IBM PowerVM Best Practices

19 Jan 2015, Redbooks ... This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides best practices for planning, installing, maintaining, and monitoring the IBM PowerVM® Enterprise Edition virtualization features on IBM POWER7® processor technology-based servers. PowerVM is a ...

IBM PowerVM Getting Started Guide

4 Dec 2012, Redpapers ... IBM® PowerVM® virtualization technology is a combination of hardware and software that supports and manages virtual environments on IBM POWER5, POWER5+, POWER6®, and POWER7® processor-based systems. These systems are available on IBM Power ...

Introduction to IBM PowerVM

13 Mar 2023, Redbooks ... Virtualization plays an important role in resource efficiency by optimizing performance, reducing costs, and improving business continuity. IBM PowerVM® provides a secure and scalable server virtualization environment for IBM AIX®, IBM® i, ...

IBM PowerVM Adds Support for Little Endian Linux Workloads

5 Jun 2015, Web Doc ... If you have been looking for a way to have your applications written for little endian (LE) processors run on IBM Power Systems - now you can under IBM® PowerVM® virtualization. The new little endian guest support for IBM PowerVM brings ...

Exploiting IBM PowerVM Virtualization Features with IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence

7 Sep 2010, Archived Redbooks ... This IBM® Redbooks® publication addresses topics to leverage the virtualization strengths of the IBM Power platform to solve customer system resource utilization challenges and maximize system throughput and capacity. This IBM Redbooks ...

WebSphere Cloudburst Appliance and PowerVM

21 Oct 2010, Archived Redbooks ... This IBM® Redbooks® publication discusses the concepts and implementation of PowerVM™ and the WebSphere® CloudBurst™ appliance. This book is aimed at administrators and developers who have little knowledge of PowerVM, but in-depth ...

IBM SAN Volume Controller Stretched Cluster with PowerVM and PowerHA

18 Nov 2013, Redbooks ... This IBM® Redbooks® publication describes the IBM Storage Area Network and IBM SAN Volume Controller Stretched Cluster solution when combined with PowerVM® and PowerHA®. We describe guidelines, settings, and the implementation steps that ...

IBM PowerVM Virtualization Managing and Monitoring

30 Jun 2014, Redbooks ... IBM® PowerVM® virtualization technology is a combination of hardware and software that supports and manages the virtual environments on POWER5-, POWER5+, IBM POWER6®, and IBM POWER7®-based systems. PowerVM is available on IBM Power ...

IBM PowerVM Virtualization Introduction and Configuration

9 Jun 2017, Redbooks ... This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides an introduction to PowerVM™ virtualization technologies on Power System servers. PowerVM is a combination of hardware, firmware, and software that provides CPU, network, and disk virtualization. ...

IBM PowerVM Enhancements What is New in 2013

22 May 2014, Redbooks ... IBM® Power Systems™ servers coupled with IBM PowerVM® technology are designed to help clients build a dynamic infrastructure, helping to reduce costs, manage risk, and improve service levels. IBM PowerVM delivers industrial-strength ...

Explore New Solutions with IBM PowerVM Enhancements

15 Jan 2014, Solution Guide ... This IBM® Redbooks® Solution Guide describes a set of highly anticipated features for the IBM PowerVM® Virtual I/O Server V2.2.3, which are applicable to small and medium businesses and to large enterprises alike. The features include new ...

SAP Applications on IBM PowerVM

1 Nov 2011, Archived Redbooks ... IBM® invented the virtualization technology starting in the 1960s on the mainframe, and the functionalities evolved and were ported to other platforms and improved the reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) features. With ...

Building a SAN-less Private Cloud with IBM PowerVM and IBM PowerVC

24 Jul 2018, Redpapers ... This IBM® Redpaper™ publication describes a software-defined infrastructure (SDI) solution with IBM PowerVC. In IBM PowerVC SDI, you combine scale-out IBM Power Systems™ servers with software that creates the whole stack that is needed to ...

Implementing IBM Power Virtualization Center in Your Data Center

15 Jan 2014, Solution Guide ... This IBM® Redbooks® Solution Guide describes IBM Power Virtualization Center (PowerVC), the next generation of enterprise virtualization management for IBM Power Systems™. PowerVC is designed to simplify the management of virtual resources ...

IBM PowerVM for Growing Businesses: Reduce Total Cost of Computing, and More, in a Virtual Environment

26 Nov 2013, Solution Guide ... This IBM® Redbooks® Solution Guide describes the IBM PowerVM® virtualization technologies on IBM Power Systems™ servers. PowerVM, the industrial-strength virtualization solution for IBM Power Systems servers and blades, can help you to ...

IBM PowerVM for Growing Businesses: Managing and Monitoring a Virtual Environment

26 Nov 2013, Solution Guide ... This IBM® Redbooks® Solution Guide introduces IBM PowerVM® virtualization technologies on IBM Power Systems™ servers. In a virtualized environment, and with the intrinsic capabilities of PowerVM, systems administrators can perform ...

PowerVM Migration from Physical to Virtual Storage

14 Sep 2010, Archived Redbooks ... IT environments in organizations today face more challenges than ever before. Server rooms are crowded, infrastructure costs are climbing, and right-sizing systems is often problematic. In order to contain costs there is a push to use ...

Multitenant Utility Computing on IBM Power Systems Running AIX

18 Feb 2009, Archived Redbooks ... This IBM® Redbooks® publication presents concepts, considerations, and high level deployment examples for technical professionals who design and operate multitenant utility computing environments hosted on IBM System p® and IBM AIX® ...

IBM Power 710 and 730 (8231-E2B) Technical Overview and Introduction

21 Mar 2012, Archived Redpapers ... This IBM® Redpaper™ publication is a comprehensive guide covering the IBM Power 710 and Power 730 servers supporting AIX®, IBM i, and Linux® operating systems. The goal of this paper is to introduce the major innovative Power 710 and 730 ...

IBM PowerVM Virtualization Active Memory Sharing

14 Nov 2012, Archived Redpapers ... This IBM® Redpaper™ publication introduces PowerVM™ Active Memory™ Sharing on IBM Power Systems™ based on POWER6® and later processor technology. Active Memory Sharing is a virtualization technology that allows multiple partitions to ...

IBM Power Systems Hardware Management Console: Version 8 Release 8.1.0 Enhancements

23 Oct 2014, Redbooks ... The IBM® Hardware Management Console (HMC) provides systems administrators a tool for planning, deploying, and managing IBM Power Systems™ servers. This IBM Redbooks® publication is an extension of IBM Power Systems HMC Implementation and ...

IBM System p Advanced POWER Virtualization (PowerVM) Best Practices

22 May 2009, Archived Redpapers ... This IBM Redpaper provides best practices for planning, installing, maintaining, and operating the functions available using the Advanced POWER Virtualization feature on IBM System p5 servers. The Advanced POWER Virtualization feature is ...

IBM Power Systems HMC Implementation and Usage Guide

10 Aug 2017, Redbooks ... The IBM® Hardware Management Console (HMC) provides to systems administrators a tool for planning, deploying, and managing IBM Power Systems™ servers. This IBM Redbooks® publication is an extension of IBM Power Systems HMC Implementation ...

Understanding Cloud Security Guidelines for IBM Power Systems

18 Dec 2014, Solution Guide ... This IBM Redbooks Solution Guide is an initial guide that introduces cloud security considerations for IBM® Power Systems™. Power Systems are uniquely suited for cloud environments, with their industry leading virtualization, ...

Power Systems Enterprise Servers with PowerVM Virtualization and RAS

6 Mar 2013, Archived Redbooks ... This IBM® Redbooks® publication illustrates implementation, testing, and helpful scenarios with IBM Power® Systems 780 and 795 using the comprehensive set of the Power virtualization features. We focus on the Power Systems functional ...

DB2 Virtualization

25 Nov 2009, Archived Redbooks ... Server virtualization technologies are becoming more popular to help efficiently utilize resources by consolidating servers. IBM® , the first company that developed and made available the virtual technology in 1966, offers advanced, ...

IBM Power 720 and 740 (8202-E4B, 8205-E6B) Technical Overview and Introduction

4 Dec 2012, Archived Redpapers ... This IBM® Redpaper™ publication is a comprehensive guide covering the IBM Power 720 and Power 740 servers supporting AIX®, IBM i, and Linux® operating systems. The goal of this paper is to introduce the major innovative Power 720 and 740 ...

IBM Power 770 and 780 (9117-MMB, 9179-MHB) Technical Overview and Introduction

22 Mar 2012, Archived Redpapers ... This IBM® Redpaper™ publication is a comprehensive guide covering the IBM Power 770 and Power 780 servers supporting IBM AIX®, IBM i, and Linux® operating systems. The goal of this paper is to introduce the major innovative Power 770 and ...

IBM PowerVP: Introduction and Technical Overview

14 Aug 2015, Redpapers ... This IBM® Redpaper™ publication is a comprehensive guide that covers IBM Power Virtualization Performance (PowerVP™) for IBM Power Systems™ Version 1.1.3. The objective of this paper is to introduce the features and benefits of ...

IBM Power Systems HMC Implementation and Usage Guide

22 May 2015, Redbooks ... The IBM® Hardware Management Console (HMC) provides systems administrators a tool for planning, deploying, and managing IBM Power Systems™ servers. This IBM Redbooks® publication is designed for system administrators to use as a desk-side ...

IBM Power 750 and 755 (8233-E8B, 8236-E8C) Technical Overview and Introduction

2 Apr 2012, Archived Redpapers ... This IBM® Redpaper™ publication is a comprehensive guide covering the IBM Power 750 and Power 755 servers supporting AIX®, IBM i, and Linux® operating systems. The goal of this paper is to introduce the major innovative Power 750 and 755 ...

PowerVM and SAN Copy Services

21 Jan 2010, Archived Redpapers ... This IBM® Redpapers™ publication is a guide to Copy Services as managed by AIX® in a IBM PowerVM™ virtualized environment. The goal of this paper is to provide step-by-step procedures about how storage subsystem-based Copy Services are ...

IBM AIX Enhancements and Modernization

13 May 2020, Redbooks ... This IBM® Redbooks publication is a comprehensive guide that covers the IBM AIX® operating system (OS) layout capabilities, distinct features, system installation, and maintenance, which includes AIX security, trusted environment, and ...

IBM PowerVC Version 1.3.2 Introduction and Configuration

12 Jun 2017, Redbooks ... IBM® Power Virtualization Center (IBM® PowerVC™) is an advanced, enterprise virtualization management offering for IBM Power Systems™. This IBM Redbooks® publication introduces IBM PowerVC and helps you understand its functions, planning, ...

Cloud Security Guidelines for IBM Power Systems

9 Mar 2016, Redbooks ... This IBM® Redbooks® publication is a comprehensive guide that covers cloud security considerations for IBM Power Systems™. The first objectives of this book are to examine how Power Systems can fit into the current and developing cloud ...

Implementing Systems Management of IBM PureFlex System

22 Apr 2014, Archived Redbooks ... To meet today's complex and ever-changing business demands, you need a solid foundation of compute, storage, networking, and software resources. This system must be simple to deploy and be able to quickly and automatically adapt to ...

DS8000 Copy Services for IBM i with VIOS

19 Nov 2009, Archived Redpapers ... IBM® System Storage™ DS8000® Copy Services provide functions for Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity solutions for an IBM i server. Many IBM i customers with natively connected DS8000 use Metro Mirror or Global Mirror functions to ...

IBM Power 710 and 730 (8231-E1C, 8231-E2C) Technical Overview and Introduction

12 Dec 2012, Archived Redpapers ... This IBM® Redpaper™ publication is a comprehensive guide covering the IBM Power 710 (8231-E1C) and Power 730 (8231-E2C) servers supporting IBM AIX®, IBM i, and Linux operating systems. The goal of this paper is to introduce the innovative ...

IBM Power 720 and 740 (8202-E4C, 8205-E6C) Technical Overview and Introduction

12 Dec 2012, Archived Redpapers ... This IBM® Redpaper™ publication is a comprehensive guide covering the IBM Power 720 and Power 740 servers supporting AIX®, IBM i, and Linux operating systems. The goal of this paper is to introduce the innovative Power 720 and Power 740 ...

IBM Power 770 and 780 Technical Overview and Introduction

6 Jun 2013, Redpapers ... This IBM® Redpaper™ publication is a comprehensive guide covering the IBM Power 770 (9117-MMD) and Power 780 (9179-MHD) servers that support IBM AIX®, IBM i, and Linux operating systems. The goal of this paper is to introduce the major ...

IBM Power 795 (9119-FHB) Technical Overview and Introduction

11 Feb 2013, Redpapers ... This IBM® Redpaper™ publication is a comprehensive guide that covers the IBM Power 795 server that supports IBM AIX®, IBM i, and Linux operating systems. The goal of this paper is to introduce the innovative Power 795 offering and its ...

Creating Smart Virtual Appliances with IBM Image Construction and Composition Tool

24 Jul 2013, Redbooks ... In a traditional deployment model, software is installed on a physical server, and it is configured for the particular data center environment. The cloud deployment model requires that the dependency on a specific hardware configuration is ...

IBM PowerVC Version 2.0 Introduction and Configuration

26 May 2021, Redbooks ... IBM® Power Virtualization Center (IBM® PowerVC™) is an advanced enterprise virtualization management offering for IBM Power Systems. This IBM Redbooks® publication introduces IBM PowerVC and helps you understand its functions, planning, ...

Simplify Management of IT Security and Compliance with IBM PowerSC in Cloud and Virtualized Environments

7 Sep 2019, Redbooks ... This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides a security and compliance solution that is optimized for virtualized environments on IBM Power Systems™ servers, running IBM PowerVM® and IBM AIX®. Security control and compliance are some of the ...

Sharing Processor and Memory Activations Dynamically Among IBM Power Systems Enterprise Class Servers

14 Jan 2015, Solution Guide ... This IBM® Redbooks® Solution Guide describes IBM Power Enterprise Pools, a technology for dynamically sharing processor and memory activations among a group (or pool) of IBM Power Systems™ enterprise class servers. Using mobile Capacity on ...

Exploiting IBM AIX Workload Partitions

14 Oct 2011, Archived Redbooks ... This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides an update of the latest AIX Workload Partition (WPAR) capabilities. It provides a how-to guide and well-defined and documented deployment model for system administrators and architects using WPARs ...

IBM Power 520 and Power 550 (POWER6) System Builder

30 Nov 2009, Archived Redbooks ... In 2008, the IBM® System i® and IBM System p® platforms unified the value of their servers into a single, powerful lineup of servers based on industry-leading POWER6™ processor technology with support for the IBM AIX® , IBM i (formerly ...

IBM Power 770 and 780 (9117-MMC, 9179-MHC) Technical Overview and Introduction

4 Dec 2012, Archived Redpapers ... This IBM® Redpaper™ publication is a comprehensive guide covering the IBM Power 770 (9117-MMC) and Power 780 (9179-MHC) servers supporting IBM AIX®, IBM i, and Linux operating systems. The goal of this paper is to introduce the major ...

Integrated Virtualization Manager for IBM Power Systems Servers

21 Mar 2016, Redpapers ... The Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) is part of the IBM PowerVM® feature on IBM® Power Systems™ and part of the IBM POWER® Hypervisor™. The VIOS is also supported on IBM BladeCenter®. The server is a single-function appliance that is in the ...

IBM Power 550 Technical Overview

21 Apr 2010, Archived Redpapers ... This IBM® Redpaper™ is a comprehensive guide covering the Power 550 server. The goal of this paper is to introduce the innovative Power 550. It introduces major hardware offerings and discusses their prominent functions, including: o The ...

IBM PowerHA SystemMirror for AIX Cookbook

30 Jan 2024, Redbooks ... This IBM Redbooks® publication can help you install, tailor, and configure the new IBM PowerHA® 7.2.7 product, and understand new and improved features such as migrations, cluster administration, and advanced topics like using Resource ...

Using Ansible for Automation with IBM Power Systems

20 Dec 2023, Draft Redbooks ... This IBM Redbooks publication will help you install, tailor and configure an automation environment using Ansible in an IBM Power server environment. Ansible is a versatile and easy to use IT automation platform that makes your ...

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Architecture of the IBM POWER7+ Technology-Based IBM Power 750 and IBM Power 760

13 Feb 2013, Web Doc ... This IBM® Redbooks® technote describes the processor to memory architectural differences between IBM POWER7® technology-based IBM Power 750 (8233-E8B) and the IBM POWER7+™ technology-based Power 750 (8408-E8D) and Power 760 (9109-RMD) ...

IBM Power 595 Technical Overview and Introduction

14 Aug 2008, Archived Redpapers ... This IBM Redpaper provides a a large set feature hardware-focused processor, memory and I/O support feature descriptions supported by the POWER6 Power 570 and Power 595 servers. The goal of this paper is to ensure IBM System i and IBM ...

IBM Power 520 Technical Overview

2 Apr 2010, Archived Redpapers ... This IBM Redpaper publication is a comprehensive guide covering the IBM Power 520 server, machine type model 8203-E4A. The goal of this paper is to introduce this innovative server that includes IBM System i and IBM System p and new ...

IBM SAN Solution Design Best Practices for VMware vSphere ESXi

16 Sep 2013, Redbooks ... In this IBM® Redbooks® publication, we describe recommendations based on an IBM b-type storage area network (SAN) environment that is utilizing VMware vSphere ESXi. We describe the hardware and software and the unique features that they ...

SAP HANA on IBM Power Systems: High Availability and Disaster Recovery Implementation Updates

16 Jul 2019, Redbooks ... This IBM® Redbooks® publication updates Implementing High Availability and Disaster Recovery Solutions with SAP HANA on IBM Power Systems, REDP-5443 with the latest technical content that describes how to implement an SAP HANA on IBM Power ...

IBM Power Systems Virtualization Operation Management for SAP Applications

3 Mar 2020, Redpapers ... Businesses are using IBM® Power Systems servers and Linux to consolidate multiple SAP workloads onto fewer systems, increasing infrastructure utilization; reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS); and scalability, and reducing ...

Implementing High Availability and Disaster Recovery Solutions with SAP HANA on IBM Power Systems

5 Feb 2018, Redpapers ... This IBM® Redpaper™ publication addresses topics for architects, brand specialists, distributors, resellers, and anyone developing and implementing SAP HANA on IBM Power Systems™ integration, automation, high availability (HA), and ...

Live Partition Mobility Preparation Checklist

19 Feb 2016, Web Doc ... When attempting to do Live Partition Mobility (LPM) in your environment, use the Live Partition Mobility Preparation Checklist. The assumption for using this checklist is that you previously set up your LPM environment based on the Live ...

IBM j-type Data Center Networking Introduction

7 May 2010, Archived Redbooks ... As organizations drive to transform and virtualize their IT infrastructures to reduce costs and manage risk, networking is pivotal to success. Optimizing network performance, availability, adaptability, security, and cost is essential to ...

IBM Power 750 and 760 Technical Overview and Introduction

24 Jun 2013, Redpapers ... This IBM® Redpaper™ publication is a comprehensive guide covering the IBM Power 750 and Power 760 servers supporting IBM AIX®, IBM i, and Linux operating systems. The goal of this paper is to introduce the major innovative Power 750 and ...

IBM System Storage DS5000 Series Implementation and Best Practices Guide

21 Dec 2012, Redbooks ... This IBM® Redbooks® publication represents a compilation of best practices for deploying and configuring the IBM System Storage® DS5000 Series family of products. This book is intended for IBM technical professionals, Business Partners, ...

Red Hat OpenShift V4.3 on IBM Power Systems Reference Guide

10 Sep 2020, Redpapers ... This IBM® Redpaper publication describes how to deploy Red Hat OpenShift V4.3 on IBM Power Systems servers. This book presents reference architectures for deployment, initial sizing guidelines for server, storage, and IBM Cloud® Paks. ...

Best Practices for DB2 on AIX 6.1 for POWER Systems

27 Aug 2015, Archived Redbooks ... This IBM® Redbooks® publication presents a best practices guide for DB2® and InfoSphere™ Warehouse performance on a AIX® 6L with Power Systems™ virtualization environment. It covers Power hardware features such as PowerVM™, multi-page ...

IBM Power 570 and IBM Power 595 (POWER6) System Builder

3 Apr 2009, Archived Redpapers ... IBM® System i® and IBM System p® platforms unify the value of their servers into a single, powerful lineup of servers based on industry-leading POWER6™ processor technology with support for the IBM AIX®, IBM i (formerly known as i5/OS®), ...

IBM Power 720 and 740 Technical Overview and Introduction

16 May 2013, Redpapers ... This IBM® Redpaper™ publication is a comprehensive guide covering the IBM Power 720 and Power 740 servers that support IBM AIX®, IBM i, and Linux operating systems. The goal of this paper is to introduce the innovative Power 720 and Power ...

IBM Power 710 and 730 Technical Overview and Introduction

3 Feb 2014, Redpapers ... This IBM® Redpaper™ publication is a comprehensive guide covering the IBM Power 710 (8231-E1D) and Power 730 (8231-E2D) servers that support IBM AIX®, IBM i, and Linux operating systems. This paper also describes the IBM PowerLinux™ 7R1 ...

IBM i and IBM Storwize Family: A Practical Guide to Usage Scenarios

13 Jan 2015, Redbooks ... The use of external storage and the benefits of virtualization became a topic of discussion in the IBM® i area during the last several years. The question tends to be, what are the advantages of the use of external storage that is attached ...

Smart Virtual Appliances Made Easy with IBM Image Construction and Composition Tool

19 Aug 2013, Solution Guide ... In a traditional deployment model, software is installed on physical servers and it is configured for a particular data center environment. Deploying a business solution or provisioning a server to perform quality assurance testing can ...

IBM PowerKVM available with the Linux only scale-out servers

19 Sep 2014, Solution Guide ... IBM® PowerKVM is an open source server virtualization choice based on POWER8™ technology. This IBM Redbooks® Solution Guide describes the Linux open source technology of Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) virtualization, which is designed ...

Transform Your Virtualized Platform to the Cloud: A SmartCloud Entry Use Case Scenario

6 May 2013, Solution Guide ... This IBM® Redbooks® Solution Guide describes IBM SmartCloud™ Entry, a simple-to-use solution for transforming your data center from cloud-ready to a private cloud infrastructure. SmartCloud Entry provides a comprehensive cloud software ...

IBM BladeCenter JS12 and JS22 Implementation Guide

12 Jan 2009, Archived Redbooks ... This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides a detailed technical guide for configuring and using the IBM BladeCenter® JS12 and IBM BladeCenter JS22 servers. These IBM Power Blade servers feature the latest IBM POWER6™ processor ...

Power Systems Memory Deduplication

20 Mar 2012, Redpapers ... This IBM® Redpaper™ publication introduces IBM PowerVM® Active Memory™ Deduplication on IBM Power Systems™ based on IBM POWER7® processor technology. Active Memory Deduplication is a virtualization technology through which memory pages ...

IBM Systems Director 6.3 Best Practices

8 Nov 2013, Redbooks ... This IBM® Redbooks® publication describes the positioning of the IBM Systems Director in the complete management range. It also compares the IBM Systems Director with the IBM Flex Systems Manager (FSM) and describes the environments for ...

IBM Power Systems SR-IOV: Technical Overview and Introduction

12 Jan 2017, Redpapers ... This IBM® Redpaper™ publication describes the adapter-based virtualization capabilities that are being deployed in high-end IBM POWER7+™ processor-based servers. Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) single root I/O ...

IBM Flex System Manager

26 Jun 2014, Archived Product Guide ... IBM® Flex System™ is the next generation of smarter computing that integrates multiple server architectures, networking, storage, and system management capability, into a single system that is easy to deploy and manage. IBM Flex System ...

Power Enterprise Pools on IBM Power Systems

14 Jan 2015, Redpapers ... This IBM® Redpaper™ publication describes IBM Power Enterprise Pools, a technology for dynamically sharing processor and memory activations among a group (or pool) of IBM Power Systems™ enterprise class servers. Using mobile Capacity on ...

IBM Power System E850C Technical Overview and Introduction

12 Jul 2017, Redpapers ... This IBM® Redpaper™ publication is a comprehensive guide that covers the IBM Power System™ E850C (8408-44E) server that supports IBM AIX®, and Linux operating systems. The objective of this paper is to introduce the major innovative Power ...

IBM Systems Virtualization: Servers, Storage, and Software

1 May 2008, Archived Redpapers ... Businesses are moving forward with server and storage virtualization projects and realizing the benefits. IBM® offers the industry's broadest set of virtualization capabilities. The cross-platform virtualization, automation, and systems ...

IBM SmartCloud Entry 2.4 Deployment Use Cases

22 Feb 2013, Redpapers ... This IBM® Redpaper™ publication provides a brief overview of cloud technology, and describes how, from a user perspective, IBM SmartCloud™ Entry can help you access the benefits of the cloud. In particular, the product provides a ...

IBM Power Systems E870 and E880 Technical Overview and Introduction

25 Jul 2017, Redpapers ... This IBM® Redpaper™ publication is a comprehensive guide covering the IBM Power System E870 (9119-MME) and IBM Power System E880 (9119-MHE) servers that support IBM AIX®, IBM i, and Linux operating systems. The objective of this paper is ...

Employing Strategies for Optimizing your IBM POWER8 (and Earlier) Processor-based Systems

3 Apr 2017, Solution Guide ... Critical business needs can be met with more assurance in an optimized, well-tuned environment. This IBM® Redbooks® Solution Guide describes some of the strategies for optimizing and tuning application code to run on IBM POWER8™ and ...

IBM Flex System p24L, p260 and p460 Compute Nodes

29 May 2014, Product Guide ... The IBM Flex System™ p24L, p260 and p460 Compute Nodes are servers based on IBM® POWER® architecture technologies. These compute nodes run in IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis units to provide a high-density, high-performance compute node ...

IBM TS2900 Tape Autoloader

19 Apr 2021, Web Doc ... IBM® TS2900 Tape Autoloader is a low-entry tape storage solution that is designed to address capacity, data protection, reliability, availability, and affordability. With low profile IBM Ultrium® Linear Tape-Open (LTO) 8, 7, and 6 ...

IBM FlashSystem in IBM PureFlex System Environments

16 Sep 2013, Solution Guide ... This IBM® Redbooks® Solution Guide provides an overview of an IBM FlashSystem™ storage system that is running in an IBM PureFlex™ System environment. We describe the basic components, performance, and benefits that are gained from a ...

Live Partition Mobility Setup Checklist

25 Jul 2016, Web Doc ... When setting up Live Partition Mobility (LPM) for the first time in your environment, use the Live Partition Mobility Setup Checklist. The checklist provides basic details. A companion document exists that may be of interest: Live ...

Optimize your investments with IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center and IBM SmartCloud Virtual Storage Center

8 Jun 2015, Solution Guide ... IBM® SmartCloud® Virtual Storage Center V5.2 enables easy migration to agile, cloud-based storage environments. This solution comprises the advanced functions available in IBM Tivoli® Storage Productivity Center, IBM System Storage® SAN ...

IBM PowerSC Trusted Surveyor Technical Overview

8 May 2013, Solution Guide ... IBM PowerSC™ provides a security and compliance solution that is optimized for virtualized environments on IBM Power Systems™ servers, running IBM PowerVM™ and IBM AIX®. Security control and compliance are some of the key components that ...

Maximizing the Value of an IBM POWER7 and IBM POWER7+ Environment through Tuning and Optimization

21 Mar 2013, Solution Guide ... Strategies for optimizing and tuning application code to run on IBM POWER7® and IBM POWER7+™ processor-based systems can be invaluable to your environment and to your business. They can substantially improve the performance of the ...

IBM Storwize V7000 Unified Disk System

15 Aug 2012, Product Guide ... In storage management today, breaking the cycle of increased complexity and explosive data growth can be a big challenge. Due to resource constraints, both physical storage resources and human resources in IT organizations must act ...


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