Data protection and disaster recovery

Use this table to access IBM Storage Scale for data protection and disaster recovery.

Note: The list of topics for IBM Storage Scale for data protection and disaster recovery documentation in the following table is not exhaustive.

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An overview of data protection and disaster recovery in IBM Storage Scale Data protection and disaster recovery in IBM Storage Scale
Backing up your file system configuration
  • Backing up your file system configuration using mmbackupconfig command
  • Restoring your file system configuration using mmrestoreconfig command
 Backing up file system configuration information
Backing up your private key and certificate with Transparent cloud tiering Backing up the cloud services configuration
Protecting file data using snapshots Creating and maintaining snapshots of file systems
Protecting file data using IBM Storage Protect Protecting data in a file system using the mmbackup command
Protecting file data using IBM Spectrum Archive Adding an IBM Storage Archive Enterprise Edition (EE) node in an IBM Storage Scale cluster

For more information on using IBM Spectrum Archive with IBM Storage Scale, see Active Archive Implementation Guide with IBM Spectrum Scale Object and IBM Spectrum Archive.
Protecting file data in HSM managed file systems with IBM Storage Protect for Space Management
  • Using IBM Storage Scale with IBM Storage Protect
  • Using storage pools for backing up and restoring data
  • Using SOBAR for backing up and restoring data
 Backup considerations for using IBM Storage Protect
Protecting file data using AFM DR AFM-based asynchronous disaster recovery (AFM DR)
Restoring data and system configuration Restoring data and system configuration
Common problems and suggested remedies Disaster recovery issues
Commands used for data protection and recovery