IBM ProtecTIER Enterprise Edition and Appliance Edition V3.3 Support NFS Interface

IBM System Storage ProtecTIER Enterprise Edition and ProtecTIER Appliance Edition Version 3.3 software introduce the NFS backup interface for customers with NAS backup environments.

They build on the functions available in ProtecTIER V3.2, and introduce the NFS backup interface. ProtecTIER V3.3 supports replication between a maximum of eight ProtecTIER systems using either CIFS or NFS file system interface (FSI). Any one ProtecTIER FSI system is limited to a maximum of three target systems within the replication grid per replication policy.

Supported replication grid configurations for ProtecTIER OpenStorage and ProtecTIER VTL systems are unchanged with ProtecTIER V3.3.

It also includes an automated, wizard-based ProtecTIER server code upgrade facility using the ProtecTIER Manager GUI designed to improve the code upgrade user experience. With the release of V3.3, software maintenance renewals for ProtecTIER can be automated through a services contract. Include feature 9000 on the software maintenance registration Product ID (PID) to indicate the desire to participate in this auto renewal process.
System Storage ProtecTIER Enterprise Edition V3.3 and  System Storage ProtecTIER Appliance Edition V3.3 are the follow-on products for ProtecTIER Enterprise Edition V3.2 and ProtecTIER Appliance Edition V3.2.

Key prerequisites
ProtecTIER Enterprise Edition requires IBM System Storage TS7650G Deduplication Gateway hardware. ProtecTIER Appliance Edition requires System Storage TS7650 ProtecTIER Deduplication Appliance hardware. Only backup data passed to ProtecTIER from NetBackup is eligible to utilize the optional OpenStorage interface.

The FSI interface in ProtecTIER Enterprise Edition V3.3 is only supported on the TS7650G Gateway model DD5. The FSI interface in ProtecTIER Appliance Edition V3.3 is only supported on TS7650 Appliance model AP1 systems that were previously installed with the CIFS FSI option.

Planned availability date
February 5, 2013