Question & Answer
Question
Which operating system levels are supported by the IBM Spectrum Protect™ server and IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client?
Answer
Tip: The product now known as IBM Spectrum Protect was named IBM Tivoli Storage Manager in releases earlier than Version 7.1.3. To learn more about the rebranding transition, see Tivoli Storage Manager branding transition to IBM Spectrum Protect.
For system requirements for previous product versions, see Overview - Tivoli Storage Manager Supported Operating Systems. It provides information about the following releases:
- Tivoli Storage Manager server V6 and V7 releases
- Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive client V6 and V7 releases
| Server operating systems | Backup-archive client operating systems |
| AIX Linux x86_64 Linux on Power Systems (little endian) Linux zSeries Windows |
AIX HP-UX Itanium Linux on POWER Linux on POWER LE Linux x86_64 Linux zSeries Macintosh Solaris SPARC Solaris x86_64 Windows |
| Storage agent requirements | Operations Center requirements |
| For IBM Spectrum Protect storage agent requirements, click here | For IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center requirements, click here |
The following tables provide an overview. For the most current details about each component's operating system support, including hardware requirements, click the operating system name in the Operating system column.
| Operating system Click the name in the table for detailed requirements |
IBM Spectrum Protect server Version 8.1 and later supported operating systems |
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| AIX |
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| Linux on POWER LE |
NOTE: It is not supported to run an IBM Spectrum Protect™ server in a virtual machine hosted by a Linux server running inside an LPAR.
* IBM Spectrum Protect™ server support for Linux on Power (little endian) started with RHEL 7.3 on V8.1.1. Certain hardware requires minimal RHEL levels. For details click here. ** Does not support tape |
| Linux x86_64 |
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| Linux zSeries |
*SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.4 or later, is the new minimum level introduced in 8.1.11. Earlier fix packs are supported through 8.1.10
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| Windows | Server
Storage agent
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The following table provides an overview of the operating system levels are supported by the IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client. For the most current details about each component's operating system support, including hardware requirements, click the operating system name in the Operating system column.
To determine which IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client to use when planning to upgrade, see IBM Spectrum Protect Downloads - Latest Fix Packs and Interim Fixes
The IBM Spectrum Protect server administrator can automatically deploy a backup-archive client to update workstations where the backup-archive client is already installed. For more information, see Automatic backup-archive client deployment.
Note: all backup-archive clients listed in the following table can be also automatically deployed.
| Operating system Click the name in the table for detailed requirements |
IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client supported operating systems Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.12 |
IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client supported operating systems Release 7.1 Latest fix pack 7.1.8 |
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| AIX | -- | AIX V6.1 (Backup-archive client V7.1.0 - V7.1.8.9) |
| AIX 7.1 TL0-TL3 (Backup-archive client V8.1.0 - V8.1.10) AIX 7.1 TL4 or later fix pack levels Note: As in APAR IT35286: Because of security fixes, the operating levels AIX 7.1 TL0-TL3 (xlc.rte < 13.0) are not longer supported by IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client V8.1.11 and later levels. |
AIX 7.1 TL0-TL3 (Backup-archive client V7.1.0 - V7.1.8.9) AIX 7.1 TL4 or later fix pack levels* Note: As in APAR IT35286: Because of security fixes, the operating systems AIX 6.1 and AIX 7.1 TL0-TL3 (xlc.rte < 13.0) are not longer supported by IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client V7.1.8.10 and later levels. |
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| AIX 7.2 or later fix-pack levels (64-bit kernel) | AIX 7.2 64-bit kernel (Beginning with backup-archive client V7.1.4.4) |
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| Note: AIX levels plus required minimum level of xlC.rte and xlsmp.rte file sets | Note: AIX levels plus required minimum level of xlC.rte and xlsmp.rte file sets | |
| HP-UX Itanium | HP-UX 11i V3 for Itanium 2 64-bit Note: For V8.1, only the HP-UX IA-64 Itanium API is delivered. |
HP-UX 11i V3 |
| Linux on POWER | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (64 bit) (1) | SLES 11 (64 bit)(1) |
| -- | RHEL 5 (64 bit)(1) | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (64 bit)(1) | RHEL 6 (64 bit)(1) | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (64 bit)(1) | RHEL 7 (64-bit)(1) (Beginning with backup-archive client V7.1.1 client) |
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| Note: For V8.1, only the Linux on Power big endian API is delivered. | -- | |
| (1) Later maintenance levels and service packs are also supported. | See left column | |
| Linux on POWER LE | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (64 bit)(2) | SLES 12 (64 bit)(2) (Beginning with API V7.1.2 and backup-archive client V7.1.4) |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 (64-bit)(2) (Beginning with backup-archive client V8.1.6) |
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| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (64 bit)(2) Note: IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client support for Linux on Power LE started with RHEL 7.1. |
RHEL 7.1 (64-bit)(2) (Beginning with API V7.1.2 and backup-archive client V7.1.4) |
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| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (64 bit)(2) (Beginning with backup-archive client V8.1.9) |
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| (2)Later maintenance levels and service packs are also supported. | See left column | |
| Attention: The operating system kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) versions 7.8 and 8.2 is incompatible with the IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client journal-based backup kernel extension. This issue is fixed in the backup-archive client version 7.1.8.9 and 8.1.11 on all Linux platforms, see APAR IT33132 | See left column | |
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | Ubuntu 14.04 (64 bit) (Beginning with API V7.1.2 and backup-archive client V7.1.4.4) |
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| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | Ubuntu 16.04 (64 bit) (Beginning with API and backup-archive client V7.1.6.3) |
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| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Beginning with backup-archive client V8.1.6) |
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| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Beginning with backup-archive client V8.1.10) |
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| Linux x86_64 | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (64-bit) (3) SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (64-bit)(3) |
SLES 11 (64 bit)(3) SLED 11 (64 bit)(3) |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (64-bit)(3) | SLES 12 (64 bit)(3) (Beginning with backup-archive client V7.1.2 client) |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 (64-bit)(3) (Beginning with backup-archive client V8.1.6) |
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| -- | RHEL 5 (64 bit)(3) | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (64-bit)(3) | RHEL 6 (64 bit)(3) | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (64-bit)(3) | RHEL 7 (64 bit)(3) (Beginning with backup-archive client V7.1.1) |
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| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (64-bit)(3) (Beginning with backup-archive client V8.1.9) |
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| (3)Later maintenance levels and service packs are also supported. | See left column | |
| Attention: The operating system kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) versions 7.8 and 8.2 is incompatible with the IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client journal-based backup kernel extension. This issue is fixed in the backup-archive client version 7.1.8.9 and 8.1.11 on all Linux platforms, see APAR IT33132 | See left column | |
| Note: Linux client distributions supported as a data mover with the Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments product are documented in links here. | ||
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | Ubuntu 14.04, beginning with 7.1.2 client | |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | Ubuntu 16.04, beginning with 7.1.6.3 client | |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Beginning with backup-archive client V8.1.6) |
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| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Beginning with backup-archive client V8.1.10) |
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| Linux zSeries | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (64-bit)(4) | SLES 11 (64 bit)(4) |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (64-bit)(4) | SLES 12 (64 bit)(4) (Beginning with backup-archive client V7.1.2) |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 (64-bit)(4) (Beginning with backup-archive client V8.1.6) |
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| -- | RHEL 5 (64 bit)(4) | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (64-bit)(4) | RHEL 6 (64 bit)(4) | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (64-bit)(4) | RHEL 7 (64 bit)(4) (Beginning with backup-archive client V7.1.1) |
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| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (64-bit)(4) (Beginning with backup-archive client V8.1.9) |
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| (4)Later maintenance levels and service packs are also supported. | see left column | |
| Attention: The operating system kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) versions 7.8 and 8.2 is incompatible with the IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client journal-based backup kernel extension. This issue is fixed in the backup-archive client version 7.1.8.9 and 8.1.11 on all Linux platforms, see APAR IT33132 | see left column | |
| Macintosh | Note: Apple silicon-based Macintosh, that uses translation mechanism Rosetta 2 is currently not supported. This web page will be updated with further details when support is available. | -- |
| macOS 11.0 (Beginning with backup-archive client V8.1.12) |
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macOS 10.15
(Beginning with backup-archive client V8.1.9.1) Note: Apple changes their Macintosh security model and requires that any software, which is running on their operating systems, is signed and notarized by Apple. Due of these changes, IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client V8.1.10 and later supports macOS 10.15.
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| macOS 10.14 (Beginning with backup-archive client V8.1.6) Note: Apple changes their Macintosh security model and requires that any software, which is running on their operating systems, is signed and notarized by Apple. Due of these changes, IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client V8.1.10 and later supports macOS 10.14. Note: Beginning with GSKit 8.0.55.17, GSKit provide 64 bit signed and notarized packages supporting macOS 10.14.5 and later. For that reason IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client V8.1.11 and later support started with macOS 10.14.5. |
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If you are using the following operating systems, use IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client V8.1.9:
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Mac OS X 10.11 (Beginning with backup-archive client V7.1.3.2) |
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| -- | Mac OS X 10.10 (Beginning with backup-archive client V7.1.1) |
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| -- | Mac OS X 10.9 | |
| -- | Mac OS X 10.8 | |
| Solaris SPARC | Solaris 10 (64 bit) update 1 or later updates | Solaris 10 |
| Solaris 11 (64 bit) or later updates | Solaris 11 | |
| Note: For V8.1, only the Oracle Solaris SPARC API is delivered. | -- | |
| Solaris x86_64 | Solaris 10 (64 bit) | Solaris 10 (64-bit) (Beginning with backup-archive client V7.1.1) |
| Solaris 11 (64 bit) | Solaris 11 (64-bit) (Beginning with backup-archive client V7.1.1) |
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| Windows | Note: For all x64 editions (with Automated System Recovery (ASR) for Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) and non-EFI systems), see the limitations on the detailed requirements page. | Note: For all x64 and x32 editions (with Automated System Recovery (ASR) for Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) and non-EFI systems), see the limitations on the detailed requirements page. |
| -- | Windows Server 2008, all x64 editions | |
| -- | Windows Server 2008 R2, all x64 editions | |
| Windows Server 2012, all x64 editions | Windows Server 2012, all x64 editions | |
| Windows Server 2012 R2, all x64 editions | Windows Server 2012 R2, all x64 editions | |
| Windows 2016 Server(*), all x64 editions | Windows 2016 Server(*), all x64 editions (Beginning with backup-archive client V7.1.8) |
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| Windows 2019 Server(*), all x64 editions (Beginning with backup-archive client V8.1.7) |
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| -- | Windows 7, all x32, and x64 editions | |
| -- | Windows 8, all x32, and x64 editions | |
| Windows 8.1, all x64 editions | Windows 8.1, all x32, and x64 editions | |
| Windows 10(*), all x64 editions except Mobile | Windows 10(*), all x32, and x64 editions except Mobile (Beginning with backup-archive client V7.1.3.2) |
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| (*) only Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) products are supported. | (*) only Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) products are supported. | |
| -- | Note: Windows client operating system levels supported as a data mover with the Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments product are documented in links here. |
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