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Business Challenge
Taking frequent image copies ensures recovery of data with minimal database downtime. However, taking image copies costs time and money. It also may reduce data availability and increase pressure on the batch window if the database is taken offline during the copy. To be competitive, companies must balance the recovery needs of the database against the costs of the image copy process.
Business Need
- Perform online backups
- Maintain data availability while making image copies
- Reduce elapsed time of image copies
- Reduce database downtime
- Make image copies of multiple databases simultaneously
Our Solution
IMAGE COPY PLUS offers incremental image copies to create a concurrent image copy. It does this without taking the database offline by merging a change accumulation data set with a previous image copy. Using IMAGE COPY PLUS saves you time and money by taking image copies while your databases are available for update, It maintains full integrity of the copy without using online IMS system resources. IMAGE COPY PLUS takes batch copies faster than the IMS Image Copy utility, significantly reducing elapsed time for image copies.
Key Features & Benefits
- Reduces database downtime and strain on the batch window by creating batch image copies of DL/I databases and DEDBs faster than the IMS utility
- Maintains database availability without straining online system resources by creating online image copies without using IMS online resources
- Provides near instantaneous copies of data by creating Instant Snapshot copies to exploit the features of intelligent storage devices
- Increases data availability without compromising data integrity by creating Snapshot copies allowing database update processing during the copy
- Reduces time and effort for preparing image copy JCL by automatically handling database authorization and allocation
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Brochure
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BMC Educational Services
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BMC Database Management for IMS
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Datasheet
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BMC Recovery Management Family for IMS
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Backup and Recovery Solution for IMS Datasheet
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White Paper
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Cost Savings vs Cost Effectiveness: BMC Software Customers Underscore the Value of IMS Management Solutions
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Strategies to Expedite IMS Backup and Recovery Processes
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Availability: APPLICATION RESTART CONTROL Synergies Enhance Continuous Availability for IMS and DB2
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BMC Software Hybrid Copy Techniques
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Swing into Business Service Management - Seven Strategies
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Implementing Snapshot Copy Using Technologies from BMC and EMC
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Remote Recovery - Advanced Technology Solutions for z/OS Recovery
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A Backup and Recovery Solution for IMS: Ready to Recover!
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