SSNQFQ_10.1.19 - Documentation Index

Table of Contents

• Welcome
• What's new
  • Updates in version 10.1.19
  • Updates in previous versions
• Product overview
  • Deployment storyboard
  • Product components
  • Overview of the serveradmin user account
  • Product dashboard
  • Alerts
  • Role-based access control
  • Security
  • Incremental forever backup strategy
  • Replicate backup-storage data
  • Copying snapshots to secondary backup storage
  • IBM Storage Protect Plus on IBM Cloud
    • IBM Storage Protect Plus as a software offering on IBM Cloud
    • IBM Storage Protect Plus as a VMware service on IBM Cloud
  • IBM Storage Protect Plus on AWS
  • IBM Storage Protect Plus on Azure
  • Integration with IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management
• Installation overview
  • System requirements
    • Component requirements
    • Hypervisor and cloud instance requirements
    • File indexing and restore requirements
    • File system requirements
    • Db2 requirements
    • Microsoft Exchange Server requirements
    • MongoDB requirements
    • Oracle requirements
    • Microsoft SQL Server requirements
    • SAP HANA requirements
  • Post installation tasks
    • Assigning a static IP address
    • Uploading the product key
    • Editing firewall ports
    • Regenerating the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate
    • Verifying the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate
  • Local users created during installation
• Installing IBM Storage Protect Plus as a virtual appliance
  • Overview of virtual appliance deployment
  • Obtaining the IBM Storage Protect Plus installation package
  • Installing IBM Storage Protect Plus as a VMware virtual appliance
  • Installing IBM Storage Protect Plus as a Hyper-V virtual appliance
• Installing and managing vSnap servers
  • Installing a vSnap server
    • Installing a physical vSnap server
    • Installing a virtual vSnap server in a VMware environment
    • Installing a virtual vSnap server in a Hyper-V environment
  • Uninstalling a vSnap server
  • Managing vSnap servers
    • Registering a vSnap server
      • Editing settings for a vSnap server
      • Unregistering a vSnap server
      • Configuring backup storage options
        • Adding new disks to backup storage
          • Rescanning a vSnap server after the storage is expanded
          • Refreshing the disk storage for a vSnap server
        • Configuring network interface controllers
        • Configuring backup storage partners
        • Configuring an Active Directory
        • Setting advanced storage options
        • Transport encryption
      • How do I delete and recreate a vSnap storage pool?
    • Initializing the vSnap server
      • Completing a simple initialization
      • Completing an advanced initialization
    • Migrating onboard vSnap data to a stand-alone vSnap server
    • Expanding a vSnap storage pool
    • Changing the throughput rate
    • Replacing a failed vSnap server
    • Installing iSCSI initiator utilities
    • vSnap server administration reference
      • User management
      • Storage management
      • Network management
      • Certificate management
      • Kernel headers and tools
    • Troubleshooting vSnap servers
      • Synchronizing the vSnap Password
      • Why is the vSnap server still offline?
      • How does SAN work with IBM Storage Protect Plus and a vSnap server?
      • How do I repair a failed source vSnap in an IBM Storage Protect Plus environment?
      • How do I repair a failed target vSnap in an IBM Storage Protect Plus environment?
      • How do I repair a failed dual-role vSnap in an IBM Storage Protect Plus environment?
      • Resolving replication of catalog backup failure between vSnap servers
      • Resolving vSnap gateway creation timeout error
      • vSnap log rotation not working
• Updating IBM Storage Protect Plus components
  • Updating IBM Storage Protect Plus and vSnap servers
    • Managing updates
    • Updating vSnap servers
      • Updating a virtual vSnap server to RHEL 9.6
      • Updating a physical vSnap server to RHEL 9.6
      • Updating the operating system for a physical vSnap server
      • Updating the operating system for a virtual vSnap server
      • Updating a vSnap server
    • Updating the IBM Storage Protect Plus server
  • Updating IBM Storage Protect Plus in a cloud environment
  • Updating IBM Storage Protect Plus by using the user interface
  • Additional steps for updating virtual machines in Hyper-V Replica environments
  • Updating VADP proxies
  • Updating the operating system for a physical vSnap server
  • Updating the operating system for a virtual vSnap server
  • Applying early availability updates
• Getting off to a quick start
  • Start IBM Storage Protect Plus
  • Manage sites
  • Create backup policies
  • Create a user account for the application administrator
  • Back up resources
    • Add resources to protect
    • Add resources to a job definition
  • Back up the IBM Storage Protect Plus catalog
  • Start a backup job
  • Run a report
• Configuring the system environment
  • Integrating with IBM Storage Protect
    • Protecting VMware data using Open Snap Store Manager
      • Installing and configuring Open Snap Store Manager
        • Cleaning up and upgrading Open Snap Store Manager
          • Cleaning up Open Snap Store Manager
            • Cleaning up OSSM to upgrade from version 8.1.15 to version 8.1.18 and later
            • Cleaning up OSSM to upgrade from version 8.1.13 or 8.1.14 to version 8.1.18 and later
          • Upgrading Open Snap Store Manager
            • Upgrading Open Snap Store Manager version 8.1.16 and later to version 8.1.18 and later
            • Upgrading Open Snap Store Manager from 8.1.15 and earlier to version 8.1.18 and later
        • Installing Open Snap Store Manager
        • Configuring the Open Snap Store Manager instance
        • Starting and stopping the OSSM service
        • Establishing communication between two IBM Storage Protect servers
        • Prerequisites for creating a VADP proxy
        • Uninstalling an OSSM server
      • Backing up VMware data using Open Snap Store Manager
        • Adding Open Snap Store Manager
        • Editing the Open Snap Store Manager
        • Managing VADP backup proxies
          • Creating VADP proxies
          • Cleaning up a VADP proxy created for Open Snap Store Manager
          • Disassociating a VADP Proxy
        • Creating an SLA policy for VMware backup to the OSSM storage server
        • Managing Jobs for VMware backups
        • Configuring backup storage partners for Open Snap Store Manager
        • Replicating backup storage data by using Open Snap Store Manager
        • Unregistering an OSSM server
      • Troubleshooting errors related to OSSM credentials
        • Resolving problem related to OSSM administrator password
        • Resolving problems related to node password
    • Monitoring IBM Storage Protect Plus from the Operations Center
      • Adding IBM Storage Protect Plus to the Operations Center
      • Entering the Operations Center URL
      • Accessing the Operations Center
  • Managing backup storage
    • Managing cloud storage
      • Adding Amazon S3 Object Storage
      • Adding IBM Cloud Object Storage as a backup storage provider
      • Adding Microsoft Azure cloud storage as a backup storage provider
      • Adding S3 compatible cloud storage as a backup storage provider
      • Editing settings for cloud storage
      • Deleting cloud storage
    • Managing repository server storage
      • Configuration for copying or archiving data
        • Step 1: Creating a tape storage pool and a cold-data-cache storage pool for copying data to tape
        • Step 2: Configuring an object policy domain
        • Step 3: Setting up standard object storage
        • Step 4: Adding an object agent for copying data
        • Step 5: Adding and configuring an object client for copying data
      • Registering a repository server
      • Editing settings for a repository server
      • Deleting a repository server
  • Managing sites
    • Adding a site
    • Editing a site
    • Deleting a site
  • Managing LDAP and SMTP servers
    • Adding an LDAP server
    • Adding an SMTP server
    • Editing settings for an LDAP or SMTP server
    • Deleting an LDAP or SMTP server
  • Managing keys and certificates for connection to IBM Storage Protect Plus components
    • Adding an access key
    • Deleting an access key
    • Adding a certificate
    • Deleting a certificate
    • Adding an SSH key
    • Deleting an SSH key
  • Managing certificates for connection to the IBM Storage Protect Plus user interface
    • Uploading a TLS certificate
  • Testing network connectivity
    • Running the Service Tool from a command line
    • Running the Service Tool remotely
  • Configuring global preferences
  • Configuring for virtual application installations
    • Logging on to the administrative console
    • Logging on to the virtual appliance
      • Accessing the virtual appliance in VMware
      • Accessing the virtual appliance in Hyper-V
    • Setting the time zone
    • Adding virtual disks
      • Adding a disk to the virtual appliance
      • Adding storage capacity from a new disk to the appliance volume
    • Resetting the serveradmin password
  • Configuring docker0 interface IP range to access IBM Storage Protect Plus GUI
• Managing SLA policies for backup operations
  • Protection Summary
  • Creating an SLA policy for the IBM Storage Protect Plus catalog
    • Creating an SLA policy for the IBM Storage Protect Plus catalog to back up to a vSnap server
    • Creating an SLA policy for the IBM Storage Protect Plus catalog to back up to cloud storage
  • Creating an SLA policy for hypervisors
    • Creating an SLA policy for hypervisor backup to a vSnap server
    • Creating an SLA policy for VMware backup to the OSSM storage server
  • Creating an SLA policy for Amazon EC2 instances
  • Creating an SLA policy for databases and file systems
  • Editing an SLA policy
  • Deleting an SLA policy
• Protecting virtualized systems
  • VMware
    • Adding a vCenter Server instance
    • Editing properties of a vCenter Server instance
    • vCenter Server privileges
      • Virtual machine privileges
      • Testing a vCenter Server user account for required privileges
    • Detecting VMware resources
    • Testing the connection to a vCenter Server virtual machine
    • Backing up VMware data
      • Excluding VMDKs from the SLA policy
    • Managing VADP backup proxies
      • Creating VADP proxies
      • Registering a vSnap server as a VADP proxy
      • Setting options for VADP proxies
      • Uninstalling VADP proxies
      • Updating the IBM Storage Protect Plus IP address for VADP proxies
    • Restoring VMware data
      • Creating a fenced network through a VMware restore job
      • Restoring data when vCenter Server or other management VMs are not accessible
    • Enabling transport encryption for VMware data
  • Hyper-V
    • Adding a Hyper-V server
      • Enabling WinRM for connection to Hyper-V servers
      • Detecting Hyper-V resources
      • Testing the connection to a Hyper-V Server virtual machine
    • Backing up Hyper-V data
      • Excluding virtual disks from the SLA policy for a job
    • Restoring Hyper-V data
  • Amazon EC2
    • Creating an AWS IAM user
    • Adding an Amazon EC2 account
      • Detecting Amazon EC2 instances
    • Backing up Amazon EC2 data
    • Restoring Amazon EC2 data
  • Restoring files
• Protecting file systems
  • Windows file systems
    • Prerequisites for file systems
      • Handling a security certificate for Windows
      • Space requirements for file systems
    • Adding a file system
      • Running an inventory
      • Testing the file systems connection
    • Backing up file system data
      • Exclude rules syntax
    • Restoring file system data
      • File Systems File-Level Restore browser
• Protecting databases
  • Db2
    • Prerequisites for Db2
      • Space requirements for Db2
      • LVM2 and JFS2
      • Setting sudo privileges for Db2
    • Adding a Db2 application server
      • Detecting Db2 resources
      • Testing the Db2 connection
    • Backing up Db2 data
      • Defining a service level agreement backup job
      • Setting SLA options
      • Log backups
    • Restoring Db2 data
      • Restoring to the original instance
      • Restoring to an alternative instance
  • Exchange Server
    • Prerequisites
    • Privileges
    • Adding an Exchange application server
      • Detecting Exchange data
      • Testing the Exchange connection
    • Backing up Exchange databases
      • Defining a Service Level Agreement backup job
      • Setting up SLA configuration options
      • Backing up Exchange database logs
      • Database Availability Group backups
    • Incremental forever backup strategy
    • Restoring Exchange databases
      • Restoring to the original instance
      • Restoring to the original instance, new file location
      • Restoring to an alternative instance
      • Restoring individual items with granular restore
        • Installing the Granular Restore remote package
      • Restoring mailboxes with granular restore
      • Restoring DAG backups
    • Accessing Exchange database files with instant access mode
  • MongoDB
    • Prerequisites for MongoDB
      • Roles for MongoDB
      • Space prerequisites for MongoDB
      • Linux LVM2
      • Setting sudo privileges
    • Adding a MongoDB application server
      • Registering a MongoDB Ops Manager Application Database for protection
      • Detecting MongoDB resources
      • Testing the MongoDB connection
    • Backing up MongoDB data
      • Defining an SLA
      • Setting up SLA configuration options
    • Restoring MongoDB data
      • Restoring to the original instance
      • Restoring to an alternative instance
      • Using granular restore
  • Oracle
    • Adding an Oracle application server
      • Detecting Oracle resources
      • Testing connection to an Oracle application server
    • Backing up Oracle data
    • Restoring Oracle data
  • SQL Server
    • Adding an SQL Server application server
      • Detecting SQL Server resources
      • Testing the connection to a SQL Server application server
    • Backing up SQL Server data
      • Log backups
    • Restoring SQL Server data
  • SAP HANA
    • Prerequisites for SAP HANA
      • Space requirements for SAP HANA
      • Linux LVM2
      • Setting sudo privileges for SAP HANA
    • Adding an SAP HANA application server
      • Detecting SAP HANA resources
      • Testing the SAP HANA connection
    • Backing up SAP HANA data
      • Defining an SLA
      • Setting up SLA configuration options
      • Log backups
      • Enabling log encryption for SAP HANA data
    • Restoring SAP HANA data
      • Restoring SAP HANA to the original instance
      • Restoring SAP HANA to an alternative instance
• Protecting IBM Storage Protect Plus
  • Backing up the catalog
  • Restoring the IBM Storage Protect Plus catalog
    • Restoring the catalog from a vSnap server
    • Restoring the catalog from a cloud storage system
  • Managing restore points
    • Expiring job sessions
    • Deleting resource metadata from the catalog
• Managing jobs and operations
  • Job types
  • Creating jobs and job schedules
  • Starting jobs on demand
  • Viewing jobs
    • Viewing backup job progress at the resource level
    • Viewing job logs
    • Viewing concurrent jobs
  • Pausing and resuming jobs
  • Editing jobs and job schedules
  • Canceling jobs
  • Deleting jobs
  • Rerunning partially completed backup jobs
  • Running an ad hoc backup job
  • Configuring scripts for backup and restore operations
    • Uploading a script
    • Adding a script to a server
• Managing reports and logs
  • Types of reports
    • Backup storage utilization reports
    • Protection reports
    • System reports
    • Running VM environment reports
  • Report actions
    • Running a report
    • Creating a custom report
    • Scheduling a report
  • Collecting and reviewing audit logs for actions
• Managing user access
  • Managing user resource groups
    • Creating a resource group
      • Resource types
    • Editing a resource group
    • Deleting a resource group
  • Managing roles
    • Creating a role
      • Permission types
    • Editing a role
    • Deleting a role
  • Managing user accounts
    • Creating a user account for an individual user
    • Creating a user account for an LDAP group
    • Editing user account credentials
    • Deleting a user account
    • Managing the superuser account
      • Changing the superuser password
      • Resetting the superuser credentials
    • Requiring multifactor authentication
      • Setting up multifactor authentication for a user
      • View MFA configuration for a user
      • Expiring time-based one-time secret key of a user account
      • Disable TOTP MFA for a user
  • Managing identities
    • Adding an identity
    • Editing an identity
    • Deleting an identity
• Licensing overview
  • Software License Metric (SLM) tags
  • Integration with IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT)
• Troubleshooting
  • Collecting log files for troubleshooting
  • How do I tier data to tape or cloud storage?
  • How does SAN work with IBM Storage Protect Plus and a vSnap server?
  • Why Point-in-Time recovery using By Time method over By Transaction ID method?
  • Job log and UI log messages not rendering correctly
  • Troubleshooting failed backup operations for large Db2, MongoDB, and SAP HANA databases
    • Determining the minimum acceptable snapshot size
    • Configuring the guestapps.conf file
  • Resolving the failed SQL Server database backup
  • Manually deleting restore points
  • Accessing log files for troubleshooting
  • Troubleshooting update issues
• Product messages
  • Message prefixes
  • IBM Storage Protect Plus messages
    • CTGGA messages
    • CTGGA messages
    • CTGGA messages
    • CTGGA messages
    • CTGGA messages
    • CTGGA messages
  • SQL Server messages
    • CTGGE messages
    • CTGGE messages
  • Oracle messages
    • CTGGF messages
    • CTGGF messages
  • Exchange Server messages
    • CTGGG messages
  • Db2 messages
    • CTGGG messages
  • MongoDB messages
    • CTGGG messages
  • Amazon EC2 messages
    • CTGGG messages
  • SAP HANA messages
    • CTGGS messages
  • File system messages
    • CTGGT messages
• Search guidelines
• Product support documentation
• Accessibility
• PDF files
• Glossary