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Linux on IBM Z requirements: IBM Storage Protect for Space Management

Troubleshooting


Problem

IBM Spectrum Protect™ for Space Management (HSM) requirements for Linux on IBM Z Systems

Resolving The Problem

Hardware and Software Requirements

This document is divided into linked sections. Use the following links to go to the section of the document that you require.

Note: IBM Storage Protect for Space Management support for third-party operating systems, applications, services, and hardware depend on the respective vendor. If a third-party product or version moves into extended support, self-service support, or end-of-life, IBM Storage Protect for Space Management supports the product or version at the same level as the vendor. See also IBM Support General Guidelines and Limitations - IBM support for software on unsupported operating systems



 

Release 8.1

Note: The product now known as IBM Storage Protect was named IBM Spectrum Protect in levels earlier than 8.1.19. To learn more about the brand change, see IBM Spectrum Protect brand change to IBM Storage Protect.

Hardware
System IBM z Systems
Disk space 400 MB disk space required to install the IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management client binary files.

In each IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management managed file system
  • 1 GB free disk space
  • if the dsmscout daemon is used extra disk space is required:
    1 KB times the value specified for the "maxfiles" option of the "dsmmigfs add" or "dsmmigfs update" command
Memory No extra Random-Access Memory (RAM) is required for product installation.
RAM requirements for running the product vary widely and depend on your environment, configuration, and tasks that you run. More RAM might be required to run the product.
Software
Communication protocol One of the following:
  • TCP/IP, which comes standard with Linux
  • Shared Memory Protocol (with Linux on IBM Z server only)
Operating system
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 SP1 to SP2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.1.0 to 7.3.0
File system
  • IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.1.0 or higher 4.2.1.x fix pack levels
  • IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.2.0 or higher 4.2.2.x fix pack levels
  • IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.3.0 or higher 4.2.3.x fix pack levels(1) (Beginning with 8.1.2)
Other Notes
There is no IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management client 8.1.4 and later. Use the 8.1.2.1 client.
On a IBM Spectrum Scale cluster with AIX, Linux x86, Linux on IBM Power Little Endian, or Linux on IBM Z nodes, use the IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management client only on one of these platforms to manage a shared file system. Do not use the IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management client on different platforms to manage a file system shared among these platforms.
(1) IBM Spectrum Scale - Scale Out Backup and Restore (SOBAR) supported.
On IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.3, you need at least IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.3.5 fix pack level.
For the installation of IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client and IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management client, the same (matching) release level is required.



 



 

End of Support (EOS) releases


 

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Modified date:
12 September 2023

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