IBM® Tivoli® Storage FlashCopy® Manager provides
a method to back up and restore data by using the advanced snapshot
technologies of storage systems. In combination with IBM DB2® pureScale®, Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager provides
a method to back up and restore data on IBM General
Parallel File System (GPFS™)
by using file system snapshots.
Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager can
back up online or offline DB2 databases,
Oracle databases, or other applications that are on snapshot-oriented
storage systems or file systems.
Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager backup
operations are based on volume-level copy operations that are provided
by the storage system. For GPFS in
combination with DB2 pureScale,
the backup operations are based on GPFS file
sets. In this case, any storage solution that is supported by the GPFS file system can be used. Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager takes
snapshots at a volume group or GPFS file
set level for granular control.
In addition, when you use Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager with
other Tivoli Storage Manager products,
snapshots can be sent to Tivoli Storage
Manager. Depending
on the application, Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager can
transfer snapshots by using IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Enterprise
Resource Planning, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases,
or Tivoli Storage Manager
Backup-Archive client. Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager uses
Oracle RMAN Media Management API, which maximizes the protection of
Oracle data, and provides a comprehensive storage management solution.
To send snapshot backups to Tivoli Storage Manager,
you must configure a backup server or cluster.
This documentation describes how to install, configure, and use
Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager depending
on the type of database or custom application that you want to protect.
- Database applications that you can back up and restore include:
- DB2, DB2 in an SAP
environment, DB2 in
a partitioned database environment, and DB2 pureScale environment. You
can back up and restore data from single-partition databases, and
logically or physically partitioned DB2 databases.
- Oracle, Oracle with Automatic Storage Management (ASM), and Oracle
in an SAP environment.
- Database applications that you can clone include:
- DB2, DB2 in an SAP
environment, DB2 with
the Database Partitioning Feature included.
- Oracle and Oracle in an SAP environment that is on a file system
that is supported by Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager.
- Custom applications that you can back up and restore include:
- Any database application other than those database applications
listed in the preceding list.
- Any other applications that are on file systems that are supported
by Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager.
Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager supports
specific operating systems. All servers where Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager is
installed must be at the same operating system release level. Certain
high availability (HA) environments, are supported.
The following list identifies the storage solutions
or file system that you can use with
Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager software:
- IBM XIV® Storage System
- IBM Storwize® V7000
- IBM System Storage® SAN Volume
Controller
- IBM System Storage DS8000®
- IBM System Storage N series
- NetApp Storage
system
- GPFS file system in combination
with DB2 pureScale
To obtain the most up-to-date requirements, review the
Hardware
and Software Requirements technote that is associated with
the
Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager release.
This technote is available in the
Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager - All Requirement Documents website
at:
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21427692. Follow the link to the requirements
technote for your specific release or update level and review the
pre-installation checklist.
