Creating an IBM Spectrum Protect Plus instance

After the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus operator is installed, create an instance of the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus server from the installed operator page. The instance is required for running IBM Spectrum Protect Plus in a container environment.

Before you begin

Ensure that you create the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus instance in the same namespace in which the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus operator is installed.

For the IBM Cloud Pak® for Multicloud Management environment, ensure that you complete the steps on the same hub cluster on which IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management is installed.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the OpenShift® web console as the cluster administrator.
  2. In the navigation pane, click Operators > Installed Operators.
  3. On the Installed Operators page, ensure that the project that you created for IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is selected in the Project list.
  4. Select the newly created IBM Spectrum Protect Plus operator.
    Installed operator
  5. On the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus operator details page, click Create Instance.
    Create an instance
  6. On the Create IBMSPP page, click Edit form.
  7. Update the configurations by completing the following fields:
    Field name Description
    Name Specify a name for the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus instance.
    Image Registry Specify the path for pulling images from the IBM® Entitled Registry: cp.icr.io/cp/sppserver
    Image Pull Secret Select the image pull secret that you created for IBM Spectrum Protect Plus.
    Hostname Specify a public hostname for the instance. The hostname must be in the following format:
    instancename-spp.routerCanonicalHostname
    where instancename is the name of the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus instance (as specified in the Name field), and routerCanonicalHostname is the external host name for the OpenShift router. This hostname is also used to access the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus user interface.
    Storage Class Select the storage class to that is used for volumes. The storage class is already configured with the OpenShift environment.
    Version Select a version of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus to install.
    License Review and accept the license agreement.
  8. Install the instance of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus by clicking Create.
    The operator details page for the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus operator shows the progress of the installation.
  9. Optional: To monitor the detailed progress of the installation, take the following actions:
    1. In the navigation pane, click Workloads > Pods.
    2. On the Pods page, ensure that the project that you created for IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is selected in the Project list.
    3. Select the container for the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus operator. The container name begins with the prefix spp-operator.
    4. On the pod details page for the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus operator, view the operator logs by clicking Logs > operator. You can view the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus components as they are being installed.
    5. After the containers are installed, wait for the containers to reach the Running state. For each container that is shown on the Pods page, you can click the name of the container to show the detailed logs. The virgo container takes approximately 5 - 10 minutes to be up and running.

What to do next

You can verify that the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus instance was created successfully by completing the following steps:
  1. In the navigation pane of the OpenShift web console, click Operators > Installed Operators.
  2. Click IBM Spectrum Protect Plus operator from the list of installed operators.
  3. On the Operator Details page, click the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus tab. The list of running instances is displayed.
  4. Click the name of an instance to show its status.
  5. Scroll to the Conditions section of the page and review the status. The instance is created successfully when the True message is displayed in the Status column and the Successful message is displayed in the Reason column.
To start using the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus server in a container environment, complete the following steps:
  1. In the OpenShift web console, in the navigation pane, click Networking > Routes.
  2. On the Routes Operators page, ensure that the project that you created for IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is selected in the Project list.
  3. In the Location column, click the URL of the hostname that you configured when you created the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus instance.

After you create an IBM Spectrum Protect Plus instance, you must create an IBM Spectrum Protect Plus vSnap server for your primary backup destination. The vSnap server is installed outside of your container environment. For instructions, see Installing and managing vSnap servers.