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Overview - Tivoli Storage Manager 5.5 Supported Operating Systems

Troubleshooting


Problem

The table below shows an overview of the operating system levels supported by Tivoli Storage Manager 5.5 server and client. Note: Version 5.5 reached End-Of-Support (EOS) on April 30, 2014, and reaches End-of-Life (EOL) on April 30, 2017.

Resolving The Problem


TSM Server and
Storage Agent Platforms:

AIX
HP-UX
Linux on Itanium 2


Linux on POWER
Linux x86
Linux x86_64
Linux zSeries
Solaris
Windows
z/OS		TSM Client Platforms:

AIX
HP-UX


HP-UX Itanium
i5/OS (AS/400) (API only)
Linux on Itanium 2 (Linux IA64)
Linux on POWER
Linux x86 / x86_64
Linux zSeries
Macintosh
Novell NetWare
OS/390 / z/OS Unix
Sun Solaris SPARC
Sun Solaris x86 / x86_64
Windows


*For TSM Storage Manager 6.3 and 6.4 supported operating systems click here.
*For the Version 6.2 Overview click here
*For the Version 6.1 Overview click here

Platform

Click on the platform name in the table for detailed requirements

TSM Server and Storage Agent
Version 5.5
Operating System
AIX
  • AIX V5.3 (64 bit only)
  • AIX V6.1 (64 bit only)
HP-UXITANIUM:
  • HP-UX 11i v3 (64 bit ) - starting with TSM Server and Storage Agent v5.5.1
  • ITANIUM: HP-UX 11i v2 (64 bit )

PA-RISC:
  • HP-UX 11i v3 (64 bit) starting with TSM Server and Storage Agent v5.5.1
  • HP-UX 11i v2 (64 bit )
Linux on ITANIUM 2 (Linux IA64)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1
  • SUSE Enterprise Linux 9 SP3
Linux on POWER
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and 10
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (starting with TSM Server V5.5.3)
  • Asianux 2.0 - Red Flag DC 5.0 and Haansoft Linux 2006 or Asianux 3.0
  • V2.3.3, or later of the GNU C libraries installed on the target machine
Linux x86
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and 10
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (starting with TSM Server V5.5.3)
  • Asianux 2.0 - Red Flag DC 5.0, Miracle Linux 4.0, and Haansoft Linux 2006 or Asianux 3.0
  • V2.3.3, or later of the GNU C libraries installed on the target machine
Linux x86_64Operating System levels supported on 64-bit, compatibility mode, and 32-bit mode:
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and 10
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (starting with TSM Server V5.5.3)
  • Asianux 2.0 - Red Flag DC 5.0, Miracle Linux 4.0, and Haansoft Linux 2006 or Asianux 3.0
  • V2.3.3, or later of the GNU C libraries installed on the target machine
Linux zSeries
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and 10
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (starting with TSM Server V5.5.3)
  • V2.3.3, or later of the GNU C libraries
SolarisSPARC 64 bit:
  • Sun Solaris 9
  • Sun Solaris 10
x86_64:
  • Sun Solaris 10
Windows
  • Windows Server 2003 (Standard, Enterprise, or Datacenter) Edition
  • Windows Server 2003 (Standard, Enterprise, or Datacenter) x64 Edition
  • Windows Server 2008 (Standard, Enterprise, or Datacenter) Edition
  • Windows Server 2008 (Standard, Enterprise, or Datacenter) x64 Edition

Note:
  • Windows Server 2008 support starts with TSM V5.5.1
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 support starts with TSM V5.5.4
  • Storage Server versions are supported.
  • All service packs are supported for Windows Server 2003, including R2.
z/OS
  • z/OS V1R7
  • z/OS V1R8 or later.
     




Platform
Click on the platform name in the table for detailed requirements
TSM Client 5.5
Operating Systems
AIX
  • AIX V5.3 TL 5 and higher
  • AIX V6.1
  • HACMP: AIX V5.3 (32 bit or 64 bit)
  • HACMP 5.3 (with IY80002) or 5.4 (with IY89869)

The HSM clients support the following:
  • AIX V5.3 TL 5 and higher
  • AIX 6.1
  • For GPFS HSM: GPFS V3.2
  • HACMP: AIX V5.3
  • HACMP 5.3 (with IY80002) or 5.4 (with IY89869)
HP-UX PA-RISC
  • HP-UX 11i V2
  • HP-UX 11iV3

The HSM client supports:
  • HP-UX 11iV2 (32 bit or 64 bit)
HP-UX Itanium
  • HP-UX 11i V2
  • HP-UX 11iV3

The HSM client supports:
  • HP-UX 11i V2 for Itanium 2
i5/OS (AS/400) (API only)
  • V5R3
  • V5R4
  • V6R1
Linux on Itanium 2 (Linux IA64)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 or 5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 or 10
Linux on POWER
  • SLES 9 or 10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 or 5.0
Linux x86/x84_64
  • SLES and SLED 9
  • SLES and SLED 10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0
  • RHEL 5.0
  • Asianux 2.0
  • Asianux 3.0
  • Novell OES

For HSM:
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 or 5.0
  • SLES 9 or 10
  • Filesystem - GPFS V3.2
Linux zSeries
  • SLES 9 and 10 Linux for System z
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 or 5.0 for Linux for System z
Macintosh
  • Macintosh OS X, V10.5
Novell Netware
  • Novell NetWare 6.5 SP5, SP6, SP7 (OES V1 and V2)
Sun Solaris SPARC
  • Solaris 9
  • Solaris 10
  • HSM Client: use Veritas File System (VxFS) 4.1
Solaris x86/x86_64
  • Solaris 10
Windows
  • Windows XP Professional (32 bit and 64 bit, SP 2, or later)
  • Windows Server 2003 (all editions, 32 bit and 64 bit)
  • Windows Server 2003 R2 (all editions, 32 bit and 64 bit support for same features as in Windows Server 2003)
  • Windows Vista all editions except Automated System Recovery (ASR)
  • Windows 2008 Server and Windows 2008 Server Core, all editions (except Automated System Recovery (ASR)). Support requires client level 5.5.0.4 or higher
  • Windows 2008 R2, all editions (except Automated System Recovery (ASR)), beginning with client level 5.5.2.12
  • Windows 7, all editions (except Automated System Recovery (ASR)), beginning with client level 5.5.2.12

NOTE:
  • The V5.5 TSM client is supported on a Hyper-V guest, if the guest is running an operating system supported by the V5.5 TSM client. See Virtualization support page here.
z/OS Unix System Services (USS)
  • z/OS V1R7
  • z/OS V1R8
  • z/OS V1R9

Related Information

TSM software support lifecycle

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

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swg21420982

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