IBM SVC configuration prerequisites
For the Infrastructure Management Server (IMS) to discover IBM SVC storage arrays, ensure that the physical connections of the storage network and the device settings are properly configured.
The hosts should connect to the SVC array that contains the Global Mirror server or auxiliary vdisks using Fiber channel or Small Computer System Interface (SCSI). Here the hosts are the virtualization servers that consume storage from the array.
Ensure that the IMS is able to communicate with IBM SVC array using SSH.
Ensure that that IBM SVC array user has the role of either 'Administrator' or 'SecurityAdmin' to perform IBM SVC Global Mirror replication operations.
Ensure that the Global Mirror, FlashCopy consistency group, relationships, and vdisks do not have names ending with
_vrp.
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