IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management

IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management V2.2.5 delivers following benefits:

Automate the creation and use of copy data on existing storage infrastructure, such as snapshots, vaults, clones, and replicas.
Reduce time spent on infrastructure management while improving reliability.
Modernize existing IT resources by providing automation, user self-service, and API-based operations without the need for any additional hardware.
Simplify management of critical IT functions such as data protection and DR.
Automate test and development infrastructure provisioning, reducing management time.
Drive new, high-value use cases, such as leveraging hybrid cloud compute.
Catalog and track IT objects, including volumes, snapshots, VMs, data stores, and files.
Deliver insights into copy data environments across the enterprise, including protection recovery point objective and RTO compliance reporting.
Integrate with Oracle, MS SQL server, and other databases to make database copying and cloning simple, fast, and efficient.
Deliver additional value through support for data masking, log management, and Oracle RMAN.
Support multivendor selection of storage arrays, including systems from IBM, NetApp, and EMC.
Scan and track snapshots in VMWare environments taken with IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot.

Supported applications and databases include:

Oracle 11gR2 and Oracle 12c on a physical or VM running one of the following OSs:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)/CentOS 6.5+, RHEL/CentOS 7.0, or later
Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) 6.0+, 7.0+
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11.0+, 12.0+
SQL server 2008, and later, on VMs running on Windows Server 2008, and later

Supported storage platforms:

IBM storage systems running IBM Spectrum Virtualize Software V7.3, and later, including IBM SAN Volume Controller, IBM Storwize, and IBM FlashSystem V9000
Storage systems running IBM Spectrum Accelerate 11.5.3, and later, including IBM FlashSystem A9000, A9000R, and IBM XIV
Non-IBM storage systems (NetApp and EMC VNX)

Planned availability date: October 28, 2016