Configuring Spectrum Protect

To use IBM® Spectrum Protect with IBM Informix® databases, you must install and configure the IBM Spectrum Protect client on your database server computer and IBM Spectrum Protect on your storage computer.

You must also configure IBM Informix Interface for Spectrum Protect and perform other Spectrum Protect configuration tasks on your IBM Informix database server computer.

Starting with versions 8.1.2 and 7.1.8, IBM Spectrum Protect requires SSL communication between the client and the server, and therefore additional configuration steps must be followed:

To configure Spectrum Protect:

  1. Edit the Spectrum Protect client options files.
  2. Assign a Spectrum Protect management class for the server to use for backups.
  3. Set the IBM Informix Interface for Spectrum Protect environment variables.
  4. Register with the Spectrum Protect server.
  5. Initialize the IBM Informix Interface for Spectrum Protect.
  6. Optional. Configure ON-Bar to support optional Spectrum Protect features.

The version of the XBSA shared library for Spectrum Protect is 1.0.3.

For details about Spectrum Protect, read the following manuals:
  • IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Clients Installation and User's Guide
  • IBM Spectrum Protect Using the Application Program Interface
  • IBM Spectrum Protect Administrator's Guide
  • IBM Spectrum Protect Administrator's Reference