Backup-archive client updates

Learn about new features and updates for the backup-archive client in IBM Storage Protect 8.1.

Release	New features and updates
8.1.26	IBM Storage Protect backup-archive client now supports the Windows Server 2025 operating system IBM Storage Protect backup-archive client now supports the Ubuntu 24.04 operating system With IBM Storage Protect 8.1.26, the backup-archive client extends support to the Ubuntu 24.04 operating system. Restriction: The Journal-Based Backup (JBB) functionality of IBM Storage Protect backup-archive client is not compatible with the Linux kernel of Ubuntu 24.04 operating system. As an alternative to JBB, you can use the default backup-archive client for incremental backup. For more information, see Backup-Archive Client known problems and limitations. Maintenance updates Updates for APARs are provided. For more information, see Update History: IBM Storage Protect backup-archive client 8.1.
8.1.25	Scripts to facilitate restore of Microsoft Windows operating system included for backup-archive client Scripts to facilitate restore of Microsoft Windows operating systems are now included in the C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\WinPE_recovery_scripts directory. These scripts were previously available at IBM support. Maintenance updates Updates for APARs are provided.
8.1.24	Maintenance updates Updates for APARs are provided. For more information, see Update History: IBM Storage Protect backup-archive client 8.1
8.1.23	NetApp Flex Group volumes differential backup support NetApp Flex Group volumes are supported by the Snapshot Differential Backup (snapdiff) function. For more information, see Support for NetApp Flex Group volumes by snapshot differential backup (snapdiff). IBM® Storage Protect Client 8.1.23 has been updated to use the following versions of dependent software components to address security issues and vulnerabilities: IBM Java Semeru Runtime Certified Edition (21.0.2+13-LTS) Xerces 3.2.5 Discontinued support for Java™ GUI on Oracle Solaris x86_64 Support for Java GUI is discontinued for Oracle Solaris x86_64 client. Maintenance updates A number of APARs were fixed and implemented.
8.1.22	Maintenance updates Updates for APARs are provided.
8.1.21	Maintenance updates Updates for APARs are provided.
8.1.20	Maintenance updates Updates for APARs are provided.
8.1.19	Maintenance updates Updates for APARs are provided.
8.1.17	Maintenance updates Updates for APARs are provided.
8.1.15	Maintenance updates Updates for APARs are provided.
8.1.14	Maintenance updates Updates for APARs are provided.
8.1.13	The web user interface is available for backup, archive, and retrieve operations In addition to the existing file restore function in the IBM Storage Protect web user interface, you can now run file backup, archive, and retrieve operations in the web user interface. For more information, see: Installing the web user interface for remote client operations and Operations Center client log access Starting the client acceptor service and registering an administrator Using the IBM Storage Protect web user interface for remote client operations Data replication to multiple servers IBM Storage Protect 8.1.13 supports multi-target replication, which is the process of replicating client data from a source replication server to multiple target replication servers. In previous releases, data can be replicated only to a single target replication server. You can now specify up to two target replication servers to use during automated client failover. For more information, see Myreplicationserver. In the client documentation, the previously used term for these servers, secondary server, is replaced with the term failover server. Snapshot difference incremental backups are discontinued if you upgrade to NetApp Data ONTAP 9.10.1 or later If you upgrade to NetApp Data ONTAP 9.10.1 or later, snapshot difference incremental backups are no longer supported. Instead, use the following methods to protect NetApp filers: Run snapshot difference incremental backups with an earlier supported version of ONTAP until it reaches end-of-support by NetApp. Use NDMP volume-based backup. Run incremental backup operations without the snapdiff option. For more information, see technote 6449354. Changes in the IBM Storage Protect server backdel parameter When a group backup, image backup, or system state backup is interrupted or fails, the client attempts to clean up the incomplete backup on the IBM Storage Protect server when the next backup is run. If the server administrator gave the client node permission to delete backups by setting the backdel option to Yes, the incomplete backup is removed. If the backdel option is set to No, the incomplete backup is deactivated and will expire according to the policy definition on the server. FIPS installable rpm packages are available for Linux® x86_64 clients Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) installable packages are available for the Linux x86_64 clients. For installation instructions, see Installing the Linux x86_64 client. As no supported GSKit rpm packages are available for the Linux on Power® Systems (Little Endian) and Linux on System z® clients, FIPS installable packages are not available for these Linux clients. You can install the backup-archive client in non-FIPS mode and then restart the operating system in FIPS mode to use the backup-archive client. Maintenance updates Updates for APARs are provided.
8.1.12	Compression option enhanced With this release, the Compression option is enhanced for the compression type LZ4. For more information, see Compression. Compatibility levels Data that is backed up or archived with IBM Storage Protect Client 8.1.12 can be restored or retrieved only with version 8.1.12 and later levels. Maintenance updates Updates for APARs are provided.
8.1.11	Secure communications by using the TLS 1.3 protocol With IBM Storage Protect 8.1.11, you can secure communications for servers, clients, and storage agents by enabling the Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3 protocol. TLS 1.3 provides a higher level of security than previous TLS levels. TLS 1.3 is the default TLS protocol beginning with IBM Storage Protect 8.1.11. For more information, see Configuring IBM Storage Protect client/server communication with Secure Sockets Layer. To enable TLS 1.3 support, GSKit version 8.0.55.17 is required and is delivered with IBM Storage Protect 8.1.11. Performance improvement for processing options The diskbuffsize option specifies the maximum disk I/O buffer size (in kilobytes) that the client can use when reading files. To improve performance, the default value for the size parameter has increased. For more information, see Diskbuffsize. The tcpwindowsize option specifies the size (in kilobytes) you want to use for the TCP/IP sliding window for your client node. To improve performance, the default value for the window_size parameter is aligned with the operating system default TCP window size. For more information, see Tcpwindowsize. Maintenance updates Updates for APARs and other minor updates are provided.
8.1.10	GSKit signature checking With this release, you can now check the GSKit signature of the rpm package before installation. For more information, see: Installing the backup-archive client on Linux on Power Systems (little endian) Installing the API on Linux on Power Systems (Big Endian) Installing the Linux x86_64 client Installing the Linux on System z client Maintenance updates Updates for APARs and other minor updates are provided.
8.1.9	Web user interface for file restore operations is available on additional AIX® operating system The web user interface for file restore operations is now available on the AIX operating system. With the web user interface feature, you can perform file-restore operations on behalf of an end user, without the need to have access to the client web server machine. This feature is available as an optional component. For installation instructions, see Installing the AIX client. For instructions about starting the web user interface, see Starting the client acceptor service and registering an administrator. Signature checking With this release, you can now check the signature of the client package before installation. For more information, see: Installing the backup-archive client on Linux on Power Systems (little endian) Installing the API on Linux on Power Systems (Big Endian) Installing the Linux x86_64 client Installing the Linux on System z client Maintenance updates Updates for APARs and other minor updates are provided.
8.1.8	Web user interface for file restore operations is available on additional Linux operating systems The web user interface for file restore operations is now available on the Linux on IBM Z and Linux on Power Systems (Little Endian) operating systems. With the web user interface feature, you can perform file-restore operations on behalf of an end user, without the need to have access to the client web server machine. This feature is available as an optional component. For installation instructions, see the following topics: Installing the Linux on System z client Installing the backup-archive client on Linux on Power Systems (little endian) For instructions about starting the web user interface, see Starting the client acceptor service and registering an administrator. Download system logs of file restore operations You can download system logs and obtain problem determination information pertaining to file restore operations. The information includes file names, download tokens and download states. The system administrator can configure this feature to determine the system logs that can be downloaded and the users who can download the logs. For more information, see Downloading system logs. Maintenance updates Updates for APARs and other minor updates are provided.
8.1.7	Back up virtual machines in a tagged schedule on demand For operations with Data Protection for VMware, the tagschedule option enables the IBM Storage Protect client to invoke an immediate backup operation of all VMware virtual machines (VMs) associated with a specified tagged schedule. For more information about this new method, see Tagschedule. Take advantage of the new licensing model for unused backup-archive clients After you install a backup-archive client, the IBM License Metric Tool counts the client only if it is connected to an IBM Storage Protect server and is used for data operations. Subsequently, that client is always included in license calculations. Clients that are not connected to a server and are not used for data operations are excluded from license calculations. Web user interface added to facilitate file-restore operations With the web user interface feature you can perform file-restore operations on behalf of an end user, without the need to have access to the client web server machine. In contrast with previous file restore features, the new web user interface displays all files (active and inactive) in the browsing panel. Also, it does not overwrite existing files or directories during the restore operation. Instead, it creates a new file or directory with a timestamp added to the original file or directory name. The feature is available as an optional component. For more information, see Starting the client acceptor service and registering an administrator. For more information on Linux x86_64, see Installing the Linux x86_64 client. For more information on Windows 64-bit, see Upgrading the Windows client and Silent installation. Support for the Debian Ubuntu operating system In version 8.1.7 of IBM Storage Protect backup-archive client support is now included for the Debian Ubuntu operating system, on both Linux on Power Systems (big endian) and Linux x86_64. Maintenance updates Updates for APARs and other minor updates are provided.
8.1.6	NAS back up and restore capabilities You can now back up and restore NAS file systems by using the backup-archive client GUI. The backup-archive client GUI must be connected to the IBM Storage Protect 8.1.2 or later server, or version 7.1.8 or later version 7 server. To back up and restore NAS file systems, see the following topics: Back up NAS file systems using Network Data Management Protocol Backing up NAS file systems with the backup-archive client GUI using NDMP protocol Restore NAS file systems Restoring NAS file systems using the backup-archive client GUI Restoring NAS files and directories using the backup-archive client GUI New option to flexibly configure restore operations across multiple VMs using a CSV file The csv option enables an IBM Storage Protect client to use a comma-separated values (csv) file to define and apply different restore settings across a series of virtual machine restore operations. For more information about this new method, see Csv. New option to configure transport compression Data Protection for VMware now supports the new NBD (Network block device) protocol with SSL (NBDSSL), which has been added to VMware vSphere as a transport method. This LAN transport is the default when other transport mechanisms are not available, and can reduce the time it takes to transmit a large virtual disk through compression. For more information about this new option, see Vmvstorcompr. Maintenance updates Updates for APARs and other minor updates are provided.
8.1.4	New clustersharedfolder option To store an encrypted password file when you set up a cluster environment, IBM Storage Protect now includes a new clustersharedfolder option to specify the directory location in which to store the encrypted password file. For more information, see Clustersharedfolder. New vmmaxrestoreparallelvms option The vmmaxrestoreparallelvms option controls the number of virtual machines a backup-archive client can restore at the same time. You can use this option to optimize restore performance by increasing the number of virtual machines to restore in parallel. For more information, see Vmmaxrestoreparallelvms. Use the Operations Center to automatically upgrade clients Beginning with IBM Storage Protect server version 8.1.3, the server administrator can use the IBM Storage Protect Operations Center to automatically deploy backup-archive client upgrades. For more information, see Automatic backup-archive client deployment. Installation updates for the backup-archive client on Windows operating systems The NetApp API runtime files are no longer installed by default The NetApp API runtime files that are used for snapshot differential backups are no longer installed in a typical installation. You must install them with the custom installation option. For more information, see: Installing the Windows client for the first time Upgrading the Windows client Separate installation of the backup-archive client is no longer required for Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V Starting in version 8.1.4, the installation of IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V is integrated into a single, simplified installation process with the Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V suite installer. Separate installation of the backup-archive client is no longer required. For information about installing Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V and protecting Hyper-V virtual machines, see Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V. Information about Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V is deprecated in the backup-archive client documentation. Maintenance updates Updates for APARs and other minor updates are provided.
8.1.2	Protect your client with enhanced security settings Beginning in IBM Storage Protect 8.1.2, several changes are introduced in the backup-archive client to work with the IBM Storage Protect version 8.1.2 server, which provides enhancements to improve the security between client and server communications. After the IBM Storage Protect server is upgraded to version 8.1.2 and configured with the improved security protocol, and the backup-archive client is upgraded to version 8.1.2, the security settings for the client must be configured to work with the security enhancements on the server. For more information about the configuring the client for different security scenarios, see Configuring the client security settings to connect to the IBM Storage Protect server version 8.1.2 and later. The following changes are available in this release: New sslacceptcertfromserv option, changes to three existing SSL-related options To simplify the process of distributing server certificates, IBM Storage Protect now includes a new sslacceptcertfromserv option to control whether the backup-archive client or the API application accepts and trusts the IBM Storage Protect server's Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) public certificate the first time they connect. In addition, three SSL-related options ssl, ssldisablelegacytls, and sslarequired have changed. Their operation varies depending on whether operation is with IBM Storage Protect server 8.1.2 or with IBM Storage Protect server 8.1.1 and earlier version 8 levels, and version 7.1.7 and earlier levels. For a description of these option settings and important version information, see Sslacceptcertfromserv, Ssl, Ssldisablelegacytls, and Sslrequired. The IBM Storage Protect password location is changed Beginning in version 8.1.2, the IBM Global Security Kit (GSKit) keystores are used to store all IBM Storage Protect passwords. When you upgrade to IBM Storage Protect 8.1.2 backup-archive client, the existing passwords are automatically migrated to new locations on the client system. For more information about the new password location and related considerations, see Secure password storage. A new way of importing server certificates is available with the dsmcert utility. For information about importing server certificates, see Configuring IBM Storage Protect client/server communication with Secure Sockets Layer. Because of the use of the new secure password storage, new procedures for granting password access to non-administrative users are available. For UNIX and Linux clients, see Enable non-root users to manage their own data. For Windows clients, see Backup-archive client operations and security rights. Automatically deploy backup-archive client updates The IBM Storage Protect server administrator can use server commands to schedule updates for one or more backup-archive clients. The updates can be fix packs or new releases. This feature was available in previous releases of IBM Storage Protect, but an improved procedure is available for version 8.1.2 and later levels. For more information, see Scheduling client updates. Deprecated functions The following functions are deprecated in this release: lanfreessl and replsslport options Two SSL-related options, lanfreessl and replsslport, are deprecated and unavailable if you are connecting to an IBM Storage Protect server 8.1.2 and later. These options are still valid and available if you are connecting to an IBM Storage Protect server 8.1.1 and earlier version 8 levels, and version 7.1.7 and earlier levels. Trusted communications agent (TCA) The trusted communications agent (TCA), previously used by non-root users in version 8.1.0 and version 7.1.6 and older clients, is no longer available. Root users can use other methods to allow non-root users to manage their files. For more information, see: The trusted communications agent is no longer available Enable non-root users to manage their own data IBM Storage Protect web client You can no longer use the web client to connect to the IBM Storage Protect 8.1.2 or later server. However, you can still use the web client to connect to IBM Storage Protect 8.1.1, 8.1.0, or 7.1.7 or earlier servers. For more information, see Using the web client in the new security environment. NDMP command-line and web client operations If you are connecting to IBM Storage Protect server 8.1.2 or later version, you can no longer use the client command-line interface or web client to back up or restore NAS file servers using Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP). Alternatively, you can use IBM Storage Protect server commands with the administrative command-line client (dsmadmc) to restore NDMP data. For more information, see the NDMP information in For more information, see Using the web client in the new security environment.. Open registration If the client is connecting to IBM Storage Protect server 8.1.2 or later version, the open registration feature is no longer available. To connect to the IBM Storage Protect server, you must use closed registration. For more information, see Closed registration. Open registration is still available if the client is connecting to IBM Storage Protect version 8.1.1, 8.1.0, or version 7.1.7 and earlier servers. For more information about securing the IBM Storage Protect server, see Securing the IBM Storage Protect server. Enhanced support for Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V running on Windows Server 2016 Back up virtual machines by using resilient change tracking (RCT) To improve the scalability and performance of virtual machine (VM) backups, resilient change tracking (RCT) is used for all VM backup operations of Hyper-V hosts that run on the Microsoft Windows Server 2016 operating system. For more information, see Virtual machine backups with resilient change tracking (RCT). Exercise more control over backup operations on VMs with physical disks You can control whether full Hyper-V RCT VM backups are processed if the VM has one or more physical disks (pass-through disks) provisioned. For more information, see the following options: Vmprocessvmwithphysdisks Vmskipphysdisks Specify the number of snapshot attempts and the level of data consistency for backup operations To determine the total number of snapshot attempts to try for a virtual machine that fails during backup processing due to snapshot failure, use the INCLUDE.VMSNAPSHOTATTEMPTS option. You can choose to attempt application-consistent or crash-consistent snapshots. For more information, see INCLUDE.VMSNAPSHOTATTEMPTS. Exclude VM disks from or include VM disks in backup operations You can use the exclude.vmdisk option to exclude a VM disk (VHDX) from VM backup operations or use the include.vmdisk option to include a VM disk in VM backup operations. For more information, see the following topics: Exclude.vmdisk Include.vmdisk Domain.vmfull Backup VM Enhanced support for Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V running on Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 Scalability and reliability of VM backups are improved VMs are logically grouped into a single snapshot to reduce or eliminate snapshot conflicts at the Hyper-V host level. Improved snapshot retry processing simplifies scheduling and improves reliability across cluster nodes. To control the number of VMs to include in a snapshot, use the vmmaxpersnapshot option. For more information, see Vmmaxpersnapshot. To control how many snapshot retries are attempted, use the vmmaxsnapshotretry option. For more information, see Vmmaxsnapshotretry. Use these grouping and retry improvements along with the vmmaxparallel option to help improve performance. For information, see Tuning scheduled VM backups for Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 clusters. Enhanced Virtual Volumes (VVOL) support VVOL support is enhanced to include support for persisted snapshots on the hardware storage and application protection. For more information about new VVOL support features, see IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware updates. To use enhanced VVOL features, use the options that are described in the following sections: Specify the location for virtual machine backup and restore operations: local, server, or both For virtual machines that are hosted on VVOL datastores, you can now specify one of the following backup locations for backup and restore operations: local, server, or both. A local backup is a persisted snapshot on the hardware storage. To specify the backup location for the Backup VM or Restore VM command, use the vmbackuplocation option. For more information, see Vmbackuplocation. You can also specify the backup location or locations to query when you run the Query VM command. For more information, see Query VM. The Local Backup Management IBM Storage Protect tags are available for local backups. For more information, see Supported data protection tags. Create a schedule group You can use the schedgroup option to create a group that contains multiple schedules. You can then use the IBM Storage Protect vSphere Client plug-in to assign the schedule group to an object in the VMware vSphere Web client rather than an individual schedule. An example of the use of this option is to group multiple daily local backup schedules with a single IBM Storage Protect server backup schedule. For more information, see Schedgroup. Restore multiple virtual disks simultaneously You can use the IBM Storage Protect client restore multiple virtual disks simultaneously on the Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems by using the vmmaxrestoreparalleldisks option. For instructions about setting the option settings, see Vmmaxrestoreparalleldisks. The snapdiffchangelogdir client option is added for snapshot differential backup operations Snapshot differential backups no longer use the stagingdirectory option for storing snapshot differential change log files. Beginning with version 8.1.2, use the new snapdiffchangelogdir option to specify the location where the client stores persistent change logs for snapshot differential backups. For a description of the option settings and important information about migrating from prior client versions, see Snapdiffchangelogdir.
8.1.0	IBM Tivoli Storage Manager is now IBM Storage Protect IBM Storage Protect 8.1 is the next generation of Tivoli Storage Manager. This new release represents more than a name change in the user interface and documentation. It is an evolution to a higher level of data protection that is designed to meet the complex demands of today's world. For more information, see Meet IBM Storage Protect. An administrative user ID is no longer created by default with the REGISTER NODE server command Beginning with IBM Storage Protect version 8.1, the REGISTER NODE server command does not automatically create an administrative user ID that matches the node name. This product update is designed to optimize user authentication to a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server. This product update does not affect existing client nodes, but can affect the process of registering new client nodes, including but not limited to nodes for IBM Storage Protect backup-archive clients. In some cases, you might have to create an administrative user ID when you register a node. You can create the administrative user ID by issuing the REGISTER NODE command and specifying the USERID parameter. For information about the types of clients that are affected, see technote 7048963. If you plan to use the web client, you must manually create an administrative user ID when you register a new node. For more information, see Register your workstation with a server. Run the web client independently of the web browser Instead of running the IBM Storage Protect web client as a Java Applet, the web client is delivered as a Java Web Start application, which can be started and managed independently of the web browser. For more information about starting the web client, see Starting a web client session. Backup management enhancements, including new data protection tags, are available for tagging support New data protection tags are available for tagging support New data protection tags are added to help you manage virtual machine backup operations with the IBM Storage Protect vSphere Client plug-in in the VMware vSphere Web Client. In addition to using tags to exclude virtual machines from scheduled backup operations and assign retention or management classes, introduced in version 7.1.6, you can assign the new tags to vSphere inventory objects to do the following tasks: Include virtual machines in scheduled backup operations Assign a data mover to a virtual machine Specify a list of virtual disks to back up Assign a backup schedule to virtual machines in a container Specify the data consistency to achieve for snapshot attempts during virtual machine backup operations Provide application protection to virtual machines that run Microsoft SQL Server or Microsoft Exchange Server software For more information, see Supported data protection tags. Set a default data mover for tagging You can set a default data mover for protecting virtual machines in vSphere inventory objects that are tagged with data protection tags. New virtual machines that are added to the tagged container and are protected by a schedule but do not have a data mover tag are backed up by the default data mover. For more information, see Vmtagdefaultdatamover. Data protection tags can be inherited from higher-level vSphere inventory objects You can use tag inheritance to manage data protection for virtual machines in your vSphere inventory. For more information, see Inheritance of data protection settings. Virtual machines can be added to a backup schedule by using the IBM Storage Protect vSphere Client plug-in You can select a backup schedule for virtual machines from the IBM Storage Protect vSphere Client plug-in in the VMware vSphere Web Client. The backup schedule specifies how often and when to automatically back up the virtual machines in a vSphere inventory object. For more information, see Selecting a schedule for backing up virtual machines. You can also view and manage backup schedules from the IBM Storage Protect vSphere Client plug-in. For more information, see Managing backup schedules in the vCenter. Snapshot differential backup is no longer supported on AIX You can no longer run snapshot differential backups of NetApp filer volumes on the backup-archive client on the IBM AIX operating system. You can run snapshot differential backups only on Linux and Microsoft Windows clients. Discontinued functions The following functions are discontinued in this release: Virtual machine operations on the backup-archive client Virtual machine operations are available only if you are using the client as a data mover for the IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments products (Data Protection for VMware or Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V). You can no longer run virtual machine operations without installing IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments. VMware vStorage API is no longer part of the client installation The VMware vStorage API runtime files component that is used for VMware operations is no longer part of the backup-archive client installation. It is installed as part of the Data Protection for VMware installation package. Virtual machine operations that are discontinued for the data mover File-level virtual machine backups You can no longer run file-level VMware virtual machine backups on the data mover. Instead, use incremental-forever full or incremental-forever incremental backup operations. Periodic full backups and incremental backups You can no longer run periodic full backups and incremental backups of virtual machines on the data mover. Instead, use incremental-forever full or incremental-forever incremental backup operations. VMware vCloud Director support You can no longer back up or restore vCloud vApps with the data mover. To back up or restore vApps, you must use Data Protection for VMware version 7.1. Online system state restores You can no longer restore the system state on a system that is online. Instead, use the Automated System Recovery (ASR) based recovery method to restore the system state in offline Windows Preinstallation Environment (PE) mode. For more information, see: Restoring the Windows operating system with Automated System Recovery Restore Systemstate Adaptive subfile backup Adaptive subfile backup operations are discontinued, but you can still restore existing subfile backup data. Data Encryption Standard (DES) 56-bit data encryption For increased security, use Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 128-bit or AES 256-bit data encryption for backup and archive operations. For more information, see Encryptiontype. GPFS support for the Windows client The Windows backup-archive client can no longer back up or restore files in a Windows only GPFS cluster. However, you can still use the AIX or Linux backup-archive client to protect data in GPFS clusters that contain mixed nodes, which can include AIX, Linux, and Windows. Data Protection for HCL Domino plug-in The Data Protection for HCL Domino plug-in is stabilized at version 7.1.0 and is no longer supported by the backup-archive client. If the Data Protection for HCL Domino plug-in is installed and configured on the same server as the IBM Domino Server and the version 8.1 backup-archive client, you can no longer back up and restore IBM Domino databases and transaction log files with the web client. The guitreeviewafterbackup option The guitreeviewafterbackup option is no longer supported in this release and is removed from the Preferences Editor. If this option is present in the client options file when you run the client, the option is ignored and no client error messages are displayed. Discontinued support of client operating systems To take advantage of new product features, install the version 8.1 backup-archive client on one of the supported operating systems. For the current list of supported operating systems, see technote 1243309. The following operating systems are no longer supported by the backup-archive client: Windows 32-bit operating systems (client and API). Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, and Windows 8 operating systems. HP-UX operating systems. You can still use the IBM Storage Protect API on an HP-UX operating system. Linux on Power Systems (big endian). You can still use the IBM Storage Protect API on Linux on Power Systems (big endian). Solaris SPARC operating systems. You can still use the IBM Storage Protect API on Solaris SPARC operating systems.