Hardware and Software requirements: Version 8.1.4 IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot - MMC Snapin & Base System Services

Content

The MMC Snapin and Base System Services component supports:

• Microsoft Exchange environments
• Microsoft SQL Server environments
• The File System and Custom Application support features

This document is divided into linked sections for ease of navigation. You may use the links below to jump to the desired section of the document.

Minimum hardware requirements

x64 Hardware
x64 Disk Space
Meta data space requirements

Minimum software and operating system requirements
Operating Systems
x64 Operating Systems
Additional Operating Systems Supported by the MMC Remote Management Capabilities
Additional Microsoft prerequisites
64 bit MMC Snapin and Base System Services 8.1.4

Additional requirements for File System and Custom Application Support

Virtualization support

Where to download IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot 8.1.4

Links to Hardware and Software requirements for other components that are part of IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot 8.1.4

Links to Hardware and Software requirements for other releases of IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot and its components

Links to the Known Issues and Limitations associated with IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot MMC Snapin and Base System Services 8.1.x


Minimum hardware requirements

The following information describes the minimum hardware and disk space requirements when using the IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot MMC Snapin and Base System Services component.


x64 Hardware

The following hardware is supported for the x64 platform:

• Compatible hardware supported by the operating system

x64 Disk Space

The following disk space is required for the x64 platform:
A minimum of 133 MB of disk space for the product to be installed.
At least 2.1 GB disk space for "Additional Microsoft prerequisites" which will be installed automatically if they are not already installed on the system when starting the MMC Snapin and Base System Services component installation.


TIP: Some of the prerequisites defined in this document may require a system restart. To avoid a system restart, ensure that all of the minimum software requirement prerequisites detailed in the "Additional Microsoft prerequisites" section of this document are installed before starting the IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot MMC and Base System Services installation process.

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Metadata space requirements

In addition to the space that is required for the global product installation, IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot uses disk space to hold vital product data that is used to track and manage snapshots. By default, the metadata is stored in the 'vss_staging' subdirectory of the IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot VSS Requestor component's installation directory.


TIP: The IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot VSS Requestor component is also known as the IBM Spectrum Protect™ Backup-Archive Client.

The amount of space required is directly proportional to the number of snapshots that you maintain on the system. Ensure that there is at least 1 megabyte of available free disk space to hold the metadata for each snapshot that you plan to keep on the system.

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Minimum software and operating system requirements

The following information describes the minimum software and operating system requirements when using the IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot MMC Snapin and Base System Services component.


Operating Systems


x64 Operating Systems

The following operating systems are supported for the x64 platform:

• 64-bit Windows Server 2012, and later maintenance levels: Essentials, Standard, or Datacenter editions
• 64-bit Windows Server 2012 R2, and later maintenance levels: Essentials, Standard, or Datacenter editions

• 64-bit Windows Storage Server 2012, and later maintenance levels: Workgroup or Standard edition
• 64-bit Windows Storage Server 2012 R2, and later maintenance levels: Workgroup or Standard edition

• 64-bit Windows Server 2016, and later maintenance levels: Essentials, Standard, or Datacenter edition

Note: Windows Storage Server 2012 and 2012 R2 are only supported for functionality that is also available and supported by the IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot MMC Snapin and Base System Services component on Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 Editions.

The following additional operating systems are supported for the x64 platform but only with the Remote Management capabilities of the MMC GUI interface:

• 64-bit Windows 8.1 and later maintenance levels: Professional or Enterprise editions
• 64-bit Windows 10 and later Service Pack maintenance levels: Professional or Enterprise editions

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Additional Microsoft prerequisites

The following prerequisites from Microsoft are required and must be installed prior to using IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot on Windows:

• Windows Powershell 3 or Windows Powershell 4
• Windows Management Framework 3 or Windows Management Framework 4
• Windows Powershell 5 when used with Windows 10
• Windows Management Framework 5 when used with Windows 10

The following additional prerequisites from Microsoft are also required, and are installed automatically by IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot MMC Snapin and Base System Services 8.1.4 if not already present on your machine.


TIP: Installation of these prerequisites may require a system restart. To avoid a system restart, please ensure that these prerequisites are installed before starting the IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot MMC Snapin and Base System Services installation process.


Note: These prerequisites are not automatically installed when you create your own silent installation package to install via msiexec. In that scenario, you must manually ensure that the prerequisites are installed.

64-bit MMC Snapin and Base System Services 8.1.4 requires:


Note: Please also review the information documented in the preceding section: Additional Microsoft prerequisites

32-bit Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable Package

Available in the following subdirectory of the installation image (DVD or downloaded image):
fcm\x64\mmc\8140\enu\ISSetupPrerequisites\{BF2F04CD-3D1F-444e-8960-D08EBD285C3F}\vcredist_x86


64-bit Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable Package

Available in the following subdirectory of the installation image (DVD or downloaded image):
fcm\x64\mmc\8140\nu\ISSetupPrerequisites\{3A3AF437-A9CD-472F-9BC9-8EDD7505A02}\vcredist_x64.exe


MICROSOFT® REPORT VIEWER 2012 RUNTIME

Available in the following subdirectory of the installation image (DVD or downloaded image):
fcm\x64\mmc\8140\enu\ISSetupPrerequisites\Microsoft ReportViewer 2012 11.1.3010.3\ReportViewer.msi

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 System CLR Types

Available in the following subdirectory of the installation image (DVD or downloaded image):
fcm\x64\mmc\8140\enu\ISSetupPrerequisites\Microsoft SQL Server 2012 System CLR Types 11.0.2100.60 (x64)\SQLSysClrTypes.msi
fcm\x64\mmc\8140\enu\ISSetupPrerequisites\Microsoft SQL Server 2012 System CLR Types 11.0.2100.60 (x86)\SQLSysClrTypes.msi

Note: This item is a prerequisite to using the ReportViewer 2012 Redistributable


Microsoft SQL Server 2014 System CLR Types

Available in the following subdirectory of the installation image (DVD or downloaded image):
fcm\x64\mmc\8140\enu\ISSetupPrerequisites\Microsoft SQL Server 2014 System CLR Types 12.0.2000.8 (x64)\SQLSysClrTypes.msi
fcm\x64\mmc\8140\enu\ISSetupPrerequisites\Microsoft SQL Server 2014 System CLR Types 12.0.2000.8 (x86)\SQLSysClrTypes.msi


Microsoft SQL Server 2016 System CLR Types

Available in the following subdirectory of the installation image (DVD or downloaded image):
fcm\x64\mmc\8140\enu\ISSetupPrerequisites\Microsoft SQL Server 2016 System CLR Types 13.0.1601.5 (x64)\SQLSysClrTypes.msi
fcm\x64\mmc\8140\enu\ISSetupPrerequisites\Microsoft SQL Server 2016 System CLR Types 13.0.1601.5 (x86)\SQLSysClrTypes.msi


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Additional requirements for File System and Custom Application support

• IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot VSS Requestor 8.1.4 component

Note: This is a component included in the IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot on Windows 8.1.4 package. It is also known as the IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client 8.1.4.

TIP: It is a requirement of the IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client and the IBM Spectrum Protect API client that they remain in sync to the Version.Release.Modification level when used on the same Windows system.

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Virtualization support

Information regarding the virtualization environments supported by IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot is documented here: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21433737

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Where to download IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot 8.1.4

The IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot 8.1.4 download document provides information about how and where to obtain the IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Windows 8.1.4 packages. The information is located at: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24044221

TIP: The IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot MMC Snapin and Base System Services 8.1.4 component is located in the IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot 8.1.4 for Windows download image.

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Links to the Hardware & Software requirements for the other components that are a part of IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot 8.1.4

Links to the Hardware & Software requirements for the other components that are part of IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot 8.1.4 are located at: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22010170


Links to the Hardware & Software requirements for other releases of IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot and its components

Links to the Hardware & Software requirements for other releases of IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot, and its components, are located in the "All Requirements Doc" located at: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21427692

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Links to the Known Issues and Limitations associated with IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot MMC Snapin and Base System Services 8.1.x

The Known Issues & Limitations tech notes describe known issues and limitations in all 8.1.x levels of IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot MMC Snapin and Base System Services.

This information is located at: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21992665