IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.6 Installation and User's Guide IBM Note: Before you use this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page 517. Tenth edition (31st March 2021) This edition applies to version 10, release 1, modification 6 of IBM Spectrum® Protect Plus (product number 5737-F11) and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions. © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2017, 2021. US Government Users Restricted Rights – Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Contents About this publication...........................................................................................ix Who should read this publication............................................................................................................... ix Publications ................................................................................................................................................ ix What's new in Version 10.1.6................................................................................ xi Getting involved in product development.............................................................xiii Sponsor user program............................................................................................................................... xiii Beta program............................................................................................................................................. xiii Chapter 1. Product overview..................................................................................1 Deployment storyboard............................................................................................................................... 1 Product components....................................................................................................................................5 Product dashboard.......................................................................................................................................8 Alerts............................................................................................................................................................ 9 Role-based access control........................................................................................................................ 10 Replicate backup-storage data................................................................................................................. 10 Copy snapshots to secondary backup storage......................................................................................... 11 IBM Spectrum Protect Plus on IBM Cloud................................................................................................ 14 IBM Spectrum Protect Plus on AWS..........................................................................................................14 Integration with IBM Spectrum Protect....................................................................................................15 Adding IBM Spectrum Protect Plus to the Operations Center............................................................16 Entering the Operations Center URL....................................................................................................18 Accessing the Operations Center.........................................................................................................19 Chapter 2. Installing IBM Spectrum Protect Plus.................................................. 21 Product deployment roadmap...................................................................................................................21 System requirements ................................................................................................................................21 Component requirements ................................................................................................................... 21 Hypervisor and cloud instance requirements .....................................................................................37 File indexing and restore requirements...............................................................................................40 File system requirements.....................................................................................................................47 Kubernetes Backup Support requirements.........................................................................................51 Db2 requirements................................................................................................................................ 56 Microsoft Exchange Server requirements........................................................................................... 61 MongoDB requirements....................................................................................................................... 67 Office 365 requirements...................................................................................................................... 73 Oracle requirements............................................................................................................................ 77 Microsoft SQL Server requirements.....................................................................................................84 Obtaining the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus installation package.............................................................. 92 Installing IBM Spectrum Protect Plus as a VMware virtual appliance.....................................................93 Installing IBM Spectrum Protect Plus as a Hyper-V virtual appliance.....................................................95 Assigning a static IP address.....................................................................................................................97 Uploading the product key.........................................................................................................................97 Editing firewall ports..................................................................................................................................98 Installing iSCSI initiator utilities..............................................................................................................100 Chapter 3. Installing vSnap servers....................................................................101 Installing a vSnap server......................................................................................................................... 101 Installing a physical vSnap server..................................................................................................... 101 iii Installing a virtual vSnap server in a VMware environment..............................................................102 Installing a virtual vSnap server in a Hyper-V environment............................................................. 104 Uninstalling a vSnap server..................................................................................................................... 105 Chapter 4. Managing vSnap servers....................................................................107 Registering a vSnap server...................................................................................................................... 107 Editing settings for a vSnap server.................................................................................................... 108 Configuring backup storage options..................................................................................................109 How do I delete and recreate a vSnap storage pool?....................................................................... 115 Initializing the vSnap server....................................................................................................................117 Completing a simple initialization..................................................................................................... 117 Completing an advanced initialization...............................................................................................118 Expanding a vSnap storage pool............................................................................................................. 118 Changing the throughput rate................................................................................................................. 119 Replacing a failed vSnap server.............................................................................................................. 120 vSnap server administration reference ..................................................................................................121 User management..............................................................................................................................121 Storage management.........................................................................................................................122 Network management....................................................................................................................... 125 Kernel headers and tools................................................................................................................... 126 Troubleshooting vSnap servers...............................................................................................................126