An IBM DS8886 customer wishes to replicate data from the primary data center to a new secondary data center 310 miles (500km) away while maintaining a low recovery point objective.
Which offering should the technical specialist recommend?
SnapMirror
Metro Mirror
Global Mirror
FlashCopy
Correct answer: C
Explanation:
Global Mirror is a long-distance remote copy function across two sites using asynchronous technology. Global Mirror processing is designed to provide support for virtually unlimited distance between the local and remote sites, with the distance typically limited only by the capabilities of the network and the channel extension technology. Incorrect Answers:B: Metro Mirror provides real-time mirroring of logical volumes between two DS8000 storage units that can be located up to 300 km from each other.References: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/HW213_7.1.0/com.ibm.storage.ssic.help.doc/f2c_copysgintro_1xiohq.html
Global Mirror is a long-distance remote copy function across two sites using asynchronous technology. Global Mirror processing is designed to provide support for virtually unlimited distance between the local and remote sites, with the distance typically limited only by the capabilities of the network and the channel extension technology.
Incorrect Answers:
B: Metro Mirror provides real-time mirroring of logical volumes between two DS8000 storage units that can be located up to 300 km from each other.
A customer has existing fiber attached storage that has reached the end of life. The customer wants a scalable solution that is easy to manage and integrates with VMware. The customer prefers an IBM A9000R based solution, but is concerned about migrating the virtual machines and ESX boot volumes.
Which explanation addresses the customer’s concern?
Use VMware Storage vMotion to migrate virtual machines and boot volumes.
IBM A9000R has both a vCenter and VAAI plug in.
Use IBM Spectrum Control to virtualize and move existing storage to the new IBM A9000R.
IBM A9000R has a built in capability to copy the existing data.
Correct answer: A
Explanation:
VMware VMotion: Allows the live migration of running VMs from one physical server to another, one data store to another, or both. This migration has zero downtime, continuous service availability, and complete transaction integrity.References: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/pdfs/redp5425.pdfUsing the IBM Spectrum Accelerate Family in VMware Environments, page 15
VMware VMotion: Allows the live migration of running VMs from one physical server to another, one data store to another, or both. This migration has zero downtime, continuous service availability, and complete transaction integrity.