Question & Answer
Question
Can you use the web client to connect to the IBM Spectrum Protect V8.1.2 or later server or the IBM Spectrum Protect 7.7.1.8 or later server?
Answer
Beginning with IBM Spectrum Protect V8.1.2 and IBM Spectrum Protect V7.1.8, you can no longer use the web client to connect to the IBM Spectrum Protect V7.1.8 or V8.1.2 or later server.
For more information refer to the IBM Knowledge Center article Using the web client in the new security environment
For more information refer to the IBM Knowledge Center article Using the web client in the new security environment
| Backup-Archive Client Version | Spectrum Protect server version | Is the web client supported? |
| 7.1.8 and higher, 8.1.2 and higher | 7.1.8 and higher, 8.1.2 and higher | no |
| 7.1.8 and higher, 8.1.2 and higher | 7.1.7 and lower, 8.1.1, 8.1.0 | yes |
| 7.1.6 and lower, 8.1.0 | 7.1.8 and higher, 8.1.2 and higher | yes (session security must be set to TRANSITIONAL for the node) |
| 7.1.6 and lower, 8.1.0 | 7.1.7 and lower, 8.1.1, 8.1.0 | yes |
- Can the web client still be used at all?
Yes. You can still use web clients in versions prior to the versions with the improved security protocol. The table below indicates which combinations of clients and Spectrum Protect server versions allow the web client to function. - Are there any work-arounds for the restore or backup of Backup-Archive client data?
Use earlier version of the code - As noted above, a customer can chose to continue to use either down-level versions of the client and/or down-level versions of the Spectrum Protect server.
Access machine remotely and use native Spectrum Protect interface - As noted in the Knowledge Center tech note the other options for remote file backup and restore is to remotely access the machine (e.g., remote desktop) and use the native Backup-Archive client UI (dsmj) or command-line client (dsmc)
For more information refer to the IBM Knowledge Center article Using the web client in the new security environment - Are there any work-arounds for file restore of NDMP data?
Use Spectrum Protect admin client - As noted in the Knowledge Center tech note the other options for NDMP restore is to use the administrative command-line (dsmadmc)
For more information refer to the IBM Knowledge Center article Using the web client in the new security environment - If a customer upgraded to V7.1.8 Backup-Archive client and realized that they want to remain at a lower level in order to continue using the Backup-Archive client, can they downgrade the client?
Yes - this use case is documented in the IBM Knowledge Center article Using the web client in the new security environment:
If you already upgraded the backup-archive client to V7.1.8, you can uninstall it and reinstall the V7.1.6 client to continue to use the web client. The Tivoli Storage Manager server administrator needs to set the SESSIONSECURITY parameter on the node back to the TRANSITIONAL value. - If a customer upgraded to V8.1.2 Backup-Archive client and realized that they want to remain at a lower level in order to continue using the Backup-Archive client, can they downgrade the client?
Yes - this use case is documented in the IBM Knowledge Center article Using the web client in the new security environment. but is currently not documented.
IBM plans to document:
If you already upgraded the backup-archive client to V8.1.2, you can uninstall it and reinstall the V8.1.0 client to continue to use the web client. The Tivoli Storage Manager server administrator needs to set the SESSIONSECURITY parameter on the node back to the TRANSITIONAL value
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