Hi Thomas,

> Does Flashcopy Manager support the XtremIO array or not?

For FCM Unix and Linux - No, unless placed under an SVC

For FCM VMware - No, unless placed under an SVC

For FCM Windows - If EMC's VSS provider supports it, then FCM Windows 
support its
You will need to ask your EMC rep about this... I don't know.
(Windows is different because it uses the Microsoft VSS infrastructure and 
relies on the
device vendor to provide the "glue" between VSS and the hardware.)


Thank you,

Del

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Del Hoobler
Product Manager - Data Protection
IBM Systems - IBM Corporation

Tivoli Storage Manager is now IBM Spectrum Protect™



"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 07/23/2015 
11:23:08 AM:

> From: Thomas Denier <Thomas.Denier AT JEFFERSON DOT EDU>
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Date: 07/23/2015 11:23 AM
> Subject: Flashcopy Manager and EMC XtremIO
> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> 
> We are considering an EMC XtremIO flash array for a large database 
> application. I am trying to find out whether Flashcopy Manager 
> supports this device. IBM seems to be unable to state a consistent 
> position on this. Some IBM Web pages state that the only storage 
> arrays supported by Flashcopy Manager are IBM arrays and non-IBM 
> arrays accessed through the IBM SVC. Other IBM Web pages and some 
> Rocket Software Web pages indicate that some EMC arrays are 
> supported with the help of the Rocket Device Adapter Pack. All such 
> pages I have found so far agree that VNX and VMAX arrays are 
> supported; they split on whether support extends to the non-VMAX 
> portion of the Symmetrix product line. We recently had a meeting 
> with IBM to discuss the possibility of migrating from value unit 
> licensing to capacity licensing for TSM and related products. One of
> the IBM representatives told us that Flashcopy Manager supports EMC 
> arrays by way of a non-IBM adapter. His phrasing implied that this 
> support extends to all EMC storage arrays.
> 
> Does Flashcopy Manager support the XtremIO array or not?

>