IBM Spectrum Protect / TSM what's new
IBM Storage Protect 8.1.21
Server
Automate distribution of IBM Storage Protect server certificate to clients
In this release, a number of APARs were fixed and implemented.
IBM Storage Protect 8.1.20
IBM Storage Protect 8.1.19
Beginning with version 8.1.19, IBM Spectrum® Protect for Virtual Environments is now IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments. The IBM Spectrum family of products has been rebranded as IBM® Storage
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IBM Storage Defender is a cloud-based, software as a service (SaaS) platform that provides visibility for end-to-end data resilience across primary and secondary workloads. From a single pane of glass, you can manage and view your data protection operations.
Integrating your IBM Spectrum Protect server with IBM Storage Defender provides the following capabilities:
Monitor your IBM Spectrum Protect server from IBM Storage Defender by registering the server with IBM Storage Defender Data Management Service.
Configure IBM Storage Defender Data Protect to archive recovery points to IBM Spectrum Protect by using the IBM Spectrum Protect object agent service.
IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.18
IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.17
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IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.16
Server
Password reuse limit for local administrators
Back up data directly from IBM Spectrum Protect Plus to IBM Spectrum Protect
Migrate data from one cloud repository to another cloud repository
Case-sensitive passwords for nodes and administrator accounts
Updates in values for the password length
Provide immutable storage support for IBM Cloud Object Storage (COS) and IBM Cloud Object Storage System (S3) Object Lock for cloud storage pools
IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.15
Server
Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) Object Lock for cloud storage pools
Enable complex administrator passwords for authentication
Amazon S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval storage class
Updates in the number of invalid logon attempts allowed for authentication
Strict security settings by default to communicate with the server
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IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.14
IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.13
Server
Replication: ensure data resilience by enabling you to create three copies of IBM Spectrum Protect backup data, one on the primary server, and two additional on target replication servers.
Container retension set to cloud standard or archiving other cloud vendors
Lowers costs by exploiting object storage for long-term retention data.
Standard cloud storage classes: 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. See the section titled “Amazon S3 compatible vendors that are validated by IBM “ for details.
Archival cloud storage classes: AWS Glacier, AWS Deep Glacier, IBM Cloud Object Storage Archive, and IBM Cloud Object Storage Accelerated Archive.
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.
Adds IBM Spectrum Protect Data Protection for Mail 8.1.13 support for HCL Domino 11 and 12.
Introduces Open Snap Store Manager (OSSM) as a technology preview (cannot be used in production) to provide the foundation for enabling IBM Spectrum Protect Plus to store data directly into IBM Spectrum Protect, eliminating the need for an IBM Spectrum Protect Plus vSnap respository.
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6475581
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IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.12
IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.11
Server
Support for Redhat 8.1 and 8.2
Copy data from container storage pools to tape for disaster recovery
Send data to IBM Spectrum Protect by using S3 client applications
Back up client data and the server database to Google Cloud Storage
Include backup-archive client file spaces in retention sets
Delete client nodes, node groups, and file spaces from retention sets
Track the movement of volumes that are returned onsite by DRM for data restore operations
View information about storage rule jobs and their statuses
Default value of the TCPWINDOWSIZE option is changed to help improve performance
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IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.10
Server
Copy retention sets to tape for air-gapped data protection
Track the movement of retention volumes offsite and onsite
Back up and restore the server database by using cloud object storage
Recommission client nodes or virtual machines
Update a directory container to make files that are marked as damaged available for use
Remove deleted files from a target replication server without replicating new data
Specify whether to receive notifications about potential malware incidents
Default setting of ALLOWDESAUTH server option updated
Security
What you need to know about security before you install or upgrade a V8.1.2 or later server
Operations Center
Operations Center updates
IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.9
IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.8
Server
Optimize your storage environment by automatically tiering data to tape
Offload data from IBM Spectrum Protect Plus to tape storage
Send data to an Amazon S3 Intelligent-Tiering storage class
Provide Write Once Read Many (WORM) protection for archived data
Start processing a storage tiering rule immediately
IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.7
Server
Streamline the process of long-term data retention
Offload data from IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
Monitor the product with the servermon component
Learn how to improve system performance by reading the Optimizing Performance guide
Remove storage pool protection
Run the configuration wizard without enabling SMB1
Configure the LDAPURL server option to use LDAPS
IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.6
IBM Spectrum Protect V8.1.6 and IBM Spectrum Protect Plus V10.1.2 deliver new capabilities and performance improvements:
Cost reduction by tiering inactive data to object storage: Policy-based tiering keeps active data on disk while moving inactive data to object storage.
Ransomware detection: Detect Ransomware infections for hypervisor-based workloads.
Expanded platform support: Running IBM Spectrum Protect Server on SUSE Linux® Enterprise Server (little endian) for Linux on Power® platform leverages the advantages of using SUSE Linux Enterprise Server in your overall data protection solution.
IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.5
Lower the cost of cloud-container storage pools by reclaiming space
Manage your storage environment to help you support General Data Protection Regulation compliance strategies
Generate data deduplication statistics for specified nodes and file spaces
Schedule audit operations to identify corrupted files in a storage pool
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IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.4
To enhance security, the default minimum length of passwords is increased
Take advantage of automatic certificate exchange between storage agents, library clients, and library manager servers
Optimize security by using certificates with SHA256 signatures
Specify whether to enforce FIPS 140-2 requirements for encryption
Reduce data fragmentation when you move the contents of storage pool containers
IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.3
Use cloud tiering for long-term data retention
Install IBM Spectrum Protect on Linux Ubuntu Server LTS
Enhance the security of your storage environment
Take measures to help protect your system against ransomware
IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.2
Back up data to Microsoft Azure, a cloud-based object storage system
Encrypt client data in a directory-container storage pool
Back up a NAS file server to a directory-container storage pool
Install IBM Spectrum Protect on the Linux on Power Systems (little endian) operating system
Protect your storage environment with an improved security protocol
Optimize security with the automatically generated master encryption key
Upgrade your IBM Spectrum Protect server to V8.1.2 before you upgrade clients
Configure a storage environment by using the Tape Solution Guide
Schedule automatic updates for backup-archive clients
Deprecated and discontinued server options, commands, and parameters
Web client no more supported on client 8.1.2 and later
IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.1
Install IBM Spectrum Protect on the Linux on Power Systems (little endian) operating system
Install IBM Spectrum Protect on the Microsoft Windows Server 2016 operating system
Use the Quantum Scalar i6 library
Review resolved issues
IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1
VMware vSphere Web Client integrated configuration and monitoring competitive advantage!
Convert FILE/VTL/TAPE storage pools to directory or cloud containers
IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot updates for Exchange, MS-SQL, DB2
You can now grow an IBM Spectrum Protect server to use a 6 TB database.
Secure communications by using the TLS 1.2 protocol
Convert a tape storage pool to a container storage pool
Software upgrade for the server database manager
REGISTER NODE command no longer creates an administrative user ID by default
Optimize user authentication to an Active Directory database
Increased flexibility for protecting and reclaiming tape volumes in container-copy storage pools
Supported operating systems
Monitor the system without using SNMP
IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1.9
IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1.8
Protect your storage environment with an improved security protocol
Optimize security with the automatically generated master encryption key
REGISTER NODE command no longer creates an administrative user ID by default
Deprecated and discontinued server options, commands, and parameters
IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1.7
IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1.6
High Speed Data Transfer (Aspera).
Convert FILE/VTL data to dedup container pools
Simplified VMware backup management
Graphical device, tape and library management
IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1.5
IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1.4
IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1.3
New inline deduplication, highly scalable SW defined dedupe
Self Service VMware file recovery
New cloud and native object storage pools
Tivoli Storage Manager 7.1.2
Tivoli Storage Manager 7.1.1
Flexible retention policies for source and target
Automatic failover for client recovery
Incremental forever for VMware and Hyper-V
Front End TB Licensing
Tivoli Storage Manager 6.1
Server scalability –upgrade TSM DB
Improve server install and config
Single Instance Store
Improved Admin Interface
VSS instant restore for Exchange w/N series
Enable Exchange IMR from VSS snapshots
VSS instant restore for SQL w/ Nseries and backup validation from snapshot image
Exploit N series snapshot for filesystem BU/Restore
Improved reporting
Vista ASR
Exploit Win Longhorn
UTF8 on Linux
IBM Spectrum Protect Life Cycle
Server version
07-2017
Product | Version/Revision | Product ID | General Availaibility | End of Support |
IBM Spectrum Protect | 8.1.x | 5725-W98 | 2016-12-09 | |
IBM Spectrum Protect | 7.1.3 | 5725-W98 | 2015-10-09 | |
Tivoli Storage Manager | 7.1.x | 5608-E02 | 2014-01-17 | |
Tivoli Storage Manager | 6.4.x | 5608-E02 | 2012-12-07 | 2017-09-30 |
Tivoli Storage Manager | 6.3.x | 5608-E02 | 2011-11-18 | 2017-04-30 |
Tivoli Storage Manager | 6.2.x | 5608-E02 | 2010-04-16 | 2015-04-30 |
Tivoli Storage Manager | 6.1.x | 5608-E01 | 2009-04-24 | 2014-04-30 |
Tivoli Storage Manager | 5.5.x | 5608-ISM | 2007-12-14 | 2014-04-30 |