Object Agent

Add, configure, and start an object agent.

Object client

With the object client client type, IBM Spectrum Protect Plus can be enabled to copy objects directly to an IBM Spectrum Protect server. An object client is an application, in this case IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, that accesses the server by making Simple Storage Service (S3) requests to store and retrieve objects.

Object agent

A software agent, called the object agent, receives the S3 requests from the object client and communicates with the server to complete the request. An object agent runs locally on the IBM Spectrum Protect server where an object client is registered, and is a necessary intermediary between the object client and the IBM Spectrum Protect server.

Port

The object agent listens on this server port for incoming requests from the object client.

Endpoint

The object client sends S3 API requests to this endpoint.

When you add an object agent, an object agent configuration file is created on the server. On the server, use root authority to start an object agent service that uses this configuration file.

For more information about using IBM Spectrum Protect commands, see the IBM Spectrum Protect documentation. For more information about IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, see the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus documentation.