Troubleshooting
Problem
Hardware and software requirements for IBM Spectrum Protect Linux® zSeries backup-archive client and API
Cause
Resolving The Problem
Hardware and Software Requirements
The following requirement tables detail the minimum supported levels. In general, backup-archive client and API support all operating system service packs and maintenance levels. The tables list any exceptions.
This document is divided into linked sections. Use the following links to go to the section of the document that you require.
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System | Any z system, as supported by Linux distribution in 64-bit mode |
Disk Space | 500 MB disk space required to install the client Note: using the web user interface requires minimum 4.4 GB disk space (preferred 9 GB disk space) |
Memory | No extra Random-Access Memory (RAM) required for product installation. RAM requirements for running the product vary widely and depend on your environment, configuration, and tasks that you fulfill. More RAM might be required to run the product. Note: using the web user interface requires minimum 4 GB RAM (preferred 8 GB RAM) |
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Communication Protocol |
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Operating systems |
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File system | For supported file systems, see: File system and ACL support Supported IBM Spectrum Scale (previously known as GPFS) versions:
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The web backup-archive client requires Java™: JRE 7 or JRE 8 Note:
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For EXT2/EXT3/XFS access control list (ACL) support, you need the ACL package. | |
Linux kernel 5.2 or later introduces the Ext 4 casefold feature. This feature is not supported for backup and restore operations with the 8.1 backup-archive client. | |
The image backup and restore functions for LVM2 volumes require libdevmapper.so V1.01 or later. If the library is at a lower level than required or it is not available, image backups for LVM2 volumes fail. The libdevmapper.so library is distributed with the device mapper packages. On RHEL, the package is called device-mapper-libs and on SLES it is called device-mapper. |
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IBM Spectrum Scale - Scale Out backup and restore (SOBAR) supported. Note:
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The function mmbackup in the IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0.4 or earlier does not work in combination with the IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client 8.1.10. For IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0.4 see APAR IJ22017, for IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.3 see APAR IJ22035. | |
The IBM Global Security Kit (GSKit) provides libraries and utilities for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or the Transport Layer Security (TLS) communication, which is used by IBM Spectrum Protect product components. The GSKit levels included in IBM Spectrum Protect are listed in GSKit levels distributed by IBM Spectrum Protect |
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System | Any z system, as supported by Linux distribution in 64-bit mode |
Disk Space | 500 MB disk space required to install the client, and all language packs. |
Memory | No extra Random-Access Memory (RAM) required for product installation. RAM requirements for running the product vary widely and depend on your environment, configuration, and tasks that you fulfill. More RAM might be required to run the product. |
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Note: The operating system kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 7.8 is incompatible with the IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client journal-based backup kernel extension. If you are running an earlier version of RHEL with journal-based backups, and then you upgrade to RHEL 7.8 or later, then journal-based backup no longer works. This issue is fixed in the backup-archive client 7.1.8.9 and 8.1.11 on all Linux platforms, see also APAR IT33132
Note: Due to security reasons, the backup-archive client 7.1.8.13 and later packages have been built to support SHA256 digest. On RHEL 5.x, whose support ended on November 30, 2020, those rpm packages are not installable. Therefore, beginning with IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client level 7.1.8.13, the operating system RHEL 5 is no longer supported. Note: Starting with 7.1.8, due to technical reasons, two RHEL packages are being delivered for the Linux on System z client -- one general package, and one special package for RHEL 5 support. Use the latter package only for the RHEL5 operating system. The special package for RHEL 5 is available on the FTP server. See download page: IBM Spectrum Protect Client 7.1.8 Downloads and readme files
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File system |
For supported file systems, see: File system and ACL support The following GPFS versions are supported on SLES 12 and RHEL 7.1:
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Web backup-archive client requires:
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For EXT2/EXT3/XFS ACL support, you need the ACL package. | |
The image backup and restore functions for LVM2 volumes requires libdevmapper.so V1.01 or later. If the library is at a lower level than required or it is not available, image backups for LVM2 volumes fail. The libdevmapper.so library is distributed with the device mapper packages. On RHEL, the package is called device-mapper-libs and on SLES it is called device-mapper. |
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To use the Common Inventory Technology components in a pure 64-bit Linux environment, the following 32-bit runtime support packages must be installed:
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Install the following packages to use the backup-archive client for backup or restore VMware virtual machines:
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Journal-Based backup (JBB) supported on:
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IBM Spectrum Scale SOBAR supported. Note:
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The IBM Global Security Kit (GSKit) provides libraries and utilities for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or the Transport Layer Security (TLS) communication, which is used by IBM Spectrum Protect product components. The GSKit levels included in IBM Spectrum Protect are listed in GSKit levels distributed by IBM Spectrum Protect |
- Release 7.1 is past End of Support (EOS). See the V7.1 Client:
- Release 6.4 is past End of Support (EOS). See the V6.4 Client:
- Release 6.3 is past End of Support (EOS). See the V6.3 Client:
- Release 6.2 is past End of Support (EOS). See the V6.2 Client:
- Release 6.1 is past End of Support (EOS). See the V6.1 Client:
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- The LAN-free client also requires IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Storage Area Networks (5608-SAN).
Administrative | Backup-archive client | Space management client (HSM) (Beginning with 7.1.4) |
API client | |||
Command line interface | Graphical user interface (Beginning with 8.1.10) |
Command line interface | Web browser interface | Graphical user interface | Command line interface | Interface |
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Related Information
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Document Information
Modified date:
26 January 2022
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