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Requirements Documents: IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments 7.1, which is past End-of-Support (EOS)

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Abstract

This document contains links for all of the IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments 7.1 hardware and software requirements documents, which reached end of support (EOS) at 31 December 2021.

Content

Note: IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments 7.1 reached end of support (EOS) at 31 December 2021. See IBM Spectrum Protect and Tivoli Storage Manager 7.1 products End of Support 31 December 2021.
Note: Beginning with version 7.1.3, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments is now IBM Spectrum Protect™ for Virtual Environments. Learn here more about the Tivoli Storage Manager branding transition to IBM Spectrum Protect™.

Note: Requirement pages are published at announce date, all other pages are published at GA date.


 

This document is divided into linked sections. Use the following links to go to the section of the document that you require.
 

Overview table for Data Protection for VMware

The following table provides an overview of the operating system levels are supported by the Data Protection for VMware. For the most current details about each component's operating system support, including hardware requirements, click the several levels.

Data Protection for VMware
Release 7.1
Latest fix pack 7.1.8
VDDK VDDK 6.7.3 (beginning with 7.1.8.7)
 
vSphere vSphere 6.5 (beginning with 7.1.8.4)
vSphere 6.0
vCloud Director vCloud Director 5.1
vCloud Director 5.5
 
Operating system support on Windows x86 Data Mover Mount proxy* Recovery agent* GUI
Windows --
--
--
--		 --
--
--
--		 7
8
8.1
10		 --
--
--
--
Windows Server -- -- 2008 SP1 --
Operating system support on Windows x64 Data Mover Mount proxy* Recovery agent* GUI
Windows --
--
--
--		 --
--
--
--		 7
8
8.1
10
 		 --
--
--
--
Windows Server
Essentials, Standard, and Datacenter Editions


 
2008 R2
2012
2012 R2
2016
2008 R2
2012
2012 R2
2016
2008 R2
2012
2012 R2
2016
2008 R2
2012
2012 R2
2016
Operating system support on Linux x86_64 Data Mover Mount proxy* Recovery agent* GUI*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Client and Server Editions

(4) RHEL 6.9: beginning with 7.1.8.6
 		 RHEL 6.7
RHEL 6.8
RHEL 6.9 (4)
RHEL 7.2
RHEL 7.3		 RHEL 6.3
RHEL 6.4
RHEL 6.5
RHEL 6.6
RHEL 6.7
RHEL 7.1		 RHEL 5.2
RHEL 6.0
RHEL 7.0		 RHEL 5.6
RHEL 6.0
RHEL 7.0
SUSE Enterprise Linux (SLES)
Desktop and Server Editions

(6) SLES 12 SP4: beginning with 7.1.8.6
 		 SLES 11 SP4
SLES 12SP1
SLES 12SP4(6)		 SLES 11 SP3
SLES 12		 SLES 11
SLES 12		 SLES 11
SLES 12

* Later maintenance and modification levels to the operating system version are also supported.

Note: The operating systems listed in the functional component columns are supported as long they are also supported by the VDDK level.


 

Overview table for Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V

The following table provides an overview of the operating system levels are supported by the Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V. For the most current details about each component's operating system support, including hardware requirements, click the several levels.

Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V
Release 7.1
Latest fix pack 7.1.8
Operating system support on Windows x64 Data Mover* Mount proxy* Recovery agent* MMC UI*
Windows
Professional Edition		 --
--		 --
--		 --
--		 --
--
Hyper-V Server or
Microsoft Hyper-V on Windows Server
Essentials, Standard, and Datacenter Editions		 --
--
2012
2012 R2		 --
--
--
--		 2008 SP1
2008 R2
2012
2012 R2		 --
--
--
--
Operating system support on Linux x86_64 Data Mover* Mount proxy* Recovery agent* MMC UI*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Client and Server Editions		 --
--
--		 --
--
--		 --
--
--		 --
--
--
SUSE Enterprise Linux (SLES)
Desktop and Server Editions		 --
--
--		 --
--
--		 --
--
--		 --
--
--


* Later maintenance and modification levels to the operating system version are also supported.


 

Release 7.1

Level 7.1.8

The 7.1.8 fix pack is electronically available on 29 September 2017.  The Passport Advantage download is available on 6 October 2017.


 

Level 7.1.6

The 7.1.6 fix pack is electronically available on 17 June 2016.


 

Level 7.1.4

The 7.1.4 fix pack is electronically available on 30 November 2015.


 

Level 7.1.3

The 7.1.3 fix pack was announced on 1 September 2015 and is electronically available on 11 September 2015.


 

Level 7.1.2

The 7.1.2 fix pack was announced on 14 April 2015 and is electronically available on 17 April 2015.


 

Level 7.1.1

The 7.1.1 fix pack was announced on 2 September 2014 and is electronically available on 12 September 2014.


 

Level 7.1.0

Level 7.1 was announced on 29 October 2013 and is available electronically since 13 December 2013.


 

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Product Synonym

IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments;

Document Information

Modified date:
15 December 2023

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ibm17033036

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