A customer has existing fiber attached storage that has reached the end of life. The customer wants a scalable solution that is easy to manage and integrates with VMware. The customer prefers an IBM A9000R based solution, but is concerned about migrating the virtual machines and ESX boot volumes.
Which explanation addresses the customer’s concern?
A . IBM A9000R has a bulltin capabllity to copy the existing data.
B . Use VMware Storage vMotion to migrate virtual machines and boot volumes.
C . Use IBM Spectrum Control to virtualize and move existing storage to the new IBM A9000
E . IBM A9000R has both a vCenter and VAAI plug in.
Answer: B
Explanation:
VMware VMotion: Allows the live migration of running VMs from one physical server to another, one data store to another, or both. This migration has zero
downtime, continuous service availability, and complete transaction integrity.
References: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/pdfs/redp5425.pdf
Using the IBM Spectrum Accelerate Family in VMware Environments, page 15