Troubleshooting
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Hardware and software requirements for IBM Spectrum Protect Windows® backup-archive client and API
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Resolving The Problem
Hardware and Software Requirements
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System | x64: An AMD64 or EM64T processor or multi-processor based computer |
Disk Space | 1.5 GB 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 | 128 MB Random-Access Memory (RAM) required to install the client Note: using the web user interface requires minimum 4 GB RAM (preferred 8 GB RAM) |
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Communication Protocol | One for the following, which included in the base Windows product packages:
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Operating system | Backup-archive client (including web client) and API client require one of the following:
(*) only Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) products supported |
File system | For supported file systems most current fix pack, see in: Windows supported file systems |
More Software | |
For more information about supported IBM Spectrum Protect Windows client features, which listed by Windows operating system, see Function table | |
The web client requires Java™: JRE 7 or JRE 8 Note:
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Automated System Recovery (ASR) for Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) and non-EFI systems. | |
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For NetApp Data ONTAP supports, see Backup-archive client supported levels of NetApp Data ONTAP Note: If you upgrade to NetApp Data ONTAP 9.10.1 or later, Snapshot difference incremental backups are discontinued. For more information, see Using IBM Spectrum Protect to protect NetApp® filers with "SnapDiff™" is changing |
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Tip: The product now known as IBM Spectrum Protect was named IBM Tivoli Storage Manager in releases earlier than 7.1.3. To learn more about the rebranding transition, see Tivoli Storage Manager branding transition to IBM Spectrum Protect.
Note: IBM Spectrum Protect and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 7.1 reached end of support (EOS) at 31 December 2021.
Hardware | |
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System | 32-bit: An x32 or compatible processor, or multi-processor based computer x64: An AMD64 or EM64T processor or multi-processor based computer |
Disk Space | 1.5 GB disk space required to install the client |
Memory | 128 MB RAM required to install the client |
Software | |
Communication Protocol | One for the following, included in the base Windows product packages:
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Operating system | Backup-archive client (including web client) and API client require one of the following:
(*) only Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) product is supported |
File system | For supported file systems on most current fix pack, see this web page: Windows supported file systems |
More Software | |
For more information about supported IBM Spectrum Protect Windows client features, which are listed by Windows operating system, see Function table | |
The web client requires:
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Only 64-bit clients running on 64-bit machines. | |
Automated System Recovery (ASR) for EFI and non-EFI systems. | |
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For NetApp Data ONTAP supports, see Backup-archive Client supported levels of NetApp Data ONTAP | |
Virtual machine backups that are initiated by the Data Protection for VMware product only supported on
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Supported GPFS versions:
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1 Note on Windows 2012:
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- 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 | HSM for Windows client | ||||
Command line interface | Graphical user interface | Command line interface | Web browser interface | Graphical user interface | Command line Interface | Interface |
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Related Information
IBM Spectrum Protect Downloads - Latest Fix Packs and interim fixes
Overview - IBM Spectrum Protect Supported Operating Systems
IBM Support Overview - Tivoli Storage Manager Supported Operating Systems
Hardware and software requirements for IBM Spectrum Protect HSM for Windows
Featured Documents for IBM Spectrum Protect and Tivoli Storage Manager
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Modified date:
07 December 2021
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