Enhanced container, application, workload, and cloud support with IBM Spectrum Protect V8.1.11, IBM Spectrum Protect Plus V10.1.7, and IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management V2.2.12 

• Expanded cloud choices enable you to store backup data and IBM® Spectrum Protect database backups in Google Cloud Storage (GCS)
• Modernize your storage options by enabling Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) capable applications to store directly to the IBM Spectrum Protect data repository
• IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot support for hardware snapshot functionality in IBM FlashSystem® 9200 HyperSwap® UNIX® and Linux® configurations
• Store data on tape for air gap protection against cyberattacks
• IBM Spectrum Protect for Enterprise Resource Planning SAP certification, and added support for Backint for the SAP HANA interface (HANA-BRINT 1.5).

• Introduction of support for Red Hat® OpenShift®
• Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes protection for clusters and Kubernetes metadata saved in etcd
• Recover Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift workloads in alternate locations
• Disaster recovery for container data (persistent volume claims) and metadata saved in etcd
• Containerize IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Server and enable deployment in Red Hat OpenShift environments
• Container Storage Interface (CSI) driver support to include support and Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage (OCS) Ceph® RADOS Block Devices (RBD)
• Enhanced Microsoft™ Windows™ file system support with performance and scalability.

IBM Copy Data Management 2.2.12

• Support for Oracle Automatic Storage Management Cluster File System (Oracle ACFS) on AIX®
• Performance improvements for supported IBM devices
• Support for Purity CloudSnap and Purity ActiveCluster for Pure Storage
• Support for HPE Nimble Storage.

 To learn more, you can read the announcement letter here. 
Important: Terms and conditions apply. For more information about the release, see the announcement letter.