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Abstract
This IBM® Redbooks publication gives a basic introduction to the IBM System Storage™ N series, virtualization, and VMware® . It goes into detail about how to utilize the N series with VMware ESX server and the benefits of doing so. Examples are given on how to install and set up VMware ESX server with the N series. The IBM System Storage N series in conjunction with VMware ESX server helps complete the virtualizaion hierarchy by providing both a server and storage virtualization solution. Though this configuration can further assist with other areas of virtualization, networks, and applications, these areas of virtualization are not covered in detail in this book.
Table of contents
Chapter 1. Introduction to IBM System Storage N series
Chapter 2. Introduction to virtualization
Chapter 3. Benefits of N series with VMware ESX server
Chapter 4. Planning for an N series and VMware ESX server
Chapter 5. Preparing the storage environment for VMware ESX server
Chapter 6. Installing the VMware ESX operating system on N series systems
Chapter 7. VirtualCenter installation and configuration
Chapter 8. N series cloning
Chapter 9. Network setup for VMware ESX guest operating systems
Chapter 10. Backup and recovery
Chapter 11. High availability and disaster recovery
Chapter 12. Advanced Single Instance Storage with VMware Infrastructure 3
Chapter 13. VMware ESX Server post-install considerations
Chapter 14. N series thin provisioning and VI3
Appendix A. Hot backup Snapshot script