Implementing the IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller with IBM Spectrum Virtualize V8.2.1

An IBM Redbooks publication

Published 04 July 2019

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ISBN-10: 0738457752
ISBN-13: 9780738457758
IBM Form #: SG24-7933-07
(828 pages)

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Authors: Jon Tate, Jack Armstrong, Tiago Bastos, Pawel Brodacki, Frank Enders, Sergey Kubin, Danilo Miyasiro, Rodrigo Suzuki

Abstract

This IBM® Redbooks® publication is a detailed technical guide to the IBM System Storage® SAN Volume Controller (SVC), which is powered by IBM Spectrum™ Virtualize V8.2.1.

IBM SAN Volume Controller is a virtualization appliance solution that maps virtualized volumes that are visible to hosts and applications to physical volumes on storage devices. Each server within the storage area network (SAN) has its own set of virtual storage addresses that are mapped to physical addresses. If the physical addresses change, the server continues running by using the same virtual addresses that it had before. Therefore, volumes or storage can be added or moved while the server is still running.

The IBM virtualization technology improves the management of information at the block level in a network, which enables applications and servers to share storage devices on a network.

Table of contents

Chapter 1. Introduction to storage virtualization
Chapter 2. System overview
Chapter 3. Planning
Chapter 4. Initial configuration
Chapter 5. Graphical user interface
Chapter 6. Storage pools
Chapter 7. Volumes
Chapter 8. Hosts
Chapter 9. Storage migration
Chapter 10. Advanced features for storage efficiency
Chapter 11. Advanced Copy Services
Chapter 12. Encryption
Chapter 13. Reliability, availability, and serviceability, and monitoring and troubleshooting
Appendix A. Performance data and statistics gathering
Appendix B. CLI setup
Appendix C. Terminology

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