Preventive Service Planning
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This document details the hypervisor (Microsoft® Hyper-V or VMware) backup and restore requirements for IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Version 10.1.5.
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Hyper-V requirements
The Microsoft Hyper-V server must meet the following minimum requirements:
- Hyper-V Server 2016 or Microsoft Hyper-V on Windows Server 2016
- Hyper-V Server 2019 or Microsoft Hyper-V on Windows Server 2019
Backup and restore operations are only supported for virtual hard disks (VHDX). For more information, see Known Issues and Limitations: IBM Spectrum Protect Plus V10.1.5.x
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus protects virtual machines that are enabled to use the Hyper-V Replica feature.
Depending on your Hyper-V environment, you might be required to update some SLA policies when you upgrade to IBM Spectrum Protect Plus V10.1.5. For more information about the upgrade requirements for virtual machines in Hyper-V environments, see Additional steps for updating virtual machines in Hyper-V Replica environments
The Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Service must be running on all Hyper-V servers, including cluster nodes. In the Services window, set the startup type for the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Service to Automatic so that the service is available when the Hyper-V server or cluster node starts.
The DiskPart automount parameter must be enabled on the Hyper-V server. For more information about enabling the automount parameter, see the Automount topic on the Microsoft website.
Ensure that the 64-bit Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package is installed on the VM guest machine, before you start restore operation from a backup image.
Hyper-V servers can be registered by using a Domain Name System (DNS) name or an Internet Protocol (IP) address. DNS names must be resolvable by IBM Spectrum Protect Plus. If the Hyper-V server is part of a cluster, all nodes in the cluster must be resolvable by DNS. If DNS is not available, you must add the server to the /etc/hosts file on the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus appliance by using the command line. If more than one Hyper-V server is set up in a cluster environment, you must add all of the servers to the /etc/hosts file. When you are registering the cluster in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, register the Failover Cluster Manager.
VMware requirements
The following VMware vSphere versions are supported:
- vSphere 6.0, including all updates and patch levels
- vSphere 6.5, including all updates and patch levels
- vSphere 6.7, including all updates and patch levels
Ensure that the latest version of VMware Tools is installed in your environment.
Ensure that the 64-bit Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package is installed on the VM guest machine, before you start restore operation from a backup image.
Physical RDM (pRDM) volumes do not support snapshots. Virtual machines that contain one or more raw device-mapping (RDM) volumes that are provisioned in physical-compatibility mode (pRDM) are backed up. However, the pRDM volumes are not processed as part of the virtual machine backup operation.
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus V10.1.5 protect virtual machines managed by a VMware Cloud (VMC) on AWS Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC). For more information, see IBM Spectrum Protect Plus for VMware Cloud on AWS
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24 November 2020
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