      1. 9.5.1 3592 tape cartridges and labels
      2. 9.5.2 Manual insertion of stacked cartridges
      3. 9.5.3 Exception conditions
    6. 9.6 Managing logical volumes
      1. 9.6.1 Scratch volume recovery for logical volumes
      2. 9.6.2 Ejecting logical volumes
    7. 9.7 Messages and displays
      1. 9.7.1 Console name message routing
      2. 9.7.2 Alert setting messages
      3. 9.7.3 Grid messages
      4. 9.7.4 Display grid status
      5. 9.7.5 Warning link status degraded messages
      6. 9.7.6 Warning VTS operation degraded messages
      7. 9.7.7 Warning cache use capacity (TS7720 Virtualization Engine)
    8. 9.8 Recovery scenarios
      1. 9.8.1 Hardware conditions
      2. 9.8.2 TS7700 Virtualization Engine software failure
    9. 9.9 TS7720 Virtualization Engine operational considerations
      1. 9.9.1 Management interface for TS7720
  16. Chapter 10. Performance and monitoring
    1. 10.1 TS7700 Virtualization Engine performance characteristics
      1. 10.1.1 Performance overview
    2. 10.2 TS7700 components and task distribution
      1. 10.2.1 Tasks performed by CPU (processor cycles)
      2. 10.2.2 Tasks performed by the TS7700 Tape Volume Cache
      3. 10.2.3 Tasks performed by the grid
      4. 10.2.4 Tasks performed by the TS7740 Tape Drives
    3. 10.3 Throttling, tasks, and knobs
      1. 10.3.1 Throttling in the TS7700
      2. 10.3.2 Host Write Throttle
      3. 10.3.3 Copy throttle
      4. 10.3.4 Deferred Copy throttle
      5. 10.3.5 Managing tasks within TS7700
      6. 10.3.6 TS7740 tape drives and overall cluster performance
    4. 10.4 Virtual Device Allocation in z/OS with JES2
      1. 10.4.1 EQUAL allocation
      2. 10.4.2 BYDEVICES allocation
      3. 10.4.3 Allocation and Copy Consistency Point setting
      4. 10.4.4 Allocation and device allocation assistance
      5. 10.4.5 Allocation and scratch allocation assistance
    5. 10.5 Data movement through Tape Volume Cache
      1. 10.5.1 Cache data flow in a TS7700 two-cluster grid
      2. 10.5.2 Cache data flow in a TS7700 three-cluster grid
      3. 10.5.3 TS7700 four-cluster grid considerations
      4. 10.5.4 TS7700 hybrid grid considerations
      5. 10.5.5 Cluster families and cooperative replication
    6. 10.6 Monitoring TS7700 Virtualization Engine performance
      1. 10.6.1 Using the TS3500 Tape Library Specialist for monitoring
      2. 10.6.2 Using the TS7700 Virtualization Engine management interface to monitor IBM storage products
      3. 10.6.3 Feature license code
    7. 10.7 Tuning the TS7700
      1. 10.7.1 Performance evaluation tool - Plotting cache throughput from VEHSTATS
      2. 10.7.2 Interpreting cache throughput
      3. 10.7.3 Adjusting the TS7700
    8. 10.8 TS7700 Virtualization Engine statistical data
      1. 10.8.1 Types of statistical records
      2. 10.8.2 Collecting and analyzing TS7700 Virtualization Engine statistical records
    9. 10.9 Bulk Volume Information Retrieval
      1. 10.9.1 Overview of the BVIR function
      2. 10.9.2 Prerequisites
      3. 10.9.3 Request data format
      4. 10.9.4 Response data format
      5. 10.9.5 Interpreting the BVIR response data
    10. 10.10 IBM Tape Tools
      1. 10.10.1 Introduction to IBM Tape Tools
      2. 10.10.2 Tools download and installation
      3. 10.10.3 IBM Tape Tools for TS7700 monitoring
    11. 10.11 Using VEHSTATS and VEHGRXCL for monitoring and reporting
      1. 10.11.1 VEHSTATS tool overview
      2. 10.11.2 Running the VEHSTATS jobs
      3. 10.11.3 VEHSTATS reports
      4. 10.11.4 VEHGRXCL tool overview
    12. 10.12 z/OS commands for monitoring
      1. 10.12.1 Display SMS command
      2. 10.12.2 Library command
    13. 10.13 What to look for and where
  17. Chapter 11. Disaster recovery
    1. 11.1 TS7700 Virtualization Engine grid failover principles
    2. 11.2 Failover scenarios
      1. 11.2.1 Test configuration
      2. 11.2.2 Failover scenario 1
      3. 11.2.3 Failover scenario 2
      4. 11.2.4 Failover scenario 3
      5. 11.2.5 Failover scenario 4
      6. 11.2.6 Failover scenario 5
      7. 11.2.7 Failover scenario 6
      8. 11.2.8 Failover scenario 7
      9. 11.2.9 Failover scenario 8
    3. 11.3 Planning for disaster recovery
      1. 11.3.1 Grid configuration
      2. 11.3.2 Planning guidelines
    4. 11.4 High availability and disaster recovery configurations
      1. 11.4.1 Selective write protect for disaster recovery testing
    5. 11.5 Copy Export overview and Considerations
      1. 11.5.1 General considerations for Copy Export
      2. 11.5.2 Copy Export grid considerations
      3. 11.5.3 Reclaim process for Copy Export physical volumes
      4. 11.5.4 Copy Export process messages
    6. 11.6 Implementing and executing Copy Export
      1. 11.6.1 Setting up data management definitions
      2. 11.6.2 Validating before activating the Copy Export function
      3. 11.6.3 Executing the Copy Export operation
      4. 11.6.4 Cancelling a Copy Export operation
      5. 11.6.5 Host completion message
    7. 11.7 Using Copy Export Recovery
      1. 11.7.1 Planning and considerations for testing Copy Export Recovery
      2. 11.7.2 Performing Copy Export Recovery
      3. 11.7.3 Restoring the host and library environments
    8. 11.8 Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex for z/OS
      1. 11.8.1 GDPS considerations in a TS7700 grid configuration
      2. 11.8.2 GDPS functions for the TS7700
      3. 11.8.3 GDPS implementation
    9. 11.9 Disaster recovery testing considerations
      1. 11.9.1 The test environment represents a point in time
      2. 11.9.2 Breaking the interconnects between the TS7700 Virtualization Engines
      3. 11.9.3 Writing data during the test
      4. 11.9.4 Protecting production volumes with Selective Write Protect
      5. 11.9.5 Protecting production volumes with DFSMSrmm
      6. 11.9.6 Control of copies
      7. 11.9.7 Return-to-scratch processing and the test use of older volumes
      8. 11.9.8 Copies flushed or kept as least recently used
      9. 11.9.9 Ownership takeover
    10. 11.10 Disaster recovery testing detailed procedures
      1. 11.10.1 TS7700 two-cluster grid using Selective Write Protect
      2. 11.10.2 TS7700 two-cluster grid not using Selective Write Protect
      3. 11.10.3 TS7700 two-cluster grid not using Selective Write Protect
      4. 11.10.4 TS7700 three-cluster grid not using Selective Write Protect
    11. 11.11 A real disaster
  18. Part 4 Appendixes
  19. Appendix A. Feature codes
    1. Feature code lists
    2. TS7700 Virtualization Engine feature code descriptions
  20. Appendix B. IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700 implementation steps
  21. Appendix C. TS3500 and TS7700 checklists
    1. TS7700 Virtualization Engine installation worksheets
    2. TS3500 Tape Library configuration information
    3. TS3500 Tape Library drive information worksheet
    4. Media volume serial range
    5. TS7700 Virtualization Engine configuration information
    6. Grid local address
    7. TSSC grid configuration information
  22. Appendix D. JES3 examples and information
    1. JES3 support for system-managed tape
    2. Example with two separate Tape Libraries
    3. Example with three Tape Libraries
    4. Processing changes
  23. Appendix E. Case study for logical partitioning of a two-cluster grid
    1. Overview of partitioning
    2. Definitions and settings in z/OS
    3. Definitions on the TS7700 Management Interface
    4. Verification of changes
  24. Appendix F. Sample JCL
    1. BVIR jobs to obtain historical data
    2. Additional BVIR reporting
    3. VEHSTATS reports
    4. Export list volume sample JCL
    5. JCL for TS7700 Virtualization Engine migration scenarios
  25. Appendix G. DEVSERV QLIB command
  26. Appendix H. Library Manager volume categories
  27. Appendix I. TS7700 parameter examples
    1. General example setup
  28. Related publications
    1. IBM Redbooks publications
    2. Other publications
    3. Technical documents on the IBM Techdocs website
    4. Help from IBM
  29. Back cover

Product information

  • Title: IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700 with R3.0
  • Author(s): Larry Coyne, Katja Denefleh, Joe Hew, Rex Newton, Aderson Pacini, David Reich, Michael Scott, Chen Zhu
  • Release date: October 2013
  • Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
  • ISBN: 9780738438580