Use the controls below to narrow the support matrix by release, component, and OS architecture.
Release Level
IBM Storage Protect Snapshot Component
OS Architecture
Software Requirements
Hardware Requirements
Notes
8.2.2.0
IBM Storage Protect Snapshot MMC Snap-in and Base System Services
Windows x64
Provides the:
MMC GUI interface
File system and Custom Application Snapshot support feature, which provides a generic backup agent that can be used to create snapshots of file systems, other applications, or databases not explicitly supported by the IBM Storage Protect Snapshot product on Windows.
Processor: x64 compatible processor
Memory: 2 GB minimum, 4 GB recommended
Disk Space: 500 MB for installation
Requires IBM Storage Protect backup-archive client
A minimum of 208 MB of disk space for the product to be installed.
At least 2.1 GB disk space for Microsoft prerequisites, which is installed automatically if they are not already installed on the system when you start the Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server or IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Microsoft Exchange Server component installation.
Additional Notes:
Note: Some of the prerequisites defined in this document might require a system restart. To avoid a system restart, ensure that all of the minimum software requirement prerequisites detailed in the "Microsoft prerequisites" section of this document are installed before you start the IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Microsoft Exchange Server or Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server installation process.
Metadata space requirements (IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Microsoft Exchange Server only):
In addition to the space that is required for the global product installation, IBM Storage Protect Snapshot uses disk space to hold vital product data that is used to track and manage snapshots. By default, the metadata is stored in the 'vss_staging' subdirectory of the IBM Storage Protect Snapshot VSS Requestor component's installation directory.
Note: The IBM Storage Protect Snapshot VSS Requestor component is also known as the IBM Storage Protect™ Backup-Archive Client.
The amount of space required is directly proportional to the number of snapshots that you maintain on the system. Ensure that there is at least 1 megabyte of available free disk space to hold the metadata for each snapshot that you plan to keep on the system.
In addition, if you are protecting a Microsoft Exchange Server, IBM Storage Protect Snapshot keeps mailbox history information in the metadata to support individual mailbox restore (IMR) processing. The amount of space required for this protection is directly proportional to the number of mailboxes in the entire organization. Ensure that for each user mailbox in your organization, at least 50 KB of disk space are free to hold the metadata.
Therefore, it is recommended that you have at least 200 MB available for the described metadata - though the need for more is possible depending on your operating environment.
Supports Exchange Server 2013 CU2+, 2016, 2019, SE
Requires VSS provider and sufficient disk space for snapshots
Operating Environment: High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing (HACMP) and PowerHA
Note: The gzip utility must be installed on the system and must be available in the PATH environment variable
Linux x86 - Software Requirements:
Operating System: SLES 11 and later service packs, SLES 12 and later service packs, SLES 15 and later service packs (SLES 15SP3 and later SP beginning with 8.1.6.1)
Operating System: RHEL 6.1 up to 6.10, RHEL 7.0, RHEL 7.4 up to 7.9, RHEL 8.0 and later 8.x (RHEL 8.5 and later 8.x beginning with 8.1.11)
Logical Volume Manager: LVM2 (details on supported levels can be found in Pre-installation checklist)
Note: Starting with RHEL 7 and SLES 12, LVM2 enables the metadata daemon (lvmetad) by default. The LVM metadata daemon causes IBM Storage Protect Snapshot operations to fail. It is required to disable the LVM metadata daemon
System: Compatible System p server hardware that is supported by the operating system and the application
Disk Space: A minimum of 1 GB of disk space for the product to be installed. At least 1 GB of extra disk space for each database instance that is protected by IBM Storage Protect Snapshot
Linux x86 - Hardware Requirements:
System: Intel EM64T, AMD Opteron, or higher machine that is supported by the operating system and the application
Disk Space: A minimum of 400 MB of disk space for the product to be installed. At least 400 MB of extra disk space for each database instance that is protected by IBM Storage Protect Snapshot
Supports IBM Db2 when used either with, or without, SAP®
LVM2 metadata daemon must be disabled on RHEL 7+ and SLES 12+
Operating Environment: High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing (HACMP) and PowerHA
Note: The gzip utility must be installed on the system and must be available in the PATH environment variable
Linux x86 - Software Requirements:
Operating System: SLES 11 and later service packs, SLES 12 and later service packs, SLES 15 and later service packs (SLES 15SP3 and later SP beginning with 8.1.6.1)
Operating System: RHEL 6.1 up to 6.10, RHEL 7.0, RHEL 7.4 up to 7.9, RHEL 8.0 and later 8.x (RHEL 8.5 and later 8.x beginning with 8.1.11)
Logical Volume Manager: LVM2 (details on supported levels can be found in Pre-installation checklist)
Note: Starting with RHEL 7 and SLES 12, LVM2 enables the metadata daemon (lvmetad) by default. The LVM metadata daemon causes IBM Storage Protect Snapshot operations to fail. It is required to disable the LVM metadata daemon
System: Compatible System p server hardware that is supported by the operating system and the application
Disk Space: A minimum of 1 GB of disk space for the product to be installed. At least 1 GB of extra disk space for each database instance that is protected by IBM Storage Protect Snapshot
Linux x86 - Hardware Requirements:
System: Intel EM64T, AMD Opteron, or higher machine that is supported by the operating system and the application
Disk Space: A minimum of 400 MB of disk space for the product to be installed. At least 400 MB of extra disk space for each database instance that is protected by IBM Storage Protect Snapshot
Supports Oracle environments (when not used in combination with SAP® environments)
LVM2 metadata daemon must be disabled on RHEL 7+ and SLES 12+
Operating Environment: High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing (HACMP) and PowerHA
Note: The gzip utility must be installed on the system and must be available in the PATH environment variable
Linux x86 - Software Requirements:
Operating System: SLES 11 and later service packs, SLES 12 and later service packs, SLES 15 and later service packs (SLES 15SP3 and later SP beginning with 8.1.6.1)
Operating System: RHEL 6.1 up to 6.10, RHEL 7.0, RHEL 7.4 up to 7.9, RHEL 8.0 and later 8.x (RHEL 8.5 and later 8.x beginning with 8.1.11)
Logical Volume Manager: LVM2 (details on supported levels can be found in Pre-installation checklist)
Note: Starting with RHEL 7 and SLES 12, LVM2 enables the metadata daemon (lvmetad) by default. The LVM metadata daemon causes IBM Storage Protect Snapshot operations to fail. It is required to disable the LVM metadata daemon
System: Compatible System p server hardware that is supported by the operating system and the application
Disk Space: A minimum of 1 GB of disk space for the product to be installed. At least 1 GB of extra disk space for each database instance that is protected by IBM Storage Protect Snapshot
Linux x86 - Hardware Requirements:
System: Intel EM64T, AMD Opteron, or higher machine that is supported by the operating system and the application
Disk Space: A minimum of 400 MB of disk space for the product to be installed. At least 400 MB of extra disk space for each database instance that is protected by IBM Storage Protect Snapshot
Supports Oracle when used in SAP® environments
LVM2 metadata daemon must be disabled on RHEL 7+ and SLES 12+
IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Custom Applications
AIX
Linux x86_64
Provides a generic backup agent that can be used to create snapshots of other applications or databases not explicitly supported by the IBM Storage Protect Snapshot product.
IBM Storage Protect Snapshot MMC Snap-in and Base System Services
Windows x64
Provides the:
MMC GUI interface
File system and Custom Application Snapshot support feature, which provides a generic backup agent that can be used to create snapshots of file systems, other applications, or databases not explicitly supported by the IBM Storage Protect Snapshot product on Windows.
Processor: x64 compatible processor
Memory: 2 GB minimum, 4 GB recommended
Disk Space: 500 MB for installation
Requires IBM Storage Protect backup-archive client
A minimum of 208 MB of disk space for the product to be installed.
At least 2.1 GB disk space for Microsoft prerequisites, which is installed automatically if they are not already installed on the system when you start the Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server or IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Microsoft Exchange Server component installation.
Additional Notes:
Note: Some of the prerequisites defined in this document might require a system restart. To avoid a system restart, ensure that all of the minimum software requirement prerequisites detailed in the "Microsoft prerequisites" section of this document are installed before you start the IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Microsoft Exchange Server or Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server installation process.
Metadata space requirements (IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Microsoft Exchange Server only):
In addition to the space that is required for the global product installation, IBM Storage Protect Snapshot uses disk space to hold vital product data that is used to track and manage snapshots. By default, the metadata is stored in the 'vss_staging' subdirectory of the IBM Storage Protect Snapshot VSS Requestor component's installation directory.
Note: The IBM Storage Protect Snapshot VSS Requestor component is also known as the IBM Storage Protect™ Backup-Archive Client.
The amount of space required is directly proportional to the number of snapshots that you maintain on the system. Ensure that there is at least 1 megabyte of available free disk space to hold the metadata for each snapshot that you plan to keep on the system.
In addition, if you are protecting a Microsoft Exchange Server, IBM Storage Protect Snapshot keeps mailbox history information in the metadata to support individual mailbox restore (IMR) processing. The amount of space required for this protection is directly proportional to the number of mailboxes in the entire organization. Ensure that for each user mailbox in your organization, at least 50 KB of disk space are free to hold the metadata.
Therefore, it is recommended that you have at least 200 MB available for the described metadata - though the need for more is possible depending on your operating environment.
Supports Exchange Server 2013 CU2+, 2016, 2019, SE
Requires VSS provider and sufficient disk space for snapshots
Operating Environment: High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing (HACMP) and PowerHA
Note: The gzip utility must be installed on the system and must be available in the PATH environment variable
Linux x86 - Software Requirements:
Operating System: SLES 11 and later service packs, SLES 12 and later service packs, SLES 15 and later service packs (SLES 15SP3 and later SP beginning with 8.1.6.1)
Operating System: RHEL 6.1 up to 6.10, RHEL 7.0, RHEL 7.4 up to 7.9, RHEL 8.0 and later 8.x (RHEL 8.5 and later 8.x beginning with 8.1.11)
Logical Volume Manager: LVM2 (details on supported levels can be found in Pre-installation checklist)
Note: Starting with RHEL 7 and SLES 12, LVM2 enables the metadata daemon (lvmetad) by default. The LVM metadata daemon causes IBM Storage Protect Snapshot operations to fail. It is required to disable the LVM metadata daemon
System: Compatible System p server hardware that is supported by the operating system and the application
Disk Space: A minimum of 1 GB of disk space for the product to be installed. At least 1 GB of extra disk space for each database instance that is protected by IBM Storage Protect Snapshot
Linux x86 - Hardware Requirements:
System: Intel EM64T, AMD Opteron, or higher machine that is supported by the operating system and the application
Disk Space: A minimum of 400 MB of disk space for the product to be installed. At least 400 MB of extra disk space for each database instance that is protected by IBM Storage Protect Snapshot
Supports IBM Db2 when used either with, or without, SAP®
LVM2 metadata daemon must be disabled on RHEL 7+ and SLES 12+
Operating Environment: High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing (HACMP) and PowerHA
Note: The gzip utility must be installed on the system and must be available in the PATH environment variable
Linux x86 - Software Requirements:
Operating System: SLES 11 and later service packs, SLES 12 and later service packs, SLES 15 and later service packs (SLES 15SP3 and later SP beginning with 8.1.6.1)
Operating System: RHEL 6.1 up to 6.10, RHEL 7.0, RHEL 7.4 up to 7.9, RHEL 8.0 and later 8.x (RHEL 8.5 and later 8.x beginning with 8.1.11)
Logical Volume Manager: LVM2 (details on supported levels can be found in Pre-installation checklist)
Note: Starting with RHEL 7 and SLES 12, LVM2 enables the metadata daemon (lvmetad) by default. The LVM metadata daemon causes IBM Storage Protect Snapshot operations to fail. It is required to disable the LVM metadata daemon
System: Compatible System p server hardware that is supported by the operating system and the application
Disk Space: A minimum of 1 GB of disk space for the product to be installed. At least 1 GB of extra disk space for each database instance that is protected by IBM Storage Protect Snapshot
Linux x86 - Hardware Requirements:
System: Intel EM64T, AMD Opteron, or higher machine that is supported by the operating system and the application
Disk Space: A minimum of 400 MB of disk space for the product to be installed. At least 400 MB of extra disk space for each database instance that is protected by IBM Storage Protect Snapshot
Supports Oracle environments (when not used in combination with SAP® environments)
LVM2 metadata daemon must be disabled on RHEL 7+ and SLES 12+
Operating Environment: High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing (HACMP) and PowerHA
Note: The gzip utility must be installed on the system and must be available in the PATH environment variable
Linux x86 - Software Requirements:
Operating System: SLES 11 and later service packs, SLES 12 and later service packs, SLES 15 and later service packs (SLES 15SP3 and later SP beginning with 8.1.6.1)
Operating System: RHEL 6.1 up to 6.10, RHEL 7.0, RHEL 7.4 up to 7.9, RHEL 8.0 and later 8.x (RHEL 8.5 and later 8.x beginning with 8.1.11)
Logical Volume Manager: LVM2 (details on supported levels can be found in Pre-installation checklist)
Note: Starting with RHEL 7 and SLES 12, LVM2 enables the metadata daemon (lvmetad) by default. The LVM metadata daemon causes IBM Storage Protect Snapshot operations to fail. It is required to disable the LVM metadata daemon
System: Compatible System p server hardware that is supported by the operating system and the application
Disk Space: A minimum of 1 GB of disk space for the product to be installed. At least 1 GB of extra disk space for each database instance that is protected by IBM Storage Protect Snapshot
Linux x86 - Hardware Requirements:
System: Intel EM64T, AMD Opteron, or higher machine that is supported by the operating system and the application
Disk Space: A minimum of 400 MB of disk space for the product to be installed. At least 400 MB of extra disk space for each database instance that is protected by IBM Storage Protect Snapshot
Supports Oracle when used in SAP® environments
LVM2 metadata daemon must be disabled on RHEL 7+ and SLES 12+
IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Custom Applications
AIX
Linux x86_64
Provides a generic backup agent that can be used to create snapshots of other applications or databases not explicitly supported by the IBM Storage Protect Snapshot product.
IBM Storage Protect Snapshot MMC Snap-in and Base System Services
Windows x64
Provides the:
MMC GUI interface
File system and Custom Application Snapshot support feature, which provides a generic backup agent that can be used to create snapshots of file systems, other applications, or databases not explicitly supported by the IBM Storage Protect Snapshot product on Windows.
Processor: x64 compatible processor
Memory: 2 GB minimum, 4 GB recommended
Disk Space: 500 MB for installation
Requires IBM Storage Protect backup-archive client
A minimum of 208 MB of disk space for the product to be installed.
At least 2.1 GB disk space for Microsoft prerequisites, which is installed automatically if they are not already installed on the system when you start the Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server or IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Microsoft Exchange Server component installation.
Additional Notes:
Note: Some of the prerequisites defined in this document might require a system restart. To avoid a system restart, ensure that all of the minimum software requirement prerequisites detailed in the "Microsoft prerequisites" section of this document are installed before you start the IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Microsoft Exchange Server or Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server installation process.
Metadata space requirements (IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Microsoft Exchange Server only):
In addition to the space that is required for the global product installation, IBM Storage Protect Snapshot uses disk space to hold vital product data that is used to track and manage snapshots. By default, the metadata is stored in the 'vss_staging' subdirectory of the IBM Storage Protect Snapshot VSS Requestor component's installation directory.
Note: The IBM Storage Protect Snapshot VSS Requestor component is also known as the IBM Storage Protect™ Backup-Archive Client.
The amount of space required is directly proportional to the number of snapshots that you maintain on the system. Ensure that there is at least 1 megabyte of available free disk space to hold the metadata for each snapshot that you plan to keep on the system.
In addition, if you are protecting a Microsoft Exchange Server, IBM Storage Protect Snapshot keeps mailbox history information in the metadata to support individual mailbox restore (IMR) processing. The amount of space required for this protection is directly proportional to the number of mailboxes in the entire organization. Ensure that for each user mailbox in your organization, at least 50 KB of disk space are free to hold the metadata.
Therefore, it is recommended that you have at least 200 MB available for the described metadata - though the need for more is possible depending on your operating environment.
Supports Exchange Server 2013 CU2+, 2016, 2019, SE
Requires VSS provider and sufficient disk space for snapshots
Operating Environment: High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing (HACMP) and PowerHA
Note: The gzip utility must be installed on the system and must be available in the PATH environment variable
Linux x86 - Software Requirements:
Operating System: SLES 11 and later service packs, SLES 12 and later service packs, SLES 15 and later service packs (SLES 15SP3 and later SP beginning with 8.1.6.1)
Operating System: RHEL 6.1 up to 6.10, RHEL 7.0, RHEL 7.4 up to 7.9, RHEL 8.0 and later 8.x (RHEL 8.5 and later 8.x beginning with 8.1.11)
Logical Volume Manager: LVM2 (details on supported levels can be found in Pre-installation checklist)
Note: Starting with RHEL 7 and SLES 12, LVM2 enables the metadata daemon (lvmetad) by default. The LVM metadata daemon causes IBM Storage Protect Snapshot operations to fail. It is required to disable the LVM metadata daemon
System: Compatible System p server hardware that is supported by the operating system and the application
Disk Space: A minimum of 1 GB of disk space for the product to be installed. At least 1 GB of extra disk space for each database instance that is protected by IBM Storage Protect Snapshot
Linux x86 - Hardware Requirements:
System: Intel EM64T, AMD Opteron, or higher machine that is supported by the operating system and the application
Disk Space: A minimum of 400 MB of disk space for the product to be installed. At least 400 MB of extra disk space for each database instance that is protected by IBM Storage Protect Snapshot
Supports IBM Db2 when used either with, or without, SAP®
LVM2 metadata daemon must be disabled on RHEL 7+ and SLES 12+
Operating Environment: High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing (HACMP) and PowerHA
Note: The gzip utility must be installed on the system and must be available in the PATH environment variable
Linux x86 - Software Requirements:
Operating System: SLES 11 and later service packs, SLES 12 and later service packs, SLES 15 and later service packs (SLES 15SP3 and later SP beginning with 8.1.6.1)
Operating System: RHEL 6.1 up to 6.10, RHEL 7.0, RHEL 7.4 up to 7.9, RHEL 8.0 and later 8.x (RHEL 8.5 and later 8.x beginning with 8.1.11)
Logical Volume Manager: LVM2 (details on supported levels can be found in Pre-installation checklist)
Note: Starting with RHEL 7 and SLES 12, LVM2 enables the metadata daemon (lvmetad) by default. The LVM metadata daemon causes IBM Storage Protect Snapshot operations to fail. It is required to disable the LVM metadata daemon
System: Compatible System p server hardware that is supported by the operating system and the application
Disk Space: A minimum of 1 GB of disk space for the product to be installed. At least 1 GB of extra disk space for each database instance that is protected by IBM Storage Protect Snapshot
Linux x86 - Hardware Requirements:
System: Intel EM64T, AMD Opteron, or higher machine that is supported by the operating system and the application
Disk Space: A minimum of 400 MB of disk space for the product to be installed. At least 400 MB of extra disk space for each database instance that is protected by IBM Storage Protect Snapshot
Supports Oracle environments (when not used in combination with SAP® environments)
LVM2 metadata daemon must be disabled on RHEL 7+ and SLES 12+
Operating Environment: High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing (HACMP) and PowerHA
Note: The gzip utility must be installed on the system and must be available in the PATH environment variable
Linux x86 - Software Requirements:
Operating System: SLES 11 and later service packs, SLES 12 and later service packs, SLES 15 and later service packs (SLES 15SP3 and later SP beginning with 8.1.6.1)
Operating System: RHEL 6.1 up to 6.10, RHEL 7.0, RHEL 7.4 up to 7.9, RHEL 8.0 and later 8.x (RHEL 8.5 and later 8.x beginning with 8.1.11)
Logical Volume Manager: LVM2 (details on supported levels can be found in Pre-installation checklist)
Note: Starting with RHEL 7 and SLES 12, LVM2 enables the metadata daemon (lvmetad) by default. The LVM metadata daemon causes IBM Storage Protect Snapshot operations to fail. It is required to disable the LVM metadata daemon
System: Compatible System p server hardware that is supported by the operating system and the application
Disk Space: A minimum of 1 GB of disk space for the product to be installed. At least 1 GB of extra disk space for each database instance that is protected by IBM Storage Protect Snapshot
Linux x86 - Hardware Requirements:
System: Intel EM64T, AMD Opteron, or higher machine that is supported by the operating system and the application
Disk Space: A minimum of 400 MB of disk space for the product to be installed. At least 400 MB of extra disk space for each database instance that is protected by IBM Storage Protect Snapshot
Supports Oracle when used in SAP® environments
LVM2 metadata daemon must be disabled on RHEL 7+ and SLES 12+
IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Custom Applications
AIX
Linux x86_64
Provides a generic backup agent that can be used to create snapshots of other applications or databases not explicitly supported by the IBM Storage Protect Snapshot product.