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TimeFinder/Mirror for z/OS
Allows the creation of Business Continuance Volumes (BCVs) and provides the
ability to ESTABLISH, SPLIT, RE-ESTABLISH and RESTORE from the source
logical volumes.

TimeFinder Utility
Conditions SPLIT BCVs by relabeling volumes and (optionally) renaming and
recataloging datasets. This allows BCVs to be mounted and used.

Geographically Dispersed Disaster Restart (GDDR)

GDDR automates business recovery following both planned outages and disaster
situations, including the total loss of a data center. Leveraging the VMAX architecture
and the foundation of SRDF and TimeFinder replication families, GDDR eliminates any
single point of failure for disaster restart plans in mainframe environments. GDDR
intelligence automatically adjusts disaster restart plans based on triggered events.

GDDR does not provide replication and recovery services itself, but rather monitors
and automates the services provided by other EMC products, as well as third-party
products, required for continuous operations or business restart. GDDR facilitates
business continuity by generating scripts that can be run on demand; for example,
restart business applications following a major data center incident, or resume
replication to provide ongoing data protection following unplanned link outages.

Scripts are customized when invoked by an expert system that tailors the steps based
on the configuration and the event that GDDR is managing. Through automatic event
detection and end-to-end automation of managed technologies, GDDR removes
human error from the recovery process and allows it to complete in the shortest time
possible.

The GDDR expert system is also invoked to automatically generate planned
procedures, such as moving compute operations from one data center to another. This
is the gold standard for high availability compute operations, to be able to move from
scheduled DR test weekend activities to regularly scheduled data center swaps
without disrupting application workloads.

SMI-S Provider

EMC SMI-S Provider supports the SNIA Storage Management Initiative (SMI), an
ANSI standard for storage management. This initiative has developed a standard
management interface that resulted in a comprehensive specification (SMI-
Specification or SMI-S).

SMI-S defines the open storage management interface, to enable the interoperability
of storage management technologies from multiple vendors. These technologies are
used to monitor and control storage resources in multivendor or SAN topologies.

Solutions Enabler components required for SMI-S Provider operations are included as
part of the SMI-S Provider installation.

VASA Provider

The VASA Provider enables VMAX management software to inform vCenter of how
VMFS storage, including VVols, is configured and protected. These capabilities are
defined by EMC and include characteristics such as disk type, thin or thick
provisioning, storage tiering and remote replication status. This allows vSphere
administrators to make quick, intelligent, and informed decisions as to virtual machine

Management Interfaces

Geographically Dispersed Disaster Restart (GDDR)