IBM Spectrum Protect and Entry V8.1.2, Spectrum Protect Snapshot V8.1.2

IBM Spectrum Protect V8.1.2, IBM Spectrum Protect Entry V8.1.2, and IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot V8.1.2 deliver simplification, increased cloud integration, and enhanced support for VMware and Hyper-V

IBM Spectrum Protect V8.1.2 and Spectrum Protect Snapshot V8.1.2  include the following capabilities:

• Native Microsoft Azure Blob storage support integration
• At-rest encryption for directory-container storage pools
• Performance enhancements for container storage pools
• Enhanced monitoring capabilities native to the vSphere Web Client
• Configuration wizard for scheduling SQL Server and Exchange Server backups
• Ability to send NetApp NDMP backups to directory and cloud container pools
• Persistent snapshot management of VVOLs
• Optimized recovery for VMware environments
• vSphere Web Client Native HTML5 support, including HTML5 Plug-in Certification
• Support for Hyper-V Server 2016 RCT
• Additional scalability enhancements and simplified scheduling for Hyper-V Server 2012 and Hyper-V Server 2012R2
• Ability to exclude disks for backup for Hyper-V VMs
• Spectrum Protect server support for Linux on Power Little Endian for Red Hat
• Automated Data Protection client configuration of the PowerShell interface for SQL Server and Exchange Server
• Ability to preserve SQL Server Change Data Capture settings for restore operations
  Improved integration and performance when using Spectrum Protect and Spectrum Scale together
• Enhancements to Spectrum Protect for Space Management for Unix/Linux and Windows

Key prerequisites
Libraries that have more than four drives or more than 48 tape slots require a license for Spectrum Protect Extended Edition.

Planned availability date: August 11, 2017 (electronic)