Completing a simple initialization

To prepare a vSnap server for use, you must initialize the vSnap server. Use the IBM Spectrum® Protect Plus to initialize a vSnap server that is deployed in a virtual environment.

To initialize a vSnap server by using the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus user interface, complete the following steps:

1. In the navigation pane, click System Configuration > Backup Storage > Disk.
2. From the actions menu icon that is associated with the server, select the initialization method:

   Initialize with Encryption

   Enable encryption of backup data on the vSnap server.

   Initialize

   Initialize the vSnap server without encryption enabled.

   The initialization process runs in the background and requires no further user interaction. The process might take 5 - 10 minutes to complete.