Question & Answer
Question
Which operating system levels are supported by the IBM Spectrum Protect™ server and IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client?
Answer
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 6.4 and 7.1 releases
- Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive client 6.4 and 7.1 releases
Note: IBM Spectrum Protect and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 7.1 reached end of support (EOS) at 31 December 2021. See also IBM Spectrum Protect and Tivoli Storage Manager 7.1 products End of Support 31 December 2021
| 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 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 you plan 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 Release 8.1 Latest fix pack 8.1.15 |
IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client Release 7.1 Latest fix pack 7.1.8 |
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| AIX | -- AIX 7.1 TL0-TL3 (Supported in 8.1.0 - 8.1.10) AIX 7.1 TL4 or later fix pack levels AIX 7.2 or later fix-pack levels (64-bit kernel) AIX 7.3 or later fix-pack levels (64-bit kernel)(Beginning with 8.1.15) 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 8.1.11 and later levels. |
AIX V6.1 (Supported in 7.1.0 - 7.1.8.9) AIX 7.1 TL0-TL3 (Supported in 7.1.0 - 7.1.8.9) AIX 7.1 TL4 or later fix pack levels* AIX 7.2 64-bit kernel (Beginning with 7.1.4.4) -- 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 7.1.8.10 and later levels. |
| 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 8.1, 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) (1) Later maintenance levels and service packs are also supported. |
SLES 11 (64 bit)(1) (1) Later maintenance levels and service packs are also supported. |
| -- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (64 bit)(1) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (64 bit)(1) (1) Later maintenance levels and service packs are also supported. |
RHEL 5 (64 bit)(1) RHEL 6 (64 bit)(1) RHEL 7 (64-bit)(1) (Beginning with 7.1.1) Note: Beginning with IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client level 7.1.8.13, the operating system RHEL 5 is no longer supported. (1) Later maintenance levels and service packs are also supported. |
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| Note: For 8.1, only the Linux on Power big endian API is delivered. | -- | |
| Linux on POWER LE | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (64 bit)(2) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 (64-bit)(2) (Beginning with 8.1.6) (2)Later maintenance levels and service packs are also supported |
SLES 12 (64 bit)(2) (Beginning with API 7.1.2 and BA client 7.1.4) -- (2)Later maintenance levels and service packs are also supported |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (64 bit)(2) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (64 bit)(2) (Beginning with 8.1.9) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (64 bit) (Beginning with 8.1.15) Note: IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client support for Linux on Power Little Endian started with RHEL 7.1. Attention: For RHEL 7.8 and RHEL 8, see APAR IT33132 (2)Later maintenance levels and service packs are also supported |
RHEL 7.1 (64-bit)(2) (Beginning with API 7.1.2 and BA client 7.1.4) -- Attention: For RHEL 7.8 and RHEL 8, see APAR IT33132 (2)Later maintenance levels and service packs are also supported |
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| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Beginning with 8.1.6) Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Beginning with 8.1.10) |
Ubuntu 14.04 (64 bit) (Beginning with API 7.1.2 and BA client 7.1.4.4) Ubuntu 16.04 (64 bit) (Beginning with 7.1.6.3) -- -- |
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| Linux x86_64 | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (64-bit) (3) SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (64-bit)(3) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (64-bit)(3) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 (64-bit)(3) (Beginning with 8.1.6) (3)Later maintenance levels and service packs are also supported. |
SLES 11 (64 bit)(3) SLED 11 (64 bit)(3) SLES 12 (64 bit)(3) (Beginning with 7.1.2) -- (3)Later maintenance levels and service packs are also supported. |
| -- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (64-bit)(3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (64-bit)(3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (64-bit)(3) (Beginning with 8.1.9) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (64-bit) (Beginning with 8.1.15) Attention: For RHEL 7.8 and RHEL 8, see APAR IT33132 (3)Later maintenance levels and service packs are also supported. |
RHEL 5 (64 bit)(3) RHEL 6 (64 bit)(3) RHEL 7 (64 bit)(3) (Beginning with 7.1.1) -- Attention: For RHEL 7.8 and RHEL 8, see APAR IT33132 Note: Beginning with IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client level 7.1.8.13, the operating system RHEL 5 is no longer supported. (3)Later maintenance levels and service packs are also supported. |
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| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Beginning with 8.1.6) Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Beginning with 8.1.10) Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Beginning with 8.1.15) |
Ubuntu 14.04 (Beginning with 7.1.2) Ubuntu 16.04 (Beginning with 7.1.6.3) -- -- -- |
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| Linux zSeries | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (64-bit)(4) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (64-bit)(4) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 (64-bit)(4) (Beginning with 8.1.6) (4)Later maintenance levels and service packs are also supported. |
SLES 11 (64 bit)(4) SLES 12 (64 bit)(4) (Beginning with 7.1.2) -- (4)Later maintenance levels and service packs are also supported. |
| -- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (64-bit)(4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (64-bit)(4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (64-bit)(4) (Beginning with 8.1.9) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (64-bit) (Beginning with 8.1.15) (4)Later maintenance levels and service packs are also supported. Attention: For RHEL 7.8 and RHEL 8, see APAR IT33132 |
RHEL 5 (64 bit)(4) RHEL 6 (64 bit)(4) RHEL 7 (64 bit)(4) (Beginning with 7.1.1) -- (4)Later maintenance levels and service packs are also supported. Attention: For RHEL 7.8, see APAR IT33132 Note: Beginning with IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client level 7.1.8.13, the operating system RHEL 5 is no longer supported. |
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| Macintosh | Note: Apple silicon-based Macintosh that uses translation mechanism Rosetta 2 is not supported. This web page will be updated with further details when support is available. | -- |
| macOS 12 (Monterey) (Beginning with 8.1.13) macOS 11 (Big Sur) (Beginning with 8.1.12) macOS 10.15 (Catalina) (Beginning with 8.1.9.1) macOS 10.14 (Mojave) (Beginning with 8.1.6) 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 8.1.10 and later supports macOS 10.14 and later. 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 8.1.11 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 8.1.9:
OS X 10.11 (Beginning with 8.1.0)
macOS 10.12 (Beginning with 8.1.0)
macOS 10.13 (Beginning with 8.1.2)
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-- -- Mac OS X 10.11 (Beginning with 7.1.3.2) |
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| -- | Mac OS X 10.10 (Beginning with 7.1.1) Mac OS X 10.9 Mac OS X 10.8 |
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| Solaris SPARC | Solaris 10 (64 bit) update 1 or later updates Solaris 11 (64 bit) or later updates |
Solaris 10 Solaris 11 |
| Note: For 8.1, only the Oracle Solaris SPARC API is delivered. | -- | |
| Solaris x86_64 | Solaris 10 (64 bit) Solaris 11 (64 bit) |
Solaris 10 (64-bit) (Beginning with 7.1.1) Solaris 11 (64-bit) (Beginning with 7.1.1) |
| 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 2012, all x64 editions Windows Server 2012 R2, all x64 editions Windows 2016 Server(*), all x64 editions Windows 2019 Server(*), all x64 editions (Beginning with 8.1.7) Windows 2022 Server(*), all x64 editions (Beginning with 8.1.13) (*) only Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) products are supported. |
Windows Server 2008, all x64 editions Windows Server 2008 R2, all x64 editions Windows Server 2012, all x64 editions Windows Server 2012 R2, all x64 editions Windows 2016 Server(*), all x64 editions (Beginning with 7.1.8) -- -- (*) only Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) products are supported. |
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| -- -- Windows 8.1, all x64 editions Windows 10(*), all x64 editions except Mobile Windows 11(*), all x64 editions except Mobile (Beginning with 8.1.13) (*) only Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) products are supported. |
Windows 7, all x32, and x64 editions Windows 8, all x32, and x64 editions Windows 8.1, all x32, and x64 editions Windows 10(*), all x32, and x64 editions except Mobile (Beginning with 7.1.3.2) -- (*) only Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) products are supported. |
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| -- | 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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