Managing client upgrades

When a fix pack or interim fix becomes available for a client, you can upgrade the client to take advantage of product improvements. Servers and clients can be upgraded at different times and can be at different levels with some restrictions.

Before you begin

1. Review the client/server compatibility requirements in IBM Spectrum Protect Server-Client Compatibility and Upgrade Considerations . If your solution includes servers or clients at a level that is earlier than V7.1, review the guidelines to ensure that client backup and archive operations are not disrupted.
2. Verify system requirements for the client in IBM Spectrum Protect Supported Operating Systems.
3. If the solution includes storage agents or library clients, review the information about storage-agent and library-client compatibility with servers that are configured as library managers. See Storage-agent and library-client compatibility with an IBM Spectrum Protect server .

   If you plan to upgrade a library manager and a library client, you must upgrade the library manager first.