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IBM Spectrum Protect™ Plus on IBM® Cloud

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Abstract

This document contains links and information for IBM Spectrum Protect Plus on IBM Cloud.

Content

The IBM Spectrum Protect Plus on IBM® Cloud service provides data protection, data reuse, and recovery tools for virtual environments.

The Spectrum Protect Plus on IBM Cloud Service is available on IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions Portal
 

This document is divided into linked sections for ease of navigation. You may use the links below to jump to the desired section of the document.


 


IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Documentation

On IBM Knowledge Center you can find information about:


On IBM Cloud Docs, you can find under IBM Cloud on VMware Solutions:

  • Note:
    • An IBMid is required to access the documentation on IBM Cloud Docs.
    • Please refer to the IBM Cloud portal to see the version level of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus being installed as service.


IBM Spectrum Protect Plus on IBM Cloud Solution Architecture

The IBM Spectrum Protect Plus solution is an additional component and extension of both the vCenter Server solution offering and the VMware Cloud Foundation solution offering on IBM Cloud.

To learn more about the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus architecture in the IBM Cloud see: Spectrum Protect Plus on IBM Cloud Solution Architecture
This document provide details about the components of the solution and high-level configuration of each component in the design.


Support for IBM Spectrum Protect Plus on IBM Cloud

IBM Spectrum Protect on IBM Cloud support option is noted below for each of the offerings. Select the support link provided to access In-portal support team.

  • In-Portal and In-Portal/BYOL (bring your own license) support
    Customers who purchased the in-portal solution or the BYOL (bring your own license) in-portal offering should access the following link for in-portal console support: Contacting IBM Support
     


How to increase storage to IBM Spectrum Protect Plus post deployment

To inform how to order storage, find NFS subnet and add permissions from Softlayer Portal, see on DeveloperWorks Recipes web site at: How to increase vsnap storage for IBM Spectrum Protect Plus on IBM Cloud post deployment
 


How to configure IBM Spectrum Protect Plus to offload to IBM Cloud Object Storage

Get informed on DeveloperWorks Recipes web site about:
How to configure IBM® Cloud Object Storage to enable IBM Spectrum Protect™ Plus to offload data to IBM Cloud
Note: IBM Spectrum Protect Plus v10.1.3 on IBM Cloud is the initial version for this feature.
 


Recovery procedure when vCenter or other management VMs are not accessible

To learn how to recover when vCenter or other management VMs are not accessible, see for

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Document Information

Modified date:
05 November 2019

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