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Status Planned for future release
Workspace Storage Protect Family
Categories Spectrum Protect (Server)
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 7, 2022

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Lack of integration with IBM Spectrum Protect

Lack of an integration between IBM Spectrum Protect (SP) and IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management (CDM) using Pure Storage. Lack of this functionality is a major road block to deploy/adoption a supported combination of Pure, CDM and SP solution.

Idea priority Urgent
  • Guest
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    |     Feb 8, 2022

    This request is a candidate for a future generally available (GA) release. IBM's statements regarding its plans, directions, and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice at IBM's sole discretion. IBM will update this request to reflect any changes.

  • Guest
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    |     Feb 8, 2022

    Hi
    I found this interesting
    At spictera we have a solution that can take snapshots using any type of hardware, storing the snapshots on ibm spectrum protect
    the technique uses LVM to take the operating system snapshot, sending the block changes since last backup to the spectrum protect backup server
    restoration is almost instant as the snapshot are provisioned vis spectrum protect client api and presented as a local hard disk on the server, containing snapshot data which then can be associated with a new or existing LV volume on the same or new server
    The reverting to previous snapshot can be started as a background process (see lvconvert —merge -b), while the data is operational

    we call this solution spictera brick

    https://www-50.ibm.com/partnerworld/gsd/solutiondetails.do?&solution=56927&lc=en

    if one wants to mount a volume as read only, than it is as simple as mounting a filesystem
    # mountsnap -s /dev/mapper/vg-lv -t 2022-02-01.21:00:00 -m /mnt
    # umountsnap /mnt

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