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by Duane Bolland, Jordan Fincher, David Green, Vasfi Gucer, Warren Hawkins, Ibrahim
IBM FlashSystem and VMware Implementation and Best Practices Guide
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Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1 IBM and VMware
1.2 Overview of IBM Spectrum Virtualize and IBM FlashSystem
1.2.1 IBM Spectrum Virtualize
1.2.2 IBM FlashSystem
1.2.3 Key IBM Spectrum Virtualize terminology
1.3 Overview of IBM FlashSystem with VMware
Chapter 2. Host and storage connectivity
2.1 Test environment implementation
2.1.1 FlashSystem host clusters
2.1.2 Use cases for implementing throttles
2.1.3 Data reduction pools
2.2 Host connectivity protocols
2.2.1 iSCSI
2.2.2 iSER
2.2.3 FC-NVMe
2.2.4 SCSI Fibre-Channel
2.3 Multi-path considerations
2.3.1 Path selection policies
2.3.2 Zoning considerations
Chapter 3. Storage consumption
3.1 Datastore types
3.1.1 vSphere Virtual Machine File System
3.1.2 Raw Device Mappings
3.1.3 vSphere Virtual Volumes
3.2 VMware vSphere Storage APIs Array Integration (VAAI)
3.2.1 Atomic Test and Set / SCSI Compare and Write
3.2.2 Extended copy - XCOPY
3.2.3 WRITE_SAME
3.2.4 SCSI UNMAP command
Chapter 4. Integration with VMware using IBM Spectrum Connect
4.1 Overview of IBM Spectrum Connect
4.1.1 Supported cloud interfaces
4.1.2 Installation considerations
4.1.3 Download and Installation of IBM Spectrum Connect
4.1.4 Initial configuration
4.1.5 Registering a Storage System into IBM Spectrum Connect
4.2 Understanding Storage Spaces and Storage Services
4.2.1 Creating Storage Services
4.2.2 Allocating capacity to Storage Services
4.2.3 Delegating Storage Services to vCenter
4.3 vSphere Virtual Volumes
4.3.1 Virtual Volumes overview
4.3.2 Configuring IBM Spectrum Virtualize to support vVols
4.3.3 Configuring IBM Spectrum Connect
4.3.4 Configuring VMware vSphere vCenter
4.3.5 Creating a vVol datastore
4.4 Best practice considerations and troubleshooting
4.4.1 Protecting the Spectrum Connect server
4.4.2 Viewing the relationships between vVol and VM
4.4.3 Mirroring the utility volume
4.4.4 Performing an upgrade on a storage system with vVols enabled
4.4.5 Understanding audit log entries
4.4.6 Spectrum Virtualize GUI
4.4.7 Metadata vdisk
4.4.8 Enable Debug in Spectrum Connect
4.4.9 Certificates
4.4.10 Prerequisites, limitations and restrictions
4.5 IBM Storage Enhancements for VMware vSphere Web Client
4.5.1 Installation of the vSphere plugin
4.5.2 Provisioning storage from within vCenter
4.5.3 Using the IBM Storage Enhancements vSphere plugin
4.5.4 Viewing additional storage information from within vSphere Client
4.6 Performing additional storage volume management tasks
4.6.1 Considerations
4.7 IBM Storage Plug-in for VMware vRealize Orchestrator
4.7.1 Configuring Spectrum Connect for vRealize Orchestrator
4.7.2 Using vRealize Automation and vRealize Orchestrator
4.8 IBM Storage Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations Manager
4.8.1 Configuring Spectrum Connect for vRealize Operations Manager
4.8.2 Installing Management Pack in vRealize Operations Manager
Chapter 5. VMware and Spectrum Virtualize multi-site guidelines
5.1 Copy Services overview
5.1.1 FlashCopy
5.1.2 Metro Mirror
5.1.3 Global Mirror
5.1.4 Remote copy consistency groups
5.1.5 VMware Site Recovery Manager
5.1.6 Storage Replication Adapter
5.2 Storage Replication Adapter with VMware Site Recovery Manager
5.2.1 Storage replication adapter planning
5.2.2 Storage Replication Adapter for VMware installation
5.2.3 Storage Replication Adapter configuration and usage guide
5.3 IBM HyperSwap with VMware vSphere Metro Storage Cluster
5.3.1 IBM HyperSwap
5.3.2 VMware vSphere Metro Storage Cluster
5.3.3 IBM HyperSwap with VMware vSphere Metro Storage
Chapter 6. Troubleshooting
6.1 Collecting data for support
6.1.1 Data Collection Guidelines for SVC and FlashSystems
6.1.2 Data collection guidelines for VMware ESXi
6.1.3 Data collection guidelines for VMware Site Recovery Manager
6.1.4 Data collection guidelines for IBM Spectrum Connect (VASA/vVol)
6.2 Common support cases
6.2.1 Storage loss of access
6.2.2 VMware migrate task failures
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1-1 The front of a FlashSystem 9200 7
1-2 The back of a FlashSystem 9200 8
1-3 Integration of IBM Storage with VMware 9
2-1 Configuration and connectivity for the test environment used in this book 24
2-2 VMware host clusters used in the test configuration 25
2-3 Volumes that have been assigned to the host cluster 25
2-4 One of the hosts in the host cluster with the volumes that are connected to it 26
2-5 Types of volumes that can be created in a Data Reduction Pool 28
3-1 Illustration of the Raw Device Mapping 40
3-2 A simplistic vVols environment, where parent and child pools are segregated by drive class 42
3-3 The simplified approach to vVols provisioning that can be implemented by enabling Easy Tier 43
3-4 VAAI settings 48
4-1 IBM FlashSystem and vSphere vCenter integration architecture 53
4-2 Installation summary screen 55
4-3 Management web interface 55
4-4 Create User Group - 1 57
4-5 VASA Provider option 58
4-6 Create User -1 58
4-7 Create User -2 59
4-8 Empty inventory of Spectrum Connect 59
4-9 Click the plus icon 60
4-10 Enter IP/Hostname 60
4-11 Storage System shown in the Spectrum Connect UI 61
4-12 Storage Spaces and Storage Services 62
4-13 Creating Storage Services 63
4-14 Select Manage Resources 64
4-15 Manage Resources pane 65
4-16 Add New Resource 66
4-17 HyperSwap configuration 66
4-18 Verify the Storage Resource allocation 67
4-19 Storage Service delegation 68
4-20 New Storage Service delegation 68
4-21 Settings pane - VVOL 71
4-22 Enable VVOL -1 71
4-23 Enable VVOL -2 72
4-24 Select Modify Type 73
4-25 Click Modify 73
4-26 Select Modify Types 74
4-27 Click Modify 74
4-28 Warning message 74
4-29 Sort the mappings in descending order 75
4-30 Storage Devices 76
4-31 VASA Provider settings 77
4-32 VASA Provider Credentials 77
4-33 Storage Providers 78
4-34 New Storage Provider 79
4-35 Newly registered storage provider is shown 79
4-36 vVol-enabled Storage Services 80
4-37 vVol-enabled Storage Services delegated to a vCenter interface 81
4-38 New Datastore -1 82
4-39 New Datastore -2 82
4-40 New Datastore -3 83
4-41 New Datastore - 4 83
4-42 Repeat the process for any additional vVol datastores 84
4-43 Select IBM Storage vVols 85
4-44 Audit log entries 87
4-45 Server Certificate -1 90
4-46 Server Certificate -2 90
4-47 Add New vCenter Server for vWC 93
4-48 vCenter interface has been added to Spectrum Connect 93
4-49 Updating the vCenter credentials 94
4-50 Create new IBM Storage volume 95
4-51 New Volume window 95
4-52 Custom Host Mapping 96
4-53 New Volume 96
4-54 Status of the operation 97
4-55 Recent Tasks 97
4-56 Audit Log 98
4-57 Notice the names of the created volumes 98
4-58 New Datastore 99
4-59 Global Inventory Lists 100
4-60 Viewing the capabilities defined on a given Storage Service 100
4-61 Finding specific information about a particular volume 101
4-62 Interfaces pane 102
4-63 Download plug-in package 103
4-64 Installing the plug-in 104
4-65 Confirmation message 104
4-66 List the new workflows 105
4-67 Set Server and Token screen 105
4-68 Workflow completed 106
4-69 Create and Map a Volume workflow 106
4-70 Select a Storage Service 107
4-71 Create and Map a Volume 107
4-72 Logs workflow 108
4-73 Audit Log 108
4-74 Set vROps Server dialog 109
4-75 Start a deployment 110
4-76 Package information 111
4-77 Monitoring pane 112
4-78 Start vROps monitoring 113
5-1 VMware SRM 118
5-2 SRA and VMware SRM with Spectrum Virtualize integrated solution 119
5-3 VMware vSphere Client login 121
5-4 VMware vSphere Web Client home page 121
5-5 SRM Appliance Management interface login screen 122
5-6 SRM Appliance Management interface 123
5-7 Storage Replication Adapters view 123
5-8 Site Recovery view 124
5-9 IBM HyperSwap 126
5-10 Read operations from hosts on either site are serviced by the local I/O group 127
5-11 Write operations from host(s) on either site are serviced by the local I/O group 129
5-12 Write operations from hosts on primary are replicated 129
5-13 Write operations from hosts on Secondary are forwarded and replicated 130
5-14 Non-Uniform host access vMSC 132
5-15 Uniform host access vMSC 132
5-16 Three datastore architectures 133
6-1 Collecting a support package in the GUI 138
6-2 Collecting IBM Spectrum Connect logs 140
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