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Implementing the IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller with IBM Spectrum Virtualize Version 8.4
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Chapter 1. Introduction and system overview
1.1 Storage virtualization terminology
1.2 Latest changes and enhancements
1.3 IBM SAN Volume Controller architecture
1.3.1 IBM SAN Volume Controller architectural overview
1.3.2 IBM Spectrum Virtualize
1.3.3 IBM SAN Volume Controller topology
1.4 IBM SAN Volume Controller models
1.4.1 IBM SAN Volume Controller SV2 and SA2
1.4.2 IBM SAN Volume Controller SV1
1.4.3 IBM SAN Volume Controller model comparisons
1.5 IBM SAN Volume Controller components
1.5.1 Nodes
1.5.2 I/O groups
1.5.3 System
1.5.4 Expansion enclosures
1.5.5 Flash drives
1.5.6 MDisks
1.5.7 Cache
1.5.8 Quorum disk
1.5.9 Storage pool
1.5.10 Volumes
1.5.11 Easy Tier
1.5.12 Hosts
1.5.13 Array
1.5.14 Encryption
1.5.15 iSCSI and iSCSI Extensions over RDMA
1.5.16 IBM Real-time Compression
1.5.17 Data Reduction Pools
1.5.18 IP replication
1.5.19 IBM Spectrum Virtualize copy services
1.5.20 Synchronous or asynchronous Remote Copy
1.5.21 FlashCopy and Transparent Cloud Tiering
1.6 Business continuity
1.6.1 Business continuity with Stretched Clusters
1.6.2 Business continuity with Enhanced Stretched Cluster
1.6.3 Business continuity with HyperSwap
1.6.4 Business continuity with three-site replication
1.6.5 Automatic hot spare nodes
1.7 Management and support tools
1.7.1 IBM Assist On-site and Remote Support Assistance
1.7.2 Event notifications
1.8 Useful IBM SAN Volume Controller web links
Chapter 2. Planning
2.1 General planning rules
2.2 Planning for availability
2.3 Physical installation planning
2.4 Planning for system management
2.4.1 User password creation options
2.5 Connectivity planning
2.6 Fibre Channel SAN configuration planning
2.6.1 Physical topology
2.6.2 Zoning
2.6.3 N_Port ID Virtualization
2.6.4 Inter-node zone
2.6.5 Back-end storage zones
2.6.6 Host zones
2.6.7 Zoning considerations for Metro Mirror and Global Mirror
2.6.8 Port designation recommendations
2.7 IP SAN configuration planning
2.7.1 iSCSI and iSER protocols
2.7.2 Priority flow control
2.7.3 RDMA clustering
2.7.4 iSCSI back-end storage attachment
2.7.5 IP network host attachment
2.7.6 Native IP replication
2.7.7 Firewall planning
2.8 Planning topology
2.8.1 High availability
2.8.2 Three-Site replication
2.9 Back-end storage configuration
2.10 Internal storage configuration
2.11 Storage pool configuration
2.11.1 Child pools
2.11.2 Storage pool and cache relationship
2.12 Volume configuration
2.12.1 Planning for image mode volumes
2.12.2 Planning for fully allocated volumes
2.12.3 Planning for thin-provisioned volumes
2.12.4 Planning for compressed volumes
2.12.5 Planning for deduplicated volumes
2.13 Host attachment planning
2.13.1 Queue depth
2.13.2 Microsoft Offloaded Data Transfer
2.13.3 SAN boot support
2.13.4 Planning for large deployments
2.13.5 Planning for SCSI Unmap
2.14 Planning copy services
2.14.1 FlashCopy guidelines
2.14.2 Planning for Metro Mirror and Global Mirror
2.15 Data migration
2.16 Performance monitoring with IBM Storage Insights
2.17 Configuration backup procedure
Chapter 3. Initial configuration
3.1 Prerequisites
3.2 System initialization
3.2.1 System initialization process
3.3 System setup
3.3.1 System setup wizard
3.4 Base configuration
3.4.1 Configuring Remote Direct Memory Access clustering
3.4.2 Adding a node or hot spare node
3.4.3 Changing the system topology
3.4.4 Configuring quorum disks or applications
3.4.5 Configuring the local Fibre Channel port masking
3.5 Configuring management access
3.5.1 Configuring secure communications
3.5.2 Configuring password policies
3.5.3 Configuring user authentication
Chapter 4. IBM Spectrum Virtualize GUI
4.1 Normal operations by using the GUI
4.1.1 Accessing the GUI
4.2 Introduction to the GUI
4.2.1 Task menu
4.2.2 Suggested tasks
4.2.3 Notification icons and help
4.3 System Hardware - Overview window
4.3.1 Content-based organization
4.4 Monitoring menu
4.4.1 System Hardware overview
4.4.2 IBM Easy Tier Reports
4.4.3 Events
4.4.4 Performance
4.4.5 Background Tasks
4.5 Pools
4.6 Volumes
4.7 Hosts
4.8 Copy Services
4.9 Access
4.9.1 Ownership groups
4.9.2 Users by groups
4.9.3 Audit log
4.10 Settings
4.10.1 Notifications menu
4.10.2 Network
4.10.3 Using the management GUI
4.10.4 Security menu
4.10.5 System menus
4.10.6 Support menu
4.10.7 GUI Preferences menu
4.11 Other frequent tasks in the GUI
4.11.1 Renaming components
4.11.2 Changing the system topology
4.11.3 Restarting the GUI service
Chapter 5. Using storage pools
5.1 Working with storage pools
5.1.1 Creating storage pools
5.1.2 Managed disks in a storage pool
5.1.3 Actions on storage pools
5.1.4 Child pools
5.1.5 Encrypted storage pools
5.2 Working with external controllers and MDisks
5.2.1 External storage controllers
5.2.2 Actions on external storage controllers
5.2.3 Working with external MDisks
5.2.4 Actions for external MDisks
5.3 Working with internal drives and arrays
5.3.1 Working with drives
5.3.2 RAID and distributed RAID
5.3.3 Creating arrays
5.3.4 Actions on arrays
Chapter 6. Creating and provisioning volumes
6.1 Introduction to volumes
6.2 Volume characteristics
6.2.1 Volume type
6.2.2 Managed mode and image mode
6.2.3 VSize
6.2.4 Performance
6.2.5 Volume copies
6.2.6 I/O operations data flow
6.2.7 Storage efficiency
6.2.8 Encryption
6.2.9 Cache mode
6.2.10 I/O throttling
6.2.11 Volume protection
6.2.12 Secure data deletion
6.3 Virtual volumes
6.4 Volumes in multi-site topologies
6.4.1 HyperSwap topology
6.4.2 Stretched topology
6.5 Operations on volumes
6.5.1 Creating volumes
6.5.2 Creating custom volumes
6.5.3 Creating volumes in multi-site topologies
6.5.4 I/O throttling
6.5.5 Volume protection
6.5.6 Modifying a volume
6.5.7 Deleting a volume
6.5.8 Mapping a volume to a host
6.5.9 Modify I/O Group or Non-disruptive Volume Move (NDVM)
6.5.10 Migrating a volume to another storage pool
6.6 Volume operations by using the CLI
6.6.1 Displaying volume information
6.6.2 Creating a volume
6.6.3 Creating a thin-provisioned volume
6.6.4 Creating a volume in image mode
6.6.5 Adding a volume copy
6.6.6 Splitting a mirrored volume
6.6.7 Modifying a volume
6.6.8 Deleting a volume
6.6.9 Volume protection
6.6.10 Expanding a volume
6.6.11 HyperSwap volume modification with CLI
6.6.12 Mapping a volume to a host
6.6.13 Listing volumes that are mapped to the host
6.6.14 Listing hosts that are mapped to the volume
6.6.15 Deleting a volume to host mapping
6.6.16 Migrating a volume
6.6.17 Migrating a fully managed volume to an image mode volume
6.6.18 Shrinking a volume
6.6.19 Listing volumes that use MDisks
6.6.20 Listing MDisks that are used by the volume
6.6.21 Listing volumes that are defined in the storage pool
6.6.22 Listing storage pools in which a volume has its extents
6.6.23 Tracing a volume from a host back to its physical disks
Chapter 7. Attaching hosts to the storage systems
7.1 Host attachment overview
7.2 Host objects overview
7.3 NVMe over Fibre Channel
7.4 N_Port ID Virtualization support
7.4.1 NPIV prerequisites
7.4.2 Enabling NPIV on a new system installation
7.4.3 Enabling NPIV on a system
7.5 Hosts operations by using the GUI
7.5.1 Creating hosts
7.5.2 Host clusters
7.5.3 Actions on hosts
7.5.4 Actions on host clusters
7.5.5 Host management views
7.6 Performing hosts operations by using CLI
7.6.1 Creating a host by using the CLI
7.6.2 Host administration by using the CLI
7.6.3 Adding and deleting a host port by using the CLI
7.6.4 Host cluster operations
7.6.5 Adding a host or host cluster to an ownership group
7.7 Host attachment practical examples
7.7.1 Pre-requisites
7.7.2 Fibre Channel host connectivity and capacity allocation
7.7.3 iSCSI host connectivity and capacity allocation
7.7.4 NVMe over Fabric host connectivity example
Chapter 8. Storage migration
8.1 Storage migration overview
8.1.1 Interoperability and compatibility
8.1.2 Prerequisites
8.2 Storage migration wizard
Chapter 10. Advanced Copy Services
10.1 IBM FlashCopy
10.1.1 Business requirements for FlashCopy
10.1.2 FlashCopy principles and terminology
10.1.3 FlashCopy mapping
10.1.4 Consistency groups
10.1.5 Crash consistent copy and hosts considerations
10.1.6 Grains and bitmap: I/O indirection
10.1.7 Interaction with cache
10.1.8 Background Copy Rate
10.1.9 Incremental FlashCopy
10.1.10 Starting FlashCopy mappings and consistency groups
10.1.11 Multiple target FlashCopy
10.1.12 Reverse FlashCopy
10.1.13 FlashCopy and image mode Volumes
10.1.14 FlashCopy mapping events
10.1.15 Thin-provisioned FlashCopy
10.1.16 Serialization of I/O by FlashCopy
10.1.17 Event handling
10.1.18 Asynchronous notifications
10.1.19 Interoperation with Metro Mirror and Global Mirror
10.1.20 FlashCopy attributes and limitations
10.2 Managing FlashCopy by using the GUI
10.2.1 FlashCopy presets
10.2.2 FlashCopy window
10.2.3 Creating a FlashCopy mapping
10.2.4 Single-click snapshot
10.2.5 Single-click clone
10.2.6 Single-click backup
10.2.7 Creating a FlashCopy consistency group
10.2.8 Creating FlashCopy mappings in a Consistency Group
10.2.9 Showing related Volumes
10.2.10 Moving FlashCopy mappings across Consistency Groups
10.2.11 Removing FlashCopy mappings from Consistency Groups
10.2.12 Modifying a FlashCopy mapping
10.2.13 Renaming FlashCopy mappings
10.2.14 Deleting FlashCopy mappings
10.2.15 Deleting a FlashCopy consistency group
10.2.16 Starting FlashCopy mappings
10.2.17 Stopping FlashCopy mappings
10.2.18 Memory allocation for FlashCopy
10.3 Transparent Cloud Tiering
10.3.1 Considerations for using Transparent Cloud Tiering
10.3.2 Transparent Cloud Tiering as backup solution and data migration
10.3.3 Restoring data by using Transparent Cloud Tiering
10.3.4 Transparent Cloud Tiering restrictions
10.4 Implementing Transparent Cloud Tiering
10.4.1 Domain Name System configuration
10.4.2 Enabling Transparent Cloud Tiering
10.4.3 Creating cloud snapshots
10.4.4 Managing cloud snapshots
10.4.5 Restoring cloud snapshots
10.5 Volume mirroring and migration options
10.6 Remote Copy
10.6.1 IBM SAN Volume Controller and IBM FlashSystems system layers
10.6.2 Multiple IBM Spectrum Virtualize systems replication
10.6.3 Importance of write ordering
10.6.4 Remote Copy intercluster communication
10.6.5 Metro Mirror overview
10.6.6 Synchronous Remote Copy
10.6.7 Metro Mirror features
10.6.8 Metro Mirror attributes
10.6.9 Practical use of Metro Mirror
10.6.10 Global Mirror overview
10.6.11 Asynchronous Remote Copy
10.6.12 Global Mirror features
10.6.13 Using Global Mirror with change volumes
10.6.14 Distribution of work among nodes
10.6.15 Background copy performance
10.6.16 Thin-provisioned background copy
10.6.17 Methods of synchronization
10.6.18 Practical use of Global Mirror
10.6.19 IBM Spectrum Virtualize HyperSwap topology
10.6.20 Consistency Protection for Global Mirror and Metro Mirror
10.6.21 Valid combinations of FlashCopy, Metro Mirror, and Global Mirror
10.6.22 Remote Copy configuration limits
10.6.23 Remote Copy states and events
10.7 Remote Copy commands
10.7.1 Remote Copy process
10.7.2 Listing available system partners
10.7.3 Changing the system parameters
10.7.4 System partnership
10.7.5 Creating a Metro Mirror/Global Mirror consistency group
10.7.6 Creating a Metro Mirror/Global Mirror relationship
10.7.7 Changing Metro Mirror/Global Mirror relationship
10.7.8 Changing Metro Mirror/Global Mirror consistency group
10.7.9 Starting Metro Mirror/Global Mirror relationship
10.7.10 Stopping Metro Mirror/Global Mirror relationship
10.7.11 Starting Metro Mirror/Global Mirror consistency group
10.7.12 Stopping Metro Mirror/Global Mirror consistency group
10.7.13 Deleting Metro Mirror/Global Mirror relationship
10.7.14 Deleting Metro Mirror/Global Mirror consistency group
10.7.15 Reversing Metro Mirror/Global Mirror relationship
10.7.16 Reversing Metro Mirror/Global Mirror consistency group
10.8 Native IP replication
10.8.1 Native IP replication technology
10.8.2 IP partnership limitations
10.8.3 IP Partnership and data compression
10.8.4 VLAN support
10.8.5 IP partnership and terminology
10.8.6 States of IP partnership
10.8.7 Remote Copy groups
10.8.8 Supported configurations
10.9 Managing Remote Copy by using the GUI
10.9.1 Creating Fibre Channel partnership
10.9.2 Creating Remote Copy relationships
10.9.3 Creating a consistency group
10.9.4 Renaming Remote Copy relationships
10.9.5 Renaming a Remote Copy consistency group
10.9.6 Moving standalone Remote Copy relationships to consistency group
10.9.7 Removing Remote Copy relationships from consistency group
10.9.8 Starting Remote Copy relationships
10.9.9 Starting a Remote Copy consistency group
10.9.10 Switching a relationship copy direction
10.9.11 Switching a consistency group direction
10.9.12 Stopping Remote Copy relationships
10.9.13 Stopping a consistency group
10.9.14 Deleting Remote Copy relationships
10.9.15 Deleting a consistency group
10.10 Remote Copy memory allocation
10.11 Troubleshooting Remote Copy
10.11.1 1920 error
10.11.2 1720 error
Chapter 11. Ownership groups
11.1 Ownership groups principles of operations
11.2 Implementing ownership groups on a new system
11.2.1 Creating an ownership group
11.2.2 Assigning users to an ownership group
11.2.3 Creating ownership group resources
11.2.4 Listing ownership group resources
11.2.5 Actions on ownership groups
11.3 Migrating objects to ownership groups
Chapter 13. Reliability, availability, and serviceability, and monitoring and troubleshooting
13.1 Reliability, availability, and serviceability
13.1.1 IBM SAN Volume Controller nodes
13.1.2 Power
13.2 Shutting down an IBM SAN Volume Controller cluster
13.3 Removing or adding a node to or from the system
13.4 Configuration backup
13.4.1 Backing up by using the CLI
13.4.2 Saving the backup by using the GUI
13.5 Software update
13.5.1 Precautions before the update
13.5.2 IBM Spectrum Virtualize upgrade test utility
13.5.3 Updating IBM Spectrum Virtualize V8.4
13.5.4 Updating IBM Spectrum Virtualize with a hot spare node
13.5.5 Updating the IBM SAN Volume Controller system manually
13.6 Health checker feature
13.7 Troubleshooting and fix procedures
13.7.1 Managing event log
13.7.2 Running a fix procedure
13.7.3 Resolving alerts in a timely manner
13.7.4 Event log details
13.8 Monitoring
13.8.1 Call Home function and email notification
13.8.2 Disabling and enabling notifications
13.8.3 Remote Support Assistance
13.8.4 SNMP configuration
13.8.5 Syslog notifications
13.9 Audit log
13.10 Collecting support information by using the GUI, CLI, and USB
13.10.1 Collecting information by using the GUI
13.10.2 Collecting logs by using the CLI
13.10.3 Collecting logs by using USB
13.10.4 Uploading files to the Support Center
13.11 Service Assistant Tool
13.12 IBM Storage Insights Monitoring
13.12.1 Capacity Monitoring
13.12.2 Performance monitoring
13.12.3 Logging Support Tickets by using IBM Storage Insights
13.12.4 Managing support tickets by using IBM Storage Insights and uploading logs
Appendix A. Performance data and statistics gathering
IBM SAN Volume Controller performance overview
Performance monitoring
Appendix B. Terminology
Commonly used terms
Appendix C. Command-line interface setup
CLI setup
Notices
Trademarks
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