IBM Storage solutions Redbooks

Implementation Guide for IBM Elastic Storage System 3500
Storage solutions

Redbooks, published 29 Jun 2023, last updated 5 Jan 2024

This IBM® Redbooks® publication introduces and describes the IBM Elastic Storage® Server 3500 (ESS 3500) as a scalable, high-performance data and file management solution. The solution is built on proven IBM Storage® Scale technology, formerly IBM Spectrum Scale. IBM Elastic Storage System 3500 is a hybrid platform able to provide both very high data throughput for high demand AI and ML workloads using an NVMe based drive configuration, or provide large amounts of storage when attached to additional disk based ESS HDD storage units. This book provides a technical overview of the ESS 3500 ... [more]

What is New in DFSMSrmm
Storage hardware

Redbooks, published 18 Dec 2023, last updated 18 Dec 2023

DFSMSrmm is an IBM z/OS feature that is a fully functioning tape management system to manage your removable media. In the last decade, many enhancements were made to DFSMSrmm. This IBM Redbooks publication is intended to help you configure and use the newer functions and features that are now available. Discussion of the new features is included along with use cases. Hints and tips of various common DFSMSrmm problems and useful configuration and reporting JCL also are included. This publication is intended as a supplement to DFSMSrmm Primer, SG24-5983, which ... [more]

IBM Storage Ceph Concepts and Architecture Guide
Storage solutions

Draft Redpaper, last updated 28 Nov 2023

IBM® Storage Ceph is an IBM-supported distribution of the open-source Ceph platform that provides massively scalable object, block, and file storage in a single system. IBM Storage Ceph is designed to operationalize AI with enterprise resiliency and consolidate data with software simplicity and run on multiple hardware platforms to provide flexibility and lower costs. Engineered to be self-healing and self-managing with no single point of failure and includes storage analytics for critical insights into growing amounts of data. IBM Storage Ceph can be used as an easy and efficient way to ... [more]

IBM TS7700 R5 DS8000 Object Store User's Guide
Storage solutions

Redpaper, published 30 Aug 2023, last updated 7 Nov 2023

The IBM® TS7700 features a functional enhancement that allows for the TS7700 to act as an object store for transparent cloud tiering with IBM DS8000®, DFSMShsm (HSM), and native DFSMSdss (DSS). This function can be used to move data sets directly from DS8000 to TS7700. This IBM Redpaper publication provides a functional overview of the features, provides client value information, and walks through DFSMS, DS8000, and TS7700 set up steps.

IBM Storage Fusion Backup and Restore for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
Storage solutions

Redpaper, published 7 Jun 2023, last updated 24 Oct 2023

IBM Cloud Pak® for Data can be protected with IBM Storage Fusion™. This IBM Redpaper publication covers backing up IBM Cloud Pak for Data with a non-disruptive (online) backup and then restoring to an alternate cluster. During an online backup, normal runtime operations in the Cloud Pak for Data cluster continue while the backup completes. The backup process includes creating policies and automating backups in IBM Storage Fusion, then protecting Cloud Pak for Data, protecting IBM Storage Fusion namespace and the IBM Storage Protect Plus (SPP) catalog. Backup and restore is supported from ... [more]

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The above is a list of IBM Redbooks and Redpapers on Storage solutions, showing most recently published first. IBM Redbooks publications are available for download in PDF and EPUB formats and most are also available on Google Play Books and Apple Books.