IBM Totalstorage, Introducing the San Volume Controller and San Integration Server
Barry Mellish, Craig McKenna, Philippe Jachimczyk, Robert Symons, Sean Crawford · 2003
How to implement block virtualization Installing, using, and troubleshooting explained Migrating to the SVC This IBM Redbook is a detailed technical guide to the recently announced IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller (SVC) and IBM TotalStorage SAN Integration Server (SIS). Although much on the discussion in the book is based upon the SVC it equally applies to the SIS. The SIS being a specially packaged SVC with the addition of storage, SAN switches, and an Ethernet switch. This redbook covers the following main areas: What is storage virtualization (This is a high level overview only as this is described in detail in other Redbooks.) Architecture of the SVC and SIS How to implement and configure the SVC and SIS Using virtualization and advanced functions such as point-in-time copy and Remote Copy Migrating existing storage to the SVC and SIS