This IBM® Redbooks® publication gives a broad understanding of storage clouds and the initial functionality that was introduced for mainframes to have Transparent Cloud Tiering.

IBM DFSMS and the IBM DS8880 added functionality to provide elements of serverless data movement, and for IBM z/OS® to communicate with a storage cloud. They introduced the following key areas:

This IBM Redbooks publication is dived into the following parts:

This book was produced by a team of specialists from around the world working at the International Technical Support Organization, Poughkeepsie Center.

Keith Winnard is the z/OS Project Leader at the International Technical Support Organization, Poughkeepsie Center. He writes extensively and is keen to engage with customers to understand what they want from IBM Redbooks Publications. Before joining the ITSO in 2014, Keith worked for clients and Business Partners in the UK and Europe in various technical and account management roles. He is experienced with blending and integrating new technologies into the traditional role of mainframes.

Jose Gilberto Biondo Jr is an IT Specialist in Integrated Technology Delivery, ServerSystems Operations/Storage Management in IBM Brazil. He has nine years of experience in z/OS, working with storage management since 2007. Jose has written several IBM Redbooks publications. Although he works mainly with IBM storage products (DFSMSdfp, DFSMSdss, DFSMShsm, and DFSMSrmm), he also works with OEM software products. Jose’s areas of expertise include installing and maintaining storage products, and process automation.

Glenn R Wilcock is a Senior Technical Staff Member with the IBM Systems Unit, in Tucson, Arizona. He is the lead architect for z/OS DFSMShsm, which provides automated, policy-driven space management and backup/recovery for enterprise systems data. Glenn has over 25 years of experience developing storage software solutions.

Andrew N Wilt is a Senior Software Engineer with the IBM Systems Unit in Tucson. He has 17 years of experience in DFSMSdss and DFSMShsm. He holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from The University of Arizona.

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