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IBM Storage Solutions for IBM Cloud Private Blueprint IBM® Storage IBM Storage Solutions for IBM Cloud Private Blueprint IBM Storage Team © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2019. US Government Users Restricted Rights – Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Contents . 1 About this document . 1 Support for the Blueprint and its configurations . 2 Prerequisites . 2 What’s new in Version 1 Release 5.0 . 2 Executive summary . 3 Scope . 4 Getting started: End-to-end private cloud solution building blocks . 4 Helm . 4 IBM Cloud Private 3.1.2 . 4 IBM Spectrum Connect 3.6.1 . 5 Compute platforms support. 6 Block storage platforms support . 6 IBM Spectrum Scale . 7 IBM Storage Enabler for Containers . 7 Multicloud solution reference architecture . 8 Solution architecture control and data paths . 9 IBM Cloud Private 3.1.2 . 11 Installing IBM Cloud Private Enterprise 3.1.2 HA environment . 11 Configuring cluster nodes . 12 Access the IBM Cloud Private 3.1.2 cluster using the management console. 15 Performing first-time installation of Spectrum Connect 3.6.1 . 15 Adding IBM Storage to IBM Spectrum Connect 3.6.1 . 15 Configuring iSCSI/Fibre Channel for IBM Cloud Private 3.1.2 worker nodes . 20 Configuring IBM Spectrum Scale for IBM Cloud Private 3.1.2. worker nodes . 22 Installing IBM Storage Enabler for Containers . 23 Deploying a MongoDB instance using IBM Cloud Private and provisioning persistent storage to the MongoDB instance . 34 Deploying Minio Object Storage using IBM Cloud Private . 36 File storage class definitions . 38 Block storage class definitions . 40 Private cloud flexibility and data protection . 40 Configuration of IBM Cloud Private to support data protection. 41 Installation and configuration of IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management. 41 IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management policy creation . 44 IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management backup job creation . 45 IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management restore job creation . 47 IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management data reuse creation . 48 Summary . 51 Get more information . 52 Appendix A. Using an existing fileset for volume creation . 53 Appendix B. IBM Spectrum Scale usage restrictions. 55 Appendix C. IBM PowerVC FlexVolume driver setup on IBM Cloud Private . 57 Introduction . 57 Requirements . 57 Supported storage systems . 57 Deployment architecture . 57 Installation steps . 58 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2019. All rights reserved. i Appendix D: Sample scripts for MongoDB and Db2 database backup . 60 MongoDB script . 60 Db2 script . 62 Notices . 63 Trademarks . 64 Terms and conditions for product documentation . 65 Applicability . 65 Commercial use . 65 Rights . 65 Privacy policy considerations . 65 ii IBM Storage Solutions for IBM Cloud Private Blueprint About this document This Blueprint is intended to facilitate the deployment of IBM Storage Solutions for IBM Cloud Private by using detailed hardware specifications to build a system and describe the associated parameters for configuring persistent storage within an IBM Cloud Private environment. To complete the tasks, you must have an understanding of IBM Cloud Private, IBM Spectrum Connect and IBM Storage Enabler for Containers. Tip: Beginning with v3.4.0, IBM Spectrum Control™ Base Edition is now IBM Spectrum Connect. To learn more about the rebranding transition, see the IBM Knowledge Center at: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS6JWS/landing/IBM_Spectrum_Conn ect_welcome_page.html The information in this document is distributed on an “as is” basis without any warranty that is either expressed or implied. Support assistance for the use of this material is limited to situations where IBM Storwize and/or IBM FlashSystem storage devices are supported and entitled and where the issues are not specific to a blueprint implementation. This edition of the document applies to IBM Storage Solutions for IBM Cloud Private Version 1 Release 5.0. © Copyright IBM Corp. 2019. All rights reserved. 1 Support for the Blueprint and its configurations The information in this document (referred to throughout as “the Blueprint”) is distributed on an “as is” basis without any warranty that is either expressed or implied. Support assistance for the use of this material is limited to situations where IBM Spectrum Connect support is entitled and where the issues are not specific to a blueprint implementation. Support of the underlying IBM Spectrum Connect components is entitled and provided as an extension of the related Storage hardware and system software. Please refer to the hardware and system software documentation for more information on how to request assistance and support for the IBM Spectrum Connect components. Prerequisites This Blueprint assumes familiarity with and basic knowledge of: • IBM Cloud Private 3.1.2 • Kubernetes container orchestrator • VMware vSphere version 6.0 or later • IBM PowerVC • IBM Spectrum Connect and IBM Storage Enabler for Containers • IBM Z®, x86 and IBM Power compute • IBM z/VM® hypervisor • IBM Storwize and IBM FlashSystem all-flash storage arrays • IBM Spectrum Scale™ What’s new in Version 1 Release 5.0 The documentation for the Blueprint configuration, hardware and software requirements has been updated for: • Support for Helm chart installation of Storage Enabler for Containers • IBM Spectrum Connect 3.6.1 • IBM Storage Enabler for Containers 2.1 2 IBM Storage Solutions for IBM Cloud Private Blueprint Executive summary Overview: Microservice provision is an emerging architectural design pattern that brings agility and scalability to enterprise applications. • Challenge: A challenge of implementing microservices has been the need for infrastructure to dynamically spin up and connect these services. • Solution: The dynamic nature of cloud platforms is a key enabler in the shift to a microservices strategy. The end-to-end private cloud solution described in this Blueprint documents the essential private cloud service fabric for developing and managing on-premises containerized applications. To gain a competitive advantage for your business, you need a reliable, secure and flexible IT environment—one that enables modern application enterprise workloads by scaling as necessary to fit your needs, and that gives access to users, no matter what kind of endpoint device they’re using. Further, it should allow orchestration, both to suit your resource consumption requirements and to minimize downtime. Your environment must provide reliable platform-as-a service capabilities with flexible infrastructure. This means deploying a cloud-service fabric to reliably deliver containerized applications to your endpoints of choice, to meet or exceed service-level expectations. Additionally, organizations must protect data, whether for highly regulated industries or when building mission-critical applications. Getting to market quickly, iterating, and attracting new customers are top of mind for executives around the world, and even though cloud computing is a major force in business innovation, challenges are everywhere. Your cloud is only as private and secure as the technology that that protects it allows. As organizations implement modern application platforms, they are leveraging technologies to deliver cloud-native workloads, provide stateful data services, and deliver enterprise-critical capabilities from artificial intelligence and messaging to blockchain applications, DevOps, analytics and high-performance computing. To this end, the full-stack IBM Cloud Private cloud solution documented in this Blueprint delivers a private cloud service fabric for building and managing on-premises, containerized applications that can deliver scale, performance, security and data-protection, and that can extend across hybrid and multicloud environments to fill your most critical application requirements. The possibilities are endless, and real-time decision-making is within reach. 3 Scope This Blueprint provides: • A solutions architecture and the related storage endpoint capabilities that interact with the following software and hardware components: ◦ IBM Cloud Private 3.1.2 ◦ A flexible choice of compute and storage resources ◦ IBM Spectrum Connect ◦ IBM Storage Enabler for Containers • Detailed technical configuration steps for building an end-to-end private cloud solution This Blueprint does not: • Provide performance analysis or metrics for end-user consumption • Replace any official manuals and documents issued by IBM for related products • Explain installation and configuration of VMware vSphere Getting started: End-to-end private cloud solution building blocks This section.
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