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Abstract
This IBM Redbooks publication is an updated, detailed technical guide to the IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller (SVC), a virtualization appliance solution that maps virtualized volumes visible to hosts and applications to physical volumes on storage devices.
Each server within the SAN has its own set of virtual storage addresses, which are mapped to physical addresses. If the physical addresses change, the server continues running using the same virtual addresses it had before. This means that volumes or storage can be added or moved while the server is still running.
The IBM virtualization technology improves management of information at the block level in a network, enabling applications and servers to share storage devices on a network.
This book covers the following areas:
- Storage virtualization high-level overview
- Architecture of the SVC
- Implementing and configuring the SVC
- Using virtualization and advanced copy services functions
- Migrating existing storage to the SVC
Table of contents
Chapter 1. Introduction to storage virtualization
Chapter 2. IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller overview
Chapter 3. Planning and configuration
Chapter 4. Performance and capacity planning
Chapter 5. SVC Console
Chapter 6. Quickstart configuration using the command-line interface
Chapter 7. Quickstart configuration using the GUI
Chapter 8. Host configuration
Chapter 9. SVC configuration and administration using the CLI
Chapter 10. SVC configuration and administration using the GUI
Chapter 11. Copy Services: FlashCopy
Chapter 12. Copy Services: Metro Mirror
Chapter 13. Copy Services: Global Mirror
Chapter 14. Migration to and from the SAN Volume Controller
Appendix A. Copy Services and open systems
Appendix B. DS4000 and DS8000 migration scenarios
Appendix C. Scripting
Appendix D. Node replacement