Automatic backup-archive client deployment
The IBM® Storage Protect server administrator can automatically deploy a backup-archive client to update workstations where the backup-archive client is already installed.
The IBM Storage Protect server can be configured to automatically upgrade backup-archive clients on client workstations. The existing backup-archive clients must be at version 6.4.3 or later.
The procedure for automatically deploying client upgrades depends on the version of the IBM Storage Protect server that you are upgrading the client from. The following table shows the client upgrade procedures for different versions of the server.
| Server version | Target client version | Procedure |
|---|---|---|
| 8.1.3 or later |
7.1.8 or later version 7 releases and
8.1.2 or later version 8 releases |
Use the IBM Storage Protect Operations Center. For more information, see Scheduling client updates. |
| 8.1.2 |
7.1.8 or later version 7 releases
and 8.1.2 or later version 8 releases |
See technote 2004596. |
|
7.1.8 or later version 7 releases
and 8.1.1 or later version 8 servers |
7.1.6 or later version 7 releases
and 8.1.0 |
See technote 1673299. |
Restrictions: The following restrictions apply to automatic client deployment:
- The Windows cluster services environment is not supported.
- Only the backup-archive client can be deployed from the IBM Storage Protect server. Other related products such as IBM Storage Protect for Space Management, IBM Storage Protect HSM for Windows, IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments, and other Data Protection products are not supported. If a deployment of an unsupported product is attempted, the deployment process stops with a failure message.
- Do not schedule automatic client deployments to
systems that have any of the following applications installed on them:
- IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments
- IBM Storage Protect for Databases
- IBM Storage Protect for Mail
- IBM Storage Protect for Enterprise Resource Planning