Detailed System Requirements
Abstract
Hardware and software requirements for IBM Spectrum for Space Management 7.1 clients, which reached end of support (EOS) at 31 December 2021.
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Hardware and Software Requirements
Note: There are no support extensions for IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 products. Clients are encouraged to upgrade to a product release that is currently in support. See in IBM Spectrum Protect Family Products with Support Extension contracts available which releases are supported or which are the recommendations for replacement.
Note: The product 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.
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IBM AIX requirements: IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management release 7.1
| System | System p, or compatible hardware as supported by AIX. |
| 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
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| 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. |
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| Communication Protocol | One of the following:
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Extra Software |
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| The HSM GUI requires: JAVA™ 7 Runtime Environment Note: Beginning with the IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management client 7.1.2 the GUI is unsupported and not part of the file set anymore. |
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Other Notes |
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| 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. | |
| On a GPFS cluster with AIX, Linux x86 or Linux on System 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. | |
| GPFS 3.4 was supported by IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management client 7.1.0 but had to be withdrawn with IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management client 7.1.1 because of technical reasons (APAR IT12256). | |
| IBM Spectrum Scale SOBAR is supported and requires GPFS 3.5 TL 3 or later | |
| GPFS AFM is supported beginning with the IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management client 7.1.3 and requires GPFS level 4.1.1.1 | |
| The following IBM Spectrum Scale are EOS (end of support) - IBM Spectrum Scale 3.5 - IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1 - see IBM Spectrum Scale (GPFS) 4.1.x is going end of support on 4/30/2019 |
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Linux x86 requirements: IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management release 7.1
Hardware |
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| System | Systems based on the X86 64bit processor architecture such as Intel-64 or AMD64 |
| 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
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| 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 |
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| Communication Protocol | One of the following:
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| Operating system |
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| File system |
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Extra Software |
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The IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management GUI requires:
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Other Notes |
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| 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. | |
| On a GPFS cluster with AIX, Linux x86 or Linux for System z nodes, use the IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management only on one of these platforms to manage a shared file system. Do not use the IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management on different platforms to manage a file system shared among these platforms. | |
| GPFS 3.4 was supported by 7.1.0 but had to be withdrawn with 7.1.1 because of technical reasons (APAR IT12256). | |
| IBM Spectrum Scale SOBAR is supported and requires GPFS 3.5 TL 3 or higher. | |
| GPFS AFM is supported beginning with IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management 7.1.3 - required GPFS level is 4.1.1.1 | |
| The following IBM Spectrum Scale are EOS (end of support) - IBM Spectrum Scale 3.5 - IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1, see IBM Spectrum Scale (GPFS) 4.1.x is going end of support on 4/30/2019 |
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Linux on IBM Z requirements: IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management release 7.1
| Hardware | |
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| 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
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| 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:
|
| Operating system |
|
| File system |
|
| Other Notes | |
| On a GPFS cluster with AIX, Linux x86 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. | |
| Spectrum Scale AFM and SOBAR are supported | |
Related Information
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Product Synonym
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
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