Using the IBM Storage Enhancements for VMware vSphere Web Client

Together with supported IBM® storage systems that are managed by IBM Spectrum Control Base Edition, the deployed IBM Storage Enhancements enable the following management features on vSphere Web Client for registered vCenter servers:

Full control over storage volumes, including volume creation, resizing, renaming, mapping, unmapping, multipath policy enforcement, and deletion.
Easy and integrated allocation of volumes to VMware datastores, used by virtual machines that run on ESXi hosts, clusters, or datacenters.

Note:

The IBM Storage Enhancements are automatically deployed and made available for the vCenter servers that were registered (added) on IBM Spectrum Control Base (see Adding a vCenter server).
For information about the required vSphere user privileges, see Required vSphere privileges.

Required vSphere privileges
To operate the IBM Storage Enhancements for VMware vSphere Web Client, you must have the minimum required privileges defined in your vSphere user role.
Viewing the IBM storage object information
After the IBM Storage Enhancements for VMware vSphere Web Client are properly installed, the IBM Storage categories are shown under the standard vSphere Web Client categories for each vCenter server, as shown in the following figure.
Creating and mapping a new storage volume (LUN)
The IBM Storage Enhancements for VMware vSphere Web Client allow you to create new volumes (LUNs) directly from the vSphere Web Client interface. These volumes can be used as storage devices in the vSphere environment.
Extending a volume
If enough free space is available on the relevant storage pool, you can extend the size of an existing volume.
Renaming a volume
Whenever required, you can rename any existing volume by performing the following procedure.
Setting multipath policy enforcement for a volume
You can set the multipath policy enforcement for a single volume.
Unmapping a volume from one or more hosts
When volumes or ESXi hosts are no longer needed, or if new ones are to replace the current ones, you can unmap volumes from the hosts.
Deleting an unused volume
When a storage volume is unused and no longer required, you can delete it.
Displaying the virtual volume information
If virtual volumes are used as storage resources for virtual machines, you can view the VVol summary, snapshot information and details of VMs which are using them.

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