Hardware and Software Requirements: Version 8.1.9 IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot - All Unix Components

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The following IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot components share core hardware and software requirements. Therefore, the requirements for all of the following components are grouped in a single requirements document. The components are:

• IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for DB2
• IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Oracle
• IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Oracle (with SAP® environments)
• IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Custom Applications

Links to the Hardware & Software requirements for the other components that are a part of IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot V8.1.9, are at the following URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1072698

Links to the hardware and software requirements for other releases of IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot, and its components, are located in the "All Requirements Document" at the following URL:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21427692

The IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot V8.1.9 download document provides information about how and where to obtain the Spectrum Protect Snapshot V8.1.9 packages. The information is located here:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1071624

Information regarding virtualization technologies supported by IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot are available in the IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot Support technote at the following URL:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21433737


This document is divided into linked sections for ease of navigation. Use the following links to jump to different sections of the document:

• Pre-installation Checklist
• Installation Planning Worksheet

Requirements Common to All Components

• on the AIX Platform
• on the Linux x86_64 Platform
• External Disk Storage Options
• for offloaded backups

Overview of Storage Architecture Support for IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot

More Requirements Specific to IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for DB2
More  Requirements Specific to IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Oracle
More Requirements Specific to IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Oracle (with SAP® environments)
More Requirements Specific to IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Custom Applications

The requirements for the IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot Prerequisite Checker are documented in the technote at http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10716697


Note: For requirements marked with two asterisks (**) special attention needs to be paid to limitations documented at: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?&uid=swg21990179

Requirements Common to All Components

The following sections provide a quick overview of the basic requirements for IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot.


Requirements Common to All Components on the AIX Platform

Hardware:

• Compatible System p® server hardware that is supported by the operating system and the application
• At least 1 GB of disk space (extra temporary space is required during installation)
• At least 1 GB of extra disk space for each database instance that is protected by Spectrum Protect Snapshot

Software:

• One of these operating system options, as supported by the application:
• 64-bit AIX 7.1, and later 7.1.x levels
• 64-bit AIX 7.2, and later 7.2.x levels
• File systems supported:
  JFS, JFS2
  For Custom Applications only: GPFS
• The gzip utility must be installed on the system and must be available in the PATH environment variable.

More Operating Environments Supported:

• High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing (HACMP™) and PowerHA®

Requirements Common to All Components on the Linux x64 Platform

Hardware:

• Intel EM64T, AMD Opteron, or higher machine that is supported by the operating system and the application
• At least 400 MB of disk space (extra temporary space is required during installation)
• At least 400 MB of extra disk space for each database instance that is protected by Spectrum Protect Snapshot

Software:

• One of these operating system options, as supported by the application:
• 64-bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11, and later service packs
• 64-bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 up to service pack 3
• 64-bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15 GA level (with IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot version 8.1.6.1 and later versions)
• 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 releases 6.1 up to 6.10
• 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 release 7.0, 7.4 up to 7.7
• **Supported Logical Volume Manager: LVM2, details on supported levels of LVM2 can be found in the attached Pre-installation Checklist.
  Note: Starting with RHEL 7 and SLES 12 LVM2 has enabled the Metadata Daemon (lvmetad) by default. The LVM Metadata Daemon causes Spectrum Protect Snapshot operations to fail.

It is required to disable the LVM Metadata Daemon as described in the Red Hat documentation https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Logical_Volume_Manager_Administration/metadatadaemon.html

• File systems supported:
  ext2, ext3, ext4, xfs
  For Custom Applications only: GPFS

Requirements Common to All Components: External Disk Storage Options

IBM Storwize® V7000 v1 Disk System
IBM Storwize® V7000 Version 6.4
IBM Storwize® V7000 Version 7.1
IBM Storwize® V7000 Version 7.2
IBM Storwize® V7000 Version 7.3
IBM Storwize® V7000 Version 7.4
IBM Storwize® V7000 Version 7.5
IBM Storwize® V7000 Version 7.6.0.2, and later 7.6.x levels
IBM Storwize® V7000 Version 7.7.0 and later 7.7.0.x levels
IBM Storwize® V7000 Version 7.7.1 and later 7.7.1.x levels
IBM Storwize® V7000 Version 7.8 and later 7.8.x levels
IBM Storwize® V7000 Version 8.1.0 and later 8.1.0.x levels
IBM Storwize® V7000 Version 8.1.1 and later 8.1.1.x levels
IBM Storwize® V7000 Version 8.1.2 and later 8.1.2.x levels
IBM Storwize® V7000 Version 8.1.3 and later 8.1.3.x levels
IBM Storwize® V7000 Version 8.2.0 and later 8.2.0.x levels
IBM Storwize® V7000 Version 8.2.1 and later 8.2.1.x levels
IBM Storwize® V7000 Version 8.3.0.1 and later 8.3.0.x levels
IBM Storwize® V7000 Version 8.3.1 and later 8.3.1.x levels
IBM Storwize® V7000 Version 8.4.0 and later 8.4.0.x levels
Note: HyperSwap configurations are not supported
Note: Multi-site high availability and disaster recovery configurations are not supported
Note: NVMe host attachments are not supported

IBM Storwize® v3700 Version 6.4
IBM Storwize® v3700 Version 7.1
IBM Storwize® v3700 Version 7.2
IBM Storwize® v3700 Version 7.3
IBM Storwize® v3700 Version 7.4
IBM Storwize® v3700 Version 7.5
IBM Storwize® v3700 Version 7.6.0.2, and later 7.6.x levels
IBM Storwize® v3700 Version 7.7.0 and later 7.7.0.x levels
IBM Storwize® v3700 Version 7.7.1 and later 7.7.1.x levels
IBM Storwize® v3700 Version 7.8 and later 7.8.x levels
IBM Storwize® v3700 Version 8.1.0 and later 8.1.0.x levels
IBM Storwize® v3700 Version 8.1.1 and later 8.1.1.x levels
IBM Storwize® v3700 Version 8.1.2 and later 8.1.2.x levels
Note: HyperSwap configurations are not supported

IBM Storwize® v5000 Version 7.1
IBM Storwize® v5000 Version 7.2
IBM Storwize® v5000 Version 7.3
IBM Storwize® v5000 Version 7.4
IBM Storwize® v5000 Version 7.5
IBM Storwize® v5000 Version 7.6.0.2, and later 7.6.x levels
IBM Storwize® v5000 Version 7.7.0 and later 7.7.0.x levels
IBM Storwize® v5000 Version 7.7.1 and later 7.7.1.x levels
IBM Storwize® v5000 Version 7.8 and later 7.8.x levels
IBM Storwize® v5000 Version 8.1.0 and later 8.1.0.x levels
IBM Storwize® v5000 Version 8.1.1 and later 8.1.1.x levels
IBM Storwize® v5000 Version 8.1.2 and later 8.1.2.x levels
IBM Storwize® v5000 Version 8.1.3 and later 8.1.3.x levels
IBM Storwize® v5000 Version 8.2.0 and later 8.2.0.x levels
IBM Storwize® v5000 Version 8.2.1 and later 8.2.1.x levels
IBM Storwize® v5000 Version 8.3.0.1 and later 8.3.0.x levels
IBM Storwize® v5000 Version 8.3.1 and later 8.3.1.x levels
IBM Storwize® v5000 Version 8.4.0 and later 8.4.0.x levels
Note: HyperSwap configurations are not supported
Note: NVMe host attachments are not supported

IBM Storwize® V7000 Unified v1.3 Disk System (block level support only)
IBM Storwize® V7000 Unified v1.4 Disk System (block level support only)
IBM Storwize® V7000 Unified v1.5.x Disk System (block level support only)
Note: HyperSwap configurations are not supported

IBM Flex System™ v7000 Version 6.4
IBM Flex System™ v7000 Version 7.1
IBM Flex System™ v7000 Version 7.2
Note: HyperSwap configurations are not supported

IBM FlashSystem™ V840
Note: HyperSwap configurations are not supported

IBM FlashSystem™ 7200 Version 8.3.0.1 and later 8.3.0.x levels
IBM FlashSystem™ 7200 Version 8.3.1 and later 8.3.1.x levels
IBM FlashSystem™ 7200 Version 8.4.0 and later 8.4.0.x levels
Note: HyperSwap configurations are not supported
Note: Multi-site high availability and disaster recovery configurations are not supported
Note: NVMe host attachments are not supported

IBM FlashSystem™ V9000 Version 7.4
IBM FlashSystem™ V9000 Version 7.5
IBM FlashSystem™ V9000 Version 7.6
IBM FlashSystem™ V9000 Version 7.7.0 and later 7.7.0.x levels
IBM FlashSystem™ V9000 Version 7.7.1 and later 7.7.1.x levels
IBM FlashSystem™ V9000 Version 7.8 and later 7.8.x levels
IBM FlashSystem™ V9000 Version 8.1.0 and later 8.1.0.x levels
IBM FlashSystem™ V9000 Version 8.1.1 and later 8.1.1.x levels
IBM FlashSystem™ V9000 Version 8.1.2 and later 8.1.2.x levels
IBM FlashSystem™ V9000 Version 8.1.3 and later 8.1.3.x levels
IBM FlashSystem™ V9000 Version 8.2.0 and later 8.2.0.x levels
IBM FlashSystem™ V9000 Version 8.2.1 and later 8.2.1.x levels
IBM FlashSystem™ V9000 Version 8.3.0.1 and later 8.3.0.x levels
IBM FlashSystem™ V9000 Version 8.3.1 and later 8.3.1.x levels
IBM FlashSystem™ V9000 Version 8.4.0 and later 8.4.0.x levels
Note: HyperSwap configurations are not supported
Note: Multi-site high availability and disaster recovery configurations are not supported
Note: NVMe host attachments are not supported

IBM FlashSystem™ 9100 Version 8.2.0 and later 8.2.0.x levels
IBM FlashSystem™ 9100 Version 8.2.1 and later 8.2.1.x levels
IBM FlashSystem™ 9100 Version 8.3.0.1 and later 8.3.0.x levels
IBM FlashSystem™ 9100 Version 8.3.1 and later 8.3.1.x levels
IBM FlashSystem™ 9100 Version 8.4.0 and later 8.4.0.x levels
Note: HyperSwap configurations are not supported
Note: Multi-site high availability and disaster recovery configurations are not supported
Note: NVMe host attachments are not supported

IBM FlashSystem™ 9200 Version 8.3.0.1 and later 8.3.0.x levels
IBM FlashSystem™ 9200 Version 8.3.1 and later 8.3.1.x levels
IBM FlashSystem™ 9200 Version 8.4.0 and later 8.4.0.x levels
Note: HyperSwap configurations are not supported
Note: Multi-site high availability and disaster recovery configurations are not supported
Note: NVMe host attachments are not supported

IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller (SVC) hardware with one of the following SVC levels:

• IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller v6.1.0, and later 6.1.x levels
• IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller v6.2.0, and later 6.2.x levels
• IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller v6.3.0, and later 6.3.x levels
• IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller v6.4.0, and later 6.4.x levels
• IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller v7.1.0, and later 7.1.x levels
• IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller v7.2.0, and later 7.2.x levels
• IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller v7.3.0, and later 7.3.x levels
• IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller v7.4.0, and later 7.4.x levels
• IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller v7.5.0, and later 7.5.x levels
• IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller v7.6.0.2, and later 7.6.x levels
• IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller v7.7.0, and later 7.7.0.x levels
• IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller v7.7.1, and later 7.7.1.x levels
• IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller v7.8 and later 7.8.x levels
• IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller v8.1.0 and later 8.1.0.x levels
• IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller v8.1.1 and later 8.1.1.x levels
• IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller v8.1.2 and later 8.1.2.x levels
• IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller v8.1.3 and later 8.1.3.x levels
• IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller v8.2.0 and later 8.2.0.x levels
• IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller v8.2.1 and later 8.2.1.x levels
• IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller v8.3.0.1 and later 8.3.0.x levels
• IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller v8.3.1 and later 8.3.1.x levels
• IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller v8.4.0 and later 8.4.0.x levels

IBM XIV® Storage System Hardware:

• IBM XIV® 2nd Generation Storage System v10.0.0.b, and later 10.x levels
• IBM XIV® 3rd Generation Storage System 11.x levels

IBM XIV® Storage System Software:

• IBM XIV® Management Tools 3.x for all IBM XIV® Generations
• IBM XIV® Management Tools 4.2 and later 4.2.x levels for all IBM XIV® Generations
  or
• XIV® CLI 2.3.1 and later 2.x and 3.x levels for IBM XIV® 2nd Generation
• XIV® CLI 3.0.1 and later 3.x levels for IBM XIV® 3rd Generation
• XIV® CLI 4.2 and later 4.2.x levels for IBM XIV® 3rd Generation
• XIV® CLI 4.6 and later 4.6.x levels for IBM XIV® 3rd Generation
• XIV CLI 4.8 and later 4.8.x levels for IBM XIV 3rd Generation or IBM FlashSystem® A9000 and A9000R
• XIV CLI 5.0 and later 5.0.x levels for IBM XIV 3rd Generation or IBM FlashSystem® A9000 and A9000R
• XIV CLI 5.2 and later 5.2.x levels for IBM XIV 3rd Generation or IBM FlashSystem® A9000 and A9000R

IBM Spectrum Accelerate™ Version 11.5.x

IBM FlashSystem® A9000 and A9000R software version 12.0.1 and later 12.0.x levels
IBM FlashSystem® A9000 and A9000R software version 12.1 and later 12.1.x levels
IBM FlashSystem® A9000 and A9000R software version 12.2 and later 12.2.x levels
IBM FlashSystem® A9000 and A9000R software version 12.3 and later 12.3.x levels
Note: Multi-site high availability and disaster recovery configurations are not supported

• Before starting a Spectrum Protect Snapshot remote restore operation check the problem described in APAR IT16596 and the local fix documented there.
• Note: OLVM Volumes are supported, however not when the volume is in the "proxy" state (Migrating). This limitation is listed in the "Known Issues and Limitations: Version 8.1 IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot - all Unix Components" document here -> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21990179

IBM System Storage DS8000 hardware:

• IBM System Storage DS8000™ (DS8100, DS8300, DS8700, DS8800 or DS8870) with DS8000 Release Version 3.1 or later versions. Earlier versions might be supported by certain microcode level updates. Refer to the Pre-installation Checklist for details.

More storage devices are supported via the Rocket Device Adapter Pack for IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager. For more information, refer to http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21455924#Additional%20Device%20Support%20via%20the

Requirements Common to All Components for offloaded backups to IBM Spectrum Protect

• Any IBM Spectrum Protect Server version currently supported by IBM Spectrum Protect
• Any version of the IBM Spectrum Protect Storage Agent, currently supported by IBM Spectrum Protect, is required for LAN-free restore operations. The IBM Spectrum Protect Storage Agent is a component of the IBM Spectrum Protect for Storage Area Networks product.
• Data Protection for Oracle V7.1.x levels, or later releases and versions are required when performing offloaded backups by using the Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Oracle component. Data Protection for Oracle is a component of the IBM Spectrum Protect for Databases product.
• IBM Spectrum Protect for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) V7.1, and later levels, releases, and versions are required in the following situations:
  • When you are running offloaded backups in SAP® with Oracle environments.
  • When you are running offloaded backups in SAP® with Oracle environments by using Oracle RMAN.
• IBM Spectrum Protect for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) V7.1, and later levels, releases, and versions are optional when running offloaded backups in SAP® with DB2 environments.
• IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client V7.1.x, and later levels, releases, and versions are required when running offloaded backups by using the Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Custom Applications.
• Any IBM Spectrum Protect API supported by Data Protection for Oracle and/or IBM Spectrum Protect for Enterprise Resource Planning and/or DB2 native IBM Spectrum Protect agent as applicable to your environment.

Overview of Storage Architecture Support for IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot

For more information about storage architecture support for Spectrum Protect Snapshot as it relates to platform and restore functionality, refer to the following document: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21455924

More Requirements Specific to IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for DB2

Database Options:

• 64-bit DB2 Enterprise Server Edition V10.1 Fix Pack 2 and later 10.1.x Fix Packs
• **64-bit DB2 Enterprise Server Edition V10.5 and later 10.5.x Fix Packs
• 64-bit DB2 Enterprise Server Edition V11.1 and later 11.1.x Fix Packs
• 64-bit DB2 Enterprise Server Edition V11.5 and later 11.5.x Fix Packs
  Note: DB2 pureScale is NOT supported by IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot v8.1
• SAP® environments must meet all requirements specified by SAP®.

More Requirements Specific to IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Oracle

Database Options:

• **64-bit Oracle Database Standard Edition 11gR2
• **64-bit Oracle Database Enterprise Edition 11gR2
• **64-bit Oracle Database Standard Edition 12cR1
• **64-bit Oracle Database Enterprise Edition 12cR1
• **64-bit Oracle Database Standard Edition 12cR2
• **64-bit Oracle Database Enterprise Edition 12cR2
• **64-bit Oracle Database Standard Edition 18c
• **64-bit Oracle Database Enterprise Edition 18c
• **64-bit Oracle Database Standard Edition 19c
• **64-bit Oracle Database Enterprise Edition 19c
• **64-bit Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) option
• **Supported database storage: File systems supported by IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot, or Oracle ASM
• Note: Multitenant (pluggable) databases are not supported

More Requirements Specific to IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Oracle (with SAP® environments)

Supported environments must meet all requirements specified by SAP®.

Database Options:

• 64-bit Oracle Enterprise Edition 11gR2 at a level certified by the respective SAP® release
• 64-bit Oracle Enterprise Edition 12cR2 at a level certified by the respective SAP® release
• 64-bit Oracle Enterprise Edition 18c at a level certified by the respective SAP® release
• 64-bit Oracle Enterprise Edition 19c at a level certified by the respective SAP® release
  Note: Multitenant (pluggable) databases are not supported

SAP® Environment Requirements:

• SAP BR*Tools 7.40

Note: IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot interfaces with the SAP BR*Tools through the backint interface (BC-BRI volume based)

More Requirements Specific to IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Custom Applications

Application Options:

• Any application running in an environment supported by Spectrum Protect Snapshot

GPFS file system:

• IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Unix and Linux V8.1.9 supports GPFS file system snapshots for Custom Applications.

Pre-installation Checklist

Before starting the installation of IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Unix® and Linux, review the pre-installation checklist and make sure all requirements specific to your environment are met.

IBM_Spectrum_Protect_Snapshot_V8190_Preinstall_Checklist_v04.pdf

Installation Planning Worksheet

For a list of considerations and decisions to be taken before installing IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Unix® and Linux, refer to the attached Installation Planning Sheet.
IBM_Spectrum_Protect_Snapshot_V8190_Installation_Planning_Sheet.pdf