IBM Spectrum Protect Client release 7.1 requirements, which is past End-of-Support (EOS)

Detailed System Requirements

Abstract

Hardware and software requirements for IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 clients, which reached end of support (EOS) at 31 December 2021.

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Hardware and Software Requirements

Note: There are no support extensions for IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 products. Clients are encouraged to upgrade to a product release that is current in support. See in IBM Spectrum Protect Family Products with Support Extension contracts available which releases are active supported or which are the recommendations for replacement.

Note: The product known as IBM Spectrum Protect was named IBM Tivoli Storage Manager in releases earlier than 7.1.3. To learn more about the rebranding transition, see Tivoli Storage Manager branding transition to IBM Spectrum Protect.

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IBM AIX requirements: IBM Spectrum Protect client release 7.1

Hardware
System	RS/6000 or System i or System p, or compatible hardware as supported by AIX. For IBM PowerHA SystemMirror: One extra network adapter for each workstation.
Disk Space	1.5 GB disk space required to install the client, and all language packs.
Software
Communication Protocol	One of the following: TCP/IP, which comes standard with AIX Shared Memory Protocol (with AIX server only) Note: The web backup-archive client requires TCP/IP
Operating system	AIX 6.1 (Supported in 7.1.0 - 7.1.8.9) AIX 7.1 TL0-TL3 (Supported in 7.1.0 - 7.1.8.9) AIX 7.1 TL4 or later fix pack levels AIX 7.2 64-bit kernel (Beginning with 7.1.4.4) APAR IT35286: Because of security fixes, the operating systems AIX 6.1 and AIX 7.1 TL0-TL3 (xlc.rte < 13.0) are not longer supported by IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client 7.1.8.10 and later levels.
File system	JFS JFS2 JFS2 NFSv4 VxFS 5.0 VxFS 6.0 GPFS 3.5.0 or later fix pack GPFS 4.1.0 or later fix pack (Beginning with 7.1.1) GPFS 4.1.1 or later fix pack (Beginning with 7.1.3) GPFS 4.2.0 or later fix pack (Beginning with 7.1.4.4) GPFS 4.2.1 or later fix pack (Beginning with 7.1.6) Note: APAR IT12256: Backup-archive client 7.1.0 supported GPFS V3.4.0.4. With backup-archive client 7.1.1 and later, this GPFS version is not longer supported because of technical reasons. GPFS V3.4 reached End of Support (EOS) in April 2015. GPFS and IBM Spectrum Protect use GSKit library and both include GSKit library in their packages. The GSKit library included in the IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client 7.1.8.5 and later packages is not compatible with the GSKit library, which is included in the GPFS versions that are supported by IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client 7.1. To reset the library path before GPFS commands call IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client commands, run the manual steps described in APAR IJ03770.
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Required file sets: xlC.rte (xlC.rte.10.1.0.0 or later), see file set information for: xlC.rte xlsmp.rte (xlsmp.rte.1.8.0.0 or later), see file set information for: xlsmp.rte Note: You can also search the IBM support portal for the files at: https://www.ibm.com/support/home/
Java GUI and web backup-archive client require: Before 7.1.2.1: Java GUI requires Java: JRE 7. Web client requires the Java plug-in included in JRE 7 Beginning with 7.1.2.1: Java GUI requires Java: JRE 7 or JRE 8. Web client requires the Java plug-in included in JRE 7 or JRE 8. Note: The backup-archive client is supported when it is running in a Firefox browser with the required plug-in.
For NetApp Data ONTAP supported levels, see the technote Backup-Archive Client supported levels of NetApp Data ONTAP
Beginning with backup-archive client 7.1.8: No automatic client deployment support on AIX 6.1
IBM Spectrum Scale SOBAR supported. Requires GPFS 3.5 TL 3 or later Installation of IBM Spectrum Protect™ backup-archive client and IBM Spectrum Protect™ for Space Management client in the same (matching) release level is required. For IBM Spectrum Protect™ for Space Management client requirements, see: IBM AIX HSM requirements
The IBM Global Security Kit (GSKit) provides libraries and utilities for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or the Transport Layer Security (TLS) communication, which is used by IBM Spectrum Protect product components. The GSKit levels included in IBM Spectrum Protect are listed in GSKit levels distributed by IBM Spectrum Protect

HP-UX Itanium requirements: IBM Spectrum Protect client release 7.1

Hardware
System	An HP Integrity server (Itanium) workstation or equivalent
Disk Space	700 MB disk space is required to install the client, and all language packs.
Memory	No extra Random-Access Memory (RAM) is required for product installation. RAM requirements for running the product vary widely and depend on your environment, configuration, and tasks that you perform. More RAM might be required to run the product.
Software
Communication Protocol	Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), which comes standard with HP-UX Shared Memory Communication (with HP-UX Itanium server only)
Operating system	11i V3 for Itanium 2 64-bit
File system	For supported file systems, see: File system and ACL support
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Java™ GUI and web backup-archive client require: - Before V7.1.2.1: Java GUI requires Java JRE 7. The web client requires the Java plug-in that is included in JRE 7 - Beginning with V7.1.2.1: Java GUI requires Java JRE 7 or Java JRE 8. The web client requires the Java plug-in that is included in JRE 7 or JRE 8. Note: Search http://www.hp.com for appropriate terms to locate the download. For example, search for Java JRE.

Linux on IBM Power Systems requirements: IBM Spectrum Protect client release 7.1

Hardware
System	IBM System p or IBM System i, with POWER processors, as supported by Linux distribution
Disk Space	500 MB disk space required to install the client
Memory	No extra RAM required for product installation. RAM requirements for running the product vary widely and depend on your environment, configuration, and tasks that you fulfill. More RAM might be required to run the product.
Software
Communication Protocol	TCP/IP, which comes standard with Linux Shared Memory (with Linux on IBM Power Systems Tivoli Storage Manager server only)
Operating systems	Supported operating systems on Big Endian: SLES 11 (64 bit) RHEL 7 (64 bit) (Beginning with 7.1.1) RHEL 5 (64 bit) RHEL 6 (64 bit) Supported operating systems on Little Endian: SLES 12 (64 bit) (Beginning with API 7.1.2 and backup-archive client 7.1.4) RHEL 7.1 (64 bit) (Beginning with API 7.1.2 and backup-archive client 7.1.4) Ubuntu 14.04 (Beginning with API 7.1.2 and backup-archive client 7.1.4.4) Ubuntu 16.04 (Beginning with backup-archive client 7.1.6.3) Note: - GPFS file system support on Ubuntu 14.04 (Beginning with 7.1.6) - no GPFS file system support on Ubuntu 16.04 Note: The operating system kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 7.8 is incompatible with the IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client journal-based backup kernel extension. If you are running an earlier version of RHEL with journal-based backups, and then you upgrade to RHEL 7.8 or later, then journal-based backup no longer works. This issue is fixed in the backup-archive client 7.1.8.9 and 8.1.11 on all Linux platforms, see also APAR IT33132 Note: Due to security reasons, the backup-archive client 7.1.8.13 and later packages are built to support SHA256 digest. On RHEL 5.x, whose support ended on November 30, 2020, those rpm packages are not installable. Therefore, beginning with IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client level 7.1.8.13, the operating system RHEL 5 is no longer supported.
File system	For supported file systems, see: File system and ACL support Supported GPFS versions on Big Endian: GPFS 3.5.0 or later fix pack level GPFS 4.1.0 or later fix pack levels (Beginning with 7.1.1) GPFS 4.1 TL1 supported for RHEL 7 (Beginning with 7.1.2) Note: RHEL 7 requires GPFS 4.1.0.10 (TL1) or later fix pack levels GPFS 4.1.1 or later fix pack levels (Beginning with 7.1.3) Supported GPFS versions on Little Endian: GPFS 4.1.1.3 or later fix pack levels (Beginning with 7.1.4) GPFS 4.2.0 or later fix pack levels (Beginning with 7.1.4.4) GPFS 4.2.1 or later fix pack levels (Beginning with 7.1.6) Note: Ubuntu 14.04.4 (Kernel version 4.2.0.27) requires GPFS 4.2.1 or later fix pack levels Note: GPFS and IBM Spectrum Protect use GSKit library and both include GSKit library in their packages. The GSKit library included in the IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client 7.1.8.5 and later packages is not compatible with the GSKit library that is included in the GPFS versions that are supported by IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client 7.1. To reset the library path before GPFS commands start IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client commands, and run the manual steps described in APAR IJ03770.
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Java GUI and web backup-archive client require: Before 7.1.2.1: Java GUI requires Java: JRE 7. The Web client requires the Java plug-in included in JRE 7 Beginning with 7.1.2.1: Java GUI requires Java: JRE 7 or JRE 8. The Web client requires the Java plug-in included in JRE 7 or JRE 8. Note: The client is supported when it is running in a Firefox browser with the required plug-in.
For EXT2/EXT3/XFS ACL support, you need the ACL package.
The image backup and restore functions for LVM2 volumes require libdevmapper.so V1.01 or later. If the library is at an older level than required or it is not available, image backups for LVM2 volumes fail. The libdevmapper.so library is distributed with the device mapper packages. On RHEL, the package is called device-mapper-libs and on SLES it is called device-mapper.
To use the Common Inventory Technology components in a pure 64-bit Linux environment, the following 32-bit runtime support packages must be installed: With RHEL 7, the compat-libstdc++-33 package required. With SLES 12, the libstdc++33-32bit package required Note: this package is provided by SUSE Legacy Module, see https://www.suse.com/products/server/features/modules.html With Ubuntu 14.04, the libstdc++5:i386 package required.
Journal-based backup (JBB) is supported on: RHEL 7 and SLES 12, in addition to previously supported distributions (Beginning with 7.1.2) RHEL 7.1 (Beginning with 7.1.4)
The IBM Global Security Kit (GSKit) provides libraries and utilities for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or the Transport Layer Security (TLS) communication, which is used by IBM Spectrum Protect product components. The GSKit levels included in IBM Spectrum Protect are listed in GSKit levels distributed by IBM Spectrum Protect

Linux x86 requirements: IBM Spectrum Protect client release 7.1

Hardware
System	Systems based on the X86 64-bit processor architecture such as Intel-64 or AMD64
Disk Space	1.5 GB disk space required to install the client, and all language packs.
Memory	No extra RAM required for product installation. RAM requirements for running the product vary widely and depend on your environment, configuration, and tasks that you fulfill. More RAM might be required to run the product.
Software
Communication Protocol	TCP/IP, which comes standard with Linux Shared Memory (only with Linux x86_64 IBM Spectrum Protect server)
Operating system	SLES 11 (including SLES 11 level in Novell OES 11 and OES 2015 details) SLED 11 SLES 12 (Beginning with 7.1.2) RHEL 5 for Servers and Desktop editions RHEL 6 for Servers and Desktop editions RHEL 7 for Servers and Desktop editions (Beginning with 7.1.1) Ubuntu 14.04 (Beginning with 7.1.2) Ubuntu 16.04 (Beginning with 7.1.6.3) Note: See also IBM Spectrum Protect Linux Backup-Archive client distributions - statement of minimal support Note: The operating system kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 7.8 is incompatible with the IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client journal-based backup kernel extension. If you are running an earlier version of RHEL with journal-based backups, and then you upgrade to RHEL 7.8 or later, then journal-based backup no longer works. This issue is fixed in the backup-archive client 7.1.8.9 and 8.1.11 on all Linux platforms, see also APAR IT33132. Note: Due to security reasons, the backup-archive client 7.1.8.13 and later packages are built to support SHA256 digest. On RHEL 5.x, whose support ended on November 30, 2020, those rpm packages are not installable. Therefore, beginning with IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client level 7.1.8.13, the operating system RHEL 5 is no longer supported.
File system	For supported file systems, see: File system and ACL support Supported GPFS: GPFS 3.5.0 or later fix pack GPFS 4.1.0 or later fix pack (Beginning with 7.1.1) Note: RHEL 7 requires GPFS 4.1.0.10 (TL1) or later fix pack levels GPFS 4.1.1 or later fix pack (Beginning with 7.1.3) Note: SLES 12 requires GPFS 4.1.1 or later fix pack levels GPFS 4.2.0 or later fix pack (Beginning with 7.1.4.4) GPFS 4.2.1 or later fix pack (Beginning with 7.1.6) Note: APAR IT12256: Backup-archive client 7.1.0 supported GPFS 3.4.0.4. With backup-archive client 7.1.1 and later, this GPFS version is no longer supported because of technical reasons. GPFS 3.4 reached End of Support (EOS) in April 2015. GPFS and IBM Spectrum Protect use GSKit library and both include GSKit library in their packages. The GSKit library included in the IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client 7.1.8.5 and later packages is not compatible with the GSKit library that is included in the GPFS versions that are supported by IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client 7.1. To reset the library path before GPFS commands start IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client commands, and run the manual steps described in APAR IJ03770.
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Java GUI and web backup-archive client require: Before 7.1.2.1: Java GUI requires Java: JRE 7. The Web client requires the Java plug-in included in JRE 7 Beginning with 7.1.2.1: Java GUI requires Java: JRE 7 or JRE 8. The Web client requires the Java plug-in included in JRE 7 or JRE 8. Note: The client is supported when it is running in a Firefox browser with the required plug-in.
For EXT2/EXT3/XFS ACL support, you need the ACL package.
The image backup and restore functions for LVM2 volumes require libdevmapper.so V1.01 or later. If the library is at an older level than required or it is not available, image backups for LVM2 volumes fail. The libdevmapper.so library is distributed with the device mapper packages. On RHEL, the package is called device-mapper-libs and on SLES it is called device-mapper.
Before backup-archive client 7.1.3: to use the Common Inventory Technology components in a pure 64-bit Linux environment, install the following 32-bit runtime support packages: With RHEL 7, the compat-libstdc++-33 package required With SLES 12, the libstdc++33-32bit package required Note: this package is provided by SUSE Legacy Module, see https://www.suse.com/products/server/features/modules.html With Ubuntu 14.04, the libstdc++5:i386 package required
Install the following packages to use the backup-archive client for backup or restore VMware virtual machines: On a SUSE Linux system, the libfuse.so.2 shared object library must be installed. Install the libfuse version 2 package. On RHEL system, the libfuse.so2, libxml2.so, and libexpat.so shared object libraries must be installed. Install fuselibs version 2 package.
Novell NSS is supported by this client. For NetApp Data ONTAP support, see the technote Backup-archive client supported levels of NetApp Data ONTAP
The snapshot-incremental backup function for NetAPP and N-Series file servers requires libnsl.so.1 library. If the library is not available, the TIVsm-BAhdw.rpm package installation fails. On RHEL 8, the library is provided by libnsl-2.28 package. On the SLES distribution, the library is installed in the default configuration.
Journal-Based backup (JBB) is supported on: RHEL 7 and SLES 12, in addition to previously supported distributions (Beginning with 7.1.2) RHEL 7.1 (Beginning with 7.1.4)
IBM Spectrum Scale SOBAR supported. Note: Requires GPFS 3.5 TL 3 or later fix pack IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management of the same version as the backup-archive client is also required For IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management client requirements, see: Linux x86 HSM requirements
No automatic client deployment support on: Ubuntu 14.04 Ubuntu 16.04
No GPFS file system support on: Ubuntu 14.04 Ubuntu 16.04
The IBM Global Security Kit (GSKit) provides libraries and utilities for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or the Transport Layer Security (TLS) communication that is used by IBM Spectrum Protect product components. The GSKit levels included in IBM Spectrum Protect are listed in GSKit levels distributed by IBM Spectrum Protect

Linux on IBM Z requirements: IBM Spectrum Protect client release 7.1

Hardware
System	Any z system, as supported by Linux distribution in 64-bit mode
Disk Space	500 MB disk space required to install the client, and all language packs.
Memory	No extra Random-Access Memory (RAM) is required for product installation. RAM requirements for running the product vary widely and depend on your environment, configuration, and tasks that you fulfill. More RAM might be required to run the product.
Software
Communication Protocol	TCP/IP, which comes standard with Linux Shared Memory (with Linux on IBM Z IBM Spectrum Protect server only)
Operating systems	SLES 11 SLES 12 (Beginning with 7.1.2) RHEL 5 RHEL 6 RHEL 7 (Beginning with 7.1.1) Note: The operating system kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 7.8 is incompatible with the IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client journal-based backup kernel extension. If you are running an earlier version of RHEL with journal-based backups, and then you upgrade to RHEL 7.8 or later, then journal-based back up no longer works. This issue is fixed in the backup-archive client 7.1.8.9 and 8.1.11 on all Linux platforms, see also APAR IT33132 Note: Due to security reasons, the backup-archive client 7.1.8.13 and later packages are built to support SHA256 digest. On RHEL 5.x, whose support ended on November 30, 2020, those rpm packages are not installable. Therefore, beginning with IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client level 7.1.8.13, the operating system RHEL 5 is no longer supported. Note: Starting with 7.1.8, due to technical reasons, two RHEL packages are being delivered for the Linux on IBM Z client -- one general package, and one special package for RHEL 5 support. Use the latter package only for the RHEL5 operating system. The special package for RHEL 5 is available on the FTP server. See download page: IBM Spectrum Protect Client 7.1.8 Downloads and readme files
File system	For supported file systems, see: File system and ACL support The following GPFS versions are supported on SLES 12 and RHEL 7.1: GPFS 4.2.0 or later fix pack levels (Beginning with 7.1.4) GPFS 4.2.1 or later fix pack levels (Beginning with 7.1.6) Note: GPFS and IBM Spectrum Protect use GSKit library and both include GSKit library in their packages. The GSKit library included in the IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client 7.1.8.5 and later packages is not compatible with the GSKit library that is included in the GPFS versions that are supported by IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client 7.1. To reset the library path before GPFS commands start IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client commands, and run the manual steps described in APAR IJ03770.
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Web backup-archive client requires: Before 7.1.2.1: the Java plug-in included in JRE 7 Beginning with 7.1.2.1: Java plug-in included in JRE 7 or JRE 8 Note: The client is supported when it is running in a Firefox browser with the required plug-in.
For EXT2/EXT3/XFS ACL support, you need the ACL package.
The image backup and restore functions for LVM2 volumes requires libdevmapper.so V1.01 or later. If the library is at an older level than required or it is not available, image backups for LVM2 volumes fail. The libdevmapper.so library is distributed with the device mapper packages. On RHEL, the package is called device-mapper-libs and on SLES it is called device-mapper.
To use the Common Inventory Technology components in a pure 64-bit Linux environment, the following 32-bit runtime support packages must be installed: With RHEL 7, the compat-libstdc++-33 package required. With SLES 12, the libstdc++33-32bit package required Note: this package is provided by SUSE Legacy Module, see https://www.suse.com/products/server/features/modules.html
Install the following packages to use the backup-archive client for backup or restore VMware virtual machines: On a SUSE Linux system, the libfuse.so.2 shared object library must be installed. Install the libfuse version 2 package. On RHEL system, the libfuse.so2, libxml2.so, and libexpat.so shared object libraries must be installed. Install fuse-libs version 2 package.
Journal-Based backup (JBB) is supported on: RHEL 7 and SLES 12, in addition to previously supported distributions (Beginning with 7.1.2) RHEL 7.1 (Beginning with 7.1.4)
IBM Spectrum Scale SOBAR supported. Note: Requires IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2 (previously known as GPFS) or later Installation of IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client and IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management client in the same (matching) release level is required For IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management client requirements, see: Linux on IBM Z HSM requirements
The IBM Global Security Kit (GSKit) provides libraries and utilities for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or the Transport Layer Security (TLS) communication, which is used by IBM Spectrum Protect product components. The GSKit levels included in IBM Spectrum Protect are listed in GSKit levels distributed by IBM Spectrum Protect

Apple Macintosh requirements: IBM Spectrum Protect client release 7.1

Hardware
System	Any 64-bit Intel-based Macintosh
Disk Space	500 MB disk space required to install the client
Memory	No extra Random-Access Memory (RAM) is required for product installation. RAM requirements for running the product vary widely and depend on your environment, configuration, and tasks that you run. More RAM might be required to run the product.
Software
Communication Protocol	TCP/IP
Operating system	OS X 10.8 OS X 10.9 OS X 10.10 (Beginning with 7.1.1) OS X 10.11 (Beginning with 7.1.3.2)
File system	For supported file systems, see: File system and ACL support
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For Java™ GUI: Macintosh OS X 10.8 and Macintosh OS X 10.9: Java JRE 7 Macintosh OS X 10.10: Before backup-archive client 7.1.2: Java SE Development Kit (JDK) 8 required Beginning with backup-archive client 7.1.2: Java JRE 8 is included (JDK 8 is no longer required)
The web client requires: Java plug-in that included in JRE 7 or JRE 8

Oracle Solaris x86 requirements: IBM Spectrum Protect client release 7.1
(Beginning with 7.1.1)

Hardware
System	Systems based on x86-64 processor architecture such as Intel 64 or AMD64
Disk Space	700 MB disk space is required to install the client
Memory	No extra Random-Access Memory (RAM) is required for product installation. RAM requirements for running the product vary widely and depend on your environment, configuration, and tasks that you perform. More RAM might be required to run the product.
Software
Communication Protocol	Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), which comes standard with Solaris
Operating system	Solaris 10 Solaris 11
File system	For supported file systems, see: File system and ACL support
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Java GUI and web Backup-Archive client require: - Before V7.1.2.1: requires Java JRE 7 - Beginning with V7.1.2.1: requires Java JRE 7 or JRE 8

Oracle Solaris SPARC requirements: IBM Spectrum Protect client release 7.1

Hardware
System	SPARC system (sun4u or sun4v or equivalent)
Disk Space	700 MB disk space is required to install the client
Memory	No extra Random-Access Memory (RAM) is required for product installation. RAM requirements for running the product vary widely and depend on your environment, configuration, and tasks that you perform. More RAM might be required to run the product.
Software
Communication Protocol	Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), which comes standard with Solaris Shared Memory Communication (with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Solaris server only, Solaris 10 only)
Operating system	Solaris 10 (64 bit) update 1 or later updates Solaris 11 (64 bit) or later updates
File system	For supported file systems, see: File system and ACL support
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Java GUI and web backup-archive client require: - Before V7.1.2.1: requires Java JRE 7 - Beginning with V7.1.2.1: requires Java JRE 7 or JRE 8

Microsoft Windows requirements: IBM Spetrcum Protect client release 7.1

Hardware
System	32-bit: An x32 or compatible processor, or multi-processor based computer 64-bit: An AMD64 or EM64T processor or multi-processor based computer
Disk Space	1.5 GB disk space required to install the client
Memory	128 MB RAM required to install the client
Software
Communication Protocol	One for the following, included in the base Windows product packages: Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol (TCP/IP, the only one used for web client) Named Pipes (used with IBM Spectrum Protect server, which runs on the same Windows machine) Shared Memory (used with IBM Spectrum Protect server, which runs on the same Windows machine)
Operating system	Backup-archive client (including web client) and API client require one of the following: Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 Server Core, all editions, all SPs supported Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core, all editions, all SPs supported Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 Server Core, all editions all SPs supported¹ Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Server Core, all editions, all SPs supported² Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2016 Server Core, all editions^()³(Beginning with 7.1.8) Windows 7, all editions, all SPs supported Windows 8, all editions, all SPs supported Windows 8.1, all editions, all SPs supported⁴ Windows 10, all editions except Mobile^()(Beginning with 7.1.3.2) (*) only Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) product is supported
File system	For supported file systems on most current fix pack, see this web page: Windows supported file systems
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For more information about supported IBM Spectrum Protect Windows client features, which are listed by Windows operating system, see Function table
The web client requires: Before backup-archive client 7.1.2.1: the Java plug-in that included in JRE 7 Beginning with backup-archive client 7.1.2.1: Java plug-in that included in JRE 7 or JRE 8 Note: The client is supported when it is running in Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, or Google Chrome browsers with the required plug-in.
Only 64-bit clients are running on 64-bit machines.
Automated System Recovery (ASR) for EFI and non-EFI systems.
In-Guest Data Protection: The use of IBM Spectrum Protect products to run inside virtual machines hosted by Microsoft Hyper-V is independent of the version of Microsoft Hyper-V Server. For more information about in-guest data protection and Microsoft Hyper-V, see IBM Tivoli Storage Manager and IBM Spectrum Protect guest support for virtual machines and virtualization. On-Host Data Protection: Backup and restore of Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machine images from the parent partition is supported by using the IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments - Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V. For more information about supported Microsoft Hyper-V Server supported versions, see IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments - All Requirements Doc.
For NetApp Data ONTAP supports, see the technote Backup-archive Client supported levels of NetApp Data ONTAP
Virtual machine backups that are initiated by the Data Protection for VMware product are only supported on: Windows Server 2008, 64-bit and Windows Server 2012. Note: Backup in a guest VM is supported for all listed Windows versions
Supported GPFS versions: GPFS 3.5.0 or higher fix pack levels GPFS 4.1.0.10 (TL1) or higher fix pack levels (beginning with 7.1.2) GPFS 4.1.1 or higher fix pack levels (beginning with 7.1.3) GPFS 4.2.0 or higher fix pack levels (beginning with 7.1.4.4) GPFS 4.2.1 or higher fix pack levels (beginning with 7.1.6)
1 Note on Windows 2012: IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client for Windows provides support for Windows Storage Server 2012 for functions that is also available and supported by IBM Spectrum Protect on the Windows Server 2012 Editions. 2 Note on Windows 2012 R2: IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client for Windows provides support for Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 Editions for functions that is also available and supported by IBM Spectrum Protect on the Windows Server 2012 R2 Editions. The following are known issues with Windows Server 2012 R2: To run an application-consistent backup or restore by using Work Folders in Windows Server 2012 R2, apply the Microsoft rollup package for knowledge base article 2909185. See details at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2909185 3 Note on Windows 2016: IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client for Windows provides support for Windows Storage Server 2016 for functions that is also available and supported by IBM Spectrum Protect on the Windows Server 2016 Editions. 4 Note on Windows 8.1: IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client for Windows provides support for Windows 8.1 for functions that is also available and supported by IBM Spectrum Protect on Windows 8. The following are known issues with Windows 8.1: Backups of the new Placeholder files in Windows 8.1 handle not the new reparse tag information correctly, causing it to be backed up and restored.

NOTE:

The LAN-free client also requires IBM Spectrum Protect for Storage Area Networks (5608-SAN).
The NDMP client also requires IBM Storage Protect Extended Edition (5608-ISX).
The image backup feature supports disks with sector sizes of 512 bytes. Image backup does not support disks with other sector sizes, such as 4,096 bytes.

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