DB2 Version 9.7 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows

DB2 Advanced Copy Services (ACS) supported operating systems and hardware

Integrated into IBM® Data Server is a DB2® ACS API driver that supports a subset of the operating systems and hardware that IBM Data Server supports.

Table 1. DB2 Advanced Copy Services (ACS) API supported operating systems and hardware
Hardware	AIX® operating system with storage area network (SAN) storage	AIX operating system with network file system (NFS) storage	Linux operating system with network file system (NFS) storage ¹
IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller	Full support.	Not supported.	Not supported.
IBM System Storage® DS6000™	Full support except: incremental copying is not supported	Not supported.	Not supported.
IBM System Storage DS8000®	Full support except: incremental copying is not supported	Not supported.	Not supported.
IBM System Storage N Series	Fully supported.	Fully supported.	Fully supported.
IBM XIV®	Fully supported.	Fully supported.	Fully supported.
NetApp V-series	Fully supported.	Fully supported.	Fully supported.
NetApp FAS series	Fully supported	Fully supported	Fully supported

¹ Only the following systems are supported with DB2 ACS and Linux:

64-bit only on x86 (Intel Pentium, Intel Xeon, and AMD) processors
POWER® (System z®, System i® or pSeries systems that support Linux)

For a comprehensive list of hardware and software requirements for DB2 ACS, consult the following Technote: https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21321830.