Automatic backup-archive client deployment
The IBM Spectrum Protect server administrator can automatically deploy a backup-archive client to update workstations where the backup-archive client is already installed.
The IBM Spectrum 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 Spectrum 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 |
|---|---|---|
| V8.1.3 or later |
V7.1.8 or later V7 releases
V8.1.2 or later V8 releases |
Use the IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center. For more information, see Scheduling client updates. |
| V8.1.2 |
V7.1.8 or later V7 releases
V8.1.2 or later V8 releases |
See technote 2004596. |
|
V7.1.8 or earlier V7 releases
V8.1.1 or earlier V8 servers |
V7.1.6 or earlier V7 releases
V8.1.0 |
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 Spectrum Protect server. Other related products such as IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management, IBM Spectrum Protect HSM for Windows, IBM Spectrum 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 Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments
- IBM Spectrum Protect for Databases
- IBM Spectrum Protect for Mail
- IBM Spectrum Protect for Enterprise Resource Planning