IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management 2.2.14 enhancements include Open Virtual Appliance (OVA) operating system upgrade delivering platform OS update from CentOS 6 to CentOS 7 to strengthen security and optimize performance and IBM Spectrum Virtualize enhanced stretched cluster support to allow clients to improve data resilience by supporting hardware snapshot operations in IBM Spectrum Virtualize Enhanced Stretched Cluster environments. To provide easier commercial access to this offering, IBM announced an 50% list price reduction of IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management.
The new version of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus received both IBM and Red Hat certifications for the IBM Spectrum Protect BaaS Agent and the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus server delivering confidence in the solution by meeting the stringent IBM and Red Hat standards for containerized software. It simplifies operations by enabling deployment and management of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus BaaS Agent from the Red Hat OperatorHub. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.9 broadens support for protection of container-based workloads by adding support for Microsoft™ Azure Red Hat OpenShift environments. It simplifies deployment by eliminating the need for an IBM Spectrum Protect Plus vSnap server and enabling the ability to store Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes backups directly to Azure object storage, AWS S3 and IBM Cloud Object Storage. IBM Spectrum Protect Data Protection for Mail 8.1.13 adds support for HCL Domino 11 and 12. Archival cloud storage classes with support for Amazon S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval, Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive, IBM Cloud Object Storage Archive, and IBM Cloud Object Storage Accelerated Archiveįurthermore, the new version of IBM Spectrum Protect simplifies the experience for file-level backup and restore, and further enhances the IBM Spectrum Protect Web Client, enabling self-service and help desk operations through a web-based interface.Standard cloud storage classes supporting Amazon Web Services (AWS) Simple Storage Service (S3), Microsoft Azure, IBM Cloud® Object Storage, Google Cloud Storage, and validated “S3” providers, which can be found on the IBM Spectrum Protect cloud object storage support page.IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.13 introduces three-site-replication of IBM Spectrum Protect backup data, one on the primary server, and two additional on target replication servers. Retention set to cloud enables clients to leverage object storage to lower costs for long-term retention data. With a Techology Preview of Open Snap Store Manager (OSSM), IBM also introduces the next milestone towards the convergence vision of IBM Spectrum Protect and IBM Spectrum Protect Plus. The December 7th, 2021, announcement introduced several functional enhancements towards IBM’s core data resilience offerings enabling better data resilience infrastructures and improving data protection in the cloud and containerized environments. What is new in IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.13, IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.9 and IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management 2.2.14?