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Chapter 3 Preparing for Universal Replicator z/OS Operations 3-3
Hitachi Universal Replicator for IBM /OS User’s Guide
• For distances greater than 30 km (18.6 miles), approved third-party
channel extender products and telecommunications lines are required.
Long-distance URz solutions are provided based on user requirements and
workload characteristics.
• Supported mainframe host operating systems (OS):
USP V supports the following mainframe host operating systems (OS).
– MVS, OS/390, z/OS, VOS3, MSP-EX
– Optional error report communications (ERC) function requires MVS/DFP
3.2.0 or later.
– If the primary and/or secondary systems consist of several CPU
complexes, a SYSPLEX timer is required to provide a common time
reference for the host I/O time-stamping function.
Please contact your Hitachi account team for the latest information on
platform support for URz.
• A computer that runs Storage Navigator (Storage Navigator computer):
The USP V Storage Navigator remote console software is required for
USP V URz operations. The URz remote console software is a component of
the USP V Storage Navigator software. The URz license key(s) are required
to enable the URz option(s) on the USP V storage system (see section
Enabling the URz Option(s)). Separate license keys are required for each
USP V storage system. For further information on USP V Storage Navigator
operations, please refer to the Storage Navigator User's Guide, or contact
your Hitachi account team.
Note: Administrator or URz write access to the USP V Storage Navigator Java
applet program is required to perform URz operations. Users without
Administrator or URz write access can only view URz information.
• About the license of Universal Replicator for z/OS
®
:
If you want to use Universal Replicator for z/OS
®
, you must install not only
a license for Universal Replicator for z/OS
®
but also a license for TrueCopy
for z/OS
®
.
• Connection with TagmaStore USP/NSC
URz can execute remote copy operations by connecting USP V with
TagmaStore USP/NSC. Specifically, the following configurations are
supported.
– System configuration for remote copy operation using URz from USP V
to TagmaStore USP/NSC.
– System configuration for remote copy operation using URz from
TagmaStore USP/NSC to USP V using.
Note: For detailed information about the connection with TagmaStore
USP/NSC, see section
Configuration that TagmaStore USP/NSC and USP V
is Connected.