IBM Hyper-Scale Manager for IBM Spectrum Accelerate Family

Front cover IBM Hyper-Scale Manager for IBM Spectrum Accelerate Family IBM XIV, IBM FlashSystem A9000 and A9000R, and IBM Spectrum Accelerate (Updated for Hyper-Scale Manager v 5.4) Lisa Martinez Bert Dufrasne Mariya Atanasova Redbooks International Technical Support Organization IBM Hyper-Scale Manager for IBM Spectrum Accelerate Family March 2018 SG24-8376-02 Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page v. Third Edition (March 2018) This edition applies to IBM FlashSystem A9000 and IBM FlashSystem A9000R with software Version 12.2.0 with IBM Hyper-Scale Manager V5.3. © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2018. All rights reserved. Note to U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights -- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Contents Notices . .v Trademarks . vi Preface . vii Authors. vii Now you can become a published author, too! . viii Comments welcome. viii Stay connected to IBM Redbooks . ix Chapter 1. Management tools . 1 1.1 Management graphical user interface. 2 1.1.1 Working with the Storage Management GUI. 3 1.1.2 Systems & Domains Views . 21 1.1.3 Statistics Views . 21 1.1.4 Pools & Volumes Views . 22 1.1.5 Hosts & Clusters Views. 22 1.1.6 Remote Views. 22 1.1.7 Access Views . 23 1.1.8 Management Server . 23 1.2 Installing and configuring Hyper-Scale Manager . 23 1.2.1 Installing Hyper-Scale Manager . 23 1.2.2 Launching the GUI . 26 1.2.3 Using the installation wizard . 27 1.2.4 Log in to IBM Hyper-Scale Manager after the initial setup . 29 1.2.5 Adding a system after the initial setup . 31 1.2.6 Removing a system or modifying a system IP address . 32 Chapter 2. Storage management and configuration . 33 2.1 Storage management interfaces . 34 2.1.1 IBM Hyper-Scale Manager . 34 2.2 Configuring pools . 35 2.2.1 Creating pools. 35 2.2.2 Managing storage pools with the GUI. 39 2.2.3 Managing storage pools with the CLI . 50 2.3 Volumes . 52 2.3.1 Creating volumes . 52 2.3.2 Managing volumes with the GUI . 55 2.3.3 Managing volumes with the command-line interface . 67 2.4 Snapshots . 69 2.4.1 How to create a snapshot of a volume . 70 2.4.2 Snapshot deletion priority . 72 2.4.3 Managing snapshots with the GUI . 73 2.4.4 Managing snapshots with the CLI. 76 2.4.5 Snapshot Scheduler . 78 2.5 Consistency groups. 81 2.5.1 Creating consistency groups. 82 2.5.2 Adding volumes to a consistency group . 85 2.5.3 Managing consistency groups with the GUI . 85 2.5.4 Managing consistency groups with the CLI. 91 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2018. All rights reserved. iii 2.5.5 Snapshot Groups . 93 Chapter 3. Security . 95 3.1 Physical access security . 96 3.2 Native user authentication. 96 3.2.1 Local credential repository . 96 3.2.2 Managing user accounts. 101 3.2.3 Security considerations for Hyper-Scale Manager . 105 3.2.4 Managing user accounts by using the XCLI . 107 Chapter 4. Multitenancy . 111 4.1 Multitenancy . 112 4.1.1 Domains . 112 4.1.2 Domain attributes . 113 4.1.3 Global administrators and domain administrators. 113 4.1.4 Domain policy . 113 4.2 Managing domains with the GUI . 114 4.2.1 Creating domains . 115 4.2.2 Customize the Domain view . 117 4.2.3 Adding a user to a domain . 118 4.2.4 Domain properties. 120 4.2.5 Managing domains . 121 4.2.6 Managing within a domain . 127 4.2.7 Removing a domain . 133 4.3 Performance classes (quality of service) . 135 4.3.1 Creating a performance class . 136 4.3.2 Associating a domain with an existing performance class . 137 Related publications . 139 IBM Redbooks . ..

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