Data protection in an environment with IBM Storage Protect server

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IBM Storage Protect Snapshot provides a way for you to manage persistent snapshots on Windows file systems by using VSS backup operations.

You can use IBM Storage Protect to protect custom application data and file systems in the following ways:
  • Restore VSS snapshots of file systems when the backup destination is set IBM Storage Protect server (TSM option), a local system (LOCAL option), or both destinations (BOTH option). For backups to TSM or BOTH destinations, a VSS snapshot of the selected drive letter or mount point is created. The backup is sent to the IBM Storage Protect server as an image-level backup of the VSS snapshot.
  • Restore backups that are in IBM Storage Protect server pools at a file system or drive level, as an image-level restore of the VSS snapshot.
  • Restore backups that are in IBM Storage Protect server storage to an alternate server location, different local drive letter, or mount point.
  • For backups to TSM or BOTH destinations, complete offloaded backups from a secondary system to IBM Storage Protect server storage pools.
  • From the command-line interface and Microsoft Management Console (MMC), use enhanced final backup summary statistics for information about client-side deduplication, compression, encryption, and other options.
  • From the command-line interface and Microsoft Management Console (MMC),use enhanced query output for information about client-side deduplication, compression, and encryption usage.
  • For backups to TSM or BOTH destinations, use the unified views of available file system backup versions.

VSS backups are managed as backup versions by IBM Storage Protect Snapshot management policies. VSS backups remain available for VSS Instant Restore or VSS Fast Restore operations. When IBM Storage Protect server is available in the environment, you can use the IBM Storage Protect backup-archive client to create file-level backups of your file system or custom application data in IBM Storage Protect storage pools.

To import VSS snapshots, verify that the VSS provider can use transportable snapshots. To use the command-line interface for the mount command with remote options, verify that the VSS provider can use transportable snapshots and configure the Windows PowerShell Remoting feature.