Preventive Service Planning
Abstract
This document contains links for all of the IBM Storage Protect for Databases requirements documents.
Content
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 brand change to IBM Storage.
Note: Requirement pages are published at announce date, all other pages are published at GA date.
This document is divided into linked sections. Use the following links to go to the section of the document that you require.
Overview table for Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server
The following tables provide an overview of the operating system levels and applications that are supported by the IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Microsoft SQL Server and Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server. For details about software prerequisites and requirements, and the necessary components, including hardware requirements click the several levels.
| Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server and IBM Storage Protect™ Snapshot for Microsoft SQL Server | |
|---|---|
| Operating systems x64 | Release 8.2 Latest fix pack 8.2.0 |
| Windows Server (64-bit) | Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2019 (Beginning with 8.1.7) Windows Server 2022 (Beginning with 8.1.13) Windows Server 2025 (Beginning with 8.1.24) |
| Operating systems x64 for remote management capabilities of the MMC GUI interface only: | Release 8.2 Latest fix pack 8.2.0 |
| Windows (64-bit) | Windows 8.1 Windows 10 Windows 11 |
| Operating Environments | Release 8.2 Latest fix pack 8.2.0 |
| Windows Failover | Windows Failover Clustering on x64 |
| Application x64 | Release 8.2 Latest fix pack 8.2.0 |
| Microsoft SQL Server (64-bit) Supported on the x64 platform | Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Microsoft SQL Server 2017 (Beginning with 8.1.4) Microsoft SQL Server 2019 (Beginning with 8.1.9) Microsoft SQL Server 2022 (Beginning with 8.1.17.1) |
| Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server and IBM Storage Protect™ Snapshot for Microsoft SQL Server | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating systems x64 | Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.24 | ||||||
| Windows Server (64-bit) | Windows Server 2012* Windows Server 2012 R2* Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2019 (Beginning with 8.1.7) Windows Server 2022 (Beginning with 8.1.13) Windows Server 2025 (Beginning with 8.1.24) | ||||||
| Windows Storage Server (64-bit) | Windows Storage Server 2012* Windows Storage Server 2012 R2* | ||||||
| Operating systems x64 for remote management capabilities of the MMC GUI interface only: | Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.24 | ||||||
| Windows (64-bit) | Windows 8.1 Windows 10 Windows 11 | ||||||
| Operating Environments | Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.24 | ||||||
| Windows Failover | Windows Failover Clustering on x64 | ||||||
| Application x64 | Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.24 | ||||||
| Microsoft SQL Server (64-bit) Supported on the x64 platform | Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Microsoft SQL Server 2017 (Beginning with 8.1.4) Microsoft SQL Server 2019 (Beginning with 8.1.9) Microsoft SQL Server 2022 (Beginning with 8.1.17.1) | ||||||
*Note: Product support is discontinued as the operating system has reached end of life.
Overview table for Data Protection for Oracle
| Data Protection for Oracle | |
|---|---|
| Operating systems | Release 8.2 Latest fix pack 8.2.0 (Microsoft Windows platform) Latest fix pack 8.2.0 (Unix platforms) |
| IBM AIX platform (64-bit) | AIX 7.2 and later TL levels and fix packs AIX 7.3 and later TL levels and fix packs (beginning with 8.1.13) |
| Linux x86_64 platform (64-bit) | Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.0* Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.0 * Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.0* (beginning with 8.1.9) Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.0* (beginning with 8.1.23) SUSE Enterprise Linux (SLES) 11.0* SUSE Enterprise Linux (SLES) 12.0* SUSE Enterprise Linux (SLES) 15.0* (beginning with 8.1.9) *Later maintenance and modification levels to the operating system version are also supported. |
| Linux on System z platform (64-bit) | Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 Update 2* Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.0* Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.0* (beginning with 8.1.9) SUSE Enterprise Linux (SLES) 11.0* SUSE Enterprise Linux (SLES) 12.0* *and later mod levels and fix packs |
| Solaris x86_64 platform (64-bit) | Solaris 10, and later mod levels and fix packs Solaris 11, and later mod levels and fix packs |
| Windows x64 platform (64-bit) | Windows Server 2012, or later Service Pack levels* Windows Server 2012 R2, or later Service Pack levels* Windows Server 2016, or later Service Pack levels Windows Server 2019, or later Service Pack levels (beginning with 8.1.9) Windows Server 2022, or later Service Pack levels (beginning with 8.1.13) Note: *Product support is discontinued as the operating system has reached end of life Windows Server 2016-Windows Server 2022: Standard x64, or Datacenter x64 editions supported |
| Release 8.2 Latest fix pack 8.2.0 (Unix platforms) | |
| Operating Environments | Oracle Real Application Clusters* Solaris 10 and 11 global zones * Solaris 10 and 11 non-global (local) zones * *as supported by the level of Oracle used in your environment |
| Applications | Release 8.2 Latest fix pack 8.2.0 (Microsoft Windows platform) Latest fix pack 8.2.0 (Unix platforms) |
| Oracle (64-bit) Supported on IBM AIX platform (64-bit) | Oracle 11gR2 and later maintenance levels Oracle 12c later maintenance levels Oracle 12cR2 later maintenance levels Oracle 18ca nd later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.0.2) Oracle 19c and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.0.2) Note: Standard or Enterprise Server editions supported |
| Oracle (64-bit) Supported on Linux x86_64 platform (64-bit) | Oracle 11gR2 and later maintenance levels Oracle 12c and later maintenance levels Oracle 12cR2 and later maintenance levels Oracle 18c and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.0.2) Oracle 19c and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.0.2) Oracle 21c and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.13.0) Note: Standard or Enterprise Server editions supported |
| Oracle (64-bit) Supported on Linux on System z platform (64-bit) | Oracle 11gR2 and later maintenance levels Oracle 12c and later maintenance levels Oracle 12cR2 and later maintenance levels Oracle 18c and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.0.2) Oracle 19c and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.0.2) Note: Standard or Enterprise Server editions supported |
| Oracle (64-bit) Supported on Solaris x86_64 platform (64-bit) | Oracle 11gR2 and later maintenance levels Oracle 12c and later maintenance levels Oracle 12cR2 and later maintenance levels Oracle 18c and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.0.2) Oracle 19c and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.0.2) Note: Standard or Enterprise Server editions supported |
| Oracle (64-bit) Supported on Windows x64 platform (64-bit) | Oracle 11gR2 and later maintenance levels Oracle 12c and later maintenance levels Oracle 12cR2 and later maintenance levels Oracle 18c and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.0.2) Oracle 19c and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.0.2) Oracle 21c and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.13.0) Note: Standard or Enterprise Server editions supported |
| Data Protection for Oracle | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating systems | Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.22 (Microsoft Windows platform) Latest fix pack 8.1.23 (Unix platforms) | ||||||
| IBM AIX platform (64-bit) | AIX 7.1 and later TL levels and fix packs* *Note: Product support is discontinued as the operating system has reached end of life. | ||||||
| HP Itanium platform (64-bit) | HP-UX 11iv3, and later mod levels and fix packs | ||||||
| Linux x86_64 platform (64-bit) | Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.0* (**) **Note: Product support is discontinued as the operating system has reached end of life. | ||||||
| Linux on System z platform (64-bit) | Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 Update 2* (**) **Note: Product support is discontinued as the operating system has reached end of life. | ||||||
| Solaris SPARC platform (64-bit) | Solaris 10, and later mod levels and fix packs Solaris 11, and later mod levels and fix packs | ||||||
| Solaris x86_64 platform (64-bit) | Solaris 10, and later mod levels and fix packs Solaris 11, and later mod levels and fix packs | ||||||
| Windows x64 platform (64-bit) | Windows Server 2012, or later Service Pack levels* *Note: Product support is discontinued as the operating system has reached end of life. | ||||||
| Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.23 (Unix platforms) | |||||||
| Operating Environments | Oracle Real Application Clusters* Solaris 10 and 11 global zones * Solaris 10 and 11 non-global (local) zones * *as supported by the level of Oracle used in your environment | ||||||
| Applications | Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.22 (Microsoft Windows platform) Latest fix pack 8.1.23 (Unix platforms) | ||||||
| Oracle (64-bit) Supported on IBM AIX platform (64-bit) | Oracle 11gR2 and later maintenance levels Oracle 12c later maintenance levels Oracle 12cR2 later maintenance levels Oracle 18ca nd later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.0.2) Oracle 19c and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.0.2) Note: Standard or Enterprise Server editions supported | ||||||
| Oracle (64-bit) Supported on HP Itanium platform (64-bit) | Oracle 11gR2 and later maintenance levels Oracle 12c and later maintenance levels Oracle 12cR2 and later maintenance levels Oracle 18c and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.0.2) Oracle 19c and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.0.2) Oracle 21c and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.13.0) Note: Standard or Enterprise Server editions supported | ||||||
| Oracle (64-bit) Supported on Linux x86_64 platform (64-bit) | Oracle 11gR2 and later maintenance levels Oracle 12c and later maintenance levels Oracle 12cR2 and later maintenance levels Oracle 18c and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.0.2) Oracle 19c and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.0.2) Oracle 21c and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.13.0) Note: Standard or Enterprise Server editions supported | ||||||
| Oracle (64-bit) Supported on Linux on System z platform (64-bit) | Oracle 11gR2 and later maintenance levels Oracle 12c and later maintenance levels Oracle 12cR2 and later maintenance levels Oracle 18c and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.0.2) Oracle 19c and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.0.2) Note: Standard or Enterprise Server editions supported | ||||||
| Oracle (64-bit) Supported on Solaris SPARC platform (64-bit) | Oracle 11gR2 and later maintenance levels Oracle 12c and later maintenance levels Oracle 12cR2 and later maintenance levels Oracle 18c and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.0.2) Oracle 19c and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.0.2) Note: Standard or Enterprise Server editions supported | ||||||
| Oracle (64-bit) Supported on Solaris x86_64 platform (64-bit) | Oracle 11gR2 and later maintenance levels Oracle 12c and later maintenance levels Oracle 12cR2 and later maintenance levels Oracle 18c and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.0.2) Oracle 19c and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.0.2) Note: Standard or Enterprise Server editions supported | ||||||
| Oracle (64-bit) Supported on Windows x64 platform (64-bit) | Oracle 11gR2 and later maintenance levels Oracle 12c and later maintenance levels Oracle 12cR2 and later maintenance levels Oracle 18c and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.0.2) Oracle 19c and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.0.2) Oracle 21c and later maintenance levels (beginning with 8.1.13.0) Note: Standard or Enterprise Server editions supported | ||||||
*Note :Product support is discontinued as the operating system has reached end of life
- Level 8.2.0
Fix pack 8.2.0 is announced on December 2025 and is electronically available 5 December 2025.
- Level 8.1.24
Fix pack 8.1.24 is electronically available on 27 September 2024.- IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for SQL Server and Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server was not updated to the 8.1.24 level
Refer to the Hardware and Software Requirements: IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for SQL Server 8.1.21 and Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server 8.1.24 - Data Protection for Oracle on Microsoft Windows platform was not updated to the 8.1.23 level
Refer to the Hardware and Software Requirements: Data Protection for Oracle 8.1.22 - Hardware and Software Requirements: Data Protection for Oracle 8.1.23 (Data Protection for Oracle on Unix platforms)
- IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for SQL Server and Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server was not updated to the 8.1.24 level
- Level 8.1.23
Fix pack 8.1.23 is electronically available on 14 June 2024.- IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for SQL Server and Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server was not updated to the 8.1.23 level
Refer to the Hardware and Software Requirements: IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for SQL Server 8.1.21 and Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server 8.1.21 - Data Protection for Oracle on Microsoft Windows platform was not updated to the 8.1.23 level
Refer to the Hardware and Software Requirements: Data Protection for Oracle 8.1.22 - Hardware and Software Requirements: Data Protection for Oracle 8.1.23 (Data Protection for Oracle on Unix platforms)
- IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for SQL Server and Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server was not updated to the 8.1.23 level
- Level 8.1.22
Fix pack 8.1.22 is electronically available on 22 March 2024.- IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for SQL Server and Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server was not updated to the 8.1.22 level.
Refer to the Hardware and Software Requirements: IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for SQL Server 8.1.21 and Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server 8.1.21 - Hardware and Software Requirements: Data Protection for Oracle 8.1.22 (Data Protection for Oracle on Microsoft Windows platform)
- Data Protection for Oracle on Unix platforms was not updated to the 8.1.21 level.
Refer to the Hardware and Software Requirements: Data Protection for Oracle 8.1.19
- IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for SQL Server and Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server was not updated to the 8.1.22 level.
- Level 8.1.21
Fix pack 8.1.21 is electronically available on 08 December 2023.- Hardware and Software Requirements: IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for SQL Server 8.1.21 and Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server 8.1.21
- Data Protection for Oracle was not updated to the 8.1.21 level.
Refer to the Hardware and Software Requirements: Data Protection for Oracle 8.1.19
- Level 8.1.19
Fix pack 8.1.19 is announced on June 2023 and is electronically available 16 June 2023. - Level 8.1.17
Fix pack 8.1.17 is electronically available on 9 December 2022.- Hardware and Software Requirements: Version 8.1.17 IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot for SQL Server & 8.1.14 Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server
- Data Protection for Oracle was not updated to the 8.1.17 level.
Refer to the Hardware and Software Requirements: Version 8.1.13 Data Protection for Oracle
- Level 8.1.14
Fix pack 8.1.14 is electronically available on 11 March 2022.- Hardware and Software Requirements: Version 8.1.14 IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot for SQL Server & 8.1.14 Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server
- Data Protection for Oracle was not updated to the 8.1.14 level.
Refer to the Hardware and Software Requirements: Version 8.1.13 Data Protection for Oracle
- Level 8.1.13
Fix pack 8.1.13 is announced on 7 December 2021 and is electronically available on 10 December 2021. - Level 8.1.12
Fix pack 8.1.12 is electronically available on 23 April 2021.- Hardware and Software Requirements: Version 8.1.12 IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot for SQL Server & 8.1.12 Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server
- Data Protection for Oracle was not updated to the 8.1.12 level.
Refer to the Hardware and Software Requirements: Version 8.1.9 Data Protection for Oracle
- Level 8.1.9
Fix pack 8.1.9 is announced on 19 November 2019 and is electronically available on 22 November 2019. - Level 8.1.8
Fix pack 8.1.8 is electronically available on 27 June 2019.- Hardware and Software Requirements: Version 8.1.8 IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot for SQL Server & 8.1.8 Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server
- Data Protection for Oracle was not updated to the 8.1.8 level.
Refer to the Hardware and Software Requirements: Version 8.1.0 Data Protection for Oracle
- Level 8.1.7
Fix pack 8.1.7 was announced on 12 February 2019 and is electronically available on 22 February 2019.- Hardware and Software Requirements: Version 8.1.7 IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot for SQL Server & 8.1.7 Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server
- Data Protection for Oracle was not updated to the 8.1.7 level.
Refer to the Hardware and Software Requirements: Version 8.1.0 Data Protection for Oracle
- Level 8.1.6
Fix pack 8.1.6 was announced on 24 August 2018 and is electronically available on 21 September 2018.- Hardware and Software Requirements: Version 8.1.6 IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot for SQL Server & 8.1.6 Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server
- Data Protection for Oracle was not updated to the 8.1.6 level.
Refer to the Hardware and Software Requirements: Version 8.1.0 Data Protection for Oracle
- Level 8.1.4
Fix pack 8.1.4 was announced on 12 December 2017 and is electronically available on 15 December 2017.- Hardware and Software Requirements: Version 8.1.4 IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot for SQL Server & 8.1.4 Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server
- Data Protection for Oracle was not updated to the 8.1.4 level.
Refer to the Hardware and Software Requirements: Version 8.1.0 Data Protection for Oracle
- Level 8.1.2
Fix pack 8.1.2 was announced on 8 August 2017 and is electronically available on 11 August 2017.- Hardware and Software Requirements: Version 8.1.2 IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot for SQL Server & 8.1.2 Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server
- Data Protection for Oracle was not updated to the 8.1.2 level.
Refer to the Hardware and Software Requirements: Version 8.1.0 Data Protection for Oracle
- Level 8.1.0
Version 8.1 was announced on 6 December 2016 and is available electronically on 9 December 2016.
Release 7.1 is past End of Support (EOS):
- EOS page: IBM Spectrum Protect and Tivoli Storage Manager 7.1 products End of Support 31 December 2021
- Requirements web page: Requirements Documents: IBM Spectrum Protect for Databases 7.1, which is past End-of-Support (EOS)
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