BMC SNAPSHOT UPGRADE FEATURE

Create data-consistent copies instantaneously

While maintenance windows are shrinking, IT organizations must manage the availability of critical data and provide consistent data backups, unloads, and reorgs. To ensure maximum data availability, many IT organizations have deployed intelligent storage solutions, but, exploiting this hardware to its fullest potential can be difficult.

BMC solution

BMC SNAPSHOT UPGRADE FEATURE, working with BMC utilities, makes snapshot copies - while allowing updates - in parallel, which is faster and more efficient than serial processing. The snapshot copies can be used for recovery, unload, and reorg tasks.

The following BMC products for DB2 exploit BMC SNAPSHOT UPGRADE FEATURE:

• BMC COPY PLUS for DB2
• BMC Database Administration for DB2
• BMC Database Performance for DB2
• BMC RECOVER PLUS for DB2
• BMC Recovery Management for DB2
• BMC REORG PLUS for DB2
• BMC UNLOAD PLUS for DB2

The following BMC products for IMS exploit BMC SNAPSHOT UPGRADE FEATURE:

• BMC Backup and Recovery Solution for IMS
• BMC IMAGE COPY PLUS
• BMC MAXM Reorg/EP for IMS
• BMC MAXM Reorg/Online for IMS

Features and benefits

• Provides very fast recovery capability by creating point-in-time copies
• Helps meet service-level agreements by improving data availability
• Maintains peak system availability across the sysplex by providing extensive monitoring of Coupling Facility usage and performance
• Reduces outages and costs by enabling non-disruptive maintenance in a data-sharing environment

Key differentiators

• Exploits intelligent storage devices from IBM, EMC and Hitachi