Overview of IBM Storage Protect Plus virtual appliance deployment

IBM Storage® Protect Plus can be installed as a virtual appliance. The virtual appliance contains the application and catalogs, which manage data protection.

Maintenance tasks are completed in vSphere Client or Hyper-V Manager, by using the IBM Storage Protect Plus command line, or in a web-based management console.

Maintenance tasks are completed by a system administrator. A system administrator is usually a senior-level user who designed or implemented the vSphere and ESXi or Hyper-V infrastructure, or a user with an understanding of IBM Storage Protect Plus, VMware or Hyper-V, and Linux command-line usage.

Infrastructure updates are managed by IBM update facilities. The IBM Storage Protect Plus user interface serves as the primary means for updating IBM Storage Protect Plus features and underlying infrastructure components, including the operating system and file system.