IBM XIV Storage System Copy Services and Migration

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IBM i considerations for Copy Services

This chapter describes the basic tasks to do on IBM i systems when you use the XIV Copy Services.

Several illustrations in this chapter are based on a former version of the XIV GUI.

7.1 IBM i functions and XIV as external storage

To better understand solutions using IBM i and XIV, it is necessary to have basic knowledge of IBM i functions and features that enable external storage implementation and use.

The following functions are discussed in this section:

•IBM i structure

•Single level storage

7.1.1 IBM ...

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