IBM XIV Storage System Copy Services and Migration

SVC and Storwize V7000 migration with XIV

This chapter discusses data migration considerations for the XIV Storage System when used in combination with the IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) or Storwize V7000. It presumes that you have an existing SVC or Storwize V7000 and that you are replacing back-end disk controllers with a new XIV or simply adding an XIV as a new managed disk controller.

The combination of SVC or Storwize V7000 and XIV allows a client to benefit from the high-performance grid architecture of the XIV while retaining the business ...