Chapter 6. copy services, Copy services – IBM TotalStorage DS6000 Series User Manual

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Chapter 6.

Copy Services

In this chapter, we describe the architecture and functions of Copy Services for the DS6000.
Copy Services is a collection of functions that provide disaster recovery, data migration, and
data duplication functions. Copy Services run on the DS6000 server enclosure and they
support open systems and zSeries environments.

Copy Services has four interfaces; a Web-based interface (DS Storage Manager), a
command-line interface (DS CLI), an application programming interface (DS API), and host
I/O commands from zSeries servers.

This chapter discusses the following topics:

Introduction to Copy Services

Copy Services functions

Interfaces for Copy Services

Interoperability with IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server

Future plans

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