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Overview - Tivoli Storage Manager 5.4 Supported Operating Systems


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Problem(Abstract)

The table below shows an overview of the operating system levels supported by Tivoli Storage Manager 5.4 server and client.

Resolving the problem


TSM Server and
Storage Agent Platforms:

AIX
HP-UX
Linux on Itanium 2
Linux on POWER
Linux x86
Linux x86_64
Linux zSeries
Solaris
Windows
z/OS

TSM Client Platforms:

AIX
HP-UX
HP-UX Itanium
Linux on Itanium 2 (Linux IA64)
Linux on POWER
Linux x86 / x86_64
Linux zSeries
Macintosh
Novell NetWare
OS/390 / z/OS Unix
SGI IRIX UNIX
Sun Solaris SPARC
Sun Solaris x86 / x86_64
TRU64 Unix
Windows

*For TSM Storage Manager Version 6.3 and 6.4 supported operating systems click here.
*For the Version 6.2 overview click here
*For the Version 6.1 Overview click here
*For the Version 5.5 Overview click here

Note:
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) 5.4 reached End-Of-Support (EOS) on April 30, 2012, and reaches End-of-Life (EOL) on April 30, 2015.


Platform

Click on the platform name in the table for detailed requirements

TSM Server and Storage Agent
Version 5.4
Operating Systems
AIX
  • AIX V5.2 (64 bit only)
  • AIX V5.3 (64 bit only)
  • AIX V6.1 (64 bit only)
HP-UX ITANIUM:
  • HP-UX 11i v3 (64 bit) -starting with TSM v5.4.3
  • HP-UX 11i v2 (64 bit)

PA-RISC:
  • HP-UX 11i v3 (64 bit) - starting with TSM v5.4.3
  • HP-UX 11i v2 (64 bit ). Also, HP-UX 11i v1 (64 bit, with 5.4.3 server and stg agent)
Linux on ITANIUM 2 (Linux IA64) N/A
Linux on POWER
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and 10 (supported on Power5 processors only)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (supported on Power5 processors only)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Asianux 2.0 - Red Flag DC 5.0 and Haansoft Linux 2006
  • V2.3.3, or later of the GNU C libraries installed on the target machine
Linux x86
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (AS, WS, ES)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 and 10
  • Asianux 2.0 - Red Flag DC 5.0, Miracle Linux 4.0, and Haansoft Linux 2006
  • V2.3.3, or later of the GNU C libraries installed on the target machine
Linux x86_64 Operating System levels supported on 64-bit, compatibility mode, and 32-bit mode:
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (AS, WS, ES)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server(SLES) 9 and 10
  • Asianux 2.0 - Red Flag DC 5.0, Miracle Linux 4.0, and Haansoft Linux 2006
  • V2.3.3, or later of the GNU C libraries installed on the target machine
Linux zSeries
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and 10
  • V2.3.3, or later of the GNU C libraries

32-bit and 64-bit is supported by TSM Storage Agent.
64-bit only is supported by TSM Server.
Solaris
  • Sun Solaris 9 (64 bit, only on SPARC servers)
  • Sun Solaris 10 (64 bit, SPARC or x86_64 servers)
Windows
  • Windows Server 2003 (Standard, Enterprise, or Datacenter) Edition
  • Windows Server 2003 SP1 (Enterprise or Datacenter) Edition 64 bit
  • Windows Server 2003 (Standard, Enterprise, or Datacenter) x64 Edition

Note:
  • Storage Server versions are supported.
  • All service packs are supported, including R2.
z/OS
  • z/OS V1R7
  • z/OS V1R8 or later.




Platform
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TSM Client 5.4
Operating Systems
AIX
One of the following:
  • AIX 5.2 (32-bit or 64-bit)
  • AIX 5.3 (32-bit or 64-bit, user or group names < 64 chars; see IC43276)
  • HACMP 5.3 or 5.4 (For HACMP only)

Backup/Archive client supports the following filesystems:
  • JFS
  • JFS2
  • GPFS V2.3 PTF 11 (2.3.0.11), or later PTF, or V3.1 PTF 8 (3.1.0.8), or later PTF
  • Veritas (VxFS) 4.0

The HSM clients support the following filesystems:
  • AIX V5.2.x, where x=1, or later, or AIX V5.3 (32 bit or 64 bit with GPFS; 64 bit with JFS2)
  • GPFS V2.3 PTF 11 (2.3.0.11), or later PTF, or V3.1 PTF 8 (3.1.0.8), or later PTF
  • AIX V5.2.x, where x=1, or later (32 bit and 64 bit) (For HACMP)
  • HACMP 5.3
HP-UX
  • HP-UX 11i V1 (32-bit or 64-bit) with 5.4.2+ client
  • HP-UX 11i V2 (32-bit or 64-bit)
  • HP-UX 11i V3 (5.4.1+ client)

The HSM client supports:
  • HP-UX 11iV2 (32 bit or 64 bit)
HP-UX Itanium
  • HP-UX level 11i V2 for Itanium 2 (64 bit)
  • HP-UX 11i V3 (5.4.1+ client)

The HSM client supports:
  • HP-UX 11i V2 for Itanium 2
Linux on Itanium 2 (Linux IA64) N/A
Linux on POWER
  • SLES 9 and 10
  • RHEL 4 (AS, WS, ES)
  • RHEL 5 (5.4.1+ client)
Linux x86/x84_64
  • SLES 9
  • SLES 10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (AS,WS,ES)
  • RHEL 5 (5.4.1+ client)
  • Asianux 2.0
  • Novell OES

For HSM:
  • SLES 9
  • SLES 10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Filesystem - GPFS V2.3 PTF 11 (2.3.0.11), or later PTF, or V3.1 PTF 8 (3.1.0.8), or later PTF
Linux zSeries
  • SLES 9 and 10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (AS, WS, ES)
  • RHEL 5 (5.4.1+ client)
Macintosh
  • Macintosh OS X:
10.4.7+
Novell Netware
  • Novell NetWare 6.5 SP5, SP6, SP7 (OES V1 and V2)
OS/390, z/OS Unix
One of the following:
  • z/OS V1R7
  • z/OS V1R8
with USS (which comes standard)
SGI Unix N/A
Sun Solaris SPARC
  • Solaris 9 (32 bit or 64 bit)
  • Solaris 10 (32 bit or 64 bit)
  • HSM Client: use Veritas File System (VxFS) 4.1
Solaris x86/x86_64
  • Solaris 10 (32-bit or 64-bit)
TRU64 Unix N/A
Windows Backup/Archive and API clients require one of the following:
  • Windows XP Professional (32 bit and 64 bit) SP2 and up
  • Windows 2003 Server, Web Server, Enterprise Server, Datacenter, and Storage Server (32 bit or 64 bit as appropriate)
  • Windows 2003 Server R2 (all editions, 32 bit and 64 bit support for same features as in Windows Server 2003)
  • Citrix Presentation Server for Windows 2003 (32-bit)
  • Windows Preinstallation Environments (Windows PE) (32-bit only) for recovery scenarios, as described in the Tivoli Field Guide (Use search term 7005028)
  • Windows Vista (toleration only)

NOTES:
  • Only 64-bit clients can be run on 64-bit machines
  • For HSM client information please click on TSM Related Products link were you will find information about IBM Tivoli Storage Manager HSM for Windows

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Tivoli Storage Manager

Server


Software version:
5.4


Operating system(s):
AIX, HP-UX, Linux - POWER, Linux x86, Linux x86_64, Linux zSeries, Solaris, Windows, z/OS


Reference #:
1370295


Modified date:
2012-12-11

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