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by Antonio Rainero, Jana Jamsek, Bruno Garcia Galle, Giulio Fiscella, Tiago Moreira
IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller and Storwize V7000 Best Practices and Performance Guidelines
- Front cover
- Notices
- Preface
- Summary of changes
- Chapter 1. Storage area network topology
- 1.1 SAN topology general guidelines
- 1.2 SAN topology-specific guidelines
- 1.3 SAN Volume controller ports
- 1.4 Zoning
- 1.4.1 Types of zoning
- 1.4.2 Prezoning tips and shortcuts
- 1.4.3 SAN Volume Controller internode communications zone
- 1.4.4 SAN Volume Controller/Storwize storage zones
- 1.4.5 SAN Volume Controller/Storwize host zones
- 1.4.6 Zoning with multiple SAN Volume Controller/Storwize clustered systems
- 1.4.7 Split storage subsystem configurations
- 1.5 Distance extension for remote copy services
- 1.6 Tape and disk traffic that share the SAN
- 1.7 Switch interoperability
- Chapter 2. Back-end storage
- Chapter 3. Storage pools and managed disks
- 3.1 Availability considerations for storage pools
- 3.2 Selecting storage subsystems
- 3.3 Selecting the storage pool
- 3.3.1 Capacity planning consideration
- 3.3.2 Selecting the number of arrays per storage pool
- 3.3.3 Selecting LUN attributes
- 3.3.4 Considerations for Storwize family systems
- 3.3.5 Considerations for the IBM XIV Storage System
- 3.3.6 IBM FlashSystem A9000/A9000R considerations
- 3.3.7 Considerations for the DS88XX family
- 3.4 Quorum disk considerations
- 3.5 Volume Consideration
- 3.6 Tiered storage
- 3.7 Adding MDisks to existing storage pools
- 3.8 Rebalancing extents across a storage pool
- 3.9 Removing MDisks from existing storage pools
- 3.10 Remapping managed MDisks
- 3.11 Controlling extent allocation order for volume creation
- 3.12 Considerations when using Encryption
- Chapter 4. Volumes
- Chapter 5. Copy Services
- Chapter 6. Hosts
- Chapter 7. IBM Easy Tier function
- Chapter 8. Monitoring
- Chapter 9. Maintenance
- 9.1 Documenting IBM Spectrum Virtualize and SAN environment
- 9.1.1 Naming conventions
- 9.1.2 SAN fabrics documentation
- 9.1.3 IBM Spectrum Virtualize documentation
- 9.1.4 Storage documentation
- 9.1.5 Technical Support information
- 9.1.6 Tracking incident and change tickets
- 9.1.7 Automated support data collection
- 9.1.8 Subscribing to IBM Spectrum Virtualize support
- 9.2 Storage management users
- 9.3 Standard operating procedures
- 9.4 IBM Spectrum Virtualize code update
- 9.4.1 Current and target IBM Spectrum Virtualize code level
- 9.4.2 IBM Spectrum Virtualize Upgrade Test Utility
- 9.4.3 IBM Spectrum Virtualize hardware considerations
- 9.4.4 Attached hosts preparation
- 9.4.5 Storage controllers preparation
- 9.4.6 SAN fabrics preparation
- 9.4.7 SAN components update sequence
- 9.4.8 IBM Spectrum Virtualize participating in Metro Mirror or Global Mirror
- 9.4.9 IBM Spectrum Virtualize update
- 9.4.10 IBM Spectrum Virtualize disk drive update
- 9.5 SAN modifications
- 9.6 Hardware upgrades for IBM Spectrum Virtualize
- 9.7 Adding expansion enclosures
- 9.8 IBM Spectrum Virtualize scripting
- 9.1 Documenting IBM Spectrum Virtualize and SAN environment
- Chapter 10. Troubleshooting and diagnostics
- Chapter 11. IBM Real-time Compression
- 11.1 Evaluate compression savings using Comprestimator
- 11.2 Evaluate workload using Disk Magic
- 11.3 Verify available CPU resources
- 11.4 Configure a balanced system
- 11.5 Standard benchmark tools
- 11.6 Compression with FlashCopy
- 11.7 Compression with Easy Tier
- 11.8 Compression on the backend
- 11.9 Migrating generic volumes
- 11.10 Mixed volumes in the same MDisk group
- Appendix A. IBM i considerations
- IBM i Storage management
- Single level storage
- IBM i response time
- Planning for IBM i capacity
- Connecting SAN Volume Controller or Storwize to IBM i
- Setting of attributes in VIOS
- Disk drives for IBM i
- Defining LUNs for IBM i
- Data layout
- Fibre Channel adapters in IBM i and VIOS
- Zoning SAN switches
- IBM i Multipath
- Boot from SAN
- IBM i mirroring
- Copy services considerations
- Appendix B. Business continuity
- Related publications
- Back cover
Summary of changes
This section describes the technical changes made in this edition of the book and in previous editions. This edition might also include minor corrections and editorial changes that are not identified.
Summary of Changes
for SG24-7521-04
for IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller and Storwize V7000 Best Practices and Performance Guidelines
as created or updated on April 11, 2017.
for SG24-7521-04
for IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller and Storwize V7000 Best Practices and Performance Guidelines
as created or updated on April 11, 2017.
April 2017, Fifth Edition
This revision includes the new and changed information and is based on the latest hardware available from IBM and as described in the book. We have also based this on IBM Spectrum Virtualize V7.8, and have removed chapters and topics where that information can easily be found by your favorite search engine or in other IBM Redbooks.
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