IBM® Tivoli® Storage FlashCopy® Manager Version
4.1 includes several new features and changes.
- Cloning databases in an Oracle Data Guard standby environment
- Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager can
now clone an Oracle Data Guard standby database. The standby database
is a copy of the production database and the cloning process creates
a copy of this database. For more information, see Cloning an Oracle Data Guard standby database.
- Protect applications on VMware virtual machines that run Linux guest operating systems
- Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager can
now back up, restore, and perform clone operations on VMware virtual
machines that run Linux guest
operating systems. For more information, see Preparing applications that run on VMware virtual machines.
- Protect databases in a DB2® pureScale® environment
- In combination with 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. In addition, you can send a snapshot
backup that is taken of a DB2 pureScale database
to Tivoli Storage Manager.
For information about how to back up DB2 pureScale database,
see Backing up DB2 databases.
- Special Publication (SP) 800-131 compliant encryption
- Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager uses IBM Global Security Kit (GSKit)
for Secure Socket Layer and Transport Layer Security TCP/IP connections.
GSKit supports Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS 140-2)
and now incorporates the new security standards, as defined in the
Special Publication (SP) 800-131. For more information about GSKit,
see IBM Global Security Kit configuration.
- Support for network-attached storage in N series and NetApp environments
- Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager can
be used with IBM System Storage® N series and NetApp storage
systems. The underlying storage can be network-attached storage or
a storage area network. For more information about these storage systems,
see IBM System Storage N series and NetApp storage systems.
New and updated parameters
The following parameters
are new, modified, or removed for
Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager:
- New parameters
- The ENFORCE_TLS12 parameter must be enabled
for SP 800-131 compliant encryption to be enforced. For information
about how to configure this parameter, see the GLOBAL section of the Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager profile
file.
- The ENHANCED_PARTITIONING parameter can be
used to allow cloning operations to process extra files that you specify
by using the FLASH_DIR_LIST parameter. Cloning
can occur even if these extra files contain symbolic links that point
to file systems that are outside the control of Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager.
For information about how to configure this parameter, see the CLONING section of the Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager profile
file.
- The SYNCHRONOUS_RECONCILE parameter can be
used to configure Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager to
synchronously reconcile and delete snapshot backup operations. For
information about how to configure this parameter, see the ACSD section of the Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager profile
file.
- Modified parameters
- The COPYSERVICES_HARDWARE_TYPE parameter
specifies the device where the data is stored. The following options
are new or modified for this parameter:
- New GPFS option. This option is specified when
the application data is on a GPFS file
system in combination with DB2 pureScale.
- New NAS_NSERIES option. This option is specified
when the application data is on an IBM System Storage N series or NetApp storage
system that is network-attached.
- Modified XIV option. This option is specified
when the application data is on an IBM XIV® Storage System. Beginning
with this release, the storage adapter for the XIV Storage
System is based on a new generic framework. As a result, any notifications
on the console are displayed as COPYSERVICES_HARDWARE_TYPE=GENERIC when
this option is selected. Similarly, when you view the log or trace
files in the ACS_DIR/logs directory, any references
are displayed as COPYSERVICES_HARDWARE_TYPE=GENERIC.
For information about how to configure this parameter, see the DEVICE_CLASS device section of the Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager profile
file.
- Removed GRACE_PERIOD parameter
- The GRACE_PERIOD parameter is not present
in the Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager profile
file in V4.1. This parameter is removed after you upgrade to or install
this version of Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager.