Configuration overview
Before you start copying data from IBM Spectrum® Protect Plus, use this configuration overview to ensure that IBM Spectrum Protect and IBM Spectrum Protect Plus are correctly configured to support the copy operations.
Tasks for configuring IBM Spectrum Protect
You must configure the IBM Spectrum Protect server to communicate with the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus server and to process requests for copy operations. The Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) protocol enables communication between the two servers.
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Create a storage pool or pools for the data that is copied from IBM Spectrum Protect Plus. You can copy data to standard object storage
or to tape storage.
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To create storage pools by using the Operations Center,
follow the appropriate instructions:
Tip: Alternatively, issue the DEFINE STGPOOL command to create a
storage pool as described in the following topics:
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Create a policy domain for storage pool or pools. The policy domain defines the rules that control the backup services for IBM Spectrum 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.
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Add an object agent and object client on the IBM Spectrum Protect server. The object agent provides a gateway between the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus server and the IBM Spectrum Protect server. The object client identifies the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus server and enables copy operations from the IBM Spectrum 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 Spectrum Protect Plus
You must add the IBM Spectrum Protect server as a backup storage provider for IBM Spectrum Protect Plus. Then, select the IBM Spectrum 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 |
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Add the IBM Spectrum Protect server as a backup storage provider. | To add the IBM Spectrum Protect server to IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, follow the instructions in Adding a repository server as a backup storage provider. |
Select the IBM Spectrum 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 Spectrum Protect server as backup storage target, follow the instructions in Creating an SLA policy. |