Business Continuity Solution With Red Hat Openshift And Ibm Spectrum Virtualize For Public Cloud On Microsoft Azure

The focus of this Blueprint is to facilitate the deployment of the hybrid cloud business continuity solution with Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP) on Microsoft Azure Cloud and Container Storage Interface (CSI) driver plug-in for IBM Block Storage and IBM® Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud (SV4PC) on Microsoft Azure Cloud. This solution is designed to protect the data by using IBM Storage-based Global Mirror Replication, and the "volume replication" feature from IBM block storage CSI driver for IBM Storage. For demonstration purposes, MySQL containerized database is installed on the persistent volume (PV) that is created on the on-premises IBM FlashSystem® Storage. This storage is connected to the RHOCP cluster in the vSphere environment. CSI driver plug-in for IBM Block Storage (FS9100) and SV4PC on Azure is installed on Red Hat OCP on Azure and On-premises Red Hat OCP. The volume or logical unit number (LUN) from on-premises IBM FlashSystem Storage (FS9100) is replicated to IBM SV4PC on Microsoft Azure Cloud by using the IBM storage global mirror replication feature and the IBM CSI volume replication feature. The information in this document is distributed on an as-is basis without any warranty that is either expressed or implied. Support assistance for the use of this material is limited to situations where IBM Spectrum® Virtualize for Public Cloud is supported and entitled, and where the issues are specific to this Blueprint implementation.

This publication is intended to facilitate the deployment of the hybrid cloud business continuity solution with Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform and IBM® block CSI (Container Storage Interface) driver plug-in for IBM Spectrum® Virtualize on Public Cloud AWS (Amazon Web Services). This solution is designed to protect the data by using IBM Storage-based Global Mirror replication. For demonstration purposes, MySQL containerized database is installed on the on-premises IBM FlashSystem® that is connected to the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) cluster in the vSphere environment through the IBM block CSI driver. The volume (LUN) on IBM FlashSystem storage system is replicated by using global mirror on IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud on AWS. Red Hat OpenShift cluster (OCP cluster) and the IBM block CSI driver plug-in are installed on AWS by using Installer-Provisioned Infrastructure (IPI) methodology. The information in this document is distributed on an as-is basis without any warranty that is either expressed or implied. Support assistance for the use of this material is limited to situations where IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud is supported and entitled, and where the issues are specific to this Blueprint implementation.

This document is intended to facilitate the deployment of the Multicloud Solution for Business Continuity by using IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud on AWS. To complete the tasks it describes, you must understand the IBM FlashSystem 9100, IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud on AWS Cloud. The information in this document is distributed on an "as is" basis without any warranty that is either expressed or implied. Support assistance for the use of this material is limited to situations where IBM Storwize® or IBM FlashSystem storage devices are supported and entitled and where the issues are specific to a blueprint implementation.

This document is intended to facilitate the deployment of Red Hat Ansible for IBM® FlashSystem. The document showcases the automation and orchestration of storage provisioning and copy services, such as Global Mirror, Global Mirror with change volumes, Metro Mirror for IBM FlashSystem® in hybrid cloud environments. The Ansible-based automation and orchestration for managing high availability environments by using HyperSwap for IBM FlashSystem storage also is described. To complete the tasks that are described, you must understand IBM FlashSystem and Red Hat Ansible. The information in this document is distributed on an "as is" basis without any warranty that is either expressed or implied. Support assistance for the use of this material is limited to situations where IBM FlashSystem storage devices are supported and entitled and where the issues are specific to a blueprint implementation.

The purpose of this document is to show how to install RedHat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) on Amazon web services (AWS) public cloud with OpenShift installer, a method that is known as Installer-provisioned infrastructure (IPI). We also describe how to validate the installation of IBM container storage interface (CSI) driver on OCP 4.2 that is installed on AWS. This document also describes the installation of OCP 4.x on AWS with customization and OCP 4.x installation on IBM cloud. This document discusses how to provision internet small computer system interface (iSCSI) storage that is made available by IBM Spectrum® Virtualize for Public Cloud (SVPC) that is deployed on AWS. Finally, the document discusses the use of Red Hat OpenShift command line interface (CLI), OCP web console graphical user interface (GUI), and AWS console.

The document describes the configuration and end-to-end architecture for configuring the logical air-gap solution for cyber resiliency using IBM® Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud (SV4PC) on Azure, IBM Spectrum® Virtualize Safeguarded Copy, and IBM FlashSystem®. This blueprint guide provides the following information: • A solutions architecture and related solution configuration workflows, with the following essential software and hardware components: – IBM FlashSystem – IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud on Azure – IBM Copy Services Manager • Detailed technical configuration steps for building the cyber resiliency solutions This technical report does not provide performance analysis from a user perspective or replace any official IBM manuals or documents. This technical paper assumes that the reader is familiar with the following areas: • Basic kowledge of IBM FlashSystem • Azure Cloud fundamentals • Hybrid Cloud network connectivity • IBM Copy Services Manager

IBM® Spectrum Virtualize is a key member of the IBM Spectrum® Storage portfolio. It is a highly flexible storage solution that enables rapid deployment of block storage services for new and traditional workloads, on-premises, off-premises and in a combination of both. IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud provides the IBM Spectrum Virtualize functions in IBM Cloud®. This capability provides a monthly license to deploy and use IBM Spectrum Virtualize in IBM Cloud to enable hybrid cloud solutions, offering the ability to transfer data between on-premises private clouds or data centers and the public cloud. This IBM Redpaper Redbooks publication gives a broad understanding of IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud Version 8.3.1 architecture and provides planning and implementation details of the common use cases for this product. This publication helps storage and networking administrators plan, implement, install, tailor, and configure the IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud offering. It also provides a detailed description of troubleshooting tips. IBM Spectrum Virtualize is also available on AWS. For more information, see Implementing IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud on AWS Version 8.3.1, REDP-5588.