Ibm Storage V7000 Simulator 17
Treva Hollingsworth
How to Use IBM Storage V7000 Simulator 17 for Testing and Development
IBM Storage V7000 is a virtualized, software-defined storage system that offers high performance, scalability, and availability for various workloads. It supports NVMe technology, FC-NVMe protocol, and IBM Spectrum Virtualize software for advanced data services. However, if you want to test and develop applications on IBM Storage V7000 without investing in the hardware, you can use IBM Storage V7000 Simulator 17.
IBM Storage V7000 Simulator 17 is a virtual appliance that emulates the IBM Storage V7000 system. It runs on VMware ESXi or VMware Workstation and provides a web-based management GUI and a command-line interface. You can use it to create storage pools, volumes, hosts, mappings, snapshots, clones, replication, encryption, compression, deduplication, and other features of IBM Storage V7000. You can also connect it to your existing SAN or NAS devices and simulate data migration and tiering.
In this article, we will show you how to download, install, configure, and use IBM Storage V7000 Simulator 17 for testing and development purposes.
Downloading IBM Storage V7000 Simulator 17
To download IBM Storage V7000 Simulator 17, you need to have an IBM ID and a valid entitlement for IBM Storage V7000. You can register for an IBM ID here and request an entitlement for IBM Storage V7000 here.
Once you have your IBM ID and entitlement, you can go to the IBM Fix Central website and search for "IBM Storwize V7000 Simulator". You will see a list of available downloads for different versions of IBM Storage V7000 Simulator. Select the one that matches your desired version of IBM Storage V7000 (in this case, version 17) and click on "Continue".
You will be prompted to sign in with your IBM ID and accept the license agreement. Then you will be able to download the ZIP file that contains the OVA file of IBM Storage V7000 Simulator 17. The file size is about 2 GB.
Installing IBM Storage V7000 Simulator 17
To install IBM Storage V7000 Simulator 17, you need to have a VMware ESXi or VMware Workstation environment with enough resources to run the virtual appliance. The minimum requirements are:
- 4 vCPUs
- 8 GB of RAM
- 100 GB of disk space
- 2 network adapters
You can follow these steps to install IBM Storage V7000 Simulator 17:
- Unzip the downloaded ZIP file and extract the OVA file.
- Open VMware ESXi or VMware Workstation and select "File > Deploy OVF Template".
- Browse to the location of the OVA file and click on "Open".
- Review the details of the virtual appliance and click on "Next".
- Choose a name and location for the virtual appliance and click on "Next".
- Select a datastore for the virtual appliance and click on "Next".
- Select a network for the virtual appliance and click on "Next".
- Review the settings and click on "Finish".
- Wait for the deployment to complete.
Configuring IBM Storage V7000 Simulator 17
To configure IBM Storage V7000 Simulator 17, you need to have a USB flash drive with at least 4 GB of capacity. You can use any USB flash drive that is compatible with VMware ESXi or VMware Workstation.
You can follow these steps to configure IBM Storage V7000 Simulator 17:
- Insert the USB flash drive into your computer.
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