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Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) [1] is an IBM direct-access storage device (DASD) file storage access method, first used in the OS/VS1, OS/VS2 Release 1 (SVS) and Release 2 (MVS) operating systems, later used throughout the Multiple Virtual Storage (MVS) architecture and now in z/OS.
A virtual storage area network (virtual SAN, VSAN or vSAN) is a logical representation of a physical storage area network (SAN). A VSAN abstracts the storage-related operations from the physical storage layer, and provides shared storage access to the applications and virtual machines by combining the servers' local storage over a network into a single or multiple storage pools.
WWN zoning (also called name zoning) restricts access by a device's WWN. As the WWN is on the host, the port the host is connected to can be moved and access is still preserved. Connecting a new device into a port previously used by a WWN zone device will not convey any access to the previous device's resources.
In 1972 IBM announced the first release of the OS/VS2 operating system for the IBM System 370 systems; that release later was known as Single Virtual Storage . In 1974 IBM announced release 2.0; that release and all subsequent releases became known as Multiple Virtual Storage . All releases of OS/VS2 were available to no charge because the ...
This diagram shows how a virtual port may have multiple physical ports and vice versa. Ports have virtual components and physical components and are described as: PN_Port entity that includes a Link_Control_Facility and one or more Nx_Ports. [14] VF_Port (Virtual F_Port) instance of the FC-2V sublevel that connects to one or more VN_Ports. [14]
Virtual Disk - a unit of storage presented to the host. The release 6 GUI refers to a VDisk as a Volume. Managed Disk (MDisk) - a unit of storage (a LUN) from a real, external disk array, virtualized by the SVC. An MDisk is the base to create an image mode VDisk.
NPIV or N_Port ID Virtualization is a Fibre Channel feature whereby multiple Fibre Channel node port (N_Port) IDs can share a single physical N_Port. This allows multiple Fibre Channel initiators to occupy a single physical port, easing hardware requirements in Storage Area Network (SAN) design, especially where virtual SANs are called for.
In computer science, storage virtualization is "the process of presenting a logical view of the physical storage resources to" [1] a host computer system, "treating all storage media (hard disk, optical disk, tape, etc.) in the enterprise as a single pool of storage." [2] A "storage system" is also known as a storage array, disk array, or filer ...