Book description
Abstract
Organizations of all sizes face the challenge of managing massive volumes of increasingly valuable data. But storing this data can be costly, and extracting value from the data is becoming more difficult. IT organizations have limited resources but must stay responsive to dynamic environments and act quickly to consolidate, simplify, and optimize their IT infrastructures. The IBM® Storwize® V5000 Gen2 system provides a smarter solution that is affordable, easy to use, and self-optimizing, which enables organizations to overcome these storage challenges.
The Storwize V5000 Gen2 delivers efficient, entry-level configurations that are designed to meet the needs of small and midsize businesses. Designed to provide organizations with the ability to consolidate and share data at an affordable price, the Storwize V5000 Gen2 offers advanced software capabilities that are found in more expensive systems.
This IBM Redbooks® publication is intended for pre-sales and post-sales technical support professionals and storage administrators.
It applies to the Storwize V5030, V5020, and V5010, and to IBM Spectrum Virtualize™ V8.1.
Table of contents
- Front cover
- Notices
- Preface
- Summary of changes
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Chapter 1. Overview of the IBM Storwize V5000 Gen2 system
- 1.1 IBM Storwize V5000 Gen2 overview
- 1.2 IBM Storwize V5000 Gen2 terminology
- 1.3 IBM Storwize V5000 Gen2 models
- 1.4 IBM Storwize V5000 Gen1 and Gen2 compatibility
- 1.5 IBM Storwize V5000 Gen2 hardware
- 1.6 IBM Storwize V5000 Gen2 terms
- 1.7 IBM Storwize V5000 Gen2 features
- 1.8 Problem management and support
- 1.9 More information resources
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Chapter 2. Initial configuration
- 2.1 Hardware installation planning
- 2.2 SAN configuration planning
- 2.3 FC direct-attach planning
- 2.4 SAS direct-attach planning
- 2.5 LAN configuration planning
- 2.6 Host configuration planning
- 2.7 Miscellaneous configuration planning
- 2.8 System management
- 2.9 First-time setup
- 2.10 Initial configuration
- Chapter 3. Graphical user interface overview
- Chapter 4. Storage pools
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Chapter 5. Host configuration
- 5.1 Host attachment overview
- 5.2 Planning for direct-attached hosts
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5.3 Preparing the host operating system
- 5.3.1 Windows 2008 R2 and 2012 R2: Preparing for Fibre Channel attachment
- 5.3.2 Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 2012 R2: Preparing for iSCSI attachment
- 5.3.3 Windows 2012 R2: Preparing for SAS attachment
- 5.3.4 VMware ESXi: Preparing for Fibre Channel attachment
- 5.3.5 VMware ESXi: Preparing for iSCSI attachment
- 5.3.6 VMware ESXi: Preparing for SAS attachment
- 5.4 N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) Support
- 5.5 Creating hosts by using the GUI
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5.6 Host Clusters
- 5.6.1 Creating a host cluster
- 5.6.2 Adding a member to a host cluster
- 5.6.3 Listing a host cluster member
- 5.6.4 Assigning a volume to a Host Cluster
- 5.6.5 Remove volume mapping from a host cluster
- 5.6.6 Removing a host cluster member
- 5.6.7 Removing a host cluster
- 5.6.8 I/O throttling for hosts and Host Clusters
- 5.7 Proactive Host Failover
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Chapter 6. Volume configuration
- 6.1 Introduction to volumes
- 6.2 Create Volumes menu
- 6.3 Creating volumes using the Volume Creation
- 6.4 Mapping a volume to the host
- 6.5 Creating Custom volumes
- 6.6 HyperSwap and the mkvolume command
- 6.7 Mapping Volumes to Host after volume creation
- 6.8 Migrating a volume to another storage pool
- 6.9 Migrating volumes using the volume copy feature
- 6.10 I/O throttling
- Chapter 7. Storage migration
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Chapter 8. Advanced host and volume administration
- 8.1 Advanced host administration
- 8.2 Adding and deleting host ports
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8.3 Advanced volume administration
- 8.3.1 Advanced volume functions
- 8.3.2 Mapping a volume to a host
- 8.3.3 Unmapping volumes from all hosts
- 8.3.4 Viewing which host is mapped to a volume
- 8.3.5 Renaming a volume
- 8.3.6 Shrinking a volume
- 8.3.7 Expanding a volume
- 8.3.8 Migrating a volume to another storage pool
- 8.3.9 Exporting to an image mode volume
- 8.3.10 Deleting a volume
- 8.3.11 Duplicating a volume
- 8.3.12 Adding a volume copy
- 8.4 Volume properties and volume copy properties
- 8.5 Advanced volume copy functions
- 8.6 Volumes by storage pool
- 8.7 Volumes by host
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Chapter 9. Advanced features for storage efficiency
- 9.1 Introduction
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9.2 Easy Tier
- 9.2.1 Easy Tier overview
- 9.2.2 Tiered storage pools
- 9.2.3 Easy Tier process
- 9.2.4 I/O Monitoring
- 9.2.5 Data Placement Advisor
- 9.2.6 Data Migration Planner
- 9.2.7 Data Migrator
- 9.2.8 Easy Tier accelerated mode
- 9.2.9 Easy Tier operating modes
- 9.2.10 Easy Tier status
- 9.2.11 Storage Pool Balancing
- 9.2.12 Easy Tier rules
- 9.2.13 Creating multi-tiered pools: Enabling Easy Tier
- 9.2.14 Downloading Easy Tier I/O measurements
- 9.2.15 Easy Tier I/O Measurement through the command-line interface
- 9.2.16 IBM Storage Tier Advisor Tool
- 9.2.17 Processing heat log files
- 9.3 Thin provisioning
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9.4 Real-time Compression software
- 9.4.1 Common use cases
- 9.4.2 Real-time Compression concepts
- 9.4.3 Random Access Compression Engine
- 9.4.4 Random Access Compression Engine in IBM Spectrum Virtualize stack
- 9.4.5 Data write flow
- 9.4.6 Data read flow
- 9.4.7 Compression of existing data
- 9.4.8 Configuring compressed volumes
- 9.4.9 Comprestimator
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Chapter 10. Copy services
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10.1 IBM FlashCopy
- 10.1.1 Business requirements for FlashCopy
- 10.1.2 Backup improvements with FlashCopy
- 10.1.3 Restore with FlashCopy
- 10.1.4 Moving and migrating data with FlashCopy
- 10.1.5 Application testing with FlashCopy
- 10.1.6 Host and application considerations to ensure FlashCopy integrity
- 10.1.7 FlashCopy attributes
- 10.1.8 Reverse FlashCopy
- 10.1.9 IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot
- 10.2 FlashCopy functional overview
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10.3 Implementing FlashCopy
- 10.3.1 FlashCopy mappings
- 10.3.2 Multiple Target FlashCopy
- 10.3.3 Consistency Groups
- 10.3.4 FlashCopy indirection layer
- 10.3.5 Grains and the FlashCopy bitmap
- 10.3.6 Interaction and dependency between multiple target FlashCopy mappings
- 10.3.7 Summary of the FlashCopy indirection layer algorithm
- 10.3.8 Interaction with the cache
- 10.3.9 FlashCopy and image mode volumes
- 10.3.10 FlashCopy mapping events
- 10.3.11 FlashCopy mapping states
- 10.3.12 Thin provisioned FlashCopy
- 10.3.13 Background copy
- 10.3.14 Serialization of I/O by FlashCopy
- 10.3.15 Event handling
- 10.3.16 Asynchronous notifications
- 10.3.17 Interoperation with Metro Mirror and Global Mirror
- 10.3.18 FlashCopy presets
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10.4 Managing FlashCopy by using the GUI
- 10.4.1 Creating a FlashCopy mapping
- 10.4.2 Single-click snapshot
- 10.4.3 Single-click clone
- 10.4.4 Single-click backup
- 10.4.5 Creating a FlashCopy Consistency Group
- 10.4.6 Creating FlashCopy mappings in a Consistency Group
- 10.4.7 Showing related volumes
- 10.4.8 Moving a FlashCopy mapping to a Consistency Group
- 10.4.9 Removing a FlashCopy mapping from a Consistency Group
- 10.4.10 Modifying a FlashCopy mapping
- 10.4.11 Renaming FlashCopy mapping
- 10.4.12 Renaming Consistency Group
- 10.4.13 Deleting FlashCopy mapping
- 10.4.14 Deleting FlashCopy Consistency Group
- 10.4.15 Starting FlashCopy process
- 10.4.16 Stopping FlashCopy process
- 10.5 Volume mirroring and migration options
- 10.6 Native IP replication
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10.7 Remote Copy
- 10.7.1 Multiple IBM Storwize V5000 system mirroring
- 10.7.2 Importance of write ordering
- 10.7.3 Remote copy intercluster communication
- 10.7.4 Metro Mirror overview
- 10.7.5 Synchronous remote copy
- 10.7.6 Metro Mirror features
- 10.7.7 Metro Mirror attributes
- 10.7.8 Practical use of Metro Mirror
- 10.7.9 Global Mirror Overview
- 10.7.10 Asynchronous remote copy
- 10.7.11 Global Mirror features
- 10.7.12 Using Change Volumes with Global Mirror
- 10.7.13 Distribution of work among nodes
- 10.7.14 Background copy performance
- 10.7.15 Thin-provisioned background copy
- 10.7.16 Methods of synchronization
- 10.7.17 Practical use of Global Mirror
- 10.7.18 Valid combinations of FlashCopy, Metro Mirror, and Global Mirror
- 10.7.19 Remote Copy configuration limits
- 10.7.20 Remote Copy states and events
- 10.8 Consistency protection for Remote and Global mirror
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10.9 Remote Copy commands
- 10.9.1 Remote Copy process
- 10.9.2 Listing available system partners
- 10.9.3 Changing the system parameters
- 10.9.4 System partnership
- 10.9.5 Creating a Metro Mirror/Global Mirror consistency group
- 10.9.6 Creating a Metro Mirror/Global Mirror relationship
- 10.9.7 Changing Metro Mirror/Global Mirror relationship
- 10.9.8 Changing Metro Mirror/Global Mirror consistency group
- 10.9.9 Starting Metro Mirror/Global Mirror relationship
- 10.9.10 Stopping Metro Mirror/Global Mirror relationship
- 10.9.11 Starting Metro Mirror/Global Mirror consistency group
- 10.9.12 Stopping Metro Mirror/Global Mirror consistency group
- 10.9.13 Deleting Metro Mirror/Global Mirror relationship
- 10.9.14 Deleting Metro Mirror/Global Mirror consistency group
- 10.9.15 Reversing Metro Mirror/Global Mirror relationship
- 10.9.16 Reversing Metro Mirror/Global Mirror consistency group
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10.10 Managing Remote Copy using the GUI
- 10.10.1 Creating Fibre Channel partnership
- 10.10.2 Creating stand-alone remote copy relationships
- 10.10.3 Creating Consistency Group
- 10.10.4 Renaming Consistency Group
- 10.10.5 Renaming remote copy relationship
- 10.10.6 Moving stand-alone remote copy relationship to Consistency Group
- 10.10.7 Removing remote copy relationship from Consistency Group
- 10.10.8 Starting remote copy relationship
- 10.10.9 Starting remote copy Consistency Group
- 10.10.10 Switching copy direction
- 10.10.11 Switching the copy direction for a Consistency Group
- 10.10.12 Stopping a remote copy relationship
- 10.10.13 Stopping Consistency Group
- 10.10.14 Deleting stand-alone remote copy relationships
- 10.10.15 Deleting Consistency Group
- 10.11 Troubleshooting remote copy
- 10.12 HyperSwap
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10.1 IBM FlashCopy
- Chapter 11. External storage virtualization
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Chapter 12. RAS, monitoring, and troubleshooting
- 12.1 Reliability, availability, and serviceability features
- 12.2 System components
- 12.3 Configuration backup
- 12.4 System update
- 12.5 Monitoring
- 12.6 Audit log
- 12.7 Event log
- 12.8 Support Assistance
- 12.9 Collecting support information
- 12.10 Powering off the system and shutting down the infrastructure
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Chapter 13. Encryption
- 13.1 Planning for encryption
- 13.2 Defining encryption of data at-rest
- 13.3 Activating encryption
- 13.4 Enabling encryption
- 13.5 Configuring additional providers
- 13.6 Migrating between providers
- 13.7 Recovering from a provider loss
- 13.8 Using encryption
- 13.9 Rekeying an encryption-enabled system
- 13.10 Migrating between key providers
- 13.11 Disabling encryption
- Appendix A. CLI setup and SAN Boot
- Appendix B. Terminology
- Related publications
- Back cover
Product information
- Title: Implementing the IBM Storwize V5000 Gen2 (including the Storwize V5010, V5020, and V5030) with IBM Spectrum Virtualize V8.1
- Author(s):
- Release date: March 2018
- Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
- ISBN: 9780738442815
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