Preventive Service Planning
Abstract
This document has links to the hardware and software requirements documents associated with IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot.
Content
This document is divided into linked sections. Use the following links to go to the section of the document that you require.
IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot overview tables
- Overview tables for IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot MMC Snap-in and Base System Services
- Overview tables for IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot VSS Requestor
- Overview tables for IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Microsoft Exchange
- Overview table for IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Microsoft SQL
- Overview table for IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for all Unix Components
- Overview table for IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot Prerequisite Checker
IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot hardware and software requirements documents
Note: Requirement pages are published at announce date, all other pages are published at GA date.
Tip: Beginning with version 7.1.3, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager is now IBM Spectrum Protect™. Learn here more about the Tivoli Storage Manager branding transition to IBM Spectrum Protect™.
Note: IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot and IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy® Manager 4.1 reached end of support (EOS) at 31 December 2021. See IBM Spectrum Protect/Tivoli Storage Manager 7.1 products End of Support 31 December 2021.
Overview tables for IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot MMC Snap-in and Base System Services
The following tables provide an overview of the operating system levels and applications that are supported by the IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot MMC Snap-in and Base System Services. For details about software prerequisites and requirements (including supported editions), and the necessary components, including hardware requirements click the several levels.
| IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot MMC Snap-in and Base System Services |
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| Operating systems x86 | Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.14 |
Release 4.1 Latest fix pack 4.1.6 |
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| Windows Server (32-bit) | -- | Windows Server 2008 SP2 | ||||||
| Operating systems x64 | Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.14 |
Release 4.1 Latest fix pack 4.1.6 |
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| 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 2008 SP2 Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 -- -- |
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| Windows Storage Server (64-bit) | Windows Storage Server 2012 Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 |
Windows Storage Server 2012 Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 |
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| Operating systems x64 for remote management capabilities of the MMC GUI interface only: |
Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.14 |
Release 4.1 Latest fix pack 4.1.6 |
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| Windows (64-bit) | -- -- Windows 8.1 Windows 10 Windows 11 (Beginning with 8.1.13) |
Windows 7 SP1 Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Windows 10 (Beginning with 4.1.4) |
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| Operating Environments | Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.14 |
Release 4.1 Latest fix pack 4.1.6 |
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| Windows Failover | -- | Windows Failover Clustering on x86 and x64 | ||||||
Overview table for IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot VSS Requestor
The following table provides an overview of the operating system levels and applications that are supported by the IBM Spectrum Protect™ VSS Requestor. For details about prerequisites and requirements (including supported editions), and the necessary components, including hardware requirements click the several levels.
| IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot VSS Requestor |
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| Operating systems x86 | Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.14 |
Release 4.1 Latest fix pack 4.1.6 |
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| Windows Server (32-bit) | -- | Windows Server 2008 SP2 | ||||||
| Operating systems x64 | Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.14 |
Release 4.1 Latest fix pack 4.1.6 |
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| 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 2008 SP2 Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 -- -- |
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| Windows Storage Server (64-bit) | Windows Storage Server 2012 Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 |
Windows Storage Server 2012 Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 |
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| Operating Environments | Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.14 |
Release 4.1 Latest fix pack 4.1.6 |
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| Windows Failover | -- | Windows Failover Clustering on x86 and x64 | ||||||
Overview tables for IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Microsoft Exchange
The following tables provide an overview of the operating system levels and applications that are supported by the IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Microsoft Exchange Server and Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server. For details about software prerequisites and requirements (including supported editions), and the necessary components, including hardware requirements click the several levels.
| Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server and IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot for Microsoft Exchange Server |
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| Operating systems x64 | Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.14 |
Release 7.1 and 4.1 Latest fix pack 7.1.6 and 4.1.6 |
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| 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 2008 SP2 Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 -- -- |
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| Operating systems x64 for remote management capabilities of the MMC GUI interface only: |
Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.14 |
Release 7.1 and 4.1 Latest fix pack 7.1.6 and 4.1.6 |
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| Windows (64-bit) | -- -- Windows 8.1 Windows 10 Windows 11(Beginning with 8.1.13) |
Windows 7 SP1 Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Windows 10 (Beginning with 4.1.4 and 7.1.4) |
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| Operating Environments | Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.14 |
Release 7.1 and 4.1 Latest fix pack 7.1.6 and 4.1.6 |
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| Windows Failover | Windows Failover Clustering on x64 | Windows Failover Clustering on x64 | ||||||
| Application x64 | Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.14 |
Release 7.1 and 4.1 Latest fix pack 7.1.6 and 4.1.6 |
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| Microsoft Exchange Server (64-bit) | -- Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 CU2 Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Microsoft Exchange Server 2019(1)(Beginning with 8.1.7) |
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP3 Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 CU2 Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 (Beginning with 4.1.4.2 and 7.1.4.2) -- |
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Notes:
- (1) Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 is only supported by Windows Server 2019
Overview tables for IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Microsoft SQL
The following tables provide an overview of the operating system levels and applications that are supported by the IBM Spectrum 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 Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot for Microsoft SQL Server |
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| Operating systems x86 | Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.14 |
Release 7.1 and 4.1 Latest fix pack 7.1.6 and 4.1.6 |
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| Windows Server (32-bit) | -- | Windows Server 2008 SP2 | ||||||
| Operating systems x64 | Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.14 |
Release 7.1 and 4.1 Latest fix pack 7.1.6 and 4.1.6 |
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| 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 2008 SP2 Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 -- -- |
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| Windows Storage Server (64-bit) | Windows Storage Server 2012 Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 |
Windows Storage Server 2012 Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 |
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| Operating systems x64 for remote management capabilities of the MMC GUI interface only: |
Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.14 |
Release 7.1 and 4.1 Latest fix pack 7.1.6 and 4.1.6 |
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| Windows (64-bit) | -- -- Windows 8.1 Windows 10 Windows 11(Beginning with 8.1.13) |
Windows 7 SP1 Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Windows 10 (Beginning with 4.1.4 and 7.1.4) |
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| Operating Environments | Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.14 |
Release 7.1 and 4.1 Latest fix pack 7.1.6 and 4.1.6 |
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| Windows Failover | Windows Failover Clustering on x64 | Windows Failover Clustering on x86 and x64 | ||||||
| Application x86 | Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.14 |
Release 7.1 and 4.1 Latest fix pack 7.1.6 and 4.1.6 |
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| Microsoft SQL Server (32-bit) | -- | Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SP3 Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Microsoft SQL Server 2014 |
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| Application x64 | Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.14 |
Release 7.1 and 4.1 Latest fix pack 7.1.6 and 4.1.6 |
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| Microsoft SQL Server (64-bit) |
-- -- -- 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 2008 SP3 Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Microsoft SQL Server 2016 (Beginning with 4.1.6.1 and 7.1.6.1) -- -- |
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Overview tables for IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for all Unix Components
The following tables provide an overview of the operating system levels and applications that are supported by the IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot - All Unix Components. For details about software prerequisites and requirements, and the necessary components, including hardware requirements click the several levels. IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot components that share core hardware and software requirements are:
- IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Db2
- IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Oracle
- IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Oracle (with SAP® environments)
- IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Custom Applications
| IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot - All Unix Components |
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| On AIX (64-bit) | Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.11 |
Release 4.1 Latest fix pack 4.1.6 |
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| Operating system | -- AIX 7.1, and later 7.1.x levels AIX 7.2, and later 7.2.x levels AIX 7.3, and later 7.3.x levels (beginning with 8.1.11) |
AIX 6.1, and later 6.1.x levels AIX 7.1, and later 7.1.x levels AIX 7.2, and later 7.2.x levels (Beginning with 4.1.4) -- |
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| File systems | JFS, JFS2 GPFS (For Custom Applications only) |
JFS, JFS2 GPFS (For IBM Db2 pureScale and Custom Applications only) |
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| Operating environment | High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing (HACMP™) and PowerHA® | High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing (HACMP™) and PowerHA® | ||||||
| On Linux x86 (64-bit) | Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.11 |
Release 4.1 Latest fix pack 4.1.6 |
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| Operating system | Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 and later service packs Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 and later service packs Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15 and later service packs Note: 15SP3 and later SP beginning with 8.1.6.1 |
SLES 11 and later service packs SLES 12 GA -- |
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| Operating system | -- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.1 up to 6.10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.0, RHEL 7.4 up to 7.9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.0 and later 8.x Note: RHEL 8.5 and later 8.x beginning with 8.1.11 |
RHEL 5.1 up to 5.11 (Supported until 4.1.6.4) RHEL 6.1 up to 6.7 RHEL 7.0 (Beginning with 4.1.4) -- |
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| Logical Volume Manager | LVM2 | LVM2, supported up to lvm2-2.02.115 | ||||||
| File systems | ext2, ext3, ext4, xfs For Custom Applications only: GPFS |
ext2, ext3, ext4 for IBM Db2 pureScale and Custom Applications only: GPFS |
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| On HP-UX | Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.11 |
Release 4.1 Latest fix pack 4.1.1 (stabilized at the 4.1.1 functional code level) |
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| Operating system | -- | HP-UX 11i v3 | ||||||
| Logical Volume Manager | -- | HP-UX LVM | ||||||
| File systems | -- | Veritas File System (VxFS) v5.0, and later 5.x levels | ||||||
| On Solaris SPARC | Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.11 |
Release 4.1 Latest fix pack 4.1.1 (stabilized at the 4.1.1 functional code level) |
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| Operating system | -- | Solaris 10 Update 4, and later 10.x levels Note: FlashCopy Manager needs to run in the global zone. |
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| Logical Volume Manager | -- | Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) v5.0, and later 5.x levels | ||||||
| File systems | -- | UFS, Veritas File System (VxFS) v5.0, and later 5.x levels | ||||||
| IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Db2 |
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| Application x64 | Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.11 |
Release 4.1 Latest fix pack 4.1.6 |
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| IBM Db2 (64-bit) | -- 10.1 Fix Pack 2 and later 10.1.x Fix Packs 10.5 and later 10.5.x Fix Packs 11.1 and later 11.1.x Fix Packs 11.5 and later 11.5.x Fix Packs (Beginning with 8.1.9) Note: IBM Db2 pureScale is NOT supported by IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot 8.1 |
9.7 and later 9.7.x Fix Packs 10.1 Fix Pack 2 and later 10.1.x Fix Packs 10.5 and later 10.5.x Fix Packs V11.1.0 (Beginning with 4.1.4) 11.1 and later 11.1.0 -- Note: For support of IBM Db2 pureScale, IBM Db2 10.5 Fix Pack 4 or later 10.5.x Fix Pack is required. |
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| IBM Db2 with SAP® | SAP® environments must meet all requirements specified by SAP® | SAP® environments must meet all requirements specified by SAP® | ||||||
| IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Oracle |
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| Application x64 | Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.11 |
Release 4.1 Latest fix pack 4.1.6 |
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| Oracle Database (64-bit) |
-- Oracle Database 11gR2 Oracle Database 12cR1 Oracle Database 12cR2 Oracle Database 18c (Beginning with 8.1.6) Oracle Database 19c (Beginning with 8.1.6) Note: Multitenant (pluggable) databases are not supported |
Oracle Database 11gR1 Oracle Database 11gR2 Oracle Database 12cR1 -- -- -- Note: Multitenant (pluggable) databases are not supported |
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| Optional Oracle Database features | Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) option | Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) option | ||||||
| Oracle Database storage | File systems supported by IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot, or Oracle ASM |
File systems supported by IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot, or Oracle ASM |
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| IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Oracle (with SAP® environments) |
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| Application x64 support at a level certified by the respective SAP® release | Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.11 |
Release 4.1 Latest fix pack 4.1.6 |
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| Oracle Database |
Oracle Database 11gR2 Oracle Database 12cR2 Oracle Database 18c (Beginning with 8.1.6) Oracle Database 19c (Beginning with 8.1.6) Note: Multitenant (pluggable) databases are not supported |
Oracle Database 11gR2 Oracle Database 12cR1 -- -- Note: Multitenant (pluggable) databases are not supported |
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| SAP® Environment | -- -- SAP BR*Tools 7.40 |
SAP BR*Tools 7.10 patch level 14, and later patch levels SAP BR*Tools 7.20 SAP BR*Tools 7.40 Note: on SAP BR*Tools 7.20, patch level 6, and later patch levels are recommended. |
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| IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Custom Applications |
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| Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.11 |
Release 4.1 Latest fix pack 4.1.6 |
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| Application | Any application running in an environment supported by IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot | Any application running in an environment supported by IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot | ||||||
| IBM Spectrum Scale file system (previously known as GPFS) |
IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Unix and Linux 8.1.11 supports GPFS file system snapshots for Custom Applications. | IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Unix and Linux 4.1.6 supports GPFS file system snapshots for Custom Applications. | ||||||
Overview tables for IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot Prerequisite Checker
The following tables provide an overview of the operating system levels and applications that are supported by the IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot Prerequisite Checker. For details about software prerequisites and requirements click the several levels.
| IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot Prerequisite Checker |
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| On AIX (64-bit) | Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.11 |
Release 4.1 Latest fix pack 4.1.6 |
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| Operating system | -- AIX 7.1, and later 7.1.x levels AIX 7.2, and later 7.2.x levels |
AIX 6.1, and later 6.1.x levels AIX 7.1, and later 7.1.x levels AIX 7.2, and later 7.2.x levels (Beginning with 4.1.4) |
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| On Linux x86 (64-bit) | Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.11 |
Release 4.1 Latest fix pack 4.1.6 |
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| Operating system | Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 and later service packs Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 and later service packs Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15 and later service packs |
SLES 11 and later service packs SLES 12 GA (Beginning with 4.1.4) -- |
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| Operating system | -- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.1 up to 6.10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.0, RHEL 7.4 up to 7.9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.0 and later 8.x |
RHEL 5.1 up to 5.11 RHEL 6.1 up to 6.7 RHEL 7.0 GA (Beginning with 4.1.4) -- |
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Updated: IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot on Windows components
The 8.1.14 fix pack is electronically available on 11 March 2022.
See how and where to download in: Download Information: 8.1.14 IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot
Updated: IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot on Windows components
The 8.1.13 fix pack is electronically available on 10 December 2021.
See how and where to download in: Download Information: 8.1.13 IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot
Updated: IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot on Windows components
The 8.1.12 fix pack is electronically available on 23 April 2021.
See how and where to download in: Download Information: 8.1.12 IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot
Updated: IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot on Linux components
The 8.1.11 fix pack is electronically available on 20 November 2020.
See how and where to download in: Download Information: 8.1.11 IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot
Updated: IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot all components
The 8.1.9 fix pack is announced on 19 November 2019 and is electronically available on 22 November 2019.
See how and where to download in: Download Information: 8.1.9 IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot
Updated: IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot on Windows components
The 8.1.8 fix pack is electronically available on 27 June 2019.
See how and where to download in: Download Information: 8.1.8 IBM Spectrum Protect™ for Mail
Updated: IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot on Windows components
The 8.1.7 fix pack was announced on 12 February 2019 and is electronically available on 22 February 2019.
See how and where to download in: Download Information: 8.1.7 IBM Spectrum Protect™ for Mail
Updated: IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot all components
The 8.1.6 fix pack was announced on 24 August 2018 and is electronically available on 21 September 2018.
See how and where to download in: Download Information: 8.1.6 IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot
Updated: IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot all components
The 8.1.4 fix pack was announced on 12 December 2017 and is electronically available on 15 December 2017.
See how and where to download in: Download Information: 8.1.4 IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot
Updated: IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot all components
The 8.1.2 fix pack was announced on 8 August 2017 and is electronically available on 11 August 2017.
See how and where to download in: Download Information: 8.1.2 IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot
Updated: IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot all components
Release 8.1 was announced on 6 December 2016 and is available electronically on 9 December 2016.
See how and where to download in: Download Information: 8.1 IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot
Updated: IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot all components
The 4.1.6 fix pack is electronically available on 13 June 2016.
See how and where to download in: Download Information: 4.1.6 IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot
Updated: IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot all components
The 4.1.4 fix pack is electronically available on 11 December 2015.
See how and where to download in: Download Information: 4.1.4 IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot
Updated: IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot all components
The 4.1.3 fix pack was announced on 1 September 2015 and is electronically available on 11 September 2015.
See how and where to download in: Download Information: 4.1.3 IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot
Updated: IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot all components
The 4.1.2 fix pack was announced on 14 April 2015 and is electronically available on 17 April 2015.
See how and where to download in: Download Information: 4.1.2 Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager
Updated: IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot all components
The 4.1.1 fix pack was announced on 2 September 2014 and is electronically available on 12 September 2014.
See how and where to download in: Download Information: 4.1.1 Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager
Updated: IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot all components
Release 4.1 was announced on 29 October 2013 and is available electronically since 13 December 2013.
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