Updated behavior of the IBM Spectrum Protect BACKDELETE parameter

What's new

Behavior of BACKDELETE parameter on the REGISTER NODE command is changed

On the IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.13 server, you can use one of the following commands to register the client node:

register node client_nodename password backdelete=yes userid=client_nodename

register node client_nodename password backdelete=no userid=client_nodename

where client_nodename is the node name for the client and password is the password that you want to use for the client. The BACKDELETE=YES parameter setting specifies that you can delete backup objects in your file space on the server. The BACKDELETE=NO parameter setting specifies that you cannot delete backup objects in your file space because the backup objects are set to the inactive state. You can either delete inactive backups manually on the server or allow the inactive backups to expire. For more information, see Storage management policies. The node name and administrative user ID must be the same.

For example, if the client node name is DOOMVM3, the password is DOOMVM3PASSWD, and the administrative user ID is DOOMVM3, you can enter the one of the following commands:

register node doomvm3 doomvm3passwd backdelete=yes userid=doomvm3

register node doomvm3 doomvm3passwd backdelete=no userid=doomvm3