Configuration overview

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Before you start copying data from IBM Storage Protect Plus, use this configuration overview to ensure that IBM Storage Protect and IBM Storage Protect Plus are correctly configured to support the copy operations.

Tasks for configuring IBM Storage Protect

You must configure the IBM Storage Protect server to communicate with the IBM Storage Protect Plus server and to process requests for copy operations. The Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) protocol enables communication between the two servers.

Action	How to
Create a storage pool or pools for the data that is copied from IBM Storage Protect Plus. You can copy data to standard object storage or to tape storage. Copying data to standard object storage When data is copied to standard object storage, a full copy is created during the first copy operation. Subsequent copies are incremental and capture cumulative changes since the last copy operation. Copying data to standard object storage is useful if you want relatively fast backup and recovery times and do not require the longer-term protection, cost, and security benefits that are provided by tape storage. To copy data to standard object storage, you must create a cloud-container or directory-container storage pool. Restriction: Ensure that S3 type of client data is not tiered from a directory-container storage pool or a cloud-container storage pool to tape storage. Object client data in these types of pools cannot be tiered to tape. Copying data to tape When data is copied to tape, a full copy of the data is created. When you copy data to tape, you can take advantage of the relative cost efficiency of tape storage. Tape storage can also provide security benefits. By storing tape volumes at a secure, offsite location that is not connected to the internet, you can help to protect your data from online threats such as malware and hackers. However, because all of the data is copied, the time required to copy data increases. In addition, the recovery time can be unpredictable and the data might take longer to process before it is usable. To copy data to tape, you must create a cloud-container or directory-container storage pool and a cold-data-cache storage pool. An IBM Storage Protect cloud-container or directory-container storage pool is required to store the metadata that is used to copy data from IBM Storage Protect Plus.	To create storage pools by using the Operations Center, follow the appropriate instructions: Directory-container: Configuring a directory-container storage pool for data storage Cloud-container: Configuring a cloud-container storage pool for data storage Cold-data-cache: Configuring operations for copying data from S3 client to tape Tip: Alternatively, issue the DEFINE STGPOOL command to create a storage pool as described in the following topics: Directory-container: Define a directory-container storage pool Cloud-container: Define a cloud-container storage pool Cold-data-cache: Define a primary storage pool for copying data to tape
Create a policy domain for storage pool or pools. The policy domain defines the rules that control the backup services for IBM Storage Protect Plus.	To create a policy domain by using the Operations Center, follow the instructions in Creating a policy domain. Tip: Alternatively, issue the DEFINE OBJECTDOMAIN command to create a policy domain as described in Define a policy domain for object clients.
Add an object agent and object client on the IBM Storage Protect server. The object agent provides a gateway between the IBM Storage Protect Plus server and the IBM Storage Protect server. The object client identifies the IBM Storage Protect Plus server and enables copy operations from the IBM Storage Protect Plus server. You must create the object agent before you can create the object client.	To create an object agent and object client, follow the instructions in Configuring an object agent service.

Action

How to

Create a storage pool or pools for the data that is copied from IBM Storage Protect Plus.

You can copy data to standard object storage or to tape storage.

Copying data to standard object storage: When data is copied to standard object storage, a full copy is created during the first copy operation. Subsequent copies are incremental and capture cumulative changes since the last copy operation. Copying data to standard object storage is useful if you want relatively fast backup and recovery times and do not require the longer-term protection, cost, and security benefits that are provided by tape storage.; To copy data to standard object storage, you must create a cloud-container or directory-container storage pool.; Restriction: Ensure that S3 type of client data is not tiered from a directory-container storage pool or a cloud-container storage pool to tape storage. Object client data in these types of pools cannot be tiered to tape.
Copying data to tape: When data is copied to tape, a full copy of the data is created. When you copy data to tape, you can take advantage of the relative cost efficiency of tape storage. Tape storage can also provide security benefits. By storing tape volumes at a secure, offsite location that is not connected to the internet, you can help to protect your data from online threats such as malware and hackers. However, because all of the data is copied, the time required to copy data increases. In addition, the recovery time can be unpredictable and the data might take longer to process before it is usable.; To copy data to tape, you must create a cloud-container or directory-container storage pool and a cold-data-cache storage pool. An IBM Storage Protect cloud-container or directory-container storage pool is required to store the metadata that is used to copy data from IBM Storage Protect Plus.

To create storage pools by using the Operations Center, follow the appropriate instructions:

Directory-container: Configuring a directory-container storage pool for data storage
Cloud-container: Configuring a cloud-container storage pool for data storage
Cold-data-cache: Configuring operations for copying data from S3 client to tape

Tip: Alternatively, issue the DEFINE STGPOOL command to create a storage pool as described in the following topics:

Directory-container: Define a directory-container storage pool
Cloud-container: Define a cloud-container storage pool
Cold-data-cache: Define a primary storage pool for copying data to tape

Create a policy domain for storage pool or pools.

The policy domain defines the rules that control the backup services for IBM Storage Protect Plus.

To create a policy domain by using the Operations Center, follow the instructions in Creating a policy domain.

Tip: Alternatively, issue the DEFINE OBJECTDOMAIN command to create a policy domain as described in Define a policy domain for object clients.

Add an object agent and object client on the IBM Storage Protect server.

The object agent provides a gateway between the IBM Storage Protect Plus server and the IBM Storage Protect server.

The object client identifies the IBM Storage Protect Plus server and enables copy operations from the IBM Storage Protect Plus server.

You must create the object agent before you can create the object client.

To create an object agent and object client, follow the instructions in Configuring an object agent service.

Tasks for configuring IBM Storage Protect Plus

You must add the IBM Storage Protect server as a backup storage provider for IBM Storage Protect Plus. Then, select the IBM Storage Protect server as a data copy target in the service level agreement (SLA) policy for the resources that you want to protect.

Action	How to
Add the IBM Storage Protect server as a backup storage provider.	To add the IBM Storage Protect server to IBM Storage Protect Plus, follow the instructions in Adding a repository server as a backup storage provider.
Select the IBM Storage Protect server as a target for standard object storage or archive object storage (tape) in the SLA policy for the resources that you want to protect.	To create an SLA policy that defines the IBM Storage Protect server as backup storage target, follow the instructions in Creating an SLA policy.