IBM Spectrum Protect Version 8.1.12 Clients

Download Description

This document describes how to download IBM Spectrum Protect Version 8.1.12 client installation images using the Passport Advantage Online website.

IBM Spectrum Protect enables you to protect your organization’s data from failures and other errors by storing backup and archive data in a hierarchy of online and offline storage. The core functions of IBM Spectrum Protect include backup and recovery management, and archive management.

More information

To access a wide variety of technical resources for this product, see IBM Spectrum Protect documentation.

The documentation and messages reference the term IBM Knowledge Center. In April 2021, IBM Knowledge Center was renamed to IBM Documentation (also known as IBM Docs). In the documentation and messages, the term IBM Knowledge Center is still used.

Note: There can be multiple clients in one download image.

Space requirements for AIX®, 64-bit

• 1100 MB of disk space to store the downloadable part.
• 1250 MB of disk space to unpack the parts.
• 1350 MB of disk space for the installed product.

Space requirements for HP-UX Itanium API

• 180 MB of disk space to store the full set of downloadable parts.
• 240 MB of disk space to unpack the parts.
• 400 MB of disk space for the installed product.

Space requirements for Linux

• Linux x86_64
  • 750 MB of disk space to store the full set of downloadable parts.
  • 750 MB of disk space to unpack the parts.
  • 1750 MB of disk space for the installed product.
• Linux x86_64 (Ubuntu)
  • 200 MB of disk space to store the full set of downloadable parts.
  • 200 MB of disk space to unpack the parts.
  • 400 MB of disk space for the installed product.
• Linux on Power Systems API (Big Endian)
  • 85 MB of disk space to store the full set of downloadable parts.
  • 85 MB of disk space to unpack the parts.
  • 190 MB of disk space for the installed product.
• Linux on Power Systems™ (Little Endian)
  • 550 MB of disk space to store the full set of downloadable parts.
  • 550 MB of disk space to unpack the parts.
  • 1000 MB of disk space for the installed product.
• Linux on Power Systems (Little Endian) (Ubuntu)
  • 225 MB of disk space to store the full set of downloadable parts.
  • 225 MB of disk space to unpack the parts.
  • 500 MB of disk space for the installed product.
• Linux on z Systems
  • 550 MB of disk space to store the full set of downloadable parts.
  • 550 MB of disk space to unpack the parts.
  • 1000 MB of disk space for the installed product.

Space requirements for Mac

• 200 MB of disk space to store the downloadable part.
• 400 MB of disk space for the installed product.

Space requirements for Oracle Solaris

• Oracle Solaris SPARC API
  • 140 MB of disk space to store the full set of downloadable parts.
  • 260 MB of disk space to unpack the parts.
  • 350 MB of disk space for the installed product.
• Oracle Solaris x86_64
  • 225 MB of disk space to store the full set of downloadable parts.
  • 440 MB of disk space to unpack the parts.
  • 650 MB of disk space for the installed product.

Space requirements for Windows

Note: These numbers are for the base client only and assume that all client components are installed.

• 600 MB of disk space to store the downloadable part.
• 1250 MB of disk space to unpack the parts.
• 1250 MB of disk space for the installed product.
• 1250 MB of space in the tmp directory to run the installation program.

Downloading and assembling the product

1. Download the part that you need from the Passport Advantage Online website. The parts are described by platform in the tabbed sections of this document.
2. Unpack each downloaded part into a single temporary directory on your system.
3. To install the product, follow the instructions in the IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client product documentation. For more information, see Installing the IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive clients (UNIX, Linux, and Windows).