IBM Spectrum Protect

Supported features

Supported version	7.1.5 and newer
Syntetic backup	Not supported
Random Access	Not supported
Deduplication	Supported
Encryption	Provider dependent
Pre/post command execution	Supported

Example

1. Register the ISP node on your ISP server.

   • Log in to your ISP server and prepare a policy set for Storware Backup & Recovery backups.

      Def dom vprotect
      Def pol vprotect vprotect
      Def mgmt vprotect vprotect vprotect
      Def co vprotect vprotect vprotect dest=<StoragePoolName> vere=nolimit verd=nolimit rete=nolimit reto=nolimit
      Assign defmgmt vprotect vprotect vprotect
      Activate pol vprotect vprotect

   • Register the node on the ISP server:

     register node vprotect_proxy <SecretPassword> dom=<VMdomain> maxnummp=10 passe=0 dedup=cli backdel=yes

2. Use a script to automatically download and install the ISP API and client.

   /opt/vprotect/scripts/setup_isp.sh

Make sure to type the IP address of your ISP server, TCP port, and node name correctly. For example:

1. Next step is to set up the Backup Destination in our UI.

   • Go to Backup Destination and select Enterprise

   • Now you can add IBM Spectrum Protect Backup Destination

   

   • Type name and attach Backup Destination to Node Configuration. You also need to set:

     • path to dsm.opt file (Default is /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin64/dsm.opt), where are saved information of IBM Spectrum Protect Nodes,

     • name of IBM Spectrum Protect Node,

     • password to ISP node.