IBM Spectrum Protect Plus on the AWS cloud platform
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud platform is a data protection solution for users who want to protect databases that are running on AWS. In addition, users can protect virtual machines that are managed by VMware Cloud (VMC) on AWS while having the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus server installed on VMC and the vSnap server installed on an AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC).
- All-on-cloud environment
- In this configuration, both the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus server and the vSnap server are deployed in AWS on an existing or new VPC. An on-premises IBM Spectrum Protect Plus server and a VMware or Microsoft Hyper-V infrastructure are not required.
- Hybrid environment
- In this configuration, only the vSnap server is deployed in AWS on an existing or new VPC. The IBM Spectrum Protect Plus server is installed and maintained on premises or another location. This option might benefit existing IBM Spectrum Protect Plus users who want to continue protecting workloads that are running on premises and in the cloud environment.
Deploying IBM Spectrum Protect Plus to AWS
The IBM Spectrum Protect Plus page on AWS Marketplace provides the AWS CloudFormation templates that are required to deploy the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus server and vSnap server in AWS as well as pricing, usage, and support information. Follow the instructions on this page and the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus on the AWS Cloud Deployment Guide to set up your on-premises and AWS environments.
The IBM Spectrum Protect Plus on AWS deployment includes IBM Spectrum Protect Plus version 10.1.6. If you want to use the current version of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, follow the instructions in Updating IBM Spectrum Protect Plus components to complete an upgrade.