What's new for IBM Spectrum Protect for Enterprise Resource Planning

The update for IBM Spectrum Protect for Enterprise Resource Planning Version 8.1.11 is listed in the table. Review the release notes before you install the product.

Release New features and updates
8.1.11
Backup expiration enhancements through SAP HANA Cockpit
Along with the MAX_VERSIONS setting in IBM Spectrum Protect for Enterprise Resource Planning, you can optimize performance by deleting Backup Catalog objects in SAP HANA Cockpit. For more information, see Deleting Backup Catalog objects in SAP HANA Cockpit.
Data Protection for SAP HANA restoring to alternative location enhancements
The restoring to alternative location process has been enhanced, including the option to use SAP HANA Cockpit. For more information, see Restoring a Data Protection for SAP HANA backup on an alternative system.
Resolve hostnames in SAP HANA scale-out environments through backint.log
You can now find the node or hostname in the operations output in backint.log during problem determination. For more information, see Log files that contain information and messages.
SAP HANA Backint 1.5
Support for interface specification Backint for SAP HANA version 1.5 (introduced with SAP HANA SPS05) has been added and successfully certified.
Documentation updates
The IBM Spectrum Protect for Enterprise Resource Planning Knowledge Center and User's Guides have been updated with entries from the 8.1 Documentation updates technote since the last full Knowledge Center update for 8.1.4.
8.1.9
Secure connection with TSL/SSL
In 8.1.9, you can connect to your SAP HANA databases by using Transport Layer Security (TLS) or Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connections.
8.1.6
Backup enhancement: backup size
The accuracy of the estimated backup size that is sent to the IBM Spectrum Protect server has been improved. Instead of a fixed value that depended on the allocated memory size, the exact value of the backup is used.
8.1.4
Take advantage of potential performance improvements enabled by parallel processing
IBM Spectrum Protect for Enterprise Resource Planning Version 8.1.4 can process multiple redo log copies in dedicated threads when used with SAP HANA, IBM DB2®, or Oracle RMAN database technology. If the system offers sufficient CPU power and bandwidth, these redo logs are sent to IBM Spectrum Protect servers in parallel, which can improve system performance.
Optimize the format of backup images for data deduplication
You can optimize the format of backup images for data deduplication with Db2 by running the Backup Object Manager command, backom, with the command option -o. The new format is compressed and thus requires less storage space. For more information, see Optimize for data deduplication in Db2.
Enable expiration of obsolete backup versions
IBM Spectrum Protect for Enterprise Resource Planning: Data Protection for SAP HANA can now automatically delete obsolete backup generations. This feature was previously available for Data Protection for SAP Oracle and Data Protection for SAP Db2 only. For more information, see Retain backups by version.
8.1.1
The V8.1.1 release resolved defects, but did not introduce major new features.
8.1.0
New product name
IBM® Tivoli® Storage Manager for Enterprise Resource Planning is renamed to IBM Spectrum Protect for Enterprise Resource Planning in V8.1.0.