Creating a VVol-enabled service on storage systems that run IBM Spectrum Virtualize

The IBM® Spectrum Control Base Edition introduces a comprehensive storage virtualization support, using VMware Virtual Volume (VVol) technology.

About this task

This section details how to create a VVol-enabled storage service on storage systems that run IBM Spectrum Virtualize™ (7.6 or later).

To create a VVol-enabled storage service:

  • Enable VVol utilization at the side of a storage system that runs IBM Spectrum Virtualize.
  • Create the service, using Spectrum Control Base.

Procedure

  1. Activate the storage system CLI utility and log in as SecurityAdmin, and then create a user group with role VASAProvider (mkusergrp -name <vasa_group_name> -role VASAProvider).
  2. Create a VASAProvider user in the user group (mkuser -name <user_name> -usergrp <vasa_group_name>).
  3. Create a metadata volume (mkmetadatavdisk -mdiskgrp <pool_name>).
  4. For each ESXi host, define the host on the storage system as adminlun type (svctask mkhost -name <host_name> -fcwwpn <fibre_channel_wwpn> -iscsiname <iscsi_wwn> -type adminlun).
  5. Launch Spectrum Control Base.
  6. Define a high-availability group. See GUI – Defining a high-availability group.
  7. Generate a self-signed Spectrum Control Base server certificate. See GUI – Managing server certificates.
  8. Set up VASA credentials. See GUI – Setting the VASA credentials.
  9. Enable the VASAProvider user to access the storage resources. See GUI – Entering the storage system credentials.
  10. Add the storage system to the Spectrum Control Base. See GUI – Adding a storage system.
  11. Add a new storage space. See GUI – Adding a storage space.
  12. Add a VVol-enabled service to the storage space. See GUI – Adding a storage service.
  13. Define a storage resource and attach it to the VVol-enabled service. See GUI – Defining and attaching storage resources.
  14. Register Spectrum Control Base as a storage provider on VMware vCenter server. See Registering Spectrum Control Base as a storage provider in vCenter server.
  15. Launch the vWC and create a VVol-enabled datastore. Select the storage space that you defined as an underlying storage resource for the datastore.