Book description
This IBM® Redpaper™ publication is a brief overview of synergistic aspects between various VMware offerings and the IBM Spectrum™ Accelerate family, including IBM XIV® and IBM FlashSystem® A9000 and IBM FlashSystem A9000R servers.
After reviewing different integration concepts and explaining general implementation aspects for attaching the IBM Spectrum Accelerate™ family to VMware ESXi deployments, the paper focuses on components that are enabled by IBM Spectrum Connect v3.4.
This paper is intended for planning to use or implementing the IBM Spectrum Accelerate family of storage systems in a VMware environment.
Table of contents
- Front cover
- Notices
- Preface
- Chapter 1. IBM Spectrum Accelerate family and VMware
- Chapter 2. VMware integration
- Chapter 3. Attaching VMware ESXi
- Chapter 4. IBM Spectrum Connect software
- Chapter 5. VMware Virtual Volumes
- Chapter 6. vSphere Web Client
- Chapter 7. VMware vRealize Operations Manager
- Chapter 8. IBM Spectrum Connect configuration for vRealize Orchestrator
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Chapter 9. VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager
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9.1 IBM Spectrum Accelerate family and VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager
- 9.1.1 Remote Mirroring overview
- 9.1.2 VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager overview
- 9.1.3 Minimum IBM Spectrum Accelerate family and VMware vCenter SRM solution prerequisites
- 9.1.4 VMware vCenter SRM integration with the IBM Spectrum Accelerate Family Storage Replication Adapter
- 9.1.5 VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager operations
- 9.2 Installing Spectrum Accelerate Family SRA for VMware vCenter SRM
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9.3 VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager implementation and usage
- 9.3.1 Connecting the sites
- 9.3.2 Setting up inventory mappings
- 9.3.3 Configuring placeholder data stores
- 9.3.4 Adding and configuring array managers
- 9.3.5 Creating protection groups
- 9.3.6 Creating recovery plans
- 9.3.7 Testing recovery plans
- 9.3.8 Cleanup
- 9.3.9 Recovery
- 9.3.10 The reprotect process
- 9.3.11 Failing back to the protected site
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9.1 IBM Spectrum Accelerate family and VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager
- Related publications
- Back cover
Product information
- Title: Using the IBM Spectrum Accelerate Family in VMware Environments: IBM XIV, IBM FlashSystem A9000 and IBM FlashSystem A9000R, and IBM Spectrum Accelerate
- Author(s):
- Release date: February 2019
- Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
- ISBN: 9780738456805
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