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IBM Spectrum Control and IBM Storage Insights Support for IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud

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Support of IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud with IBM Storage Insights and IBM Spectrum Control 5.4 (all versions).

 

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IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud was tested with the following version:

Storage system Version
IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud
8.5
8.4
8.3*

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Limitations and considerations

  • Before you can add an IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud storage system for monitoring, you must ensure that IBM Spectrum Control or IBM Storage Insights can connect to it.
    • To enable a connection, you can use the site-to-site VPN IPSec tunnel that exists between the on-premises environment and the IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud instances in AWS or IBM Cloud.
    • For more information about the methods for configuring the connection to IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud, see Configuring IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud.
  • IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud  does not yet collect performance metadata for EBS volumes, therefore the performance of managed disks shows zero values in IBM Spectrum Control and IBM Storage Insights. When IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud enables collecting that metadata, it will be automatically shown in IBM Spectrum Control and IBM Storage Insights.
  • Spectrum Virtualize family software levels 8.3.1.2 - 8.3.1.5 have known issues and are not supported.  For more information see Spectrum Control APAR IT40647 and Storage Insights APAR IT42491.  To prevent or resolve the problem upgrade to Spectrum Virtualize family software 8.3.1.6 or later.

Learn more about IBM Spectrum Control

IBM Spectrum Control is an on-premises storage management, monitoring, and reporting solution for storage systems, hypervisors, servers, fabrics, and switches.

Learn more about IBM Storage Insights

IBM Storage Insights is a complementary offering to IBM Spectrum Control. It's an off-premises, IBM Cloud service that provides cognitive support capabilities, monitoring, and reporting for storage systems.

  • For detailed information about the capabilities of IBM Storage Insights, see IBM Knowledge Center 
  • For a complete list of the storage systems that are supported by IBM Storage Insights, see Supported resources 

Learn more about IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud

IBM Spectrum Virtualize is a software-defined storage solution that has been proven for years in SAN Volume Controller and the IBM Storwize family. IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud extends that solution to a hybrid-cloud or cloud-based model, where servers, storage, and network infrastructure are delivered in a public cloud environment. It can be deployed on either IBM® Cloud or Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud infrastructures.

Want to learn more about IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud? No problem. IBM provides the following documentation for your reference:

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Modified date:
16 November 2022

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ibm11109943

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