Provide immutable storage support for IBM Cloud Object Storage and IBM Cloud Object Storage System

With IBM Spectrum® Protect 8.1.16, you can use the immutable storage feature with IBM Cloud® Object Storage (public cloud) and IBM Cloud Object Storage System (on-premises) to help prevent objects from being deleted or overwritten.

IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.16 supports immutable object storage for IBM Cloud Object Storage and IBM Cloud Object Storage System in the cloud-container storage pools. Immutable object storage enables the storage of objects by using a WORM model that prevents objects from being deleted and overwritten for a fixed amount of time. To learn more about immutable object storage, see Use Immutable Object Storage.

You can define the immutable storage feature only when you create new cloud container storage pools. To enable the feature, you must set up and configure the vault by using the IBM Cloud Object Storage console.