IBM Storage solutions Redbooks

22 September 2023, Draft Redpaper

This Redpaper provides an overview of IBM Storage Fusion Multicloud Object Gateway (MCG) and can be used as a quick reference guide for the most common use cases. The intended audience is cloud and application administrators, as well as other technical staff members who wish to learn how MCG works, how to set it up, and usage of a Backing Store or Namespace Store, as well as object ...

31 August 2023, Draft Redbooks

IBM Storage Sentinel is a cyber resiliency solution for SAP HANA, Oracle, and Epic healthcare systems, designed to help organizations enhance ransomware detection and incident recovery. IBM Storage Sentinel automates the creation of immutable backup copies of your data, then uses machine learning to detect signs of possible corruption and generate forensic reports that help you quickly diagnose ...

30 August 2023, Redpaper

The IBM® TS7700 features a functional enhancement that allows for the TS7700 to act as an object store for 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 walks ...

16 August 2023, Draft Redbooks

This IBM® Redbooks® publication covers IBM TS7700 R5.3. The IBM TS7700 is part of a family of IBM Enterprise tape products. This book is intended for system architects and storage administrators who want to integrate their storage systems for optimal operation. Building on over 25 years of experience, the R5.3 release includes many features that enable improved performance, usability, and ...

11 August 2023, Redbooks

This IBM® Redbooks® publication gives a broad understanding of storage clouds and the initial functions that were introduced for mainframe data to be transferred to cloud storage . IBM Data Facility Storage Management Subsystem (DFSMS) and the IBM DS8000® added functions to provide elements of serverless data movement, and for IBM z/OS® to communicate with a storage cloud. The function is known ...

10 August 2023, Draft Redbooks

DFSMSrmm is an IBM z/OS feature that is a fully functioning tape management system to manage your removable media. In the last decade, many enhancements were made to DFSMSrmm. This IBM Redbooks publication is intended to help you configure and use the newer functions and features that are now available. Discussion of the new features is included along with use cases. Hints and tips of various ...

10 August 2023, Draft Redpaper

Building on over 25 years of virtual tape experience, the IBM® TS7700 (IBM TS7760 and TS7770) now can store virtual tape volumes in object storage. This IBM Redpaper Redbooks publication helps you set up and configure the cloud object storage support for IBM Cloud® Object Storage, Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), or RSTOR. The TS7700 supported offloading to physical tape for over two ...

27 July 2023, Draft Redbooks

The IBM® TS4500 (TS4500) tape library is a next-generation tape solution that offers higher storage density and better integrated management than previous solutions. This IBM Redbooks® publication gives you a close-up view of the new IBM TS4500 tape library. In the TS4500, IBM delivers the density that today’s and tomorrow’s data growth requires. It has the cost-effectiveness and the ...

29 June 2023, Redpaper

The IBM Storage DS8000® series includes the option to replace the locally based user ID and password authentication with a centralized, directory-based approach. This IBM® Redpaper publication helps DS8000 storage administrators understand the concepts and benefits of a centralized directory. It provides the information that is required for implementing a DS8000 authentication mechanism that is ...

29 June 2023, Redbooks

This IBM® Redbooks® publication introduces and describes the IBM Elastic Storage® Server 3500 (ESS 3500) as a scalable, high-performance data and file management solution. The solution is built on proven IBM Storage® Scale technology, formerly IBM Spectrum Scale. IBM Elastic Storage System 3500 is a hybrid platform able to provide both very high data throughput for high demand AI and ML ...