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Known Issues and Limitations: Version 8.1.x IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot (Overview)

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Abstract

This document details the Known Issues & Limitations for IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot 8.1.x.

Content

The IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot product is composed of multiple components, which support various operating systems, databases, and applications. Due to the large number of components included in this product, the Known Issues & Limitations for this product have been separated into multiple documents in order to enable you to focus on only the issues that apply to your application environment. Each IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot component supports a specific application or operating environment as described in the table.

This document will provide a list of the components included in the IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot product, a description of the environment supported by each component, and a link to the Known Issues & Limitations documentation for each component.

IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot Component Platforms Applicable to this Component Environment Supported by Component Link to Known Issues & Limitation document for this Component
IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Microsoft Exchange Windows Supports Microsoft Exchange Server environments http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21992693
IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Microsoft SQL Windows Supports Microsoft SQL Server environments http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21992685
IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot MMC Snap-in and Base System Services Windows Provides the:
  • MMC GUI interface
  • File System and Custom Application Snapshot support feature which provides a generic backup agent that can be used to create snapshots of file systems, other applications or databases not explicitly supported by the FlashCopy Manager product on Windows.
 http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21992665
IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot VSS Requestor Windows Supports Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server, and File System and Custom Application environments along with the MMC Snap-in See Note below
IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for DB2 AIX
Linux x86_64
 		 Supports DB2, either pure or in combination with SAP® environments. http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21990179
IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Oracle AIX
Linux x86_64
 		 Supports Oracle environments (when not used in combination with SAP® environments) http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21990179
IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Oracle (with SAP® environments) AIX
Linux x86_64
 		 Supports Oracle when used in SAP® environments http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21990179
IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Custom Applications AIX
Linux x86_64
 		 Provides a generic backup agent that can be used to create snapshots of other applications or databases not explicitly supported by the FlashCopy Manager product on UNIX and Linux. http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21990179

Note: The VSS Requestor component supports Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server, and File System and Custom Application environments. The "Known Issues & Limitations" for this component are included in the "VSS" section(s) of the IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Microsoft Exchange, IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Microsoft SQL, and IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot MMC Snap-in and Base System Services "Known Issues & Limitations" documents.

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Document Information

Modified date:
01 February 2022

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swg21990218

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