Release notes for Operations Center Version 8.1

The Operations Center is a web-based interface that you can use to manage your IBM Spectrum Protect™ environment. The release notes give you access to the product announcement, known issues, system requirements, installation instructions, and updates.

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Description

You can use the Operations Center to take the following actions:

  • Identify potential issues with your IBM Spectrum Protect environment
  • Monitor key aspects of the storage environment: alerts, clients, servers, policies, storage pools, and storage devices
  • Register clients
  • Add servers to be monitored
  • Back up clients, server databases, and storage pools
  • Start storage pool migration and reclamation
  • Assign alerts to administrators, and close alerts
  • View and cancel server processes and client sessions
  • Change client, server, storage pool, and storage device settings
  • Create and manage client schedules and view administrative schedules
  • Convert primary storage pools to container storage pools
  • Copy data from directory-container storage pools to tape
  • Configure replication
  • Modify policy settings
  • Decommission clients and deactivate data
  • Create email reports
  • View front-end and back-end capacity usage to monitor license compliance
  • Issue commands to IBM Spectrum Protect servers

An authorized program analysis report (APAR) is a request for the correction of a defect in a supported release of a program supplied by IBM. For a list of resolved APARs, see APARs fixed in IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center Version 8.1.

Announcement

The Operations Center is part of the IBM Spectrum Protect V8.1 family of products. The announcement for these products includes the following information:
  • Detailed product description, including descriptions of new functions
  • Product-positioning statement
  • International compatibility information
To search for the product announcement, complete the following steps:
  1. Go to the product announcement website.
  2. In the Search for field, enter the product identifier (PID) for your product. The PID for IBM Spectrum Protect is 5725-W98.
  3. In the Information Type field, select Announcement letters, and click Search.
  4. From the Search in list, select Product Number.
  5. Optional: In the Refine Your Search pane on the left side of the window, select the country where you reside.
  6. In the Sort by section, select Newest first.

Compatibility with the IBM Spectrum Protect server

For compatibility information, see IBM Spectrum Protect server and Operations Center compatibility.

System requirements

For system requirements, see IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center software and hardware requirements.

Installing or upgrading the Operations Center

For installation instructions, or to upgrade an existing version of the Operations Center, see Installing and upgrading the Operations Center.

Updates, limitations, and known issues

Updates describe new product information or new product features that become available after product release. Updates, limitations, and known issues are documented in the form of technotes in the support knowledge base of the IBM® Support Portal. By searching the knowledge base, you can find workarounds or solutions to known issues.

Updates

For the latest list of updates, see Search results for updates to Operations Center V8.1.

Limitations and known issues