Preventive Service Planning
Abstract
This document contains links for all of the IBM Storage Protect Snapshot 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 IBM Storage 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 Storage 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 Storage Protect Snapshot MMC Snap-in and Base System Services | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating systems x64 | Release 8.2.0 | ||||||
| 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 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 8.2.0 | ||||||
| Windows (64-bit) | Windows 8.1 Windows 10 Windows 11 (Beginning with 8.1.13) | ||||||
Overview table for IBM Storage Protect Snapshot VSS Requestor
The following table provides an overview of the operating system levels and applications that are supported by the IBM Storage Protect™ VSS Requestor. For details about prerequisites and requirements (including supported editions), and the necessary components, including hardware requirements click the several levels.
| IBM Storage Protect Snapshot VSS Requestor | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating systems x64 | Release 8.2.0 | ||||||
| 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 Storage Server (64-bit) | Windows Storage Server 2012 Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 | ||||||
Overview table for IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Microsoft Exchange
The following tables provide an overview of the operating system levels and applications that are supported by the IBM Storage 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 Storage Protect™ Snapshot for Microsoft Exchange Server | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating systems x64 | Release 8.2.0 | ||||||
| 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) | ||||||
| Operating systems x64 for remote management capabilities of the MMC GUI interface only: | Release 8.2.0 | ||||||
| Windows (64-bit) | Windows 8.1 Windows 10 Windows 11(Beginning with 8.1.13) | ||||||
| Operating Environments | Release 8.2.0 | ||||||
| Windows Failover | Windows Failover Clustering on x64 | ||||||
| Application x64 | Release 8.2.0 | ||||||
| Microsoft Exchange Server (64-bit) | Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 CU2 Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Microsoft Exchange Server 2019(1)(Beginning with 8.1.7) | ||||||
Notes: (1) Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 is only supported by Windows Server 2019
Overview table for IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Microsoft SQL
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 8.2.0 | ||||||
| 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 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 8.2.0 | ||||||
| Windows (64-bit) | Windows 8.1 Windows 10 Windows 11(Beginning with 8.1.13) | ||||||
| Operating Environments | Release 8.2.0 | ||||||
| Windows Failover | Windows Failover Clustering on x64 | ||||||
| Application x64 | Release 8.2.0 | ||||||
| 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) | ||||||
Overview table for IBM Storage 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 Storage Protect Snapshot - All Unix Components. For details about software prerequisites and requirements, and the necessary components, including hardware requirements click the several levels. IBM Storage Protect™ Snapshot components that share core hardware and software requirements are:
- IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Db2
- IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Oracle
- IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Oracle (with SAP® environments)
- IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Custom Applications
| IBM Storage Protect Snapshot - All Unix Components | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On AIX (64-bit) | Release 8.2.0 | ||||||
| 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) | ||||||
| File systems | JFS, JFS2 GPFS (For Custom Applications only) | ||||||
| Operating environment | High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing (HACMP™) and PowerHA® | ||||||
| On Linux x86 (64-bit) | Release 8.2.0 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| Logical Volume Manager | LVM2 | ||||||
| File systems | ext2, ext3, ext4, xfs For Custom Applications only: GPFS | ||||||
IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Db2 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application x64 | Release 8.2.0 | ||||||
| IBM Db2 (64-bit) | 10.1 Fix Pack 2 and later 10.1.x Fix Packs 12.1.0 | ||||||
| IBM Db2 with SAP® | SAP® environments must meet all requirements specified by SAP® | ||||||
IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Oracle | |||||||
| Application x64 | Release 8.2.0 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| Optional Oracle Database features | Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) option | ||||||
| Oracle Database storage | File systems supported by IBM Storage Protect Snapshot, or Oracle ASM | ||||||
IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Oracle (with SAP® environments)
| |||||||
| Application x64 support at a level certified by the respective SAP® release | Release 8.2.0 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| SAP® Environment | SAP BR*Tools 7.40 | ||||||
IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Custom Applications | |||||||
| Release 8.2.0 | |||||||
| Application | Any application that is running in an environment supported by IBM Storage Protect Snapshot | ||||||
| IBM Spectrum Scale file system (previously known as GPFS) | IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Unix and Linux 8.2.0 supports GPFS file system snapshots for Custom Applications. | ||||||
Overview table for IBM Storage Protect Snapshot Prerequisite Checker
The following tables provide an overview of the operating system levels and applications that are supported by the IBM Storage Protect Snapshot Prerequisite Checker. For details about software prerequisites and requirements, click the several levels.
| IBM Storage Protect Snapshot Prerequisite Checker | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On AIX (64-bit) | Release 8.2.0 | ||||||
| Operating system | AIX 7.1, and later 7.1.x levels AIX 7.2, and later 7.2.x levels | ||||||
| On Linux x86 (64-bit) | Release 8.2.0 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
Level 8.2.0
Updated: IBM Storage Protect Snapshot on Linux components
The 8.2.0 release is electronically available on 5 December 2025.
See how and where to download in: Download Information: 8.2.0 IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot
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