Question & Answer
Question
Which IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) servers support and are compatible with the major new functionality in the TSM 6.3, 6.4, and 7.1 client releases or fix packs?
Cause
TSM 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 and 6.4 have reached End of Life (EOL), but their information is also here for historical purposes.
Answer
Tip: Beginning with Version 7.1.3, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager is now IBM Spectrum Protect™. Some applications such as the software fulfillment systems and IBM License Metric Tool use the new product name. However, the software and its product documentation continue to use the Tivoli Storage Manager product name. To learn more about the rebranding transition, see http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21963634.
| TSM 7.1 Client Functionality | Supported with 8.1 Spectrum Protect server? | Supported with 7.1 server? | Supported with 6.3* server? | Supported with 6.2 server, which is now EOS? |
| Automatic redirect recovery operations from a replication server | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| HTTPS protocol support for NetApp snapshot-assisted progressive incremental backup | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Resiliency enhancements for NetApp snapshot-assisted progressive incremental backup | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Linux client support for Btrfs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows client support for Automated System Recovery (ASR) for UEFI/EFI hardware | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| NIST SP800-131 compliance and support of 256-bit AES Encryption (beginning with 7.1.1 client) | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| New Linux packages: Power 8 Little Endian API client, and Linux x86_64 Ubuntu backup-archive/API client (beginning with 7.1.2) | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Cluster mode support for NetApp snapshot-assisted progressive incremental (beginning with 7.1.3 client) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| TSM 6.4 Client Functionality | Supported with 6.3* server? | Supported with 6.2 server, which is EOS? | Supported with 6.1 server, which is EOS? |
| Complex password support via LDAP | Yes, with 6.3.3* and higher server | No | No |
| NetApp SnapMirror and vFiler support for NetApp snapshot-assisted progressive incremental backups | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| TSM 6.3 Client Functionality which has reached End of Life (EOL) | Supported with 6.3 server? | Supported with 6.2 server, which is EOS? | Supported with 6.1 server, which is EOS? |
| UNIX and Linux client auto deployment | Yes | Yes (6.2.3+ server level) | No |
| Linux client Journal Based Backup | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows client configuration wizard for Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) resources | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Client performance monitor | Yes (Admin Center) | No | No |
| Linux client upgrade install | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| TSM 6.2 Client Functionality, which has reached End of Life (EOL) | Supported with 6.2 server, which is EOS? | Supported with 6.1 server, which is EOS? | Supported with 5.5 server, which is EOS? |
| Client (source-side data) Deduplication | Yes | No | No |
| Secure Socket Layer (SSL) | Yes, third party or self-signed | Yes, self-signed only | Yes, self-signed only |
| Windows client auto deployment | Yes | No | No |
| Windows system state backup of only changed system/boot files | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Backup/Archive Client Support for GPFS 3.3 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Higher Limits on TXNBYTELIMIT and MOVESIZETHRESH parameters | Yes | TXNB only | TXNB only |
| Microsoft Hyper-V full Guest Backup Using Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Auto-discovery of New VMware Guests | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows client VMware vStorage for Data Protection API integration for File level backup | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows client VMware vStorage for Data Protection API integration for Full VM backup (beginning with 6.2.2 client) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Unicode support for NetApp snapshot-assisted progressive incremental backups, with Data OnTAP 7.3.3 support (beginning with 6.2.2 client) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| NetApp snapshot-assisted progressive incremental backup support on Linux x86/x86_64 (except on SLES 11) (beginning with the 6.2.2 client) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| TSM for ERP: Improve TSM Handling of Very Large Objects | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| TSM 6.1 Client Functionality, which has reached End of Life (EOL) | Supported with 6.2 server, which is EOS? | Supported with 6.1 server, which is EOS? | Supported with 5.5 server, which is EOS? |
| Windows client VMware VCB for Full VM backup | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Snapshot difference processing (Snapdiff option) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows client restore of Active Directory individual objects | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Related Information
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