Offload data from IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is a data protection and availability solution for virtual environments that can offload data to IBM Spectrum Protect for longer term protection and disaster recovery. To streamline the integration of these two products, a new client type is introduced in IBM Spectrum Protect Version 8.1.7.

The new client type is an object client. In V8.1.7, an object client must be an IBM Spectrum Protect Plus server. You can register IBM Spectrum Protect Plus as an object client to the IBM Spectrum Protect server. Then, set up a corresponding object agent on the IBM Spectrum Protect server. The object agent receives requests from the object client to enable the direct offloading of data from IBM Spectrum Protect Plus to IBM Spectrum Protect.

To register an object client, use the REGISTER NODE command. To set up an object agent, use the DEFINE SERVER command. Complete the configuration by starting an object agent service on the system that is hosting the IBM Spectrum Protect server.