Creating a VVol-enabled service
The IBM Spectrum Connect introduces a comprehensive storage virtualization support, using VMware virtual volume (VVol) technology.
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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).
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- Verify that all required ESXi hosts are connected and defined at the storage system side.
- Verify that theSpectrum Connect time is synchronized with the time used by the vCenter server
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: