Adding a file system

To start protecting the data on an ReFS or NTFS file system, you must add the host address where the file system is located. You can repeat the procedure to add every host that you want to protect with IBM Spectrum® Protect Plus.

Before you begin

Restriction: In an IBM Spectrum Protect Plus environment, you can assign only one application server or file server per host. For example, if you register a host as a Microsoft Windows file system, you cannot register the same host as a Microsoft SQL Server or a Microsoft Exchange Server.
Note: The user ID for registering Windows file servers can be set up with one of the following Windows configurations:
  • The Local System Administrator user account with the User Account Control (UAC) security component set to Disabled. With this user you must open the Windows system Control Panel > User Account Control Settings, and move the slider to Never notify.
  • A user who is a member of the Local Administrator Group with the Admin Approval Mode security policy setting disabled. With this user, you must open the Windows system Local Security Policy. From the Security Settings menu, choose Local Policies > Security Options > User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode policy, and set this option to Disabled. Ensure that your Local Administrator Group includes the Log on as Service policy option.

About this task

To add a file system to IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, you must have the DNS name or the IP address of the machine, a user ID, and the password.

Procedure

  1. In the navigation, expand Manage Protection > File Systems > Microsoft Windows.
  2. In the Microsoft Windows page, click Manage file servers, and click Add file server to add the host server.
    Figure 1. Adding a file system server
    Add Windows server
  3. In the File server properties section, enter the DNS name or the IP address of the machine.
  4. Specify the type of user for the Windows server you are adding.
    • Use an existing user ID and password.
    • Enter a new user ID and password.
    Note: The user ID for registering Windows file systems must be set up with one of the following Windows configurations:
    • The Local System Administrator user account with the User Account Control (UAC) security component disabled. With this user, you must access the User Account Control Settings dialog in your Windows system Control Panel, and move the slider to Never.
    • A user who is a member of the Local Administrator Group with the Admin Approval Mode security policy setting disabled. With this user you must access the Local Security Settings dialog on your Windows system and disable the User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode policy setting. Ensure that your Local Administrator Group includes the Log on as Service policy option.
    Figure 2. Managing agent users
    Adding a Windows file server
    Important: When you are entering the User ID, you do not need to enter the domain.
  5. Optional: Set the maximum number of parallel file systems that are to be used for backing up data from the file system that is protected.
    This setting applies to each file system on this host. Multiple resources can be backed up in parallel when the value of the option is set to more than 1. Multiple parallel file systems can speed up restore operations.
  6. Save the form.

What to do next

After you add the file system host to IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, an inventory is automatically run to detect the relevant volumes and drives.

To verify that the drives and volumes are added, review the job log. Go to Jobs and Operations, Jobs and Ops icon. Click the Running Jobs tab, and look for the Application Server Inventory log entry that corresponds to the inventory that was started.

Completed jobs are shown on the Job History tab. You can use the Sort By list to sort jobs based on start time, type, status, job name, or duration. Use the Search by name field to search for jobs by name. You can use asterisks as wildcard characters in the name.

File systems must be detected to ensure that they can be protected. For instructions about running an inventory, see Detecting file systems.