C1000-082 IBM Spectrum Protect V8.1.9 Administration Questions and Answers

According to IBM Spectrum Protect documentation1, what is automatically discovered by the command CmsConfig discover is options files and log files1. Options files and log files are files that contain configuration settings and diagnostic information for IBM Spectrum Protect clients. The CmsConfig discover command can help to ensure that the client management service can access these files and make them available for diagnosis in the Operations Center.

According to the IBM Spectrum Protect documentation1, server-side deduplication is a process that eliminates duplicate data blocks on the server during backup operations.

Therefore, two items that should be examined for optimal performance prior to implementing server-side deduplication on a large IBM Spectrum Protect server are:

• the storage for the database provides sufficient IOPS. Use a high-performance disk for the IBM Spectrum Protect database. At a minimum, use 10,000 rpm drives for smaller databases that are 200 GB or less1.
• the server has sufficient memory. The amount of memory that is required depends on several factors, such as the number of concurrent sessions, the size of data blocks, and the deduplication ratio1.

According to IBM Spectrum Protect V8.1.9 documentation1, automatic client deployment is a feature that allows the IBM Spectrum Protect server to automatically upgrade backup-archive clients on client workstations. The existing backup-archive clients must be at version 6.4.3 or later.

To use this feature, you must download the software packages for the client platforms that you want to upgrade from the IBM Support website23. You can use the Operations Center or command line interface to specify where to store these packages on the server and how to distribute them to clients1.

According to IBM documentation1, the move DRMEDIA command is used for changing the DRM state of a volume. The command tracks volumes that are to be moved offsite and identifies the expired or empty volumes that are to be moved onsite.

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/spectrum-protect/8.1.7?topic=solutions-tracking-system-status-by-using-email-reports

To restore a file that was inadvertently deleted, you need to have a backup copy of the file available. The RETEXTRA option in a backup copy group specifies that extra versions of files are kept even if the files are deleted from the active file system. This means that older versions offiles are retained beyond their normal retention period, allowing you to restore files that were inadvertently deleted.