Preparing backup and cloning servers

Backup servers and clone servers are auxiliary hosts where IBM® Storage Protect Snapshot can mount backups and clones.

A backup server or clone server is used to offload the backup image to an IBM Storage Protect server. The sending of data to the IBM Storage Protect server happens from the backup server and not from the production server where the protected application is running. You must configure a backup or clone server when you want to offload snapshots to IBM Storage Protect. A clone server creates a clone of the productive database from a snapshot backup. You can share one backup or clone server among multiple applications or you can have multiple backup or clone servers. A backup server can also serve as a clone server. However, IBM Storage Protect Snapshot does not allow backup images to be mounted directly on the production server. A backup or clone server must be set up as a separate host.