Dell EMC VPLEX GeoSynchrony 6.2 Patch 5 Administration Guide

Preface

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Purpose

This document is part of the VPLEX documentation set, and includes conceptual information on managing your VPLEX system.

Audience

This guide is intended for use by customers and service providers to configure and manage a storage environment.

Related documents (available on Dell EMC Online Support) include:

VPLEX Release Notes for GeoSynchrony Releases
VPLEX Product Guide
VPLEX Hardware Environment Setup Guide
VPLEX Configuration Worksheet
VPLEX Configuration Guide
VPLEX Security Configuration Guide
VPLEX CLI Reference Guide
VPLEX Administration Guide
Unisphere for VPLEX Help
VPLEX Element Manager API Guide Version 2 (REST API v2)
VPLEX Open-Source Licenses
VPLEX GPL3 Open-Source Licenses
Procedures provided through the SolVe Desktop
Dell EMC Host Connectivity Guides
Dell EMC VPLEX Hardware Installation Guide
Various best practices technical notes available on Dell EMC Online Support

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