Freedom Storage 7700

Management Support Software

Hitachi GRAPH-Track™ Version 2.0

Highlights
  • Storage subsystem performance monitor
  • Dynamic cache tuning
  • User-friendly graphics
  • Real-time or historical data analysis
  • In-depth performance information
  • Single data source
Take the guesswork out of performance management.
Flip a coin? Roll the dice? Now there's a better (and more reliable) way to manage performance—Hitachi GRAPH-Track. Designed for the Hitachi Freedom 7700, this unique hardware-monitoring tool gives you complete subsystem storage data at the touch of a button.

The ultimate in performance monitoring, GRAPH-Track delivers in-depth information quickly and easily. It runs on a dedicated PC attached to the HDS subsystem's internal LAN, and can support as many as eight 7700s. You can analyze discrete storage activities, determining the precise impact of each on system operation.

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Hitachi On-line Data Migration

Highlights
  • Transparent, fast data migration
  • 100-percent availability
  • Performance monitoring with Hitachi GRAPH-Track™
  • Cost-effective solution
  • Migration assistance from HDS
  • Professional Services
The simplest, safest way to move data.
You can move mountains of data in minutes with the Hitachi On-line Data Migration (HODM) feature. Terabytes of data can be migrated safely in a single weekend while the data is still on-line. Quite a change from traditional migrations that can take several months to complete! Hitachi Data Systems' HODM moves data from previous generations of storage subsystems, to the unbeatable Hitachi Freedom 7700—with a minimal amount of disruption.

Check with your HDS representative for the latest listing of supported subsystems.

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Hitachi Remote Copy and Hitachi Extended Remote Copy

Highlights
  • Unsurpassed data protection
  • Remote copy over unlimited distances
  • Data migration capability
  • Asynchronous, synchronous, and semi-synchronous copy support
  • Full support of PPRC and P/DAS command set
  • Licensed software option
  • Planning assistance from HDS Professional Services
Your critical links to fail-safe data protection and recovery.
In today's high-risk world, you can't afford to take chances—especially when it comes to protecting your data! Fires, floods, earthquakes, and other catastrophic events are every IT manager's nightmare. But now you can sit back and relax. Hitachi Data Systems offers two remote copy/disaster recovery choices that let you breathe a little easier. Designed specifically for the Hitachi Freedom 7700, Hitachi Remote Copy (HRC), and Hitachi Extended Remote Copy (HXRC) automate the duplicating of current production data from a primary site to a remote site. These remote copy features ensure that your mission-critical data is safe, secure, and current.

HRC—data protection at its best.
Hitachi Remote Copy† offers two modes of copy operation: synchronous and semi-synchronous. The synchronous copy option gives you the highest degree of data currency and integrity. Semi-synchronous copy is similar to synchronous copy but provides improved performance and support for longer distances. HRC continuously updates copies of your data at the remote site. With the synchronous option, copies are completely synchronous with the originals; with the semi-synchronous option, there is a maximum delay of one I/O request per Logical Volume Image (LVI).

Functionally compatible with the industry-standard Peer-to-Peer Remote Copy (PPRC), HRC duplicates disk data from a primary 7700 subsystem to a remote 7700 subsystem using industry-standard Extended Serial Adapter™†† links located up to 43 kilometers (26 miles) away. For added configuration flexibility, industry-standard channel extenders are also supported.

HRC fully supports the Peer-to-Peer Remote Copy command set, including P/DAS. On S/370 and S/390® systems that do not support PPRC, HRC benefits can be implemented through Hitachi Copy Migration Manager.†

† Hitachi Remote Copy, Hitachi Extended Remote Copy, and Hitachi Copy Migration Manager are available under license and an HDS Services Agreement. The semi-synchronous option is available only via Hitachi Copy Migration Manager software.

†† Extended Serial Adapters are compatible with ESCON® protocol.

HXRC—reliable remote copy over unlimited distances.
Need long-distance remote copy? HXRC can provide it. Whether your remote site is down the block, across town, or thousands of miles away, HXRC meets your requirements. Functionally compatible with the industry-standard Extended Remote Copy (XRC), HXRC uses an asynchronous copy approach to deliver high data integrity with minimal performance impact to your primary system. Using DFSMS, an industry-standard host software component, HXRC maintains the integrity of your data. (The level of data currency will vary based on the circumstances involved.)

Local and remote data migration.
Both HRC and HXRC can be used for data migration. HRC moves data between 7700 LVIs in your data center or to a remote 7700 subsystem. With minimal performance impact, HXRC and HRC's semi-synchronous copy option migrates data between 7700's, no matter how great the distance between them. And best of all, there's no disruption in system operations. Your applications continue to run smoothly throughout data migration.

Added support from HDS licensed software.
Hitachi Copy Migration Manager is an optional user productivity tool created especially for the 7700. When used in conjunction with HRC, the Hitachi Copy Migration Manager permits users to select LVIs to be copied and verify the status of remote copy operation at any time. Running on a dedicated PC attached to the 7700's internal LAN, the Hitachi Copy Migration Manager ensures seamless, worry-free remote copy support of even your most critical data sets.

HDS Professional Services puts your mind at ease.
Help is available if your need it. HDS Professional Services works with you to develop a comprehensive remote copy/disaster recovery plan. Our specialists are skilled in all aspects of remote copy planning and implementation, as well as in the creation of disaster recovery solutions that meet your unique requirements. If you choose, these specialists will see you through each step of the process to ensure that your plan fully meets your needs.

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Hitachi Path Failover™ Fault-tolerant Solution

Highlights
  • Automatic recovery from SCSI interface failures
  • Protection for multiserver environments
  • Support for industry-standard hardware and operating systems
Enhance open systems performance and availability with alternate path support.
Hitachi Path Failover is one of several management solutions which Hitachi Data Systems offers to complement its Hitachi Freedom 7700. Path Failover is server-based software that enhances your RAID subsystems by providing automatic error recovery from server-to-RAID connection failures. Allowing systems administrators to take advantage of the multiple paths on a 7700 by adding redundant SCSI connections between data servers and RAID subsystems, Path Failover improves reliability and performance.

Please call your HDS representative for availability information.

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Hi-Track® Storage Expert Systems

Installed with Hitachi Data Systems hardware and part of HDS' maintenance agreement, Hi-Track monitors HDS storage systems and mainframes 24x7 to protect against unforeseen disruption. Hi-Track makes extensive use of expert systems to analyze raw data, determine the cause of the problem, and recommend necessary action—while ensuring the confidentiality of your information.

More specifically, Hi-Track improves efficiency by:

  • Monitoring and collecting environmental/technical data
  • Analyzing fault-symptom codes
  • Running remote diagnostics
  • Transmitting error information to specialists
  • Recommending corrective actions.

Hi-Track is foremost an economical service supplement because it assures immediate service without tradeoff—you don't have to maintain a 24x7 service staff and you don't have to wait should systems go down. When Hi-Track detects a discrepancy, the system automatically dispatches a service representative with the parts needed to resolve the problem before it can have an impact on business operations. In other cases, when all that's needed is a microcode patch, the problem can be solved over the phone.

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HS-DataPlex Year 2000 Solutions

Highlights
  • Replication of data within or between storage subsystems
  • Nondisruptive duplication of production data
  • Dynamic allocation of test data pools
  • Robust and flexible architecture
  • Catalog management software support
The Year 2000 is disruptive. Setting up your test environment shouldn't be.
In the doom-and-gloom climate of Year 2000 planning, a little good news goes a long way. HS-DataPlex† allows you to create Year 2000 test data volumes nondisruptively. Designed for the Hitachi Freedom 7700 as part of Hitachi Storage Management Solutions, this invaluable Year 2000 offering includes hardware, software, and services. HS-DataPlex lets you replicate data for either testing or dual processing without impacting production application performance and data integrity. Not only is your production environment safe, but you have complete flexibility in choosing the location of your test data pool. With HS-DataPlex, you experience an immediate productivity boost, giving you what you need to meet Year 2000 testing and workload management challenges head on.

†Available under license and with an HDS Service Agreement.

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HDS DataTune Data Management and Performance Tuning

Highlights
  • Increased productivity through simplified data management
  • An evolutionary step toward true data management automation
Don't compromise availability to gain performance.
You make enough choices in life. System performance versus application availability shouldn't be one of them. With HS-DataTune, you don't have to settle for anything less than the best. Part of Hitachi Storage Management Solutions, the revolutionary HS-DataTune package consists of:
  • Hitachi GRAPH-Track™†
  • Hitachi Volume Relocation (HVR), a function of Hitachi Remote Copy††
  • Hitachi Copy Migration Manager licensed software
  • Integration services from Hitachi Data Systems.
HS-DataTune lets you dynamically manage your Hitachi Freedom 7700 and, if necessary, move data nondisruptively. It doesn't matter if you have around-the-clock operations, multiple platforms sharing the same storage system, or limited software reporting capabilities. HS-DataTune makes sure you'll never have to sacrifice availability for performance.

† Hitachi GRAPH-Track, Hitachi Remote Copy, and Hitachi Copy Migration Manager are available under license and an HDS Services Agreement. Availability varies from region to region. Please contact your HDS representative for further information.

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Multiplatform Support

Highlights

  • A single storage platform for your entire data center
  • Quick and easy mainframe/open systems data sharing
  • UNIX® volume backup/restore from your MVS host
  • Planning assistance from HDS Professional Services
Effective data sharing between disparate platforms—especially the sharing of very large files—is one of the more daunting tasks facing today's data center managers. Hitachi Data Systems makes this task much easier with three multiplatform support functions that let you share data—quickly, easily, and safely—between your S/390 and open systems platforms. Designed specifically for the Hitachi Freedom 7700, Hitachi Multiplatform Resource Sharing (HMRS), Hitachi Multiplatform Data Exchange (HMDE), and Hitachi Multiplatform Backup/Restore (HMBR) deliver the proven mainframe strengths of the 7700 to your open systems environment. HDS is a well-established leader in the S/390-compatible marketplace, providing quality storage solutions to a wide variety of business enterprises. We bring our expertise to the open systems arena, offering you the high availability, reliability, and performance that S/390 customers have enjoyed for years.

HMRS—data sharing has never been easier.
Through the unique capabilities of HMRS, Hitachi Freedom 7700 becomes the single storage platform for your entire data center. No more late nights trying to forecast platform-specific storage requirements—HMRS and the 7700 bring you all the benefits and conveniences of a single multiplatform environment. You can rest assured that your Sun Solaris 2.5, HP-UX 10.x, IBM AIX™ 4.1.4, Windows NT, Sequent DYNIX ptx 4.4 on Symmetry and NUMA-Q, and your mainframe will share data seamlessly through HMRS.

HMDE—innovative data transfer that's fast and reliable.
This unique feature makes it easy to transfer data between MVS and UNIX platforms, without tying up your valuable communication links. HMDE delivers high-speed data transfer through Extended Serial Adapter™† and SCSI channels. Any data that you can unload, create, or copy as a sequential data set in MVS, can be read directly by a UNIX server, such as Sun, HP, or IBM's RS6000.

† Extended Serial Adapters are compatible with ESCON protocol.

HMBR solves your backup/restore dilemma.
In today's UNIX environments, disk farms of a terabyte or more are becoming commonplace. Unfortunately, open systems tape technology cannot easily accommodate these large farms. So, how do you back up and restore a one-terabyte disk farm?

HMBR solves this dilemma by letting you back up and restore your UNIX volumes from your MVS host. No special software or procedures are required. To MVS, your UNIX volumes appear as devices which are accessible via the standard DFDSS utility. From there, you can store your data using your existing mainframe-based storage management procedures.

HDS Professional Services puts your mind at ease.
Help is available if you need it. HDS Professional Services works with you to develop and implement a multiplatform storage plan that fully meets your needs. Our specialists are skilled in all aspects of multiplatform support, and they can assist you with installation and implementation of the HMRS, HMBR, and HMDE features, if you so desire.

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