Data Protection for VMware 8.2

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IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware 8.2 is available. Use these release notes to find compatibility, system requirements, download, and known issues information before you install the product.

Description

Data Protection for VMware 8.2 helps you to protect your virtual machine (VM) data by offloading backup workloads from a VMware ESXi-based host to a centralized server. Backups are available for full VM, file level, and instant restore operations. Instant restore is available at the disk volume level and full VM level.

For the full list of new features and updates, see What's new for IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments.

System requirements

For system requirement information, see Hardware and Software Requirements: Data Protection for VMware 8.2.2.

Compatibility with earlier versions

For compatibility with earlier versions, see Compatibility Information: Data Protection for VMware V8.2.

Installing

For installation instructions, see IBM® Documentation at Installing.

Resolved issues

For a list of resolved APARs, see Update History: Data Protection for VMware V8.2.

Limitations and known problems

Documentation updates, limitations, and known problems are documented as technotes in the Support knowledge base. As problems are discovered and resolved, IBM Software Support updates the knowledge base. By searching the knowledge base, you can find workarounds or solutions to problems.

For the current list of known issues and limitations, see Known Issues and Limitations: Data Protection for VMware V8.2.

Documentation updates

For corrections and additions to the product documentation, see Documentation updates for IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware.

Announcement

For product announcements, see IBM Offering Information.