Configuring Linux and Windows systems to offload data from IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

You can offload data from IBM Spectrum Protect Plus to an IBM Spectrum Protect server on a Linux or Microsoft Windows operating system. You can simplify the configuration process by using Operations Center wizards.

To offload data from IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, complete the following steps:

1. Log in by using an instance user ID.
2. Set up an object agent.
   1. On the Operations Center menu bar, click Servers.
   2. Select a server row and click Details.
   3. Click the Object Agent tab, and complete the steps to create an object agent and start an object agent service. To authenticate to the object agent, use the certificate that is generated.
   Tip: Alternatively, use the DEFINE SERVER command to create an object agent. Specify OBJECTAGENT=YES. Complete the configuration by starting an object agent service on the system that is hosting the IBM Spectrum Protect server.
3. Set up an object client.
   Tip: If you create an object client before creating the corresponding object agent, the Add Client wizard forces the creation of the object agent.
   1. On the Operations Center menu bar, click Clients.
   2. In the Clients table, click +Client.
   3. Select Object Client and follow the instructions in the Add Client wizard.
   After you complete the wizard, it provides you with the endpoint for communicating with the object agent on the server, and the access key ID, secret access key, and certificate for connecting securely. When IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is used as an object client, it must direct its requests to the endpoint, and must use the access key ID, secret access key, and certificate.

   Important: Ensure that a copy of each credential is saved to a secure location.

   Tip: Alternatively, use the REGISTER NODE command to create an object client. Specify TYPE=OBJECTCLIENT. The script runs under the instance user ID.