Detailed System Requirements
Abstract
This document details the system requirements for IBM Storage Copy Data Management 2.2.24.
Content
Note: The product now known as IBM Storage Copy Data Management was named IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management in levels earlier than 2.2.20. To learn more about the brand change, see IBM Spectrum brand change to IBM Storage.
This document is divided into linked sections for ease of navigation. Use the following links to jump to the section of the document that you require:
- General
- Configuration
- IBM Storage requirements
- NetApp ONTAP requirements
- Pure Storage requirements
- VMware requirements
- Application requirements
- Third-Party license requirements
Verify that you have the required system configuration and browser to deploy and run IBM Storage Copy Data Management.
IBM Storage Copy Data Management uses the NetworkManager tool nmtui for network configuration.
IBM Storage Copy Data Management uses TLS 1.2 for communication between the host and clients where applicable.
IBM Storage Copy Data Management support for third-party operating systems, applications, services, and hardware depend on the respective vendor. If a third-party product or version moves into extended support, self-service support, or end-of-life, IBM Storage Copy Data Management supports the product or version at the same level as the vendor. See also IBM Support General Guidelines and Limitations - IBM support for software on unsupported operating systems
Virtual machine installation
IBM Storage Copy Data Management is installed as a virtual appliance. Before you deploy to the host, verify you have the following:
- IBM Storage Copy Data Management is distributed as an OVF template, with an OVA file extension.
- vSphere 6.5, 6.7, 7.0, or 8.0.
Note:
- For later versions of vSphere, the vSphere Web Client might be required to deploy IBM Storage Copy Data Management appliances.
- Beginning with IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management 2.2.18, VMware VDDK 7.0 is included. This VDDK level does not support vSphere 6.0. See APAR IT42544. - Network information and VMware host information.
- Either an available static IP address to use or access to DHCP.
For initial deployment, configure your virtual appliance to meet the following minimum requirements:
- 64-bit quad-core machine
- 48 GB memory
The appliance has three virtual disks that total 400 GB storage:
- 50 GB for operating system and application, which includes 16 GB for the swap partition, 256 MB for the boot partition, and the remainder for the root partition
- 100 GB for configuration data related to jobs, events, and logs
- 250 GB for Inventory data
Use Network Time Protocol (NTP) in your environment for IBM Storage Copy Data Management appliance, storage arrays, hypervisors, and application servers. If the clocks on the various systems are significantly out of sync, you might experience errors during application registration, inventory, backup, or restore jobs. For more information about identifying and resolving timer drift, see the following VMware knowledge base article: Time in virtual machine drifts due to hardware timer drift
Browser Support
Run IBM Storage Copy Data Management from a computer that has access to the installed virtual appliance.
IBM Storage Copy Data Management was tested and certified against the following web browsers. Newer levels are also supported.
- Microsoft Edge 20.10240
- Firefox 49.0
- Chrome 53.0.27
If your resolution is less than 1024 x 768, some items might not fit on the window. Pop-up windows must be enabled in your browser to access the Help system and some IBM Storage Copy Data Management operations.
- IBM Storage Systems run on:
- IBM Storage Virtualize 7.3.x
- IBM Storage Virtualize 8.1.x (beginning with IBM Storage Virtualize 8.1.2)
- IBM Storage Virtualize 8.2.x
- IBM Storage Virtualize 8.3.x
- IBM Storage Virtualize 8.4.x
- IBM Storage Virtualize 8.5.x
- IBM Storage Virtualize 8.6.0
- Supported IBM storages are IBM FlashSystems, IBM SAN Volume Controller, and IBM Storwize.
Outdated SAN Volume Controller (SVC) firmware might result in a storage-warm start. SVC firmware needs to be updated to the most current supported version to make sure the system reliability. - HyperSwap is supported on both IBM FlashSystems and IBM Storwize for both physical and virtual server types for volume, virtual machine, and applications.
- Only Safeguarded Copy is supported on IBM Storage Systems running on IBM Storage Virtualize software version 8.5.1 or later.
- StorageStorage
Notes:
- IBM providers must be registered by an IBM user with administrator-level privileges.
- If you are using IBM Storage Systems running IBM Spectrum Accelerate level 11.5.3 or later, including FlashSystem A9000/A9000R and IBM XIV Storage Systems use IBM Storage Copy Data Management 2.2.13.
Any NetApp ONTAP storage system model that is running on listed Data ONTAP versions and is operating in 7-Mode is supported. The following versions of Data ONTAP are supported:
- Data ONTAP 8.1.x operating in 7-Mode
- Data ONTAP 8.2.x operating in 7-Mode
- Clustered Data ONTAP 8.1.x
- Clustered Data ONTAP 8.2.x
- Clustered Data ONTAP 8.3.x
- Clustered Data ONTAP 9.4.x
- Data ONTAP 9.0.x - 9.10.x
Note: IBM Storage Copy Data Management does not support new features introduced in ONTAP 9.x. IBM Storage Copy Data Management was tested against Data ONTAP 9.3.
IBM Storage Copy Data Management supports NetApp MetroCluster configurations that are running on ONTAP 9.x or later. After successful completion of MetroCluster Switchover or Switchback operations, mirror or vault relationships must be reestablished through an IBM Storage Copy Data Management job. See Create a Backup Job Definition -NetApp ONTAP in the IBM Storage Copy Data Management User’s Guide.
Clustered Data ONTAP providers must be registered with a cluster administrator account. Cluster peering must be enabled. Peer relationships enable communication between SVMs. See on NetApp's Support site: NetApp ONTAP's Cluster and Vserver Peering Express Guide
Note: Make sure that TLS protocol is enabled on the NetApp storage system by setting the tls.enable option to ON. For TLS to take effect on HTTPS, make sure that the httpd.admin.ssl.enable option is also set to ON. See on NetApp's Support site: Enabling or disabling TLS
NetApp ONTAP File Inventory Job requirements:
IBM Storage Copy Data Management uses SnapDiff in the NetApp ONTAP file level jobs to run catalog based on snapshot differences. SnapDiff cataloging is supported on storage system models that are running the following versions of Data ONTAP:
The following options must be enabled on the volume of the NetApp storage system to catalog:
- create_ucode and convert_ucode: These options are turned off by default.
- Inode to Pathname: The Inode to Pathname function creates relationships between file names and relative paths. If Inode to Pathname is disabled on a volume, you must enable it, then delete existing snapshots on the volume. When new snapshots are created with Inode to Pathname enabled, the volume can be cataloged.
Internationalization requirements:
- The language code must be set and the UTF-8 variant must be specified on the NetApp storage system. For example, en_US.UTF-8. Only the English locale for vol0 for UTF-8 is supported.
- The IBM Storage Copy Data Management application and documentation are available in English only. However, cataloging, searching, and reporting functions support international metadata.
- FlashArray//c
- FlashArray//m
- FlashArray//x
- FlashArray-4xx series
- REST API version 1.0 - 1.16
- Purity 5.x (beginning with Purity 5.2.x)
- Purity 6.1.x
- Purity 6.3.12
Storage
- vSphere 6.5 and 6.5.x levels
- vSphere 6.7 and 6.7.x levels
- vSphere 7.0 and 7.0.x levels
- vSphere 8.0 and 8.0.x levels (Beginning with 2.2.21)
Make sure that the most current version of VMware Tools is installed in your environment.
Note: Beginning with IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management 2.2.18, VMware VDDK 7.0 is included. This VDDK level does not support vSphere 6.0. See APAR IT42544.
Note: vSphere 8.0 is not supported on Oracle RAC nodes.
To find the associated application requirements for supported storage types in this level, see Requirements Documents: IBM Storage Copy Data Management
Third-Party license requirements
For NetApp ONTAP Storage Systems, a FlexClone license is required to fully use Instant Disk Restore and Instant VM Restore features. If your workflow includes vault and mirror protection, SnapVault and SnapMirror licenses are also required on both source and destination resources. Similarly, if your workflow includes individual file recovery a SnapRestore license is required. Individual file recovery is only supported at the primary site.
For IBM Storage Systems, Remote Mirroring and FlashCopy licenses are required.
For VMware, a Storage vMotion license is required. IBM Storage Copy Data Management backup and restore at the VM level for Microsoft Exchange. Separate mailbox recovery software and associated license are required for individual mailbox recovery.
Related Information
Product Synonym
IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management;
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21 June 2024
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