Implementation Services for Virtual Tape Server advanced policy management
This service helps design and use policy management functions to improve your use of dual copy, cache management, selective peer-to-peer copy mode, or volume pooling.
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Highlights
Enhanced data availability and recovery options
Improved flexibility for performance and availability in a PtP environment
The capability to segregate data for export/import optimisation
Ability to separate data on physical cartridges based upon LPAR application or virtually any other criteria
Performance management to help optimise Tape Volume Cache resources
IBM Implementation Services for Virtual Tape Server (VTS) advanced policy management (APM) is designed to extend your existing VTS and VTS peer-to-peer (PtP) implementation services to include the new Advanced Policy Management functions. These functions include:
a new cache management algorithm initiated through the library manager,
the capability to selectively dual copy logical Virtual Tape Server volumes,
the capability to specify immediate or deferred copy at the logical volume level for Virtual Tape Server PtP installations or the capability to set up separate physical tape pools of VTS stacked cartridges.
