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LDAP Authentication for IBM Storage DS8000 Systems: Updated for DS8000 Release 9.3.2
Storage hardware

Redpaper, published 29 Jun 2023

The IBM Storage DS8000® series includes the option to replace the locally based user ID and password authentication with a centralized, directory-based approach. This IBM® Redpaper publication helps DS8000 storage administrators understand the concepts and benefits of a centralized directory. It provides the information that is required for implementing a DS8000 authentication mechanism that is based on the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). Starting with the IBM Storage DS8000 Release 9.1 code, a simpler, native LDAP authentication method is supported along with the former ... [more]


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IBM Storage Fusion Product Guide
Storage solutions

Redpaper, published 22 May 2023, last updated 23 Jun 2023

This IBM® Redbooks® publication offers a short overview of IBM's integrated environment for container workloads, IBM Storage Fusion. The product comes in two variants, IBM Storage Fusion HCI System including all required hardware, and IBM Storage Fusion SDS (software-only) for deployment in public or private Clouds. This paper has been updated with the 2.5.1 release only for IBM Storage Fusion and the 2.5.2 release of IBM Storage Fusion HCI ... [more]


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IBM Storage DS8900F Product Guide Release 9.3.2
Storage solutions

Product Guide, published 20 Jun 2022, last updated 30 Mar 2023

This IBM® Redbooks Product Guide provides an overview of the features and functions that are available with the IBM Storage DS8900F models that run microcode Release 9.3.2 (Bundle 89.32/Licensed Machine Code 7.9.32). As of February 2023, the DS8900F with DS8000 Release 9.3.2 is the latest addition. The DS8900F is an all-flash system exclusively, and it offers three classes:
- IBM DS8980F: Analytic Class: The DS8980F Analytic Class offers best performance for organizations that want to expand their workload possibilities to artificial intelligence (AI), Business Intelligence, and ... [more]


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Proactive Early Threat Detection and Securing Oracle Database with IBM QRadar, IBM Security Guardium Database Protection, and IBM Copy Services Manager by using IBM FlashSystem Safeguarded Copy
Storage solutions

Blueprint, published 10 Mar 2023

This IBM® blueprint publication focuses on early threat detection within a database environment by using IBM Security® Guardium® Data Protection and IBM QRadar® . It also highlights how to proactively start a cyber resilience workflow in response to a cyberattack or potential malicious user actions. The workflow that is presented here uses IBM Copy Services Manager as orchestration software to start IBM FlashSystem® Safeguarded Copy functions. The Safeguarded Copy creates an immutable copy of the data in an air-gapped form on the same IBM FlashSystem for isolation and eventual quick ... [more]


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Policy-Based Replication with IBM Storage FlashSystem, IBM SAN Volume Controller and IBM Storage Virtualize
Storage hardware

Redpaper, published 14 Feb 2023

Policy-based replication is the successor to Remote Copy for providing replication services for IBM Storage FlashSystem, IBM SAN Volume Controller, and IBM Storage Virtualize for version 8.5.2 and later. This new management model uses volume groups and replication policies to enable the system to automatically deploy and manage replication. This significantly simplifies the tasks that are associated with configuring, managing, and monitoring replication. Compared to Remote Copy, policy-based replication replicates data between systems with minimal overhead, significantly higher throughput, ... [more]


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IBM Spectrum Protect Plus: Protecting Red Hat OpenShift Containerized Environments
Storage solutions

Redpaper, published 9 Dec 2022, last updated 14 Dec 2022

This IBM® Redpaper publication describes support for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform application data protection with IBM Spectrum® Protect Plus. It explains backup and restore operations for persistent volume data by using the Container Storage Interface (CSI) plug-in. The paper starts with an introduction and overview of containers and Red Hat OpenShift, followed by a quick review of the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus architecture and functions. Readers who are familiar with any one of these topics can skip the corresponding chapters. Chapter 3, “Installing IBM Spectrum Protect Plus as a ... [more]


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Cyber Resiliency with Splunk Enterprise and IBM FlashSystem Storage Safeguarded Copy with IBM Copy Services Manager
Storage software

Blueprint, published 12 Dec 2022

The focus of this document is to highlight early threat detection by using Splunk Enterprise and proactively start a cyber resilience workflow in response to a cyberattack or malicious user action. The workflow uses IBM® Copy Services Manager (CSM) as orchestration software to invoke the IBM FlashSystem® storage Safeguarded Copy function, which creates an immutable copy of the data in an air-gapped form on the same IBM FlashSystem Storage for isolation and eventual quick recovery. This document explains the steps that are required to enable and forward IBM FlashSystem audit logs and set a ... [more]


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Offloading storage volumes from Safeguarded Copy to AWS S3 Object Storage with IBM FlashSystem Transparent Cloud Tiering
Storage solutions

Blueprint, published 22 Nov 2022

The focus of this IBM® Blueprint is to showcase a method to store volumes that are created by using Safeguarded Copy off-premise to Amazon S3 object storage that uses the IBM FlashSystem Transparent cloud tiering (TCT) feature. TCT enables volume data to be copied and transferred to object storage. The TCT feature supports creating connections to cloud service providers to store copies of volume data in private or public clouds. This feature is useful for organizations of all sizes when planning for disaster recovery operations or storing a copy of data as extra backup. TCT provides seamless ... [more]


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IBM Elastic Storage System Introduction Guide
Storage solutions

Redpaper, published 21 Nov 2022, last updated 22 Nov 2022

This IBM® Redpaper publication provides an overview of the IBM Elastic Storage® Server (IBM ESS) and IBM Elastic Storage System (also IBM ESS). These scalable, high-performance data and file management solution, are built on IBM Spectrum® Scale technology. Providing reliability, performance, and scalability, IBM ESS can be implemented for a range of diverse requirements. The latest IBM ESS 3500 is the most innovative system that provides investment protection to expand or build a new Global Data Platform and use current storage. The system allows enhanced, non-disruptive upgrades to grow ... [more]


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Proactive Early Threat Detection and Securing SQL Database With IBM QRadar and IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management Using IBM FlashSystem Safeguarded Copy
Storage solutions

Blueprint, published 14 Oct 2022

This IBM® blueprint publication focuses on early threat detection within a database environment by using IBM QRadar®. It also highlights how to proactively start a cyber resilience workflow in response to a cyberattack or potential malicious user actions. The workflow that is presented here uses IBM Spectrum® Copy Data Management as orchestration software to start IBM FlashSystem® Safeguarded Copy functions. The Safeguarded Copy creates an immutable copy of the data in an air-gapped form on the same IBM FlashSystem for isolation and eventual quick recovery. This document describes how to ... [more]


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Managing Electronic Health Records with Epic, IBM FlashSystem, and IBM Spectrum Sentinel Blueprint Version 1 Release 1
Storage solutions

Blueprint, published 9 Aug 2022

The information in this blueprint is intended to facilitate the deployment of IBM® FlashSystem® for the Epic Corporation electronic health record (EHR) solution. It describes the requirements and specifications for configuring IBM FlashSystem and its parameters. This document also describes the steps that are required to configure the server that hosts the EHR application. To complete these tasks, you must have a working knowledge of IBM FlashSystem and Epic applications. The information in this document is distributed on an “as is” basis, without any warranty that is either expressed or ... [more]


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Cyber Resiliency with IBM QRadar and IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud on Azure with IBM Copy Services Manager for Safeguarded Copy
Storage solutions

Redpaper, published 8 Jul 2022, last updated 11 Jul 2022

The focus of this Blueprint publication is to highlight the early threat detection capabilities of IBM® QRadar® and to show how to proactively start a cyber-resilience workflow in response to a cyberattack or malicious user actions. The workflow uses IBM’s Copy Services Manager as orchestration software to start IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud (SV4PC) Safeguarded Copy functions. The IBM SV4PC Safeguarded Copy function creates an immutable copy of the data in an air-gapped form on the same IBM SV4PC on Azure for isolation and eventual quick recovery. This document describes the ... [more]


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IBM DS8900F and IBM Z Synergy DS8900F: Release 9.3 and z/OS 2.5
Storage solutions

Redpaper, published 1 Jul 2022, last updated 4 Jul 2022

IBM Z® has a close and unique relationship to its storage. Over the years, improvements to the IBM zSystems® processors and storage software, the disk storage systems, and their communication architecture consistently reinforced this synergy. This IBM® Redpaper™ publication summarizes and highlights the various aspects, advanced functions, and technologies that are often pioneered by IBM and make IBM Z and IBM DS8000® products an ideal combination. This paper is intended for users who have some familiarity with IBM Z and the IBM DS8000 series and want a condensed but comprehensive overview ... [more]


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Business Continuity Solution with Red Hat OpenShift and IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud on Microsoft Azure
Storage solutions

Blueprint, published 16 May 2022, last updated 17 May 2022

The focus of this Blueprint is to facilitate the deployment of the hybrid cloud business continuity solution with Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP) on Microsoft Azure Cloud and Container Storage Interface (CSI) driver plug-in for IBM Block Storage and IBM® Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud (SV4PC) on Microsoft Azure Cloud. This solution is designed to protect the data by using IBM Storage-based Global Mirror Replication, and the “volume replication” feature from IBM block storage CSI driver for IBM Storage. For demonstration purposes, MySQL containerized database is installed ... [more]


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Early Threat Detection and Safeguarding Data with IBM QRadar and IBM Copy Services Manager on IBM DS8000
Storage solutions

Blueprint, published 4 Mar 2022, last updated 21 Apr 2022

The focus of this blueprint is to highlight early threat detection by IBM® QRadar® and to proactively start a cyber resilience workflow in response to a cyberattack or malicious user actions. The workflow uses IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) as orchestration software to start IBM DS8000® Safeguarded Copy functions. The Safeguarded Copy creates an immutable copy of the data in an air-gapped form on the same DS8000 system for isolation and eventual quick recovery. This document also explains the steps that are involved to enable and forward IBM DS8000 audit logs to IBM QRadar. It also ... [more]


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IBM b-type Gen 7 Installation, Migration, and Best Practices Guide
Storage solutions

Redbooks, published 29 Mar 2022

The IBM® b-type Gen 7 Fibre Channel directors and switches provide reliable, scalable, and secure high-performance foundations for high-density server virtualization, cloud architectures, and next generation flash and SSD storage. They are designed to meet the demands of highly virtualized private cloud storage and data center environments. This IBM Redbooks® publication helps administrators understand how to implement or migrate to an IBM b-type Gen 7 SAN. It provides an overview of the key hardware and software products and explains how to install, monitor, tune, and troubleshoot your ... [more]


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IBM FlashSystem Safeguarded Copy Implementation Guide
Storage solutions

Redpaper, published 25 Mar 2022

Safeguarded Copy function that is available with IBM® Spectrum Virtualize Version 8.4.2 supports the ability to create cyber-resilient point-in-time copies of volumes that cannot be changed or deleted through user errors, malicious actions, or ransomware attacks. The system integrates with IBM Copy Services Manager to provide automated backup copies and data recovery. This IBM Redpaper® publication introduces the features and functions of Safeguarded Copy function by using several examples. This document is aimed at pre-sales and post-sales technical support specialists and storage ... [more]


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IBM TS4500 R8 Tape Library Guide
Storage solutions

Redbooks, published 21 Mar 2022

The IBM® TS4500 (TS4500) tape library is a next-generation tape solution that offers higher storage density and better integrated management than previous solutions. This IBM Redbooks® publication gives you a close-up view of the new IBM TS4500 tape library. In the TS4500, IBM delivers the density that today’s and tomorrow’s data growth requires. It has the cost-effectiveness and the manageability to grow with business data needs, while you preserve investments in IBM tape library products. Now, you can achieve a low per-terabyte cost and high density, with up to 13 PB of data (up to 39 PB ... [more]


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IBM Spectrum Virtualize, IBM FlashSystem, and IBM SAN Volume Controller Security Feature Checklist
Storage solutions

Blueprint, published 16 Mar 2022

IBM Spectrum® Virtualize based storage systems are secure storage platforms that implement various security-related features, in terms of system-level access controls and data-level security features. This document outlines the available security features and options of IBM Spectrum Virtualize based storage systems. It is not intended as a “how to” or best practice document. Instead, it is a checklist of features that can be reviewed by a user security team to aid in the definition of a policy to be followed when implementing IBM FlashSystem®, IBM SAN Volume Controller, and IBM Spectrum ... [more]


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Cyber Resilient Infrastructure: Detect, Protect, and Mitigate Threats Against Brocade SAN FOS with IBM QRadar
Storage solutions

Blueprint, published 2 Mar 2022

Enterprise networks are large and rely on numerous connected endpoints to ensure smooth operational efficiency. However, they also present a challenge from a security perspective. The focus of this Blueprint is to demonstrate an early threat detection against the network fabric that is powered by Brocade that uses IBM® QRadar®. It also protects the same if a cyberattack or an internal threat by rouge user within the organization occurs. The publication also describes how to configure the syslog that is forwarding on Brocade SAN FOS. Finally, it explains how the forwarded audit events are ... [more]


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