IBM® Spectrum Protect Plus is a data protection solution that provides near-instant recovery, replication, retention management, and reuse for virtual machines, databases, and applications backups in hybrid multicloud environments.

IBM Knowledge Center for IBM Spectrum® Protect Plus provides extensive documentation for installation, deployment, and usage. In addition, build and size an IBM Spectrum Protect Plus solution.

The goal of this IBM Redpaper® publication is to summarize and complement the available information by providing useful hints and tips that are based on the authors’ practical experience in installing and supporting IBM Spectrum Protect Plus in customer environments. Over time, our aim is to compile a set of best practices that cover all aspects of the product, from planning and installation to tuning, maintenance, and troubleshooting.

Chapter 1. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus product architecture and components

Chapter 2. Solution architecture, planning, and design

Chapter 3. Installation and deployment

Chapter 4. Networking

Chapter 5. Daily operations and maintenance

Chapter 6. Backing up and restoring virtualized systems

Chapter 7. Backing up and restoring Windows file system data

Chapter 8. Backing up and restoring databases

Chapter 9. Backing up and restoring MongoDB databases

Chapter 10. Backing up and restoring Db2 databases

Chapter 11. Backing up and restoring SQL Server

Chapter 12. Backing up and restoring Microsoft Exchange data

Chapter 13. Backing up and restoring Microsoft 365 data

Chapter 14. Backing up and restoring containers

Chapter 15. Replication and additional copies

Chapter 16. REST API