1、Orlando,FLOctober 69IBM TechXchange 2025Session code 1712Kris Whitney IBM,IBM i Chief EngineerDave WisemanMeridian,Sr DirectorIBM i Migrate While Active-Why take your system down to migrate?Agenda010203040506The ChallengeMWA Product OverviewAssisted Save/RestorePartition MirrorDemosCustomer Examples
2、IBM TechXchange|2025 IBM CorporationUnderstanding the ChallengeNumber 1 most asked question:Can I send IBM my tapes?Can I send IBM my tapes?Answer:No,there are no physical No,there are no physical tape drives in tape drives in PowerVSPowerVS IBM TechXchange|2025 IBM Corporation3Understanding the Cha
3、llengeNumber 2 most asked question:Can I replicate my storage Can I replicate my storage controller to controller to PowerVSPowerVS?Answer:No,currently there is no No,currently there is no support to replicate from onsupport to replicate from on-prem to prem to PowerVSPowerVS at the at the storage c
4、ontroller layerstorage controller layerIBM TechXchange|2025 IBM Corporation45IBM TechXchange|2025 IBM CorporationUnderstanding the ChallengeCan I save directly to the Cloud VTL?No,the latency is to great to achieve any type of throughput.Can I boot from my save media?No,you have to first do a networ
5、k install of the base OS from a running IBM i.Can I use tape for the entire system install:No,you have to use virtual optical for the base and optionally tape for the user data.Agenda010203040506The ChallengeMWA Product OverviewAssisted Save/RestorePartition MirrorDemoCustomer ExamplesIBM TechXchang
6、e|2025 IBM CorporationThe Db2 Mirror for i FamilyIBM TechXchange|2025 IBM Corporation7Base Product(5770-DBM 5050)-No Charge-GUI Support-Application Evaluation Option 1 Continuous Availability(5101)Licensed per core on both nodesRequires RoCE RDMA adaptersBi-directional synchronous replicationLimited