7.5 HA 5.6.3, 7.4 HA 4.12.3 Enhancements

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IBM PowerHA SystemMirror for IBM i brings significant integration enhancements to IBM Power Virtual Server.

Power Virtual Server Global Replication Services 7.5 HA 5.6.3 7.4 HA 4.12.3

IBM PowerHA SystemMirror for IBM i continues to evolve, featuring strategic integrations with the IBM Power Virtual Server offering. Previously, PowerHA for i was available in Power Virtual Server when utilizing storage agnostic technologies such as Geographic Mirroring. While Geographic Mirroring, including multi-target Geographic Mirroring continues to provide solutions for both cloud and Hybrid-Cloud environments, these new integrations provide additional capabilities and options within IBM Power Virtual Server.

With this enhancement, PowerHA has introduced support for integrating IASP-based replication and switching technologies to Power Virtual Server including Global Replication Services (GRS) for IASPs.

The integration with GRS enables PowerHA management of SAN-based replication in Power Virtual Server. GRS provides asynchronous replication between two data centers in Power Virtual Server. This provides a similar management experience to Global Mirror technologies used in on-premise environments.

For additional information on this integration see Configuring PowerHA with IBM Power Virtual Server.

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