Preventive Service Planning
Abstract
This document contains links for all of the IBM Storage Protect Snapshot 4.1 hardware and software requirements documents, which reached end of support (EOS) at 31 December 2021.
Content
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 and Tivoli Storage Manager 7.1 products End of Support 31 December 2021.
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.
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 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 4.1 Latest fix pack 4.1.6 |
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| Windows Server (32-bit) | Windows Server 2008 SP2 | ||||||
| Operating systems x64 | Release 4.1 Latest fix pack 4.1.6 |
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| Windows Server (64-bit) | 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 |
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| Operating systems x64 for remote management capabilities of the MMC GUI interface only: |
Release 4.1 Latest fix pack 4.1.6 |
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| Windows (64-bit) | Windows 7 SP1 Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Windows 10 (Beginning with 4.1.4) |
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| Operating Environments | 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 4.1 Latest fix pack 4.1.6 |
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| Windows Server (32-bit) | Windows Server 2008 SP2 | ||||||
| Operating systems x64 | Release 4.1 Latest fix pack 4.1.6 |
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| Windows Server (64-bit) | 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 |
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| Operating Environments | 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 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 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 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 7.1 and 4.1 Latest fix pack 7.1.6 and 4.1.6 |
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| Windows (64-bit) | Windows 7 SP1 Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Windows 10 (Beginning with 4.1.4) |
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| Operating Environments | 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 | ||||||
| Application x64 | 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 2010 SP3 Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 CU2 Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 (Beginning with 4.1.4.2) -- |
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Overview table 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 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 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 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 |
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| Operating systems x64 for remote management capabilities of the MMC GUI interface only: |
Release 7.1 and 4.1 Latest fix pack 7.1.6 and 4.1.6 |
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| Windows (64-bit) | Windows 7 SP1 Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Windows 10 (Beginning with 4.1.4) |
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| Operating Environments | 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 x86 and x64 | ||||||
| Application x86 | 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 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 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) |
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Overview table 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 4.1 Latest fix pack 4.1.6 |
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| Operating system | 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 IBM Db2 pureScale and Custom Applications only) |
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| Operating environment | High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing (HACMP™) and PowerHA® | ||||||
| On Linux x86 (64-bit) | Release 4.1 Latest fix pack 4.1.6 |
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| Operating system | SLES 11 and later service packs SLES 12 GA |
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| Operating system | 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, supported up to lvm2-2.02.115 | ||||||
| File systems | ext2, ext3, ext4 for IBM Db2 pureScale and Custom Applications only: GPFS |
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| On HP-UX | 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 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 4.1 Latest fix pack 4.1.6 |
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| IBM Db2 (64-bit) | 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® | ||||||
| IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Oracle |
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| Application x64 | Release 4.1 Latest fix pack 4.1.6 |
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| Oracle Database (64-bit) |
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 Database storage | 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 4.1 Latest fix pack 4.1.6 |
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| Oracle Database |
Oracle Database 11gR2 Oracle Database 12cR1 Note: Multitenant (pluggable) databases are not supported |
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| SAP® Environment | 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 4.1 Latest fix pack 4.1.6 |
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| Application | Any application that is 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 4.1.6 supports GPFS file system snapshots for Custom Applications. | ||||||
Overview table 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 4.1 Latest fix pack 4.1.6 |
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| Operating system | 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 4.1 Latest fix pack 4.1.6 |
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| Operating system | SLES 11 and later service packs SLES 12 GA (Beginning with 4.1.4) |
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| Operating system | 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 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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