About This Guide; Who Should Use This Guide; Conventions Used In This Guide; Related Information And Publications - IBM DS8000 User Manual

About this guide

This guide describes how to install, configure, and use the IBM
Replication Adapter.
Note: Procedures in this guide include steps and screen captures that apply when
using VMware vSphere Client. If you are using VMware vSphere Web Client,
similar steps are applicable, except the step of logging in to vSphere Client.
Procedures to which this note applies include:
v Verifying the VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager installation
v Adding an Array Manager to the VMware Site Recovery
v Filtering volumes by name

Who should use this guide

This guide is intended for system administrators or others who install and use the
IBM DS8000 Storage Replication Adapter.
It is important to have an understanding of the following systems:
v Storage area networks (SANs)
v DS8000 Metro Mirror/Global Mirror/Metro-Global Mirror Copy Services (for
v The capabilities of your storage system

Conventions used in this guide

The notices that are used in this publication highlight key information.
Note: These notices provide important tips, guidance, or advice.
Important: These notices provide information or advice that might help you avoid
inconvenient or difficult situations.
Attention: These notices indicate possible damage to programs, devices, or data.
An attention notice appears before the instruction or situation in which damage
can occur.

Related information and publications

You can find additional information and publications related to the IBM DS8000
Storage Replication Adapter at the following websites:
v IBM DS8000 Information Center (http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/
v IBM Storage Host Software Solutions Information Center
v VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager Documentation (http://
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