Creating a VVol-enabled service

The IBM Spectrum Connect introduces a comprehensive storage virtualization support, using VMware virtual volume (VVol) technology.

Before you begin

Note: The virtual volume functionality is supported by the IBM® XIV® (11.5.1 or later) and storage systems that run IBM Spectrum Virtualize (7.6 or later).

Verify that all required ESXi hosts are connected and defined at the storage system side.
Verify that the Spectrum Connect time is synchronized with the time used by the vCenter server

About this task

This section details how to create a VVol-enabled storage service on XIV or storage systems that run IBM Spectrum Virtualize. The service or a group of services can be used to define storage spaces, serving as virtual datastores for VM deployment. See the following sections, depending on the storage system in use: