Adding clients

After you implement a data protection solution with IBM Spectrum Protect, you can expand the solution by adding clients.

About this task

The procedure describes basic steps for adding a client. For more specific instructions about configuring clients, see the documentation for the product that you install on the client node. You can have the following types of client nodes:
Application client nodes
Application client nodes include email servers, databases, and other applications. For example, any of the following applications can be an application client node:
  • IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot
  • IBM Spectrum Protect for Databases
  • IBM Spectrum Protect for Enterprise Resource Planning
  • IBM Spectrum Protect for Mail
  • IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments
System client nodes
System client nodes include workstations, network-attached storage (NAS) file servers, and API clients.
Virtual machine client nodes
Virtual machine client nodes consist of an individual guest host within a hypervisor. Each virtual machine is represented as a file space.

Procedure

To add a client, complete the following steps:

  1. Select the software to install on the client node and plan the installation. Follow the instructions in Selecting the client software and planning the installation.
  2. Specify how to back up and archive client data. Follow the instructions in Specifying rules for backing up and archiving client data.
  3. Specify when to back up and archive client data. Follow the instructions in Scheduling backup and archive operations.
  4. To allow the client to connect to the server, register the client. Follow the instructions in Registering clients.
  5. To start protecting a client node, install and configure the selected software on the client node. Follow the instructions in Installing and configuring clients.