IBM Cloud Redbooks

Building an OpenShift Environment on IBM Z
Cloud

Draft Redbooks, last updated 21 Apr 2022

This IBM Redbooks publication will describe how to build an OpenShift environment, and will include 1. Topology planning 2. Capacity planning 3. Architectural options like network, security and securing data 4. High Availability and DR options 5. Best practices for optimal performance of OpenShift on Z Topics will include decision points and recommendations based on two major use cases: 1) An OpenShift environment co-located / including a DataWarehouse on Linux on Z with the Cloud Pak for Data option 2) An OpenShift environment co-located with z/OS transactional services and Db2 ... [more]

Implementation Guide for IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud on Microsoft Azure Version 8.4.3
Cloud

Redbooks, published 15 Mar 2022

IBM® Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud is now available on Microsoft Azure. With IBM Spectrum® Virtualize for Public Cloud 8.4.3, users can deploy a highly available two-node cluster running IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud on supported Microsoft Azure virtual machines (VMs). This all-inclusive, bring your own license (BYOL) software offering provides the ability to virtualize, optimize, and provision supported Azure Managed Disk to applications that require the performance of block storage in the cloud with the added efficiencies that IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud ... [more]

IBM Spectrum Archive Enterprise Edition V1.3.2.2: Installation and Configuration Guide
Software Defined Storage

Redbooks, published 10 Mar 2022

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. IBM Spectrum Archive Enterprise Edition enables the use of the LTFS for the policy management of tape as a storage tier in an IBM Spectrum Scale based environment. It also helps encourage the use of tape as a critical tier in the storage environment. This edition of this publication is the tenth edition of IBM Spectrum Archive Installation and ... [more]

IBM DS8000 Transparent Cloud Tiering (DS8000 Release 9.2)
Cloud

Redbooks, published 1 Dec 2021, last updated 17 Feb 2022

IBM DFSMS and the IBM DS8000 added functionality to provide elements of serverless data movement, and for IBM z/OS® to communicate with a storage cloud. The function is known as Transparent Cloud Tiering and is composed of the following key elements:
- A gateway in the DS8000, which allows the movement of data to and from Object Storage by using a network connection, with the option to encrypt data in the Cloud.
- DFSMShsm enhancements to support Migrate and Recall functions to and from the Object Storage. Other commands were enhanced to monitor and report on the new ... [more]

Why IBM Hybrid Cloud for Your Journey to the Cloud?
Red Hat

Redpaper, published 3 Feb 2022

Cloud is a method of computing. In an age where everything relies on data, from the digital drive of a single person to the confidential data of a large bank, the internet age requires that this data is transported rapidly, efficiently, and securely always, sometimes globally. Before cloud computing, which started to become mainstream only in the late 1990s, each company, no matter how small or large, arranged their own private data center to store their data. However, data centers must be well-kept, constantly maintained, and regionally located to supply data fast; therefore, not only was ... [more]

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The above is a list of IBM Redbooks and Redpapers on Cloud, showing most recently published first. IBM Redbooks publications are available for download in PDF and EPUB formats and most are also available on Google Play Books and Apple Books.