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NOTE: IBM Spectrum Control 5.2.x has reached end of support.
See the end of support notification for details:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1075599
https://www.ibm.com/software/support/lifecycleapp/PLCDetail.wss?q45=D974436M68676I69
What are the hardware requirements for Tivoli Storage Productivity Center? How much memory, process and disk space do I need for managing my storage environment?
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Server:
Storage Resource Agents:
| Processor | Windows and Linux Intel Xeon 4 processor cores @ 2.5 GHz or greater 2 Intel Xeon L5520 8 processor cores @2.27 GHz or greater AIX POWER5TM, POWER6TM, POWER7TM, POWER8TM or later systems with 4 or 8 processor cores |
| Recommended Memory |
16 GB RAM In an evaluation environment with a limited number of volumes, subsystems, fabrics, switches, ports, agents or agentless servers being monitored, you may not require 16 GB RAM, but at least 8 GB is recommended. |
| Disk space |
Windows 15 GB of available disk space Linux 15 GB of available disk space /usr /var /home /tmp /opt If Red Hat Enterprise Linux is configured so that the above directories are individual file systems, each file system must have the following available space: /usr 1 GB /var 2 GB /home 3 GB /tmp 1 GB /opt 8 GB AIX /usr - 220 MB /var - 1 MB /home - 2.75 GB /tmp - 700 MB /opt - 18 GB Significant additional disk space of 40 - 80 GB is required for database and log files after data collection has started. The amount needed depends on:
Tip for all operating systems: You do not need to manually create any subdirectories when you install Spectrum Control. |
Storage Resource Agents:
| Processor | Pentium 400 MHZ processor or higher |
| Memory | 256 MB of RAM |
| Disk space | Approximately 350 MB of hard disk space |
Related Information
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Document Information
More support for:
IBM Spectrum Control
Software version:
5.2
Operating system(s):
AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows, z/OS
Document number:
612801
Modified date:
22 February 2022
UID
swg27039550
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