For the success of your business. Enterprise System Management Solution

FDRSOS (FDR Safeguard Open Storage)Innovation Data Processing, Inc

Frees network resources taken up by backup data for more productive applications.

FDRSOS carries out fast, highly reliable backup/restore of open system data (FBA) on MVS mainframes (CKD). Converting EMC’s Symmetrix storage subsystem to an enterprise storage platform (ESP) enables the backup/restore of actual SCSI disks used by UNIX, PC, and other servers under an MVS environment.

FDRSOS (FDR Safeguard Open Storage)

Fast Backups at Channel Speed

When an open system performs a central backup, the time it takes depends on network resources, but since FDRSOS is based on Symmetrix-ESP, backup is possible at the transfer speed of the MVS channel, without the need for a network connection (up to 17 MB/second with an ESCON connection).

Multifaceted Backup/Restore

  • Multivolume serial backup/restore
  • Concurrent backup/restore
  • Partial backup/restore
  • Dual backup
  • Restore to alternate volumes

Data Format and Inter-System Compatibility

I/O processing is carried out by MVS data management, without any proprietary I/O processing. This means that backup/restore is possible from any CPU, as long as it is on the MVS system. And even if a new type of device is released for backup use, backup/restore is possible with I/O processing by MVS data management.

Easy Installation

Only three datasets need to be copied, and there is no static modification of the system module.

Advantages of FDRSOS

Backup automation
Since backups are performed on a mainframe, open system volume backups are simple, reliable, and flexible if scheduled jobs are added to an automatic scheduler (such as A-AUTO).

More efficient backups
Since multiple open system volumes can be backed up/restored at once, the backup schedule can be dramatically shortened.

Centralized management of backups
Tape media can be centrally managed on a mainframe by allocating all crucial databases and other such data that had been backup-managed on open systems until now to open system volumes on Symmetrix-ESP.

Network resources freed
Improved resource utilization can be expected because network resource that had been occupied by backups on open systems until now can be freed for the transmission processing they were meant for.

Operating Environment

Vendor OS
IBM OS/390, z/OS