IBM Support

Verifying the version of Java being used by the IBM Spectrum Protect client

Question & Answer


Question

When the local Java GUI is started, what version of Java is the client using?

Cause

Need to understand what version of Java is included with a specific version of the IBM Spectrum Protect client on Windows or Mac OS X.

Answer

Windows:

To determine the level of Java included with the Windows client, open a Windows command prompt. Assuming the client is installed to the default location, and the client is 64 bit, cd to the following folder:


    "c:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient"

In this folder there should be a jvmXXXXX folder where XXXXX is a number, for example jvm70700.

CD to this folder:


    cd jvm*

From here, the next two folders will always be the same, regardless of which java version exists.

    cd jre\bin

From this \Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\jvm70700\jre\bin \bin directory, run:

    java -version

Example output:
    c:\PROGRA~1\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\jvm70700\jre\bin>java -version
      java version "1.7.0"
      Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build pwa6470sr7-20140410_01(SR7))
      IBM J9 VM (build 2.6, JRE 1.7.0 Windows 7 amd64-64 Compressed References 2014040
      9_195732 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled)
      J9VM - R26_Java726_SR7_20140409_1418_B195732
      JIT - r11.b06_20140409_61252
      GC - R26_Java726_SR7_20140409_1418_B195732_CMPRSS
      J9CL - 20140409_195732)
      JCL - 20140409_01 based on Oracle 7u55-b13

Mac OS X:

Beginning with the 7.1.2.0 Tivoli Storage Manager client on Mac OS X, Java is being included with the install. To determine what version is used in a specific versions of the client, open a Terminal window to the following location:
    "/Library/Application Support/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/tsmjava/Contents/Home/bin"

Run "./java -version" to determine the level of Java.

Example:
    IBM-Apple:bin userid$ ./java -version
    java version "1.8.0_31"
    Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_31-b13)
    Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.31-b07, mixed mode)
[{"Product":{"code":"SSGSG7","label":"Tivoli Storage Manager"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU058","label":"IBM Infrastructure w\/TPS"},"Component":"Client","Platform":[{"code":"PF022","label":"OS X"},{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"All Supported Versions","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB26","label":"Storage"}}]

Product Synonym

TSM

Document Information

More support for:
Tivoli Storage Manager

Software version:
All Supported Versions

Operating system(s):
OS X, Windows

Document number:
260563

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

swg21701512

Page Feedback