Prerequisites
Any Symmetrix system at microcode version 5X63 or higher. Note: 5266 microcode is required for some advanced capabilities.
- Dedicated disk storage
- System management products supported by TimeFinder:
- SRDF Host Component, version 3.0 and higher
- EMC ControlCenter
- Shell scripts included for supported UNIX hosts
- TimeFinder Batch Utilities included for IBM®MVS®
Platform Support*
Hardware Platforms
IBM and IBM-compatible mainframes, AS/400, RS/6000™, Fujitsu, HP®, Sun®, DEC® , NCR®, NEC, Sequent, Siemens, Sequent, Silicon Graphics
Operating Systems
MVS/ESA OS/390, TPF, AIX®, HP-UX®, Solaris®, MS-Windows, DEC Tru64, NCR® SVR4, IRIX, IRIX64
*Contact your COMPAREX agent for the most current list of supported hardware and operating system platforms.
Configuration Guidelines
- Non-SRDF installations: maximum of three active copies per production volume
- SRDF installations: maximum of three active copies per source volume and three per target volume
- Limit of one active BCV for each production volume per Symmetrix
- A BCV can be assigned or reassigned to any production volume provided no other active BCV mirror exists for that volume
- The production volume must be protected by an existing mirror (RAID 1), EMC RAID-S, or SRDF. The production volume and the BCV must have the same track geometry and an equal number of cylinders