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Contents Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Course description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Unit 1. IBM i 7.1 enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 IBM Systems Education Test Drives for Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 IBM Technical Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Course objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 IBM i roadmap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 IBM i strategy and roadmap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6 Power is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7 IBM i 7.1 announcement highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8 DB2 for i: XML support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9 DB2 for i: Additional enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 DB2 Web Query enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11 Availability enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12 PowerHA SystemMirror for i: IBM 7.1 enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13 PowerHA SystemMirror for i editions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14 Scheduled downtime: Online backups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15 Scheduled downtime: Backup usability (1 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16 Scheduled downtime: Backup usability (2 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17 Remove disk units without an IPL or outage: 7.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18 Unscheduled downtime: Recovery time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19 Unscheduled downtime: Single points of failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20 Virtualization enhancements for IBM i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21 4Q 2009 VIOS enhancements: IBM i 6.1.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22 PowerVM Virtual I/O Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23 PowerVM active memory sharing optimizes resource use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-24 IBM Systems Storage support for IBM i PowerVM VIOS attach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-25 PowerVM Lx86 accelerates Linux workload migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-26 IBM i integration with BladeCenter and System x enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-27 IBM Systems Storage support for IBM I direct attach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-28 IBM i Storage Management enhancements for SSD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-29 Systems Management enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-30 IBM i network upgrade simplifies upgrading multiple systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-31 Application Runtime Expert for i: Statement of direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-32 Web Server enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-33 WebSphere support for IBM i 7.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-34 Rational support for IBM i 7.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-35 Rational Open Access: RPG edition (1 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-36 Rational Open Access: RPG edition (2 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-37 Zend PHP enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-38 Zend delivers an open solution stack for IBM i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-39 Lotus support for IBM i 7.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-40

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Additional enhancements (1 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-41 Additional enhancements (2 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-42 IBM i 7.1 announcement highlights (1 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-43 IBM i 7.1 announcement highlights (2 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-44 How to get from here to IBM i 6.1, IBM i 7.1? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-45 One step software upgrades (1 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-46 One step software upgrades (2 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-47 What if a much earlier release is installed? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-48 IBM i life cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-49 IBM i System support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-50 Power Systems: As of April 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-51 IBM i performance on Power 750, 770, and 780 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-52 Performance on POWER7 Blades: CPW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-53 Model upgrades: Same serial number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-54 IBM i license transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-55 POWER6 to POWER7 upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-56 Key evolutionary I/O technology transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-57 Top three tools: Upgrade planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-58 IBM Information Centers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-59 IBM i Information Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-60 TOP 10 keys to success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-61 Useful Web Sites (1 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-62 Useful Web Sites (2 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-63 Course summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-64 What Technical Training offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-65 Additional Technical Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-66 Lab Services offerings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-67

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Course description IBM i on Power Duration: Half day Purpose This session overviews function available in IBM i V7R1.

Audience This basic course is intended for existing IBM I administrators and users.

Prerequisites • Basic understanding of IBM i architecture • Basic understanding of the support available in the current release of the IBM i

Objectives To provide information on IBM i V7R1 and POWER7 enhancements so that customers and partners can leverage the function in the release

Contents Topics: • Overview of the enhancements in i7.1 • Power 7 Hardware enhancements • Power HA enhancements • Performance enhancements • System Management enhancements • Virtualization enhancements • WebSphere, Rational, CL, RPG, and Lotus enhancements • IBM Systems Director Enhancements • Release update considerations

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Unit 1. IBM i 7.1 enhancements What this unit is about This unit overviews function available in IBM i V7R1.

What you should be able to do After completing this unit, you should be able to: • Describe the major functions of IBM i 7.1

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IBM Systems Education Test Drives for Power • Welcome to a Test Drive on Power! – This course is designed to provide you with introductory information on leading edge technology. You may be surprised about the capabilities, functions and solutions that are available. Get ready to take the wheel and enjoy the ride!

• Test Drives: – Series of free 3-4 hour classes in key systems technologies – A technical presentation where you can interact with the instructors

• See complete schedule: – Check out the schedule at www.ibm.com/training/stg/testdrive

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IBM Technical Training • Comprehensive education & training offerings • Expert instructors, world-class content • Multiple delivery options, including classroom public and private classes, online learning and customized • IBM Technical Conferences explore emerging trends and product strategies • www.ibm.com/training

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Notes: We are here to offer you a breadth of technical topics in your areas of interest and need. Nobody knows IBM’s hardware and software products better than we do – our instructors are experts in the technologies they teach, and our course developers work closely with product development. Whether you choose public classes, onsite training, e-learning or a combination of all three, you’ll find that our classes cover everything your employees need to know, from product basics to time-saving tips and tricks. We also offer a wide range of training services to help streamline your technology implementation even further. Instructor mentoring brings IBM’s expert instructors right to your employees’ desks for on-the-job assistance learning to use new hardware and software. Technical conferences let your key IT people network with peers, explore new technologies, and learn about evolving IT trends from the people who set them.

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Course objectives After completing this course, you should be able to: • Describe the major functions of IBM i 7.1 .

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Figure 1-3. Course objectives

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Delivering a major new release of IBM i every two years

All statements regarding IBM's future direction and intent are subject to change without notice, and represent goals and objectives only.

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Figure 1-4. IBM i roadmap

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Notes: Before we begin with the i 7.1 announcement highlights, let’s review the IBM i roadmap. A major release of i is delivered consistently about every two years. In between major releases, IBM may deliver interim release as we did with i 6.1.1 which was provided to support the new POWER7 announcement. While i 7.1 is brand new, work is in progress on the next major i release which is currently targeted for 2012.

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IBM i strategy and roadmap • “With our clearly defined roadmaps for POWER processors and the IBM i operating environment, IBM's commitment to our i clients is solid and unchanged. We are making substantial investments in the future of i as an important, strategic element in the IBM product portfolio.” •

New IBM white paper reviews IBM i Strategy and Roadmap –

Includes information about the IBM i market, Power Systems and IBM i roadmap, and concludes with a listing of the wide range of IBM initiatives to help businesses reduce costs, improve service, and manage risk. http://www.ibm.com/systems/power/software/i/rossmauri/index.html © Copyright IBM Corporation 2010

Figure 1-5. IBM i strategy and roadmap

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Notes: If you’re wondering about where IBM i is going in the future, read the IBM i Strategy and Roadmap whitepaper. It overviews the IBM i marketplace and investment strategy.

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Power is Workload-Optimizing Systems Virtualization without Limits Resiliency without Downtime Dynamic Energy Optimization Management with Automation Integrated Value

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Notes: These are attributes of Power Systems. Notice the areas IBM is investing in are hallmarks of “AS400”. IBM i throughout the years has delivered Virtualized Workload Optimizing Systems with Resiliency that has inspired stories of finding systems in closets running for years. Our automated management of Database is unparalleled in the industry and IBM i has delivered integrated value. Enhancements to IBM i are in the heart of IBM’s Power investment stream.

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IBM i 7.1 announcement highlights • DB2 PO #

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– Support for XML and column level encryption

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• Solid State Drives – Automatic movement of hot data to SSDs

• Open Access for RPG – Extend application reach to pervasive devices

• Zend Server Community Edition – PHP environment preloaded with IBM i

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– Richer management of IBM i via Systems Director Announce April 13 GA April 23 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2010

Figure 1-7. IBM i 7.1 announcement highlights

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Notes: Major highlights of i 7.1 will be discussed in more detail throughout the rest of this presentation and follow-on lectures. As you expect from IBM there are enhancements to Database, Resiliency, Automation, Management, Virtualization, Security and supporting Industry Standards on IBM i.

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DB2 for i: XML support • XML is an industry standard for exchanging information between customers, suppliers, and partners • Rich XML Support now available with DB2 for i – XML data type stores XML documents supporting database operations – Decompose (shred) XML documents into relational columns – Generate XML documents from existing relational data

• OmniFind Text Search Server provides support for searching XML documents – Search elements of an XML document (e.g., customer name = Smith) – SQL statements use OmniFind to search the XML documents – Available with IBM i for no additional charge

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Notes: In many applications today, business processes and logic are being controlled by data that is described in XML which is a standard way to describe information that is exchanged between customers and their suppliers and partners. That data was not immediately available to DB2 for i. The new enhancements in 7.1 make XML easier to process in DB2 for i by providing an XML data type that allows applications to store XML documents in DB2 and perform standard DB2 operations on those objects. You can also take existing data stored in DB2 and create an XML document from that data to make it easier to exchange information with partners using standard interfaces. This is a strategic replacement for the XML Extenders product. The OmniFind Text Search Server makes it easy to search XML documents for specific information within a document such as a customer name. This is a separate product that is available with IBM i for no additional charge.

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DB2 for i: Additional enhancements • Column Level Encryption

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– Allows for transparent (no application changes) encryption of a specific column in a database table accessed through SQL or native – Solutions from tool providers including Patrick Townsend, Linoma Software, and Protegrity supply encryption algorithms

• Application Developers – MERGE, Array support, Global Variables, and consuming result sets in RPG allows for more powerful and efficient programming

• Performance – Adaptive Query Processing can modify query plan while the query is running to significantly improve performance – Advanced SQE query optimizer now supports native logical files

• Management – New tooling to monitor long running operations – SQL_CANCEL procedure to cancel long running queries. – Random or Sequential I/O statistics to identify tables that can benefit from SSDs

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Figure 1-9. DB2 for i: Additional enhancements

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Notes: In addition to XML enhancements, there are many other DB2 enhancements which will be discussed in even greater detail in the next presentation. Column Level Encryption is one of those features which customers and ISVs have asked for. DB2 provides the ability to encrypt individual columns for security purposes such as credit card numbers, social security numbers, and so on. We have also partnered with tool providers shown here that have supplied encryption algorithms which can be used by application providers to take advantage of this support in their applications. Additional enhancements for application developers, query performance improvements, and new support to monitor and manage queries is also provided in this release.

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DB2 Web Query enhancements • New functions for IBM i 5.4, 6.1 and 7.1

9 Upgrade Query/400 with DB2 Web Query •

– Security Enhancements

– Up to 5x better performance over Query/400

• Change password from within DB2 Web Query •

• Enhanced meta data control

Reduce Report Maintenance – Leverage parameterized reporting or OLAP functions to minimize report maintenance

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Remove Dependency on IT – Give the Power of the data to end users in the formats they want it with information in real time

• New WRKWEBQRY functions simplifies admin

Upgrade into full blown BI – DB2 Web Query enabled Data Mart/Warehouses

• Improved internal processing • Improved analysis capabilities

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• Improved Dashboard development • Active Reports usability enhancements

• DB2 Web Query supports querying XML documents with IBM i 7.1 DB2 Web Query provides an integrated Business Intelligence solution that offers rich functionality and breakthrough performance © Copyright IBM Corporation 2010

Figure 1-10. DB2 Web Query enhancements

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Notes: One of the most successful products on i over the past few years is DB2 Web Query. It gets enhanced in 7.1 with added security and change management features, improved performance and more detailed analysis capabilities, and functional enhancements to improve the development of custom dashboards and get more out of Active Reports. These enhancements are also rolled back and supported for those users on i 6.1 and 5.4 as well as the new release. Now that DB2 supports an XML data type in the new release as discussed earlier, DB2 Web Query now supports this data type in i 7.1. The boxes on the right side of this chart are reminders of why customers should be using DB2 Web Query if they have been Query/400 users or are using other BI and query solutions on other platforms.

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Availability enhancements Scheduled Downtime

Unscheduled Downtime

• Backups

• Recovery Time

– Save Performance

– Abnormal IPL

– Online Backups

– Transactions up to point of failure

– Saving Less

– Restoring lost or corrupted data

– Usability

• Maintenance and Operations

• Single Points of Failure

– Virtualization

– Processor & Memory

– PTFs

– Power & Service Proc

– OS Upgrades

– Storage

– Database

– I/O

HA Solutions • Automation, Customization, and User Interface • Environment Resilience • Data Resilience • Application Resilience

– Hardware

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Notes: Enhancements that help eliminate Scheduled Downtime first

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PowerHA SystemMirror for i: IBM 7.1 enhancements • Asynchronous Geographic Mirroring for multisite DR solution – IBM i based mirroring for geographically dispersed systems – Asynchronously mirrors disk writes to target system – Support for automatic failover

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– Supports IASPs on integrated disk, SAN, and virtual disk

• LUN level switching for local HA solution – Switch IASP on DS8000 or DS6000 between local systems – Support for automatic failover – Supports native and VIOS with NPIV attached SANs

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PowerHA provides a robust, simple to manage High Availability and Disaster Recovery solution

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Figure 1-12. PowerHA SystemMirror for i: IBM 7.1 enhancements

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Notes: Here is an overview of the key enhancements to PowerHA for i 7.1. Asynchronous geographic mirroring allow you to have the primary site and disaster recovery site to be much further apart than in the past. The new support allows the primary system to continue processing as data is being mirrored to the DR site without having to wait for the mirrored operations to complete. In the event of a failure, automatic failover is provided to the point where the two systems are in synch. Support is provided for Independent ASPs for any storage type supported on IBM i, integrated, SAN, or virtual disk. Many usability improvements have also been added to the product in 7.1. PowerHA can be used as a local solution for two systems in the same data center that are sharing an independent ASP to store its data. In previous releases, switching and automatic failover was supported only with integrated disk. Now in i 7.1, switching and automatic failover can also be done with DS8000 and DS6000 that are attached natively or through a Virtual I/O Server with NPIV. More information will be provided in the PowerHA presentation which is covered later in this class. © Copyright IBM Corp. 2010

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Student Notebook

PowerHA SystemMirror for i editions IBM i HA/DR Clustering

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PowerHA SystemMirror Standard Edition – Targeted at data center high availability solutions

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PowerHA SystemMirror Enterprise Edition – Adds support for multi-site high availability and disaster recovery solutions

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Enterprise Edition

Centralized cluster management

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Cluster resource management

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Centralized cluster configuration

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Automated cluster validation

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Cluster admin domain

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Cluster device domain

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Integrated heartbeat

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Application monitoring

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IBM i event/error management

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Automated planned switch over

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Managed unplanned fail over

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Geomirror Synchronous Mode

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Centralized Flash Copy

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LUN level switching

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Multi-Site HA/DR management

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DS8000/DS6000 Metro Mirror

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DS800/DS6000 Global Mirror

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Geomirror Async mode

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Figure 1-13. PowerHA SystemMirror for i editions

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Notes: Here is an overview of the features available in PowerHA SystemMirror for i in both the standard and enterprise editions. Notice the Async Geographic Mirroring support discussed on the previous slide is available only in the Enterprise Edition while the new LUN level switching support is available in both Standard and Enterprise editions. Standard Edition is targeted for Datacenter, Campus, or