Together IBM and VMware are uniquely positioned to help you rapidly progress along your virtualization journey, from the desktop to the datacenter to the cloud. Discover the synergies and benefits of leveraging IBM Storage in your VMware deployment. Originally presented at Think 2019. http://ibm.com/storage

1. IBM Storage
for VMware

2. Trusted Partners: IBM Storage and VMware
IBM and VMware together offer
• The broadest portfolio of proven virtualization
solutions for maximum choice
• Deep integration between products for enhanced
features and usability
• Comprehensive services and support to simplify
change and maintain peace of mind
• Leadership in software defined strategies and
multicloud innovation
IBM & VMware together are uniquely positioned to help you rapidly progress along your virtualization
journey, from the desktop to the datacenter to the cloud.
IBM delivers the ideal storage systems, software defined storage offerings and
converged infrastructure for your VMware environment.

3. IBM Storage and VMware: Trusted Partners
VMware – IBM Global Alliance
• IBM is a VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP)
• IBM is a VMware vSphere design partner - vVOLS,
SRM Stretched Cluster
• Roadmap alignment and mutual commitment at
executive level
• Close collaboration via storage programs (e.g. VASA)
• IBM Storage deployed in VMware’s Reference
Architecture Lab (and more)
IBM & VMware together are uniquely positioned to help you rapidly progress along your virtualization
journey, from the desktop to the datacenter to the cloud.
IBM delivers the ideal storage systems, software defined storage offerings and
converged infrastructure for your VMware environment.

4. IBM Storage and VMware – A Winning Combination
Accelerate your digital transformation and journey to the cloud with VMware and IBM.
IBM supports VMware’s vision with tightly integrated offerings and comprehensive services.
Software
Cloud Service
Storage Systems
Modernize
Data Centers
Integrate
Public
Clouds
Transform
Networking
and Security
Empower
Digital
Workspaces
Traditional Apps Cloud-Native Apps SaaS Apps
Telecommunications
Networks
Edge
Computing
Private Clouds Public Clouds
Any Cloud
Any Device
Any Application

5. IBM Storage
offers the broadest
portfolio of proven
virtualization
solutions for
maximum choice

6. IBM Storage
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ManagementModern Data Protection
Scale-Out FileScale-Out BlockScale-Out Object Virtualized Multi-Vendor Block
Cloud Object
Storage System
Elastic Storage
Server
Available as
FlashSystem
A9000
FlashSystem
A9000R
Storwize V7000F
Storwize V5030F
SAN Volume
Controller
Storwize V5000
Storwize V7000
High-end Storage Tape & Virtual Tape
TS7700
Family
TS2900
Autoloader
Tape
Libraries
LTO8 &
Tape Drives
All-Flash Acceleration
FlashSystem 900
DS8884
DS8884F
DS8886
DS8886F
DS8888F
Infrastructure / Cloud
Networking
FlashSystem
9100
Metadata-Driven
Data Insight
Traditional NAS/File
Copy Data
Management
DS8882F
Backup ArchiveVM Data
Availability
Container
& VM APIs
Monitoring
& Control
IBM Storage: A Comprehensive, Award-winning Portfolio
Storwize V7000
Gen3 w/NVMe

7. 7
High Performance IBM Flash Systems for VMware Workloads
Enhanced data storage
functions, economics &
flexibility with
sophisticated virtualization
IBM Elastic
Storage Server
DS888xF
Business Critical
z/OS / AIX
Power HA
Power i HA
Business critical,
deepest integration
with z Systems
Superior performance
and reliability
Three-site / Four-site
replication
DS8888F, DS8886F,
DS8884F, DS8882F
Big Data
• Extreme performance
• Targeting database
acceleration & Spectrum
Storage booster
FlashSystem 900
Application acceleration
FlashSystem
A9000
FlashSystem
A9000R
FlashSystem
9100
NVMe-accelerated
Multicloud Enabled
Storwize
V7000 Gen3
NVMe-accelerated
Mid-Range
SVC
IBM FlashCore™ Technology Optimized
Cloud service
providers Large deployments
Simplified management
Flexible consumption model
Large Grid scale
Full time data reduction
Consolidate
file, object &
Hadoop
workloads
Faster data
analytics, AI
Global sharing
Storwize
V5030F/
V7000F
Entry / Mid-Range
Scale-out clustering
Simplified management
Flexible consumption model
Virtualized, flash-optimized, modular storage
Enterprise heterogeneous data services and selectable data reduction
7
IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud

8. IBM Storage and SDI
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NVMe-Accelerated Enterprise Flash Array- 100% NVMe
- Industry Leading Performance and Scale
- Flexible, Modern, Agile
- Supports Physical, Virtual and Docker Environments
- NVMe end-to-end enabled and SCM-capable
AI-Empowered
- AI-empowered Storage Analytics, Storage Resource management and Support platform
- AI-based data placement for optimal datacenter performance and zero-downtime data
migration
Multi-Cloud enabled
- Private, Hybrid or Public Cloud deployments
- Multi-cloud API automation, replication and secondary data orchestration software included
in offering
- Proven, validated “Multi-Cloud blueprints”
IBM FlashSystem 9100
NVMe-Accelerated and Multi-Cloud Enabled
FlashSystem 9100

9. IBM Storage
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IBM Spectrum Storage Software
IBM’s comprehensive
set of award-winning
storage software
delivered across
appliance, converged
and cloud.
Infrastructure
Platforms
Software-Defined
Storage
Modern Data
Protection
Archive
Management
Scale-Out
NAS
Monitoring
& Control
ServersDisk CloudFlash Tape
Container &
VM APIs
Cloud-based
Storage
Management
and Support
Metadata-
Driven Data
Insight
Backup
VM Data
Availability
Copy Data
Management
Virtualized
Block
Scale-Out
File
Scale-Out
Block
Scale-Out
Object

10. IBM Storage
offers deep
VMware integration

11. IBM Storage Solutions for VMware
Monitor health with vRealize Operations
Easily automate operations with
vRealize Orchestrator &
vRealize Automation
Provide visibility and self service
provisioning to vCenter administrators with
vSphere
vCenter Web Client Plugin
Enable Storage Policy Based Management
(SPBM) & Virtual Volumes (VVOL’s) with
vSphere VASA
Orchestrate IBM Storage and ESXi hosts
Disaster Recovery with
vSphere Site Recovery Manager
Leverage performance efficiencies
to increase ESXi VMFS scalability, with
vSphere VAAI
Backup vSphere virtual machines with IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

12. IBM Block Flash Portfolio and VMware Integration
Client Benefit DS8000
FlashSystem
A9000R
FlashSystem
A9000
FlashSystem
9100
FlashSystem
900
Storwize
V7000F
Storwize
V5030F
VMware Support ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
VMware Web Client (VWC) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SRA for Site Recovery Manager -
Storage-based replication
✓
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
VAAI (Hardware Accelerated)
Zero – Block Zero
Full Copy – SCSI XCopy
ATS
Unmap
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓ ✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
VASA 2.0 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
VVol Planned Planned ✓ ✓ ✓
vRealize Suite Planned ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Spectrum
Accelerate
Spectrum
Accelerate
Spectrum
Virtualize
Spectrum
Virtualize
Spectrum
Virtualize

13. IBM Storage - VMware Integration
IBM Spectrum Virtualize, IBM Storwize, IBM FlashSystem 9100,
IBM Spectrum Accelerate, IBM FlashSystem A9000, IBM DS8000
vRealize Orchestrator
(vRO)
vRealize
Operations Manager
(vROps)
vCenter
VASA VWC
SRM
SRA
For Virtualize
SRA
For DS8000
SRA
For A9000/R
Server VirtualizationvRealize Suite
VADP
IBM Spectrum
Protect Plus
Backup
Snapshot
Management
Discovery
Provisioning
Optimization
Automation
Operations Management
Self-service
Disaster
Recovery
VAAI support
(data path integration)
IBM Spectrum Connect

14. IBM Storage - VMware Integration
IBM Spectrum Connect consolidates VMware interfaces for simpler certification
and deployment
IO Path
(FC/iSCSI)
VMware vSphere
Control
Plane - IP
vSphere APIs for Storage Awareness
(VASA)
vRealize Automation using
vRealize Orchestrator (vRA/vRO)
vRealize Operations Manager
(vROps)
vSphere Virtual Volumes
(VVols)
IBM Storage Enhancements for
vSphere Web Client
IBM Storage Automation
Plug-in for PowerShell
IBM
DS8000
IBM
Flash
Systems
Data Plane

15. IBM Storage
delivers modern
data protection
for virtual machines

16. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus: Modern Data Protection
Smart: easy to deploy
and manage
Immediate ROI
Rapid protection
and recovery
Lowest RTO/RPO
Scalable
architecture
Software-defined
Application
aware
Wide DB & app support
Physical, virtual and
storage support
Broad coverage
Cloud, tape & object
integrated
Archive, DR
Self-service and
API driven
DevOps, Dev-Test
Task
automation
Lower OPEX, more reliable

17. What Makes IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Special?
SLA-based automation
• Select, click and done backup
• SLA driven protection and monitoring
Low impact data protection
• Block-level incremental forever
• VMs and files within VMs
Instant data and VM recovery
• Snapshot rapid recovery for all use cases
• Multiple application consistant recovery points

18. What Makes IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Special?
Long-term retention with Spectrum Protect
• Automated off-load to Spectrum Protect
• Meet regulatory compliance, efficient long term storage
Global Search and Recovery
• Google-like search and recover for files and objects
• Enables easy and fast restore from search
Multi-use/Re-use of backup copies
• Derive business value from your backup data
• Spin up VMs and VMDKs for easy and secure access

19. IBM Storage
offers a converged
infrastructure
solution with
VMware built in
1. Compute
Efficiency = UCS Modular, Stateless,
Service Profiles, Programmability
2. Networking
3. Storage
4. Storage Area Networking (or Direct Attach)
Flexibility & Versatility
5. Virtualization
6. Centralized & Unified Management
7. Single Number Support

20. VersaStack – Software-defined Platform with
VMware Built in
VersaStack
Solution
Easy Deployment
Efficient Resource Utilization
Versatile Infrastructure
& Use Cases
Cisco Nexus
and MDS
Cisco UCS
IBM FlashSystem and
IBM Storwize Storage
IBM V9000
Built with
IBM Spectrum Virtualize
Business Continuity Security Services
UCS Director
Cisco
ACI
Ready

21. IBM Storage
offers high availability
solutions for
business continuity

22. IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) Stretched Cluster
with VMware vSphere Site Recovery Manager
• Single solution to address
planned and unplanned
outages
• vMotion of workloads
between datacenters –
• Using SRM to
orchestrate multiple
server relocation
• Orchestration for recovery for
unplanned outages
• Non-disruptive tests for
unplanned recovery.

23. IBM FlashSystem A9000/R HyperSwap
A software feature, that delivers highly-available all-flash storage service by
supporting cross-system, cross-datacenter, active-active configuration, without
extra licensing or special hardware.
• IBM Spectrum Storage HyperSwap is a non-
disruptive storage service, enabling transparent
high availability
• Mirroring between two Sites:
• Storwize V7000/V5000, FlashSystem 9100,
A9000 and SVC can be used
• Redundant environment in case of site failure
• VMware SRM Stretched Volume with IBM
HyperSwap solution enables disaster recovery
orchestration and testing, with no downtime for
planned failovers and minimal downtime for
unplanned failovers

24. IBM Storage
offers data archival
with air-gap
protection

25. IBM Tape Libraries: Reliable Data Protection
and Long-term Retention
Next-generation cloud storage library
• Maximum capacity with LTO-8 /
TS1155: 263.25 PB / 278 PB
• Drive types: LTO and/or TS1100
• Maximum number of drives: 128
TS4500 Tape Library
High-density, highly scalable and easy
to manage
• Maximum capacity with LTO-8: 3.2 PB
• Drive types: LTO FH & HH
• Maximum number of drives: 21
TS4300 Tape Library TS2900 Tape Autoloader
Low-profile, entry-level IBM LTO tape
storage
• Maximum capacity with LTO-8: 108 TB
• Drive types: LTO HH SAS
• Maximum number of drives: 1

26. IBM Storage
delivers high
performance for
your critical
business
applications

27. Virtualization of the complete infrastructure
Ideal for mission-critical applications
Virtualized server
infrastructure with
business critical
applications
Virtualization Layer Virtualization Layer Virtualization Layer
VMwareVirtualization
SAN Volume Controller
(built on Spectrum Virtualize)
IBM Storage software-
defined and all-flash
solutions
FlashSystem 900XIV
StorageVirtualization

28. IBM Storage
provides leadership
in software defined
strategies and
multicloud
innovation

29. 85 of 100
world’s top banks by assets use
IBM DS8000 storage solutions for
availability, performance, and
reliability
87%
of the Fortune Global 100
use IBM Spectrum Storage
LEADER
in 2018, 2017 &
2016, IDC and
Gartner named
IBM “leaders” in
13 reports
IBM Global Financing
is the #1 IT captive
financier in the world
Financing available for IBM Storage
Systems & Software Solutions
#1
Archiving, Mainframe
Storage and branded
Tape
IBM Storage Leadership

30. IBM Storage is Recognized as an Industry Leader
IBM Mid-Range
Tape Drives &
IBM Tape
Libraries
2018
Market Leader
IBM Storwize, XIV, DS8000
2013 - 2018
A Leader:
Magic Quadrant for General-Purpose Disk Arrays
(November 2018) 1
IBM SSA Portfolio
2014 - 2018
A Leader:
Magic Quadrant for Solid State Arrays
(July 2018)1
IBM Spectrum Protect
2011 - 2017
A Leader:
Magic Quadrant for Data Center Backup and
Recovery Solutions (July 2017)1
IBM Spectrum Scale &
IBM Cloud Object Storage
2016 - 2018
A Leader:
Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and
Object Storage (October 2018)1
IBM recognized in the below markets for our
listed solutions:
IBM Cloud Object Storage
2018
Critical Capabilities for Object Storage
Highest Scores Across All Use-cases
(January 2018) 1
IBM Tape
2006 - 2018
#1 Branded Tape Revenue2
IBM Cloud Object Storage
2016 & 2018
A Leader in Object-Based Storage by IDC
MarketScape3
1Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should
not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and
internationally, and is used herein with permission. All rights reserved. Gartner document available from IBM upon request. 2
IDC Custom Tape Report, 1H’18. 3
IDC MarketScape WW Object-Based Storage 2018 Vendor Assessment #US42665518E June 2018.
IBM FlashSystem 9100
2018
Finalist: Enterprise Storage
IBM FlashSystem 9100
2018
Best of Show
Most Innovative Flash Memory Technology
IBM Cloud Object Storage
2018
Winner: Storage - Cloud
IBM Spectrum Virtualize for
Public Cloud
2018
Finalist: Data Management
VersaStack for IBM Cloud
Private
2018
Finalist: Data Center Infrastructure
IBM FlashSystem 9100
2018
Finalist: Storage - Enterprise
IBM Storwize Family
2018
Finalist: Storage - Midrange
IBM Spectrum Connect
2018
Finalist: Container Technology
IBM
2017 & 2018
Top Five Vendors to Watch
IBM Elastic Storage Server, IBM
Spectrum Scale
2018
Top SuperComputing Achievement
IBM Spectrum Storage
2018
Finalist: Software-Defined Storage
IBM FlashSystem 9100
2018
1 of 22 Flash Storage Products Heating Up
the Data Center
IBM FlashSystem 9100
2018
10 Coolest New Enterprise Storage SSDs
and Flash Storage
IBM FlashSystem 9100
2018
Product of the Year Finalist:
Storage Arrays
IBM Cloud Object Storage
2018
Product of the Year Finalist:
Software-Defined and Cloud Storage
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
2018
Product of the Year Finalist:
Backup and Disaster Recovery Software and
Services

31. ü Comprehensive family of offerings
addresses full range of software defined
storage & compute requirements
ü Flexible deployment on cloud, appliance
and as software defined on client's
choice of hardware
ü Built using technologies proven in over
fifty thousand client deployments
ü From the vendor with the highest
leadership ranking positions by analysts
ü Complements and transforms existing
infrastructure to support next
generation applications
The IBM Storage Portfolio
Difference

32. IBM Storage and VMware
IBM and VMware together enable you to
• Dramatically reduce the complexity of IT
• Significantly lower IT costs
• Improve efficiency, performance and scalability
• Increase flexibility and business agility
• Transform and modernize your data-driven,
multicloud digital foundation
IBM & VMware together are uniquely positioned to help you rapidly progress along your virtualization
journey, from the desktop to the datacenter to the cloud.
IBM delivers the ideal storage systems, software defined storage offerings and
converged infrastructure for your VMware environment.