Copy Services Functions; Feature Codes For Point-In-Time Copy; Operating Environment Licensing Feature Codes For Ds6800; Point-In-Time Copy (Ptc) Feature Codes For Ds6800 - IBM TotalStorage DS6000 Introduction And Planning Manual

Copy Services functions

Review the types of DS6000 series Copy Services and identify those functions that
you will use.
There are several types of Copy Services functions. Most users decide to use a
combination of two or more types to form a comprehensive enterprise solution for
disaster recovery, data duplication, and data migration.
Copy Services include the following types of functions:
v Point-in-time copy functions, which includes FlashCopy
v Remote mirror and copy functions, which includes Metro Mirror, Global Mirror,

Feature codes for point-in-time copy

When you order point-in-time copy functions, you specify the feature code that
represents the physical capacity you want to authorize for the function.
You can combine feature codes to order the exact capacity that you need. For
example, if you determine that you need 23 TB of point-in-time capacity, you can
order two 7203 features and three 7200 features.
Note: If you have a 9A2 storage unit, you can later activate and manage the
Table 2 provides the feature codes for the point-in-time copy function.
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Table 1. Operating environment licensing feature codes for DS6800
Feature code
5000
5001
5002
5003
5004
and Global Copy
function authorization on a per-image basis. For example, if you ordered 23
TB, you could activate 10 TB on one image and 13 TB on the other image.
You will activate your licenses on the IBM Disk Storage Feature Activation
(DSFA) Web site after you receive the serial number for your ordered
function authorization.
Table 2. Point-in-time copy (PTC) feature codes for DS6800
Feature code
5200
5201
5202
5203
5204
Description
OEL - 1 TB unit
OEL - 5 TB unit
OEL - 10 TB unit
OEL - 25 TB unit
OEL - 50 TB unit
Description
PTC - 1 TB unit
PTC - 5 TB unit
PTC - 10 TB unit
PTC - 25 TB unit
PTC - 50 TB unit