- V8.1.11
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- Copy container pools to tape for disaster recovery
- You can define a new type of storage rule to regularly back up container storage pools to tape.
Tapes can be taken offsite for disaster recovery (DR) preparedness, or kept onsite as a redundant
backup that is readily available. Any data compression or deduplication is reversed to create a
hydrated copy of the original client data.
- Back up data to Google Cloud Storage
- You can configure cloud-container storage pools to back up client data and the server database
to the Google Cloud Storage service.
- View more details about tape libraries
- From the details notebook for a tape device, you can now view status and configuration
information for the paths and volumes. You can view the availability status of the paths that are
defined to a tape library and its drives, and you can bring paths online if necessary. You can view
capacity and status information for the volumes that are in use or available for use by a tape
library. For improved troubleshooting, you can display messages that were issued about a selected
path or volume.
- View more details about storage rules
- On the Storage Rules page, a new status value shows the storage rules that
are currently running. You can also view an explanation of a Warning or Failed status value by
hovering over the status value. If that information is not sufficient for you to diagnose and
resolve the problem, you can open the storage rule's details notebook. From the details notebook,
you can view the recent history for the individual jobs that were run by the storage rule. From the
recent history, you can view server messages that were issued about the job.
- Update the access mode of tape volumes
- From the volumes table for tape-based storage pools, such as retention storage pools or copy
storage pools, an Update action is added. By using this action, you can
update the access mode of selected volumes.
- Track the movement of disaster recovery volumes
- You can use the Operations Center to track tape volumes as
the volumes are moved between an onsite library and an offsite vault. If data must be restored, you
can use this tracking information to locate the volumes. This capability was introduced for
retention volumes in Version 8.1.10, and is now extended to include volumes in copy storage pools
and container-copy storage pools. Also added in this release is the capability to include a database
backup with volumes that you send offsite. Sending the most recent database backup offsite helps
ensure that data can be restored if your database is lost or damaged.
- Exercise greater control when you specify members of a retention rule
- When you define the properties of a retention rule or a one-time retention set, you specify the
clients whose active backup data is to be collected. Previously, you could specify individual
clients or a name pattern to match one or more virtual machines. Beginning with V8.1.11, you can
also specify a name pattern to match multiple clients or file spaces. You can also specify multiple
clients by adding a client node group.
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- V8.1.10
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- Copy retention sets to tape for air-gapped protection
- You can copy retention sets to tape and physically isolate the tape volumes from your production
systems and network. By securing retention sets with an air gap, you can help to protect the data
from malware and physical disasters.
- Monitor IBM Spectrum® Protect Plus servers
- IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is a data protection and
availability solution for virtual environments. If your organization uses IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, you can monitor the health of your virtual
environment from the Operations Center.
- Back up an IBM Spectrum Protect server database to cloud
object storage
- To back up server database volumes to object storage, define a device class of type CLOUD by
using the command-line interface. Then, you can select the device class when you are backing up a
server database in the Operations Center.
- Track the movement of retention volumes
- You can use the Operations Center to track tape volumes
that contain retention data as the volumes are moved between an onsite library and an offsite vault.
If a retention set must be restored, you can use this tracking information to locate the tape
volumes that contain the retention set.
- Access message documentation
- When a server message is displayed in the Operations Center, you can hover over the message number to display documentation about the message. Depending on
the message, this documentation might include a detailed explanation of the message and actions that
you can take to resolve errors. This feature is available on Operations Center pages that display server messages, such as the
Alerts page and the Active Tasks page.
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- V8.1.9
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- Preserve data in a retention hold
- To preserve data indefinitely, you can define a retention hold. When a retention set is in a
retention hold, its data cannot be deleted until the retention set is explicitly released.
- Review commands to avoid unwanted results
- Configure servers to prevent certain commands from running until they are approved by another
administrator. By using this feature, you might grant less-experienced administrators greater
authority to complete more tasks, but have more-experienced administrators review their work for
unintended consequences. You might also use this feature to create a peer-review process for equally
experienced administrators.
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- V8.1.8
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- Automatically tier data from disk storage to tape storage
- You can tier data from directory-container storage pools on disk to both cloud storage and tape
storage. In previous releases, you could tier data only to cloud storage.
You can also start a
tiering rule outside of its scheduled time and start a tiering rule that is not active.
- Copy IBM Spectrum Protect Plus data to tape
- You can copy data from IBM Spectrum Protect Plus and store
the data on physical tape media or in a virtual tape library (VTL) for long-term data retention and
disaster recovery.
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- V8.1.7
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- Create collections of backup data to meet long-term data retention requirements
- You can comply with requirements for the collection, retention, and eventual deletion of data by
creating collections of client backup data. These collections, which are called retention sets, are
snapshots of the active backup data for one or more clients. You can define retention rules, which
are schedules for collecting backup data for specified clients into retention sets. You can also
create retention sets on an ad hoc basis. Data is not re-ingested from the client or copied from
server storage to create a retention set. Instead, retention sets consist of data that is already in
server storage. The data objects that must be retained are tracked in the server inventory and are
not deleted until the specified retention period ends.
- Copy data from IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
- You can use a new client type, called an object client, to copy data from IBM Spectrum Protect Plus. An object client is an application, in this
case IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, that accesses the server by
making Simple Storage Service (S3) requests to store and retrieve objects. By defining an IBM Spectrum Protect Plus server as an object client, you enable IBM Spectrum Protect Plus to send virtual machine copies directly to an
IBM Spectrum Protect server.
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- V8.1.6
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- Exercise greater control over cloud tiering operations
- Exercise greater control when you specify rules for automatically tiering data to cloud storage.
Previously, you could tier all data that met an age threshold. Now, you can also choose to tier only
inactive data that meets an age threshold. You can also create exceptions to a rule by defining
subrules. By defining one or more subrules, you can exercise granular control to keep some data in
disk storage for faster retrieval, while tiering other data to the cloud for long-term
retention.
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- V8.1.5
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- Receive security notifications for potential ransomware attacks
- After every client backup session, statistics are analyzed for signs of ransomware infection. If
signs are present, a warning message is displayed in the Operations Center. You can use the new Security Notifications page to
view details for each security notification. This information helps you determine whether the client
is infected with ransomware or if the notification is a false positive.
- Reclaim space in cloud-container storage pools to help reduce storage costs
- Fragmentation occurs in cloud-container storage pools when data is deleted or expired. As a
result, a cloud container can have occupied but unused space. You can now specify a threshold for
reclaiming that space. When you are selecting a reclamation threshold, you can view the estimated
space savings that can be achieved. You can also view the estimated number of requests to move data,
and the amount of data to be sent and received. You can use these estimates to decide on a
reclamation threshold that is most cost effective based on your cloud provider's storage and data
movement charges.
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- V8.1.4
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- Create custom email reports without writing SQL queries
- You can create two types of custom email reports in the Operations Center:
- Template-based operational overview reports, which provide insight into key storage metrics and
do not require SQL expertise
- SQL-based reports, which can be fully customized to reflect your storage environment
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- V8.1.3
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- Create schedules to update one or more backup-archive clients
- You can automatically download backup-archive client installation packages as they are released.
When an update schedule runs, installation files are copied to the client system and the client is
updated. You can also use the Operations Center to monitor,
cancel, or reschedule updates.
- Create storage rules to tier older data to the cloud
- You can create tiering storage rules to automatically move data from directory-container storage
pools to cloud-container storage pools based on the age of the data. The different types, or tiers,
of storage offer different price and performance tradeoffs. You can archive older data in lower
performance storage in the cloud, and retain recent data backups on high-performance disk for faster
restore operations.
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- V8.1.2
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- Configure cloud-container storage pools to use Microsoft Azure
- You can use the Add Storage Pool wizard to create cloud-container storage pools that use Microsoft Azure, a cloud-based object storage system, to back
up data.
- Encrypt communication by using Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2
- The Operations Center provides enhanced security by
enforcing the use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2 encryption for communication between the
Operations Center and the hub server.
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- V8.1.0
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- Move data to container storage pools by using the Convert Storage Pool wizard
- Use the Convert Storage Pool wizard to move data from primary storage pools that use the FILE
device class, a tape device class, or a virtual tape library to directory-container storage pools or
cloud-container storage pools.
- Authenticate clients by using an LDAP server
- You can choose local or LDAP authentication when you use the Add Client wizard to register
clients. You can also view local and LDAP configuration settings for servers.
- Configure cloud-container storage pools to use an existing bucket
- When you use the Add Storage Pool wizard to create a cloud-container storage pool for the IBM Cloud® Object Storage or Amazon Simple Storage Service
(S3) cloud types, you can use an existing bucket or allow the Operations Center to create a bucket. Previously, you could only create
a bucket.
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