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Topics illustrate planning, configuring, operations, and preferred practices that include integration of IBM Storage FlashSystem storage systems with the VMware vCloud suite of applications: VMware vSphere Web Client ...</p></div></div><p></p><hr data-autoid="dds--hr" class="bx--hr bx--hr--fluid bx--hr--thin"/><div class="bx--row"><div class="bx--col-sm-0 bx--col-md-2 bx--col-lg-4"><img class="thumb-small" src="https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/images/thumbs/redp-5736-00_x2.jpg" alt=""/></div><div class="bx--col-md-5 bx--col-lg-12"><a class="bx--link search-link bx--link--lg" href="/abstracts/redp5736.html">Do More with Less: Automating IBM Storage FlashSystem Tasks with REST APIs, Scripting, and Ansible<div class="bx--link__icon"><svg focusable="false" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="currentColor" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 32 32" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M25.7,9.3l-7-7C18.5,2.1,18.3,2,18,2H8C6.9,2,6,2.9,6,4v24c0,1.1,0.9,2,2,2h16c1.1,0,2-0.9,2-2V10C26,9.7,25.9,9.5,25.7,9.3 z M18,4.4l5.6,5.6H18V4.4z M24,28H8V4h8v6c0,1.1,0.9,2,2,2h6V28z"></path><path d="M10 22H22V24H10zM10 16H22V18H10z"></path></svg></div></a><p class="bx--type-italic" style="padding-bottom:10px;padding-top:10px"><span>10 October 2024, </span><span class="danger">Red</span>paper</p><p>The ever-expanding demands of data storage in today's information-intensive landscape place a significant burden on IT professionals tasked with managing storage infrastructure. Manual processes for provisioning resources, troubleshooting issues, and performing routine maintenance tasks can be time-consuming and resource-intensive, hindering overall efficiency. This IBM Redpaper equips you with ...</p></div></div><p></p><hr data-autoid="dds--hr" class="bx--hr bx--hr--fluid bx--hr--thin"/><div class="bx--row"><div class="bx--col-sm-0 bx--col-md-2 bx--col-lg-4"><img class="thumb-small" src="https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/images/thumbs/redp-5583-03_x2.jpg" alt=""/></div><div class="bx--col-md-5 bx--col-lg-12"><a class="bx--link search-link bx--link--lg" href="/abstracts/redp5583.html">IBM TS7700 R5.4 DS8000 Object Store User’s Guide<div class="bx--link__icon"><svg focusable="false" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="currentColor" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 32 32" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M25.7,9.3l-7-7C18.5,2.1,18.3,2,18,2H8C6.9,2,6,2.9,6,4v24c0,1.1,0.9,2,2,2h16c1.1,0,2-0.9,2-2V10C26,9.7,25.9,9.5,25.7,9.3 z M18,4.4l5.6,5.6H18V4.4z M24,28H8V4h8v6c0,1.1,0.9,2,2,2h6V28z"></path><path d="M10 22H22V24H10zM10 16H22V18H10z"></path></svg></div></a><p class="bx--type-italic" style="padding-bottom:10px;padding-top:10px"><span>03 October 2024, </span><span class="danger">Red</span>paper</p><p>The IBM TS7700 features a functional enhancement that allows for the TS7700 to act as an object store for IBM DS8000® Transparent Cloud Tiering with IBM DS8000, DFSMShsm (HSM), and native DFSMSdss (DSS). This function can be used to move data sets directly from DS8000 to TS7700. This IBM Redpaper publication provides a functional overview of the features, provides client value information, and ...</p></div></div><p></p><hr data-autoid="dds--hr" class="bx--hr bx--hr--fluid bx--hr--thin"/><div class="bx--row"><div class="bx--col-sm-0 bx--col-md-2 bx--col-lg-4"><img class="thumb-small" src="https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/images/thumbs/redp-5708-01_x2.jpg" alt=""/></div><div class="bx--col-md-5 bx--col-lg-12"><a class="bx--link search-link bx--link--lg" href="/abstracts/redp5708.html">IBM Fusion HCI Metro Disaster Recovery Use Case<div class="bx--link__icon"><svg focusable="false" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="currentColor" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 32 32" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M25.7,9.3l-7-7C18.5,2.1,18.3,2,18,2H8C6.9,2,6,2.9,6,4v24c0,1.1,0.9,2,2,2h16c1.1,0,2-0.9,2-2V10C26,9.7,25.9,9.5,25.7,9.3 z M18,4.4l5.6,5.6H18V4.4z M24,28H8V4h8v6c0,1.1,0.9,2,2,2h6V28z"></path><path d="M10 22H22V24H10zM10 16H22V18H10z"></path></svg></div></a><p class="bx--type-italic" style="padding-bottom:10px;padding-top:10px"><span>25 September 2024, </span><span class="danger">Red</span>paper</p><p>Metro disaster recovery (DR) provides two-way synchronous data replication between IBM® Fusion HCI clusters installed at two sites. In the event of a site disaster, applications can be failed over to the second site. The replication between the sites is synchronous, hence, the Metro DR solution is only available for metropolitan distance data centers with 40 milliseconds latency or less. This ...</p></div></div><p></p><hr data-autoid="dds--hr" class="bx--hr bx--hr--fluid bx--hr--thin"/><div class="bx--row"><div class="bx--col-sm-0 bx--col-md-2 bx--col-lg-4"><img class="thumb-small" src="https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/images/thumbs/sg24-8548-00_x2.jpg" alt=""/></div><div class="bx--col-md-5 bx--col-lg-12"><a class="bx--link search-link bx--link--lg" href="/abstracts/sg248548.html">IBM Diamondback Tape Library Guide<div class="bx--link__icon"><svg focusable="false" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="currentColor" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 32 32" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M25.7,9.3l-7-7C18.5,2.1,18.3,2,18,2H8C6.9,2,6,2.9,6,4v24c0,1.1,0.9,2,2,2h16c1.1,0,2-0.9,2-2V10C26,9.7,25.9,9.5,25.7,9.3 z M18,4.4l5.6,5.6H18V4.4z M24,28H8V4h8v6c0,1.1,0.9,2,2,2h6V28z"></path><path d="M10 22H22V24H10zM10 16H22V18H10z"></path></svg></div></a><p class="bx--type-italic" style="padding-bottom:10px;padding-top:10px"><span>03 July 2024, </span><span class="danger">Red</span>books</p><p>The IBM® Diamondback tape library is the next-generation ultra-high density tape storage solution available from IBM. The Diamondback is designed to easily scale out and fit into any data center or server room, with each frame having only the footprint of a standard server rack. Designed with a focus on simplicity and density, the library can be deployed quickly and easily managed using ...</p></div></div><p></p><hr data-autoid="dds--hr" class="bx--hr bx--hr--fluid bx--hr--thin"/><div class="bx--row"><div class="bx--col-sm-0 bx--col-md-2 bx--col-lg-4"><img class="thumb-small" src="https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/images/thumbs/redp-5671-00_x2.jpg" alt=""/></div><div class="bx--col-md-5 bx--col-lg-12"><a class="bx--link search-link bx--link--lg" href="/abstracts/redp5671.html">Implementation Guide for IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud 8.5: For AWS and Azure Public Clouds<div class="bx--link__icon"><svg focusable="false" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="currentColor" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 32 32" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M25.7,9.3l-7-7C18.5,2.1,18.3,2,18,2H8C6.9,2,6,2.9,6,4v24c0,1.1,0.9,2,2,2h16c1.1,0,2-0.9,2-2V10C26,9.7,25.9,9.5,25.7,9.3 z M18,4.4l5.6,5.6H18V4.4z M24,28H8V4h8v6c0,1.1,0.9,2,2,2h6V28z"></path><path d="M10 22H22V24H10zM10 16H22V18H10z"></path></svg></div></a><p class="bx--type-italic" style="padding-bottom:10px;padding-top:10px"><span>19 July 2023, </span><span class="danger">Red</span>paper</p><p>IBM Spectrum® Virtualize for Public Cloud supports clients in their IT architectural transformation and migration toward the cloud service model. It facilitates hybrid cloud strategy and cloud-native strategy, and it provides the benefits of having advanced storage features, functions, and capabilities usually found only in on-premises data centers. IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud ...</p></div></div><p></p><hr data-autoid="dds--hr" class="bx--hr bx--hr--fluid bx--hr--thin"/><div class="bx--row"><div class="bx--col-sm-0 bx--col-md-2 bx--col-lg-4"><img class="thumb-small" src="https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/images/thumbs/redp-5537-03_x2.jpg" alt=""/></div><div class="bx--col-md-5 bx--col-lg-12"><a class="bx--link search-link bx--link--lg" href="/redpieces/abstracts/redp5537.html">IBM Cloud Object Storage Concepts and Architecture: System Edition<div class="bx--link__icon"><svg focusable="false" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="currentColor" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 32 32" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M25.7,9.3l-7-7C18.5,2.1,18.3,2,18,2H8C6.9,2,6,2.9,6,4v24c0,1.1,0.9,2,2,2h16c1.1,0,2-0.9,2-2V10C26,9.7,25.9,9.5,25.7,9.3 z M18,4.4l5.6,5.6H18V4.4z M24,28H8V4h8v6c0,1.1,0.9,2,2,2h6V28z"></path><path d="M10 22H22V24H10zM10 16H22V18H10z"></path></svg></div></a><p class="bx--type-italic" style="padding-bottom:10px;padding-top:10px"><span>08 April 2023, </span>Draft <span class="danger">Red</span>paper</p><p>Object Storage is the primary storage solution that is used in the cloud and on-premises solutions as a central storage platform for unstructured data. Object Storage is growing more popular for the following reasons: It is designed for exabyte scale. It is easy to manage and yet meets the growing demands of enterprises for a broad set of applications and workloads. It allows users ...</p></div></div><p></p><hr data-autoid="dds--hr" class="bx--hr bx--hr--fluid bx--hr--thin"/><div class="bx--row"><div class="bx--col-sm-0 bx--col-md-2 bx--col-lg-4"><img class="thumb-small" src="https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/images/thumbs/sg24-8333-09_x2.jpg" alt=""/></div><div class="bx--col-md-5 bx--col-lg-12"><a class="bx--link search-link bx--link--lg" href="/abstracts/sg248333.html">IBM Spectrum Archive Enterprise Edition V1.3.2.2: Installation and Configuration Guide<div class="bx--link__icon"><svg focusable="false" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="currentColor" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 32 32" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M25.7,9.3l-7-7C18.5,2.1,18.3,2,18,2H8C6.9,2,6,2.9,6,4v24c0,1.1,0.9,2,2,2h16c1.1,0,2-0.9,2-2V10C26,9.7,25.9,9.5,25.7,9.3 z M18,4.4l5.6,5.6H18V4.4z M24,28H8V4h8v6c0,1.1,0.9,2,2,2h6V28z"></path><path d="M10 22H22V24H10zM10 16H22V18H10z"></path></svg></div></a><p class="bx--type-italic" style="padding-bottom:10px;padding-top:10px"><span>10 March 2022, </span><span class="danger">Red</span>books</p><p>This IBM® Redbooks® publication helps you with the planning, installation, and configuration of the new IBM Spectrum® Archive Enterprise Edition (EE) Version 1.3.2.2 for the IBM TS4500, IBM TS3500, IBM TS4300, and IBM TS3310 tape libraries. 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