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Storage Management Solutions Overview
The data storage explosion of the 21st
Century has been significant and the IBM zSeries Mainframe platform
is being deployed for substantial data base capacities, big data workloads
and associated applications (E.g. Data Analytics, Business Intelligence,
et al). As with any resource management challenge, Storage Management
is no different, and so the ability to automate management tasks, optimize
resource usage and increase data availability are the basic requirements
for any Mainframe Storage Management department.
Value-4IT are delighted to work with
Dino-Software who
deliver a comprehensive suite of Storage Management software, primarily
for the IBM zSeries Mainframe platform. Arguably Dino-Software are one
of the few if not only sizable storage focussed ISV, continuously evolving
and innovating storage management solutions to satisfy rapidly growing
Mainframe storage capacities and associated IBM zSeries platform enhancements.
Value-4IT are honoured to work with
Optica Technologies, a
company with a rich heritage in IBM Mainframe I/O connectivity
solutions and more latterly a 21st century VTL option, zVT. Additionally Value-4IT are also proud to work with
Technical Storage
with their high function and TCO optimization solution, namely
Easy Analyze Disk Management (EADM), further extending the breadth and
coverage of Mainframe storage solutions provided by Value-4IT.
IBM zSeries Storage Management Solutions
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T-REX - Comprehensive
catalog management capabilities eliminate the need to purchase &
maintain many smaller utilities required for back-up & disaster
recovery requirements. With T-REX there is no need to learn &
work with different utilities from an assortment of vendors.
Consistency in usage & syntax ensure minimal time is required
to fix your problem & reinstate data availability. T-REX
has everything needed for catalog maintenance and recovery in
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REORGADON
- A utility for reorganizing IBM's Hierarchical Storage Manager
(DFSMShsm) Control Data Sets (CDS). HSM uses three different
control data sets; Backup Control Data Set (BCDS), Migration
Control Data Set (MCDS) & Offline Control Data Set (OCDS).
These control data sets maybe used by HSM in a multi-host environment
on single or multiple systems. REORGADON delivers HSM control
data set reorganization while these files are active & on-line
to HSM, without having to shutdown & restart HSM. |
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TERADON - A
utility for moving BCS entries from one ICF catalog to another
even if the data sets are open. Functionality similar to IBM's
REPRO MERGECAT, but with exponentially faster runtimes &
many more options. Without TERADON, the user is typically forced
to schedule standalone time to perform the REPRO MERGECAT. With
TERADON, online systems can remain active & their files
can remain open. Access requests for each OPEN file that has
had its catalog records moved will automatically be redirected
to the new target catalog by TERADON. |
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HSM-ADMIN - A DFSMShsm
(HSM) health monitoring utility that provides reports on your
current & historical mission critical data, as well as diagnostic
auditing of problem issue areas, allowing timely resolutions,
simplifying management & increasing data availability.
Extended reporting for all HSM file structures, thorough health-check
auditing & flexible error correction functionality ensure
a timely & comprehensive view of your environment,
delivering the function & flexibility required to improve
your environment's productivity. |
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XTINCT - A comprehensive &
efficient tool for wiping data from DASD & tape storage
media to ensure the original data is unrecoverable. This
functions provides users with the requisite levels of protection
to ensure data security compliance with all regulatory (E.g.
Basel II, DoD, European Data Protection Directive, Gramm-Leach-Bliley
HIPAA, Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, Sarbanes-Oxley,
et al) requirements. |
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Universal Data Manager
- An Enterprise Level z/OS Storage Management GUI for intelligently
managing System z storage resources & assets, including
ICF Catalogs, DASD Volumes, DFSMS objects, Spool data and other
related storage objects. The simplicity of solution deployment &
automated analysis provides the requisite controls, information &
reporting needed to proactively manage the dynamics of modern
System z storage environments. |
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zVT - A Granular,
Modular & Scalable IBM Mainframe VTL, suitable for all Z
IBM Mainframe users. Scaling from 1 to 8 nodes, delivering ~500-4,000
MB/S performance, supporting capacities measured from tens of
TB to tens of PB; The zVT product family delivers benefit from the same underlying
latest technology high availability architecture, via modular increases in performance &
capacity, for an acceptable cost. |
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EADM - Delivers
an automated and intelligent daily health check of the entire
System z disk I/O subsystem resource. Operations and performance
teams are alerted as soon as performance variances occur, typically
in minutes, assisting in the identification of underlying root
problems, causing changes in system behaviour. Incorporating
intelligent and meaningful I/O performance indicators, with
drill-down and zoom-in ability, storage technicians can determine
if the problem is temporary, permanent, local or global. |
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