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Download or read book Configuring VMware Virtual Volumes for Systems Powered by IBM Spectrum Virtualize written by Adam Reid and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2016-03-02 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IBM® Spectrum Virtualize and VMware's Virtual Volumes (VVols) are paving the way toward a true IBM Software Defined Environment (SDE). IBM SpectrumTM Virtualize is at the core of software-defined storage. The addition of VVols enables a fundamentally more efficient operational model for storage in virtualized environments, centering it around the virtual machine (VM) rather than the physical infrastructure. This IBM Redbooks® publication provides an overview of the VVols management framework and its implementation on storage systems managed by IBM Spectrum VirtualizeTM..