HP XP Racks - Manual (Page 20)

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This chapter provides an overview of Business Continuity Manager and its features. This chapter
also provides system configurations and an overview of BCM Monitor, and describes the difference
between the storage system models. It also outlines how to set up Business Continuity Manager.
Unless otherwise specified, the term storage system in this guide refers to the following disk arrays:
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HP XP7 Storage
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HP XP P9500 Disk Array
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HP XP24000/XP20000 Disk Arrays
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HP XP12000/XP10000 Disk Arrays
The examples in this guide show a typical display from the appropriate z/OS interface, for example,
ISPF, console/SYSLOG, command line, and so on. Depending on the specific 3270 terminal
emulation software used, you might see minor differences from the examples as far as formatting
is concerned. However, the content should be displayed.
Why use Business Continuity Manager?
The amount of data stored on corporate information systems has increased in tandem with the
importance of keeping that data safe. Due to the rising management costs associated with this
continually increasing size of storage systems, the ability to manage mainframe system storage
available with Business Continuity Manager is in strong demand.
Business Continuity Manager offers centralized, enterprise-wide replication and duplication
management for mainframe environments without the help of host processing. By taking advantage
of storage system copy functions, Business Continuity Manager makes it possible to reliably perform
backup operations in large-scale configurations. This minimizes disaster recovery time and data
loss, and reduces the workload on the storage administrator.
Business Continuity Manager provides access to critical system performance metrics and thresholds
that enable proactive problem avoidance. With this information, you can achieve optimum system
performance and meet or exceed service-level objectives.
The Business Continuity Manager autodiscovery capability eliminates hours of tedious input and
costly human errors resulting from configuring and protecting complex, mission-critical applications.
Business Continuity Manager provides centralized management of HP XP P9000 mainframe
replication products, regardless of where they reside on the storage system. This provides many
business benefits including:
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Improved business resilience and confidence through frequent, non-disruptive disaster recovery.
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Robust disaster recovery and planned outage functions that make for smooth operations and
dramatically reducing recovery times.
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Easy-to-acquire storage system information, making it possible to avoid disaster recovery
failures caused by specifying the wrong duplication target.
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Easy development of additional automation with built-in automation and extensibility features
using the familiar REXX language to protect more data with less effort.
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Accelerated deployment of Continuous Access Journal Z, Continuous Access Synchronous Z,
TrueCopy Asynchronous for Mainframe, and Business Copy Z software solutions through a
single, consistent user interface based on the familiar TSO/ISPF full-screen panels.
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