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IBM System Storage N series Virtual Storage Console 5.0 for VMware vSphere Installation and Administration Guide

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Abstract

This guide provides an overview of Virtual Storage Console 5.0 for VMware vSphere and instructions for installing and setting up it's software components and using its features in IBM System Storage™ N series storage system.

Content

This guide contains the following topics:

  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Changes to this documents: April 2014
  • How to use this guide
  • Virtual Storage Console for VMware vSphere overview
  • Plan your VSC for VMware vSphere installation
  • VSC for VMware vSphere installation
  • VASA Provide for clustered Data ONTAP installation
  • NFS Plug-in for VAAI installation
  • Configuring your VSC for VMware vSphere environment
  • Authentication and user management with vCenter RBAC and Data ONTAP RBAC
  • Requirements for performing tasks in VSC for VMware vSphere
  • Navigating VSC for VMware vSphere
  • Working with storage systems
  • Deploying virtual machines on IBM N series storage
  • Optimizing performance by aligning the I/O of misaligned virtual machines non-disruptively
  • Maintaining your VMware environment
  • Backing up virtual machines and datastores
  • Restoring virtual machines and datastores from backup copies
  • Troubleshooting
  • Provisioning and cloning programmable API
  • Creating custom user accounts for backup and restore operations
  • VSC CLI commands
  • Copyright and trademark information
  • Notices
  • Index

Publication Number

GC52-1349-08

Virtual Storage Console 5.0 for VMware vSphere Installation and Administration Guide
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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

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