Configuring VMware Virtual Volumes for Systems Powered by IBM Spectrum Virtualize
By Adam Reid, Jacob Winch, Warren Hawkins & Jon Tate
- Release Date: 2016-03-02
- Genre: System Administration
Description
IBM® Spectrum Virtualize and VMware's Virtual Volumes (VVols) are paving the way toward a true IBM Software Defined Environment (SDE). IBM Spectrum™ Virtualize is at the core of software-defined storage. The addition of VVols enables a fundamentally more efficient operational model for storage in virtualized environments, centering it around the virtual machine (VM) rather than the physical infrastructure.
This IBM Redbooks® publication provides an overview of the VVols management framework and its implementation on storage systems managed by IBM Spectrum Virtualize™..