Copying data from IBM Storage Protect Plus to IBM Storage Protect

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For longer term protection, you can copy data from IBM® Storage Protect Plus to IBM Storage Protect.

Before you begin

Review the requirements and restrictions that apply to IBM Storage Protect Plus.
Tip: In previous releases, the process of copying data from IBM Storage Protect Plus to IBM Storage Protect was known as offloading data. Beginning with IBM Storage Protect 8.1.9 and IBM Storage Protect Plus 10.1.5, the process is known as copying data.
Verify the product versions. To integrate IBM Storage Protect Plus with IBM Storage Protect, the following product software is required:
  • IBM Storage Protect 8.1.7 or later
  • IBM Storage Protect Plus 10.1.3 or later
Also, verify that you can open an IBM Storage Protect server port to the IBM Storage Protect Plus object client that you plan to use for data copy operations.
  • The default port number is 9000.
  • If there are any firewalls between the object client and agent, configure the object agent to access the appropriate port through the firewall.

About this task

To copy data, you must set up IBM Storage Protect Plus as an object client to the IBM Storage Protect server. After you set up a corresponding object agent on the IBM Storage Protect server and start the service, copy operations are enabled.

You can also copy infrequently accessed data, or cold data, from the object client to the IBM Storage Protect server so that the server can store the data on physical tape media or in a virtual tape library (VTL).