IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Practical Guidance for Deployment, Configuration, and Usage
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IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Practical Guidance for Deployment, Configuration, and Usage
- Front cover
- Notices
- Preface
- Chapter 1. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus product architecture and components
- 1.1 IBM Spectrum Protect Plus overview
- 1.1.1 Key concepts
- 1.2 IBM Spectrum Protect Plus architecture
- 1.2.1 IBM Spectrum Protect Plus server
- 1.2.2 Site
- 1.2.3 vSnap Backup Storage server
- 1.2.4 VADP proxy server
- 1.2.5 Data flows
- 1.3 SLA backup policies
- 1.3.1 Backup parameters and retention management
- 1.3.2 Backup jobs: Associate Backup Clients to an SLA
- 1.3.3 SLA to Site to vSnap server relationship
- Chapter 2. Solution architecture, planning, and design
- 2.1 Solution design introduction
- 2.2 Design
- 2.2.1 Understand the IT infrastructure to be protected
- 2.2.2 Solution requirements
- 2.2.3 System context
- 2.2.4 Architectural Overview Diagram
- 2.3 Planning the solution
- 2.3.1 Deployment options for IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
- 2.3.2 Scaling the environment
- 2.3.3 Disaster Recovery and high availability with IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
- 2.3.4 Network
- 2.3.5 Encryption
- 2.3.6 Architectural decisions template
- 2.4 Sizing
- Chapter 3. Installation and deployment
- 3.1 Overview
- 3.2 Prerequisites for an IBM Spectrum Protect Plus deployment
- 3.2.1 IBM Spectrum Protect Plus server requirements
- 3.2.2 vSnap Backup Storage server requirements
- 3.2.3 VADP proxy server requirements
- 3.3 Installation and deployment
- 3.3.1 Deploying the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus server
- 3.3.2 Deploying the vSnap Backup Storage server
- 3.4 Configuring IBM Spectrum Protect Plus environment
- 3.4.1 Configuring the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus server
- 3.4.2 Configuring the vSnap Backup Storage server
- 3.4.3 Configuring NTP for the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus and vSnap servers
- 3.4.4 Connect vSnap and VADP servers with IBM Spectrum Protect Plus server
- 3.4.5 Adding an SLA for IBM Spectrum Protect Plus catalog backup
- 3.4.6 Backing up the vSnap server system configuration
- 3.4.7 Changing and verifying the schedules of the predefined jobs
- Chapter 4. Networking
- 4.1 IBM Spectrum Protect Plus networking
- 4.2 Understanding network data flows
- 4.2.1 VADP backend data flow
- 4.2.2 VADP front end data flow
- 4.3 Establishing connections through firewalls
- 4.3.1 Communication between IBM Spectrum Protect Plus components
- 4.3.2 Communication to VMs, applications, and file systems
- 4.4 Configuring IBM Spectrum Protect Plus to use a dedicated backup network
- 4.4.1 Preparing the VMware ESXi or Microsoft Hyper-V Hypervisors
- 4.4.2 Preparing the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus virtual appliance
- 4.4.3 Preparing the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus vSnap server
- 4.4.4 Preparing the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus VADP proxy (VMware only)
- 4.4.5 Enabling or disabling specific protocols on a network interface
- 4.4.6 Special Configuration: Forcing VADP front end traffic to use a dedicated interface
- 4.4.7 Editing firewall ports
- 4.4.8 Testing network connectivity
- Chapter 5. Daily operations and maintenance
- 5.1 Role-based access control overview
- 5.1.1 Planning user, roles, and resource groups
- 5.1.2 Creating resource groups
- 5.1.3 Creating roles
- 5.1.4 Creating users
- 5.2 Daily operations
- 5.2.1 IBM Spectrum Protect Plus in Spectrum Protect Operations Center
- 5.2.2 Built-in and custom reports
- 5.2.3 Morning Healthcheck routine
- 5.3 Maintenance
- 5.3.1 Update IBM Spectrum Protect Plus components
- 5.3.2 IBM Spectrum Protect Plus troubleshooting (log files)
- 5.3.3 Managing the vSnap server
- 5.3.4 Configuring LDAP and SMTP
- 5.3.5 Administrative Console
- 5.3.6 Managing global preferences
- 5.3.7 Managing the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus catalog
- 5.3.8 Search guidelines
- 5.3.9 Testing network connectivity
- 5.3.10 Messages
- 5.4 vSnap server CLI
- 5.5 vSnap server initialization
- 5.6 Checking vSnap server status
- 5.7 vSnap server preferences
- 5.7.1 Changing replication streams and timeouts
- 5.8 vSnap server volumes and snapshots
- 5.8.1 Volumes and snapshots for backup data
- 5.8.2 Volumes and snapshots for replication data
- Chapter 6. Backing up and restoring virtualized systems
- 6.1 VM backup configuration basics
- 6.1.1 Create an identity
- 6.1.2 Add a virtualized system resource
- 6.1.3 Assigning an SLA policy
- 6.1.4 Running a backup job for an SLA
- 6.1.5 Running a backup for a single VM
- 6.1.6 Distributing VM backups to multiple vSnap servers
- 6.1.7 Backup options
- 6.2 Catalog file metadata for single file restore
- 6.2.1 Configure requirements
- 6.2.2 Configuring file metadata discovery
- 6.2.3 Restoring single files and directories
- 6.3 VM restore and data reuse
- 6.3.1 Restore wizard
- 6.3.2 Restore schedule
- 6.3.3 Restore Source (Location) and Restore Points
- 6.3.4 Restore destination
- 6.3.5 Restore methods
- 6.3.6 Restore Options
- 6.3.7 Restoring a VDisk
- 6.3.8 Restoring a VM from primary site
- 6.3.9 Restoring a VM from secondary (replication) site
- 6.3.10 Restoring a VM and changing static IP address on one NIC
- 6.3.11 Restoring a VM and changing static IP addresses on two NICs
- 6.4 Protecting and recovering Amazon EC2 data
- 6.4.1 Amazon EC2 requirements and account management
- 6.4.2 Amazon EC2 data protection and recovery
- Chapter 8. Backing up and restoring databases
- 8.1 Database backup configuration basics
- 8.1.1 Creating an Identity
- 8.1.2 Adding an application server
- 8.1.3 Assigning an SLA policy
- 8.1.4 Running a backup
- 8.2 IBM Spectrum Protect Plus database restore and data reuse
- 8.2.1 Test restore
- 8.2.2 Instant access
- 8.2.3 Production restore
- 8.3 Database protection and vSnap server operations
- 8.3.1 Backup operations
- 8.3.2 Restore operations
- 8.4 Oracle overview
- 8.4.1 Server registration
- 8.4.2 Oracle multi-threading
- 8.4.3 Oracle backup
- 8.4.4 Oracle Block Change Tracking
- 8.4.5 Compression
- 8.4.6 Troubleshooting hint
- 8.4.7 Oracle commands used by IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
- 8.5 Database backup with pre-script and post-script
- Chapter 9. Backing up and restoring MongoDB databases
- 9.1 IBM Spectrum Protect Plus requirements for MongoDB
- 9.1.1 Fundamental IBM Spectrum Protect Plus requirements for MongoDB
- 9.1.2 MongoDB databases without authentication
- 9.1.3 MongoDB databases with authentication enabled
- 9.1.4 Register a MongoDB server
- 9.2 MongoDB backup and restore with Spectrum Protect Plus
- 9.2.1 MongoDB backup
- 9.2.2 MongoDB restore
- Chapter 11. Backing up and restoring SQL Server
- 11.1 IBM Spectrum Protect Plus SQL Server features
- 11.2 Prerequisites for SQL Server databases
- 11.3 Protecting SQL Server databases
- 11.3.1 Register the SQL Server
- 11.3.2 Defining an SQL Server backup job
- 11.3.3 SQL database backups logs
- 11.3.4 vSnap commands used to manage SQL database backups logs
- 11.3.5 Parallel ad-hoc SQL database backups
- 11.3.6 SQL Server global preferences
- 11.4 Restoring SQL Server databases
- Chapter 12. Backing up and restoring Microsoft Exchange data
- 12.1 Microsoft Exchange server
- 12.1.1 Server roles
- 12.1.2 Stand-alone or availability group databases
- 12.1.3 Mailbox movement
- 12.1.4 Microsoft built-in data loss prevention
- 12.2 Prerequisites for protection in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
- 12.2.1 Granular restore remote package installation
- 12.3 IBM Spectrum Protect Plus configuration for Exchange
- 12.3.1 Log backup
- 12.3.2 Database Availability Groups
- 12.4 Backup jobs overview
- 12.4.1 Assigning an SLA policy
- 12.4.2 Backup types
- 12.4.3 Scheduled backup
- 12.4.4 Ad hoc backup
- 12.5 Restore jobs
- 12.5.1 Complete Restore
- 12.5.2 Restoring individual items with granular restore
- Chapter 13. Backing up and restoring Microsoft 365 data
- 13.1 Solution overview
- 13.2 Prerequisites
- 13.2.1 Proxy host server
- 13.2.2 Microsoft 365 application registration and API permissions
- 13.3 IBM Spectrum Protect Plus configuration for Microsoft 365
- 13.4 Protecting Microsoft 365 accounts
- 13.4.1 Planning considerations
- 13.4.2 Configuring Microsoft 365 protection
- 13.4.3 Restoring Microsoft 365 data
- 13.5 Exchange Hybrid Environments
- Chapter 15. Replication and additional copies
- 15.1 Reasons to create more copies of backup data
- 15.2 Extra copies: Overview and options comparison
- 15.2.1 Replication of backup data
- 15.2.2 Additional copies to Object Storage
- 15.2.3 Additional copies to a repository server
- 15.2.4 Dual-site backup using multiple SLAs
- 15.2.5 Comparing the options
- 15.3 Replicating backup data
- 15.3.1 Configuring vSnap replication
- 15.3.2 Running the vSnap replication
- 15.3.3 Determining space that is replicated on the Target vSnap
- 15.3.4 vSnap commands for data replication
- 15.4 Additional copies to Object Storage, tape, or archival storage
- 15.4.1 Prerequisites
- 15.4.2 Preparing Object Storage providers
- 15.4.3 Preparing repository server storage
- 15.4.4 Configuring an Object Storage provider in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
- 15.4.5 Configuring additional copies to Object storage in the SLA
- 15.4.6 vSnap commands for Object Storage data
- 15.5 Configuring a multi-site backup
- 15.6 Creating incremental and full copies of backup data to an IBM Spectrum Protect server
- 15.6.1 Preparing the IBM Spectrum Protect server
- 15.6.2 Registering an IBM Spectrum Protect server as Repository server in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
- 15.6.3 Creating an SLA that creates regular additional copies to IBM Spectrum Protect
- 15.6.4 Running the SLA and observe the job results
- Chapter 16. REST API
- 16.1 REST API overview
- 16.2 IBM Spectrum Protect Plus REST API
- 16.2.1 REST API documentation
- 16.3 Discovering the REST API
- 16.3.1 CURL
- 16.3.2 Firefox RESTclient
- 16.4 Use Case: Starting a VM backup of VMs by using a REST API with Python
- 16.4.1 Overview
- 16.4.2 Trace GUI REST operations by using Firefox
- 16.4.3 Python code overview
- 16.5 The sppclient: a Python library for REST operations
- 16.5.1 The sppclient scripts: General usage information
- 16.5.2 The sppclient script overview and selected examples
- 16.6 API response code
- Related publications
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Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page ix.
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Second Edition (December 2020)
This edition applies to Version 10.1.6 of IBM SPectrum Protect Plus.
This document was created or updated on December 14, 2020.
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