This IBM® Redbooks® publication delivers a how-to usage content perspective that describes deployment, networking, and data management tasks on the IBM Power Systems Virtual Server by using sample scenarios.

During the content development, the team used available documentation, IBM Power Systems Virtual Server environment, and other software and hardware resources to document the following information:

• IBM Power Systems Virtual Server networking and data management deployment scenarios
• Migrations use case scenarios
• Backups case scenarios
• Disaster recovery case scenarios

This book addresses topics for IT architects, IT specialists, developers, sellers, and anyone who wants to implement and manage workloads in the IBM Power Systems Virtual Server. This publication also describes transferring the how-to-skills to the technical teams, and solution guidance to the sales team.

This book compliments the documentation that available at the IBM Documentation web page and aligns with the educational materials that are provided by IBM Garage for Systems Technical Education.

Chapter 1. Introduction to IBM Power Systems Virtual Server

Chapter 2. Migration to Cloud with IBM Power Systems Virtual Server

Chapter 3. IBM Power Systems Virtual Server in IBM Cloud Network

Chapter 4. Backing up IBM i on IBM Power Systems Virtual Server

Chapter 5. Hints and tips for IBM i deployments on IBM Power Systems Virtual Server

Chapter 6. Disaster Recovery with IBM Power Systems Virtual Server

Chapter 7. Reference architectural decisions to migrate IBM i on-premises to IBM Power Systems Virtual Server

Appendix A. IBM i licensing considerations

Appendix B. Frequently asked questions about IBM i on IBM Power Systems Virtual Server