IBM Spectrum Protect extension

The IBM Spectrum Protect™ extension is a VMware vSphere Web Client extension that provides a view of the Data Protection for VMware vSphere GUI.

Overview

The IBM Spectrum Protect extension provides a subset of the functions that are available in the browser view for the Data Protection for VMware vSphere GUI and some additional functions.

Requirement

To install the IBM Spectrum Protect extension, you must select the following options when you run the IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments installation wizard.
  • On the Environment Protection page of the installation wizard, click vSphere protection.
  • On the GUI information for vSphere protection page, select Enable access to the GUI by a web browser and Register as an Extension in vSphere Web Client.

Accessing the data protection extension

You can access the extension from the vSphere Web Client.