Managing IBM Storage Protect connectionsEdit online Connecting an IBM Storage Protect server to Data Management ServiceConnecting an existing IBM® Storage Protect server to IBM® Storage Defender® Data Management Service (Data Management Service) allows you to manage IBM® Storage Protect server backups from Data Management Service along with your other clusters.Unregistering an IBM Storage Protect serverIf an IBM® Storage Protect server is no longer in use or no longer needs to be managed, you can unregister the IBM® Storage Protect server from the IBM® Storage Defender® Data Management Service (Data Management). Unregistering an existing IBM® Storage Protect server from Data Management removes management of IBM® Storage Protect server backups from Data Management. When you unregister the IBM® Storage Protect server, the IBM® Storage Protect server is no longer be managed with your other clusters.Removing the IBM Storage Protect server connection agentDisconnecting an existing IBM® Storage Protect server from IBM® Storage Defender® Data Management Service (Data Management) removes management of IBM® Storage Protect server backups from Data Management. The IBM® Storage Protect server will no longer be managed with your other clusters.Troubleshooting connection issuesAn IBM® Storage Protect server that is being managed by the IBM® Storage Defender® Data Management Service (Data Management) maintains connectivity to Data Management by using the eagle agent service that is running alongside the IBM® Storage Protect server on the same host system. Data is periodically collected by the eagle agent service from the IBM® Storage Protect server that uses the ibm-eagle-agent-admin administrator that was created with the dcli server register command during initial setup. This data is then processed and sent to Data Management.Command line reference for IBM Storage Defender connection agentUse commands to manage claims for the IBM® Storage Defender® connection agent.Parent topic: IBM Storage Defender Data Management Service