Add Resources to Protect
Resources are servers for hypervisors or applications that host data that you want to protect. After a resource is registered, an inventory of the resource is captured and added to the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus inventory, enabling you to complete backup and restore jobs, as well as to run reports.
About this task
For example purposes, this task describes how to add a VMware resource. To add other resources, see the instructions by resource type in Operations Overview.
Procedure
To add a vCenter Server instance, complete the following steps:
- From the navigation menu, expand Manage Protection, then expand Hypervisors. Expand VMware, then click Backup.
- Click Manage vCenter, and then click Add vCenter.
- Populate the fields in the vCenter Properties pane:
- Hostname/IP
- Enter the resolvable IP address or a resolvable path and machine name.
- Use existing user
- Enable to select a previously entered user name and password for the vCenter Server instance.
- Username
- Enter your user name for the vCenter Server instance.
- Password
- Enter your password for the vCenter Server instance.
- Port
- Enter the communications port of the vCenter Server instance. Select the Use SSL check box to enable an encrypted Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connection. The typical default port is 80 for non SSL connections or 443 for SSL connections.
- Optional: To configure additional options, including options for offloading data to IBM Spectrum Protect, see Add a VMware Provider.
- Click Save.
- IBM Spectrum Protect Plus confirms a network connection, adds the resource to the database, and then catalogs the resource. If a message appears indicating that the connection is unsuccessful, review your entries. If your entries are correct and the connection is unsuccessful, contact a network administrator to verify and possible fix the connections.
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.2
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