BMC AMI Cloud Data for Tape/VTL Replacement

Replace tape-based backups with modern, scalable cloud data management.

Overview

BMC AMI Cloud Data replaces traditional mainframe data storage hardware and software, with any cloud or object storage system, performing all data management functions over a single software-only solution.

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Leverage Cloud

Leverage Cloud

Cloud is the ultimate mainframe peripheral, offering secure, unlimited, tiered storage to meet ad hoc needs or permanent requirements. It’s the most powerful tool for delivering agility and breaking the endless cycle of hardware and software upgrades and chronic overprovisioning.

  • Simplify implementation of cloud backup, archive, and direct restore (DR) directly from the mainframe to private or public cloud

  • Save on traditional storage costs and software licenses, and reduce MSU consumption by 50 percent or more

  • Deliver faster access speeds than traditional tape-based systems

  • Reduce the amount of time it takes to back up your data

Freedom from Tape

Freedom from Tape

With the BMC AMI Cloud Data import policy for data sets, it’s easy to copy any data set to cloud storage directly from tape.

  • Simple, automated process to support migration of large amounts of data from tape to cloud, enabling the complete replacement of VTL hardware with cloud storage.

  • Export tape data sets stored in cloud storage back to disk or tape for processing by mainframe applications.

  • Transform the files in your cloud destination into open formats, eliminating the MIPS consumption required by antiquated ETL methodology.

Cloud Data Sets—From Application to Cloud

Cloud Data Sets—From Application to Cloud

Write/read mainframe data sets directly to and from the cloud without converting tape-oriented applications, and stop relying on physical or virtual tape hardware.

  • Automatically redirect operations on tape storage to the cloud—without rewriting the job control language (JCL).

  • BMC AMI Cloud Data performs the data transfer directly, requiring no interim disk space on direct access storage device (DASD).

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"We were interested in moving away from dependence on VTL technologies and improving data management in the cloud. BMC AMI Cloud enabled us to achieve this with a smooth transition to a cloud object storage platform that also helped eliminate ongoing license costs."

Director of Systems Engineering

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