Completing a simple initialization

To prepare a vSnap server for use, you must initialize the vSnap server. Use the IBM Spectrum® Protect Plus to initialize a vSnap server that is deployed in a virtual environment.

To initialize a vSnap server by using the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus user interface, complete the following steps:

1. In the navigation panel, click System Configuration > Storage > vSnap servers.
2. Select the vSnap server that you want to initialize, and then click one of the following options:

   Initialize

   Initialize the vSnap server without encryption enabled.

   Initialize with Encryption

   Enable encryption of backup data on the vSnap server.

   The initialization process runs in the background and requires no further user interaction. The process might take 5 - 10 minutes to complete.