Contents
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Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Safety and Environmental notices . . . xi
About this guide . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Conventions used in this guide
DS8000 library and related publications.
Summary of changes . . . . . . . . xix
Chapter 1. Introduction to IBM System
Storage DS8000 series . . . . . . . . 1
DS Storage Manager limitations
Chapter 2. Hardware and features . . . 23
IBM System Storage Hardware Management
Console.
System Storage DS Storage Manager .
Tivoli Storage Productivity Center .
DS Open Application Programming Interface .
Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Replication 28
Subsystem device driver for open-systems .
Allocation, deletion, and modification of volumes 37
Extended address volumes for CKD .
Chapter 3. Data management features
Count key data and fixed block volume deletion
prevention.
IBM System Storage Easy Tier .
Managing migration processes .
IBM System Storage DS8000 Storage Tier Advisor
Tool .
Easy Tier considerations and limitations .
Thin provisioned and Global Mirror volume
considerations
Disaster recovery using Copy Services .
Resource groups for Copy Services scope limiting 65
Comparison of licensed functions .
Logical configuration overview .
IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager for z/OS.
Best practices for encrypting storage
environments .
Guidelines and requirements for key server
management .
Exporting and importing keys between key
server instances .
DS8000 encryption considerations .
Chapter 4. Planning the physical
configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Overview of physical configurations .
Determining physical configuration features
Internal and external management consoles
Management console external power cord .
Configuration rules for management consoles .
Disk drives and disk enclosures
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