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This document details the hardware & software requirements for IBM Storage Protect Snapshot 8.1.19
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Note: The product now known as IBM Storage Protect was named IBM Spectrum Protect in levels earlier than 8.1.19. To learn more about the brand change, see IBM Spectrum brand change to IBM Storage.
IBM Storage Protect Snapshot 8.1.19 is composed of multiple components, which support various operating systems, databases, and applications. Due to the large volume of requirements information across the 10 components of this product, the hardware and software requirements for this product are separated into multiple documents to help focusing on only the requirements that apply to your application environment. Each IBM Storage Protect Snapshot component (except the MMC Snap-in and VSS Requestor) supports a specific application environment as described in the table.
This document provides a list of the components included in the IBM Storage Protect Snapshot product, a description of the environment supported by each component, and a link to the hardware and software requirements for each component.
| IBM Storage Protect Snapshot Component |
Applicable Platforms | Supported Environment | Link to Hardware & Software requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| IBM Storage Protect Snapshot MMC Snap-in and Base System Services |
Windows x64 | Provides the:
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Hardware and Software requirements: IBM Storage Protect Snapshot MMC Snap-in and Base System Services 8.1.19 |
| IBM Storage Protect Snapshot VSS Requestor | Windows x64 | Supports Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server, and File system and Custom Application environments along with the MMC Snap-in | Hardware and Software requirements: IBM Storage Protect Snapshot VSS Requestor 8.1.19 |
| IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Microsoft Exchange | Windows x64 | Supports Microsoft Exchange environments | Hardware and Software Requirements: IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Microsoft Exchange 8.1.19 and Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server 8.1.19 |
| IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Microsoft SQL | Windows x64 | Supports Microsoft SQL environments | Hardware and Software Requirements: IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for SQL Server 8.1.19 and Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server 8.1.19 |
| IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Db2 | AIX Linux x86_64 |
Supports IBM Db2 when used either with, or without, SAP® | Hardware and Software Requirements: 8.1.11 IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot - All Unix Components |
| IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Oracle | AIX Linux x86_64 |
Supports Oracle environments (when not used in combination with SAP® environments) | Hardware and Software Requirements: 8.1.11 IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot - All Unix Components |
| IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Oracle (with SAP® environments) | AIX Linux x86_64 |
Supports Oracle when used in SAP® environments | Hardware and Software Requirements: 8.1.11 IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot - All Unix Components |
| IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Custom Applications | AIX Linux x86_64 |
Provides a generic backup agent that can be used to create snapshots of other applications or databases not explicitly supported by the IBM Storage Protect Snapshot product. | Hardware and Software Requirements: 8.1.11 IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot - All Unix Components |
| IBM Storage Protect Snapshot Prerequisite Checker | AIX Linux x86_64 |
Helps determining whether a system meets the prerequisites for IBM Storage Protect Snapshot. | Hardware and Software Requirements: 8.1.11 IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot - All Unix Components |
Hardware and software requirements for other releases of IBM Storage Protect Snapshot
The hardware and software requirements for other releases and fix packs for all IBM Storage Protect Snapshot components are located in the website: Requirements Documents: IBM Storage Protect Snapshot.
Information regarding the virtualization environments supported by IBM Storage Protect Snapshot is documented here: IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot and Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager Virtualization Support.
Where to download IBM Storage Protect Snapshot
The IBM Storage Protect Snapshot download document provides information about how and where to obtain the IBM Storage Protect Snapshot 8.1.19 packages, see Download Information: IBM Storage Protect Snapshot 8.1.19.
The Known Issues & Limitations document describe known issues and limitations in all 8.1.x levels of IBM Storage Protect Snapshot, see: Known Issues and Limitations: IBM Storage Protect Snapshot 8.1.x (Overview).
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