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NOTE: Tivoli Storage Productivity Center 5.1.x has reached end of support.
See the End of Support notification for details:
https://www-01.ibm.com/software/support/lifecycleapp/PLCDetail.wss?q45=G459758O26405U15
What are the supported platforms for the various Tivoli Storage Productivity Center V5.1 components? Where can I install it? What databases are supported? What operating systems are supported?
Content
Supported Platforms
Database Repository
GUI & CLI
Server
Agents
Hypervisor
Multipathing
Database Monitoring
Web Browsers
IBM Tivoli Monitoring Agent for Tivoli Storage Productivity Center
IBM Tivoli Common Reporting
Database Repository
Last Updated: 2016-02-23 | |
Minimum Version1,2 | Server Repository |
DB2 v9.1 | No |
DB2 v9.5 -FP43 | Yes |
DB2 v9.7 -FP4 4 | Yes |
DB2 v10.1 | No |
DB2 v10.5 | No |
1 Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Replication uses an internal datastore. On z/OS, customers may setup Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Replication to use DB2 v9.
2 DB2 Enterprise Server Edition support varies across the operating systems and hardware platforms. Refer to the DB2 publication links listed below for further details.
- DB2 9.5
64-bit AIX kernel required
Installation requirements
Support changes for 32-bit and 64-bit DB2 servers
Migration restrictions
Known AIX Issues
- DB2 9.7
64-bit AIX kernel required
Installation requirements
Upgrade restrictions
Known AIX Issues
3 DB2 9.5 fix packs 0, 1, 2, 3, and 6 are not supported with Tivoli Storage Productivity Center due to problems you may encounter. With DB2 9.5 fix pack 7, stability issues have been encountered because of a limit change on background tasks and can be resolved by applying the fix described in APAR IC76213.
Be aware of AIX APARs IV22062 and IV22132 as well as any others documented in the Known Issues for DB2 on AIX document.
4 A reboot is required upon successful DB2 9.7 installation on 64-bit Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 servers. Without rebooting, the database instance will not be recognized by the Tivoli Storage Productivity Center installer.
If you are using a 64-bit Windows 2008 or Windows 2008 R2 server, apply the following fix:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5582
Reboot the system after running vcredist_x86.exe.
DB2 9.7 | Last Updated: 2013-07-24 | |
Fix Pack Level | Supported | Notes |
Base (Fix Pack 0) | Yes | If you are installing the base version of DB2 9.7 on POWER7, reference these manual steps or consider using a later fix pack. |
Fix Pack 1 | No | Blocked |
Fix Pack 2 | No | Blocked |
Fix Pack 3 | No | Blocked |
Fix Pack 3a | No | Blocked |
Fix Pack 4 | Yes | DB2 9.7 fix pack 4 should also be avoided due to stability issues that have been encountered because of a limit change on background tasks (APAR IC76118). |
Fix Pack 5 | No | Blocked |
Fix Pack 6 | Yes | For Russian and Czech languages, DB2 9.7 fix pack 6 should not be used as installation failures occurred with Tivoli Storage Productivity Center due to a JDBC driver issue. Use fix pack 4 until a fix for APAR IC87668 is available. |
Fix Pack 7 | Yes | If you are using the Windows 32-bit version of DB2 9.7 FP7, apply the workaround from APAR IC91598 or upgrade to DB2 9.7 FP8. |
Fix Pack 8 | Yes | |
Higher Fix Packs | Yes, but untested | Higher DB2 fix pack levels can be used with Tivoli Storage Productivity Center. Any issues will be added to this listing as they are identified. |
Be aware of AIX APARs IV22062 and IV22132 as well as any others documented in the Known Issues for DB2 on AIX document.
Server
Tivoli Storage Productivity Center is a 32-bit application that can run in compatibility mode on hosts with 64-bit processors. Support for 32-bit and 64-bit will vary by platform and component and is designated below.
By Platform:
AIX, Linux, VM on Hyper-V, VM on VMware, Windows, z/OS
Platform | Last updated: 2013-05-30 | |
AIX | Server | Stand-alone GUI & CLI |
AIX 5.3 | No | No |
AIX 6.11 (64-bit) -POWER5 -POWER6 -POWER7 -POWER7+ | Yes | Yes |
AIX 7.11 (64-bit) -POWER5 -POWER6 -POWER7 -POWER7+ | Yes | Yes |
AIX VIOS | No | No |
AIX VIO Client | Yes | Yes |
AIX Notes: 1 Minimum AIX levels: · For AIX 6.1, the minimum maintenance levels required are: Technology Level 6100-04 Service Pack 5 Technology Level 6100-05 Service Pack 1 Technology Level 6100-06 Review whether AIX APAR IV22062 affects the levels in your environment and install the fix if needed. The Known Issues for DB2 on AIX document includes this and other APARs. · For AIX 7.1, the minimum maintenance levels required are: Technology Level 7100-00 (excluding Service Pack 3) Technology Level 7100-01 Service Pack 2 Review whether AIX APAR IV22132 affects the levels in your environment and install the fix if needed. The Known Issues for DB2 on AIX document includes this and other APARs. You can determine the Technology Level and Service Pack installed by running the oslevel -s command. Select any necessary fixes and download packages from Fix Central. | ||
Linux | Server | Stand-alone GUI & CLI |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Base Server and Advanced Platform 5 (x86-64) | Yes | Yes |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Base Server and Advanced Platform 6 (x86-64) | Yes, but with special considerations1 | Yes |
Linux Notes: 1 The Tivoli Storage Productivity server can be installed on RHEL 6, but you must follow the multi-machine installation procedures such that the Tivoli Integrated Portal and Tivoli Common Reporting components are installed on a separate server. Those components are not supported for installation on RHEL 6. Additionally, you cannot upgrade from Tivoli Storage Productivity Center version 4.2.x to 5.1 on RHEL 6 unless you have a multi-machine installation of 4.2.x where the database schema is on RHEL 6 and the other server components are aon a different operating system supported by both Tivoli Storage Productivity Center and Tivoli Common Reporting. Refer to the Tivoli Common Reporting Information Center for more details. | ||
VM on Hyper-V | ||
VM on VMware | Server | Stand-alone GUI & CLI |
VMware ESX and ESXi 3.0.x, 3.5.x, 4.0.x, 4.1.x, 5.0.x1, 5.1.x2 Guest OS: Linux -RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 -RedHat Enterprise Linux 6 Windows -Windows 2008 -Windows 2008 R2 | Yes1,2 See corresponding operating system row for hardware support. | Yes See corresponding operating system row for hardware support. |
VM on VMware Notes: 1 VMware ESX 5 support for the server requires a minimum level of Tivoli Storage Productivity Center 5.1.1. 2 VMware ESX 5.1 support for the server requires a minimum level of Tivoli Storage Productivity Center 5.1.1.1. | ||
Windows | Server | Stand-alone GUI & CLI |
Windows 2003 | No | No |
Windows 2003 R2 | No | No |
Windows 2008 (x86, x86-64) -Standard Edition -Enterprise Edition | Yes | Yes |
Windows 2008 R2 (x86-64) -Standard Edition -Enterprise Edition | Yes | Yes |
Windows Vista (x86, x86-64) | No | Yes |
Windows Vista SP2 (x86, x86-64), includes USGCB | No | Yes |
Windows XP (x86, x86-64) | No | Yes |
Windows 7 (x86, x86-64) | No | Yes |
z/OS | Server | Stand-alone GUI & CLI |
V1.11, V1.12, V1.13 | Yes Replication Server only | No |
z/OS Notes: IBM WebSphere Application Server for z/OS V7 (31 and 64 bit) IBM WebSphere Application Server for z/OS V8 (64 bit) IBM WebSphere Application Server OEM Edition for z/OS V7 (31 and 64 bit)* * Shipped with Tivoli Storage Productivity for Replication Basic Edition for z/OS |
Agents
The legacy Common Agent Services based agents from Tivoli Storage Productivity Center 3.x cannot be used with Tivoli Storage Productivity Center 5.1.
Tivoli Storage Productivity Center is a 32-bit application that can run in compatibility mode on hosts with 64-bit processors. Support for 32-bit and 64-bit will vary by platform and is designated below.
By Platform:
AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows, VM on Hyper-V, VM on VMware
Platform | Last Updated: 2014-01-02 | |||
AIX | Storage Resource Agent | Clustering | File Systems | Volume Managers |
AIX 5.3 | No | PowerHA for AIX3 -v6.1.x -v7.1.x | JFS JFS2 GPFS 3.3 GPFS 3.4 NFS Veritas File System (VxFS) 4.x, 5.x2 | Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) 4.x, 5.x2 |
AIX 6.11 (64-bit) -POWER4 -POWER5 -POWER6 -POWER7 -POWER7+ | Yes1 | |||
AIX 7.11 (64-bit) -POWER5 -POWER6 -POWER7 -POWER7+ | Yes1 | |||
AIX VIOS 2.1, 2.2 | Yes | |||
AIX VIO Client | Yes4 | |||
AIX Notes: 1 · For AIX 6.1, the minimum maintenance levels required are: Technology Level 6100-04 Service Pack 5 Technology Level 6100-05 Service Pack 1 Technology Level 6100-06 · For AIX 7.1, the minimum maintenance levels required are: Technology Level 7100-00 (excluding Service Pack 3) Technology Level 7100-01 Service Pack 2 You can determine the Technology Level and Service Pack installed by running the oslevel -s command. Select any necessary fixes and download packages from Fix Central. Even with these minimum levels, AIX has a 4K response buffer limitation that may affect the information returned by the fabric probe or zone control job and cause it to fail. It is recommended to use agents on other platforms in addition to the Storage Resource agent on AIX. 2 Support exists for file systems and volumes created through Veritas File System (VxFS) and Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) release 4.x, 5.x, as long as those file systems and volumes conform to file systems and volumes created with version 3.x of VxFS and VxVM. Volumes and file systems with new features specifically introduced with VxFS and VxVM release 4.x, 5.x cannot be used. 3 APAR IV15087 for PowerHA 6 is required. Refer to the PowerHA for AIX version compatibility matrix for further details regarding PowerHA requirements. 4 The following limitations exist for a Storage Resource Agent installed on the AIX VIO client.:
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HP-UX | Storage Resource Agent | Clustering | File Systems | Volume Managers |
HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31) -Itanium 64-bit Legacy mode only1 | Yes | None | HP_HFS NFS Veritas Files System (VxFS) 4.x, 5.x2 | HP-UX Logical Volume Manager Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) 4.x and 5.x2 |
HP-UX 11iv2, 11iv1 -PA-Risc | No | |||
HP-UX Notes: 1 HP-UX hosts must have legacy mode enabled to be used with the Storage Resource Agent. If it is not enabled, the Storage Resource Agent will fail to install. See HP documentation for further details. 2 Support exists for file systems and volumes created through Veritas File System (VxFS) and Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) release 4.x, 5.x, as long as those file systems and volumes conform to file systems and volumes created with version 3.x of VxFS and VxVM. Volumes and file systems with new features specifically introduced with VxFS and VxVM release 4.x, 5.x cannot be used. | ||||
Linux | Storage Resource Agent | Clustering | File Systems | Volume Managers |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0 -x86 -POWER5 (32-bit, 64-bit) -POWER6 (32-bit, 64-bit) -zSeries (31-bit, 64-bit) | Yes1 | None | EXT2 EXT3 EXT4 NFS TMPFS Veritas File System (VxFS) 4.x, 5.x2 | LVM23 Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) 4.x and 5.x2 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Base Server and Advanced Platform 5 -x86, x86-64 -POWER5 (32-bit, 64-bit) -POWER6 (32-bit, 64-bit) -POWER7 (32-bit, 64-bit) -POWER7+ (32-bit, 64-bit) -zSeries (31-bit, 64-bit) | Yes1 | |||
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Base Server and Advanced Platform 6 -x86, x86-64 -POWER5 (32-bit, 64-bit) -POWER6 (32-bit, 64-bit) -POWER7 (32-bit, 64-bit) -POWER7+ (32-bit, 64-bit) -zSeries (31-bit, 64-bit) | Yes1 | |||
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 -x86, x86-64 -POWER5 (32-bit, 64-bit) -POWER6 (32-bit, 64-bit) -zSeries (31-bit, 64-bit) | Yes1 | None | EXT2 EXT3 EXT4 NFS REISERFS TMPFS Veritas File System (VxFS) 4.x, 5.x2 | LVM23 Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) 4.x and 5.x2 |
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 -x86, x86-64 -POWER5 (32-bit, 64-bit) -POWER6 (32-bit, 64-bit) -POWER7 (32-bit, 64-bit) -POWER7+ (32-bit, 64-bit) -zSeries (31-bit, 64-bit) | Yes1 | |||
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 -x86, x86-64 -POWER5 (32-bit, 64-bit) -POWER6 (32-bit, 64-bit) -POWER7 (32-bit, 64-bit) -POWER7+ (32-bit, 64-bit) -zSeries (31-bit, 64-bit) | Yes1 | |||
Linux Notes: 1 The Storage Resource Agent will not allow zone configuration changes or report HBA, fabric topology or zoning information for fabrics connected to hosts running Linux on pSeries or zSeries hardware. These limitations also apply to Storage Resource Agents on SLES 11 for x86_64 with Emulex HBAs and all guest operating systems for VMware configurations. 2 Support exists for file systems and volumes created through Veritas File System (VxFS) and Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) release 4.x, 5.x, as long as those file systems and volumes conform to file systems and volumes created with version 3.x of VxFS and VxVM. Volumes and file systems with new features specifically introduced with VxFS and VxVM release 4.x, 5.x cannot be used. 3 LVM2 support is available starting with Tivoli Storage Productivity Center 5.1.1. | ||||
Solaris | Storage Resource Agent | Clustering | File Systems | Volume Managers |
Oracle Solaris 9 (32-bit, 64-bit) -SPARC | Yes1 | None | NFS TMPFS UFS Veritas File System (VxFS) 4.x, 5.x3 | Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) 4.x and 5.x3 |
Oracle Solaris 104 (32-bit, 64-bit) -SPARC | Yes2 | |||
Oracle Solaris 114 (32-bit, 64-bit) -SPARC | Yes2 | |||
Solaris Notes: 1 To install Storage Resource agents on Solaris 9, patches 111711 and 111712 are required. You can download Solaris patches from Oracle. 2 For Solaris 10 and Solaris 11, only Global Zone is supported for the Storage Resource agents. The Non-Global (or local) zones are NOT supported. If you upgrade from Solaris 9 to Solaris 10, all agents need to be reinstalled completely. 3 Support exists for file systems and volumes created through Veritas File System (VxFS) and Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) release 4.x, 5.x, as long as those file systems and volumes conform to file systems and volumes created with version 3.x of VxFS and VxVM. Volumes and file systems with new features specifically introduced with VxFS and VxVM release 4.x, 5.x cannot be used. 4 Solaris ZFS is not supported for the Storage Resource agents. | ||||
VM on Hyper-V | Storage Resource Agent | Clustering | File Systems | Volume Managers |
Microsoft Hyper-V Guest OS: -Any | No | N/A | N/A | N/A |
VM on VMware | Storage Resource Agent | Clustering | File Systems | Volume Managers |
VMware ESX and ESXi 3.0.x, 3.5.x, 4.0.x, 4.1.x, 5.0.x, 5.1.x2 Guest OS : Linux -RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0 -RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 -RedHat Enterprise Linux 6 -SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 -SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 -SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Windows -Windows 2003 SP1+ -Windows 2003 R2 -Windows 2008 -Windows 2008 R2 | Yes1,2 See corresponding operating system row for hardware support. | See corresponding operating system. | ||
VM on VMware Notes: 1 Fabric functionality is not available with the Storage Resource Agent for any guest operating systems. The Storage Resource Agent will not allow zone configuration changes or report HBA, fabric topology or zoning information for fabrics. Use another supported operating system or agent to collect this information. 2 VMware ESX 5.1 support for the Storage Resource Agent requires a minimum level of Tivoli Storage Productivity Center 5.1.1.1. | ||||
VMware VI & VSphere | Storage Resource Agent | Clustering | File Systems | Volume Managers |
VI 3.x.x, vSphere 4.0.x, 4.1.x, 5.0.x, 5.1.x ESX and ESXi 3.0.x, 3.5.x, 4.0.x, 4.1.x, 5.0.x, 5.1.x Virtual Center 2.5.x vCenter 4.0.x, 4.1.x, 5.0.x, 5.1.x | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Windows | Storage Resource Agent | Clustering | File Systems | Volume Managers |
Windows 2003 (SP1+) (x86, x86-64) -Data Center Edition -Enterprise Edition -Standard Edition | Yes | Failover Clustering MSCS Clustering | FAT FAT32 NTFS | None |
Windows 2003 R2 (x86, x86-64) -Data Center Edition -Enterprise Edition -Standard Edition | Yes | |||
Windows 2008 (x86, x86-64) -Data Center Edition -Enterprise Edition -Standard Edition | Yes | |||
Windows 2008 R2 (x86-64) -Data Center Edition -Enterprise Edition -Standard Edition | Yes | |||
Windows Notes: Disks using GUID partition table (GPT) partition style are now supported. |
Hypervisor monitoring support
Last updated: 2013-04-30 | |||
Vendor | Supported Platform | Supported Function | Supported Storage Systems |
VMWare | ESX Server 5.1 | Monitoring1 LUN Correlation | 3PAR EMC CLARiiON EMC Symmetrix HDS 9xxxx HP EVA IBM DS4000 IBM DS5000 IBM DS8000 IBM DS6000 IBM ESS IBM Storwize V7000 IBM Storwize V7000U IBM SVC IBM XIV |
vCenter 5.1 | |||
ESX Server 5.0 | |||
vCenter 5.0 | |||
ESX Server 4.1 | |||
ESXi Server 4.1 | |||
vCenter 4.1 | |||
ESX Server 4.0 | |||
ESXi Server 4.0 | |||
vCenter 4.0 | |||
ESX Server 3.0.1 | |||
ESX Server 3.0.2 | |||
ESX Server 3.5 | |||
ESXi Server 3.5 | |||
VirtualCenter 2.0.1 | |||
VirtualCenter 2.5 |
1 Tivoli Storage Productivity Center does not recognize clustered ESX servers as clustered, but in storage-related reports, the storage capacity will not be double counted.
Multipathing
Last updated: 2012-06-14 | |||
Multipathing Product | Platform | Minimum Version1 | Supported Features in TPC |
SDD | AIX | Any | Full support |
Red Hat 4 | Any | Full support | |
SLES 9 | Any | Full support | |
Solaris | Any | Full support | |
Windows | 1.6.1.x | Full support | |
SDDDSM | Windows | 2.1.3.0-1 for 32-bit machines 2.2.0.0-11 for 64-bit machines | Full support |
SDDPCM | AIX | 2.2.0.x | Full support |
3.0.0.x download | Full support + Open HyperSwap with TPC for Replication2 | ||
DM-Multipath | Red Hat 6 | device-mapper-1.02.47-1.el6 multipath-tools-0.4.9-19.el6 | Full support |
Red Hat 5 | device-mapper-1.02.13-1.el5 multipath-tools-0.4.7-8.el5 | Full support | |
SLES 10 | device-mapper-1.02.03-8.2 multipath-tools-0.4.6-25.8 | Full support | |
SLES 11 | device-mapper-1.02.27-8.6 multipath-tools-0.4.8-40.1 | Full support | |
EMC Powerpath | AIX | 4.x | Probe |
Linux | 4.x | Probe | |
Windows | 4.x | Probe | |
HP-UX Native Multipath | HP-UX | 11iV3 | Planner |
Full support means Tivoli Storage Productivity Center will be able to:
- Report on the disks accessed using the multipathing product. (Probe)
- Display multiple paths in the Data manager asset tree. (Data Manager Asset Tree)
- Report on the multiple paths in the data path explorer. (Data Path Explorer)
- Configure paths as part of the SAN Configuration Planner. (Planner)
1 Additional information regarding version support for SDD, SDDDSM, SDDPCM, and DM-Multipath can be found on the System Storage Multipath Subsystem Device Driver support site.
2 The Open HyperSwap functionality for Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Replication requires a minimum version of R5.1 with DS8700. The 3.0.0 driver is available for download separately from other SDDPCM drivers.
Database Monitoring
Last Updated: 2012-04-30 | ||
Database | 32-bit | 64-bit |
DB2 v9.1 | Yes | Yes |
DB2 v9.5 | Yes | Yes |
DB2 v9.7 | Yes | Yes |
MS SQL Server 2008 | Yes | Yes |
Sybase v15.0 | Yes | Yes |
Sybase v15.5 | Yes (TPC 5.1.1.1+) | Yes (TPC 5.1.1.1+) |
Sybase v15.7 | Yes (TPC 5.1.1.1+) | Yes (TPC 5.1.1.1+) |
Oracle 10g | Yes | Yes |
Oracle 11g | Yes | Yes |
1 Databases installed on clustered servers or clustered database servers (e.g. MSCS, PowerHA for AIX, Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) or Veritas clusters) are not supported for monitoring.
2 Multiple database applications per server are supported as long as the database applications are of different types. Tivoli Storage Productivity Center does not support monitoring two databases of the same type. For example, you can monitor an Oracle database and a DB2 database installed on the same server but cannot monitor two separate DB2 databases on the same server.
3 Monitoring databases configured with LDAP/AD authentication is only supported for DB2 databases.
Web Browsers
Certified1 Versions | Last Updated: 2013-10-08 | |
Browsers | All Components | Additional for TPC-R Only |
Google Chrome | None | 23 |
Mozilla Firefox | ESR 102 ESR 172 | 17 ESR 24 |
Microsoft Internet Explorer | 8 92 | 10 |
1 The browser levels listed above have been tested and certified by Tivoli Storage Productivity Center. Tivoli Storage Productivity Center support will support later versions of the browsers as long as the vendors do not remove or disable functionality that Tivoli Storage Productivity Center relies upon. For browser levels higher than the levels that have been certified with Tivoli Storage Productivity Center, customer support will accept usage-related and defect-related service requests. As with operating system and virtualization environments, if IBM support cannot recreate the issue in our lab, we may ask the client to recreate the problem on a certified browser version in order to determine if a product defect exists. Defects will not be accepted for cosmetic differences between browsers or browser versions that do not affect the functional behavior of the product. If a problem is identified in Tivoli Storage Productivity Center, defects will be accepted. If a problem is identified with the browser, IBM may investigate potential solutions or work-arounds that the client may implement until a permanent solution becomes available.
2 Support for Tivoli Storage Productivity Center 5.1.0 is certified with Firefox ESR versions and Internet Explorer 9 only when a Tivoli Common Reporting interim fix has been applied. See this technote for more details and alternatives.
IBM Tivoli Monitoring Agent for Tivoli Storage Productivity Center
Last Updated: 2012-12-20 | ||||
AIX | HP-UX | Linux | Solaris | Windows |
5.1 5.2 5.3 6.1 | Not supported | RHEL 3, 4, 5, 6 -x86, PPC, zSeries SLES 9, 10, 11 -x86, x86-64, zSeries | Not supported | 2003 2008 |
Before using the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Agent for Tivoli Storage Productivity Center, you must have IBM Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server installed.
IBM Tivoli Common Reporting
Last Updated: 2012-12-20 | |
Versions | Operating Systems |
2.1.11 (technote for interim fix 6) | AIX Linux Windows |
For more information about the IBM Tivoli Common Reporting hardware and software requirements, see the Information Center.
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