IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.

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Hands-on Lab Guide

1. VPN software installation ................................................................................................................ 2

2. Remote Desktop Configuration ....................................................................................................... 3
3. Deploy Spectrum Protect Plus ......................................................................................................... 4
4. Deploy VSNAP Server .................................................................................................................... 13
5. Spectrum Protect Plus Configuration ............................................................................................ 20
6. Backup and Restore Test ............................................................................................................... 25
7. Creating VADP proxies................................................................................................................... 33
8. Granular Backup and Restore Tests (files and folders) ................................................................. 38
9. Delete Protect Plus backups .......................................................................................................... 42
10. Protect Plus Appliance Backup and Restore Catalog ................................................................ 43

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1. VPN software installation

Download the VPN software for access to the environment, from this link:

ibm.biz/ibm_systems_la_lab_vpn

Access with the user according to your student number:

Student Password
Student1
Student2
Student3
Student4 Smartway
Student5
Student6
Student7

Click VPN_LAB to download the preconfigured software for your student number.

You do not need to install Java if you are prompted, click directly on the link (in this example for Mac):

When the installation is complete, start the VPN to connect to the environment:

Click in Login:

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Access with the user corresponding to your student's number and password, as shown in the previous
table, in this example, for Student7:

2. Remote Desktop Configuration

Download Microsoft Remote Desktop, or equivalent software:

 For Mac, look for 'Microsoft Remote Desktop' from the App Store directly.
 For Windows, it is already installed by default, otherwise install from the Microsoft Store:
https://www.microsoft.com/store/b/home. Search for 'Remote Desktop'.
 For Linux, most distributions already include similar software, search for 'Remote Desktop' or install
one of your own.

Configure access to the lab according to your student and the data from the access worksheet. For
example, for Student7:

Caution: Do not configure access for another student number by mistake.

User: Administrator
Password: passw0rd

Open the newly created Remote Access session.

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3. Deploy Spectrum Protect Plus

Within the Windows remote access session, open Firefox and access your student's ESX server, in this
example, Student7. You can use either the IP provided in the access worksheet or the link that is already
configured in the browser:

User: root
Password: Passw0rd#

Click Virtual Machines and then in Create / Register VM:

Select the 2nd. option – Deploy a virtual machine from an OVF or an OVA file and click Next.

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Choose a name for the Spectrum Protect Plus server and click on the blue square to navigate to the
installation image. Select the file 'SPP_V10.1.3_FOR_VMWARE_EN.ova' that is available on the shared
drive on the Desktop:

Click Next to proceed.

Keep the default Datastore and click Next.

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Accept the license terms and click I agree and Next.

Keep the default under ‘Deployment Options’ and click Next.

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Leave the network addresses empty and click Next.

Click Finish to start importing the server image.

Depending on the environmental load, it may take a few minutes to complete. The following warning
regarding 'Reconfig VM' is normal and can be ignored:

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Once the import is finished, the VM will be automatically started. After a few minutes, click on it to open
your access console:

User: serveradmin
Password: sppDP758

You will need to change the password on the first access. Re-enter it and create a new password, for
example, sppstu07

At the command line, type 'sudo nmtui' to configure the IP of the virtual machine:

Press Enter on Edit a connection

Use the arrow keys to navigate to <Edit...>

Navigate to IPv4 CONFIGURATION and change to <Manual> and then press Enter on <Show> to the
right, filling in the fields according to the worksheet for your student number, for example:

Attention:
Include /24 at the end of the SPP Server IP to configure the correct network mask:
Include Search Domains: lab.syshw.loc

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Click <OK> and then in <Back>.

In the Main Menu, select <Set system hostname> and fill in according to your student:

Click <OK> and then Quit to return to the command line.

Type 'sudo reboot' to restart the Protect Plus appliance with the new network addresses and hostname.

Wait a few minutes and access the Protect Plus server on port 8090 through the browser within the
remote session to include the license key. If you do not have a key, the appliance will run in trial mode
for 30 days.

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Change the Authentication Type to System option and type the password for the serveradmin that was
previously changed to sppstu07:

Click on License Management

Click on Update License

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Click Browse and navigate to the license file that is in the Windows Desktop's shared folder:

Click Upload new license to finish.

After the process complete

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Click Logout to exit the administrative console.

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4. Deploy VSNAP Server

Within the Windows remote access session, open Firefox and access your student's ESX server, in this
example, Student7. You can use either the IP in the access worksheet or link that is already configured in
the browser:

User: root
Password: Passw0rd#

Click Virtual Machines and then in Create / Register VM:

Select the 2nd. option – Deploy a virtual machine from an OVF or an OVA file and click Next.

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Choose a name for the Spectrum Protect Plus server and click on the blue square to navigate to the
installation image. Select the file ' SPP_V10.1.3__VSNAP_FOR_VW_EN.ova’ that is available on the
shared drive on the Desktop:

Click Next to proceed.

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Keep the default Datastore and click Next.

Accept the license terms and click I agree and Next.

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Keep the default under ‘Deployment Options’ and click Next.

Leave the network addresses empty and click Next.

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Click Finish to start importing the server image.

Depending on the environmental load, it may take a few minutes to complete. The following warning
regarding 'Reconfig VM' is normal and can be ignored:

Once the import is finished, the VM will be automatically started. After a few minutes, click on it to open
your access console:

User: serveradmin
Password: sppDP758

You will need to change the password on the first access. Re-enter it and create a new password, for
example, sppstu07

At the command line, type 'sudo nmtui' to configure the IP of the virtual machine:

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Press Enter on Edit a connection

Use the arrow keys to navigate to <Edit...>

Navigate to IPv4 CONFIGURATION and change to <Manual> and then press Enter on <Show> to the
right, filling in the fields according to the worksheet for your student number, for example:

Attention:
Include /24 at the end of the SPP Server IP to configure the correct network mask:
Include Search Domains: lab.syshw.loc

Click <OK> and then in <Back>.

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In the Main Menu, select <Set system hostname> and fill in according to your student:

Click <OK> and then Quit to return to the command line.

Type 'vsnap user create' to set a user and password for access to the vSNAP service:

User: admin
Password: sppstu07 (change according to your student number)

Type 'sudo reboot' to restart the Protect Plus appliance with the new network addresses and hostname.

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5. Spectrum Protect Plus Configuration

Connected to VPN, access Protect Plus directly from your machine's browser or remote access session.
For example student7:

On the login screen, log in with user 'admin' and default password 'password'

On first access, you will need to change the password. Change it to sppstu07 (or according to your
student number):

In the next screen, you can initialize the internal storage of the Protect Plus appliance with encryption.
We will not do this in this environment, so click Initialize to proceed:

You'll see a welcome screen and then the Protect Plus main Dashboard.

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We will start by adding the previously created vSNAP server. Click on System Configuration – Backup
Storage – Disk:

The internal vSNAP that comes with Protect Plus will be displayed. Click on Add Disk Storage:

Fill in the fields according to your student's settings:

IP: value that was configured for vSNAP later

Change the site to Secondary for upcoming tests

User: admin
Password: sppstu07 (or according to your student number - Created in vsnap server deploy)

Click Save

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The message will appear to confirm. Click OK

Click Actions – Initialize: to initialize vSNAP

The message will appear to confirm. Click OK

Initialization will take a few minutes depending on the environment load.

We will now define a new SLA policy for backup retention.

Click Manage Protection – Policy Overview:

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Review the default policies and then click Add SLA Policy:

Define a name for the policy, change the retention parameters if desired, and set the Target Site to
Secondary so that the data is written to vSNAP created earlier:

Click Save to finish.

The message will appear to confirm. Click OK

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Before you begin the backup and restore tests, you must include the credentials for access to the
vCenter of your environment. To do this, click Manage Protection - Hypervisors - VMware - Backup:

After click Manage vCenter, in the top corner of the screen:

Click on Add vCenter and fill in the data according to your student, for example Student7:

User: [email protected] (change according to your student number)

Password: Passw0rd#

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Keep the remaining options unchanged and click Save.

The message will appear to confirm. Click OK

vCenter is added to Protect Plus, it automatically starts a process of discovering the virtual machines
that are under it. Click vCenters:

6. Backup and Restore Test

Scrolling the screen down and find VMware Backup. Navigate to the list of virtual machines. Click next
to the machine Windows 2012 and then in Select SLA Options:

Add this machine to the previously created policy and click Save:

Confirm that the Windows machine now appears associated with the policy:

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Start a backup of this policy, which will protect all VMs associated with it, click Manage Protection -
Hypervisors - VMware - Backup again. At the bottom of the screen, under SLA Policy Status, click
Actions - Start:

You can follow the progress of the routine by expanding the blue button to the left. Wait for the initial
backup to complete. It will take around 12 minutes, according to the load of the environment.

You can follow and start Protect Plus routines also through the Dashboard or Jobs and Operations /
Running Jobs:

Or also through Policy and Job List, on the right side of the screen above:

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After completing the initial (full) backup, start a new backup of the same policy using one of the above
methods by clicking Actions - Start, and note that your processing time will be shorter since only the
changed blocks will be sent:

Open a remote access session to the Windows server, and create a C:\Test folder. Inside it, create a
test.txt file with any content.

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Start a new backup of the policy where the Windows machine is created to have this change backed up
using any of the above methods by clicking Actions - Start

Wait for completion from 3rd. backup. Let's simulate a test mount and access to backups stored within
Protect Plus:

Click Manage Protection - Hypervisors - VMware - Restore

Navigate from the IP address of vCenter until you reach the protected Windows machine:

Expand the machine recovery points and click the blue arrow on the left side for the first or second
backups (prior to creating the C:\Test folder):

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The recovery point chosen for the VM will go to the restore list on the right. click Options.

Confirm that the restore type is set to Test and mark the Power on after recovery option:

Click Save scrolling the screen down.

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Back to the restore list, click Restore:

Track through the list of Jobs the process switch from Running to Resource Active. At this point, the
machine is ready to be accessed, with the contents prior to the creation of the C:\Test folder

Access your student's ESX server using the link that is available inside the Windows machine's Firefox
through Remote Access Desktop:

User: root
Password: Passw0rd#

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You will find a new Windows machine, created by Protect Plus, which reflects the position before
creating the test folder. Your data is accessed directly from the Protect Plus disk areas without
consuming storage resources from the virtual environment:

Click Actions – Guest OS – Send keys – Ctrl-Alt-Delete:

Login with password: passw0rd

Confirm that the C:\Test folder does not exist for the chosen backup date:

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Go back to the Protect Plus console and click on Actions – Cleanup:

Within a few seconds, the remote access session will be terminated and the temporary machine
automatically removed from the vCenter inventory.

7. Creating VADP proxies

You can create VADP proxies to run VMware backup jobs with IBM Spectrum Protect Plus in Linux RHEL,
SLES, or CentOS environments physical or virtual.

Access System Configuration – VADP Proxy

The internal VADP (localhost) that comes with Protect Plus will be displayed. Click on Register Proxy:

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Fill in the fields according to the worksheet for your student number, for example:

IP according to the worksheet

Change the site to Secondary for upcoming tests

User: root
Password: Passw0rd

Click Install : to install VADP

The message appears to confirm the installation. Click Yes

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If you had an error, follow the steps in the box below:

Error in Push-install VADP Proxy.

Click OK and after click Cancel

Access the Windows machine through the Remote Desktop and double-click on PuTTY:

Enter the VADP Proxy address Host Name or IP address and click Open, for example prxystu07:

Login with root user and password Passw0rd (or equivalent)

Type /opt/IBM/SPP/bin/update_vadp.sh < IP SPP Server > for example sppstu07

Go backp to System Configuration – VADP Proxy. The new Proxy is available

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Mark the new VADP Proxy and clisk Enable Proxy

Change the site to Secondary for upcoming tests

Username: root
Password: Passw0rd

Click Enable: to Enable VADP

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After completing the installation the VADP proxy will appear in the VADP Proxies panel. It is possible to
check the properties of the VADP

Start a new policy backup and verify that it will be run using the new configured VADP proxy

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8. Granular Backup and Restore Tests (files and folders)

Protect Plus can catalog the contents of Windows, RHEL, SLES, or CentOS virtual machines so that you
can restore folders or files from the same traditional backup routines.

Access Manage Protection - Hypervisors - VMware - Backup. Click on the Windows machine and then
on Select Options:

Check the option Catalog file metadata, add the user with permission to catalog the files and click Save.

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User: .\Administrator
Password: passw0rd

Start a new backup of the policy and verify that it completes successfully (COMPLETED).

If not, follow the steps in the box below:

Error in cataloging files and folders

In some cases, even if you have correctly set the user's permissions (Login as a Service, WinRM, etc.),
some problems in name resolution may cause the result of the cataloging of the files can not be sent to
Protect Plus, errors below:

Uma forma de corrigir este problema é seguir os passos deste link, que serão descritos a seguir:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22013062

Access the Windows machine through the Remote Desktop and double-click on PuTTY:

Enter the Protect Plus appliance address Host Name or IP address and click Open, for example for
Student7:

Login with serveradmin user and password sppstu07 (or equivalent)

Navigate to /opt/virgo/repository/ecx-usr/

and type:

sudo vi deploy.vmware.vmdeployer.json

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Insert the line:

"ecxAddress": "192.168.10.48", (change according to the IP of your environment)

contain the address of Spectrum Protect Plus. Attention for the comma at the end of the line:

Save the file through :wq! and restart the Protect Plus server, using the sudo reboot command

Wait a few minutes until Protect Plus is restarted and start the policy backup again, noting that it is now
successfully indexed.

Verify that the C:\Test folder has been indexed correctly through Manage Protection - File Restore:

Type test* and then click on Search (the magnifying glass icon).

Access the Windows server through the Remote Desktop, and delete the C:\Test folder

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In Spectrum Protect Plus, expand the search result to the folder and click the date button:

Click Save at the bottom of the page.

The message appears to confirm restore. Click OK

Click Restore to start recovery of the selected folder. Within a few seconds, you will see the granular
recovery routine, just below the page:

The message appears to confirm. Click OK

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Follow the evolution of the routine, which will take a few minutes, and verify that the folder is correctly
recovered to the virtual machine.

9. Delete Protect Plus backups

If necessary, you can delete backups made to Protect Plus before your retention is reached. To do this,
click on Manage Protection – IBM Spectrum Protect Plus – Restore Point Retention:

Click on Search (the magnifying glassicon) on the right side to list all backups saved in Protect Plus:

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To delete a backup, click Actions and then Expire:

Backup data will be deleted in the next Protect Plus Maintenance routine.

10. Protect Plus Appliance Backup and Restore Catalog

In this exercise we will backup the SPP Catalog and simulate its full recovery.

To backup the Protect Plus Catalog, click on Manage Protection – IBM Spectrum Protect Plus – Backup:

Select a policy to protect the Protect Plus catalog. In production environments, the policies will typically
be defined and access replicated vSNAP servers. Click Save

Click Save.

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The message appears to confirm. Click OK

After a few seconds, the selected policy will be available for use. Click Actions - Start to start the Protect
Plus catalog backup immediately:

Wait for the process to complete and verify that it has finished successfully.

To simulate the loss of Protect Plus, access the Windows server through Remote Desktop, click on
Firefox and then under the shortcut to the ESX server:

User: root
Password: Passw0rd#

Right - click under the Protect Plus virtual machine, then Power - Power off, to turn it off:

Repeat the previous steps to install a new Protect Plus image and add its IP address:

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Click Virtual Machines and then in Create / Register VM:

Select the 2nd. option – Deploy a virtual machine from an OVF or an OVA file and click Next.

Choose a name for the Spectrum Protect Plus server and click on the blue square to navigate to the
installation image. Select the file 'SPP_V10.1.3_FOR_VMWARE_EN.ova' that is available on the shared
drive on the Desktop:

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Click Next to proceed.

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Keep the default Datastore and click Next.

Accept the license terms and click Next.

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Keep the default under ‘Deployment Options’ and click Next.

Leave the network addresses empty and click Next.

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Click Finish to start importing the server image.

Depending on the environmental load, it may take a few minutes to complete. The following warning
regarding 'Reconfig VM' is normal and can be disregarded:

Once the import is finished, the VM will be automatically connected. After a few minutes, click on it to
open your access console:

User: serveradmin
Password: sppDP758

You will need to change the password on the first access. Re-enter it and create a new password, for
example, sppstu07

At the command line, type 'sudo nmtui' to configure the IP of the virtual machine:

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Press Enter on Edit a connection

Use the arrow keys to navigate to <Edit...>

Navigate to IPv4 CONFIGURATION and change to <Manual> and then press Enter on <Show> to the
right, filling in the fields according to the worksheet for your student number, for example:

Attention to include /24 at the end of the SPP Server IP to configure the correct network mask:

Click <OK> and then in <Back>.

In the Main Menu, select <Set system hostname> and fill in according to your student:

Click <OK> and then Quit to return to the command line.

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Type 'sudo reboot' to restart the Protect Plus appliance with the new network addresses and hostname.

Access Protect Plus directly from your machine's browser, for example, for Student 7:

On the login screen, log in with user 'admin' and default password 'password'

On first access, you will need to change the password. Change it to sppstu07 (or according to your
student number):

In the next screen, you can initialize the internal storage of the Protect Plus appliance with encryption.
We will not do this in this environment, so click Initialize to proceed:

You'll see a welcome screen and then the Protect Plus main Dashboard.

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Add the vSNAP server that contains the Protect Plus catalog backup.

Click System Configuration – Backup Storage – Disk:

The internal vSNAP will be displayed. Click Add Disk Storage:

Fill in the fields according to your student's settings:

IP: value that was configured for vSNAP later.

Change the site to Secondary.

User: admin
Password: sppstu07

After add, click Actions – Refresh:

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Information about using vSNAP will be displayed:

To recover the backup of the Protect Plus catalog made for this vSNAP, click Manage Protection – IBM
Spectrum Protect Plus – Restore:

Click on the vSNAP that contains the saved data:

Check the information and click Restore:

Change the restore option to Restore the catalog and click Restore:

Confirm recovery on the next screen. During the recovery process you will not be able to access Protect
Plus. At the end of the recovery, Protect Plus will restart. Wait a few minutes for completion.

Log in with admin user and password sppstu07, and verify that data and backup routines have been
restored successfully.

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