Hello,
We are actively going from EMC to DS6800 right now.
EMC did not have any interface that is direct for z/VM (or z/VSE).
It was all write your own scripts to a middle ware system.
Ed Martin
330-588-4723
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-----Original Message-----
From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Jim Elliott
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 8:42 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: EMC disk storage & Flashcopy
...
> EMC disk storage is being considered as a replacement for our
> current disk storage.
> I am told EMC disk storage functions differently for flashcopy.
> EMC disk storage utilizes BVCs for images... The interface for
> implementing BVC images does not support z/VM... (I am not sure
> if this is accurate, but this is what I have gathered from
> meetings with a group of zOS systems programmers. I may have
> misunderstood what they were saying...)
...
Ceclia:
>From EMC's web site: "EMC Compatible Flash for z/OS enables IBM
FlashCopy commands to be executed in an EMC storage array.
Compatible Flash intercepts and interprets IBM FlashCopy channel
commands on the z/OS host and emulates command execution on EMC
Symmetrix storage systems."
However, there is NO support for z/VM. The EMC Support Matrix
only mentions z/VM at all in stating re z/VM 5.1 that "IBM plans
to discontinue service for this version of z/VM on 09/30/2007."
You really need to ask EMC about z/VM support in detail.
Jim
