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System Requirement & Supported Platforms for IBM Tivoli Storage Manager

Wednesday 22 April 2009 @ 10:12 am

Each component of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager has its system & Software requirements. Below I am bringing your attention to the requirements of each component. Please visit IBM website for the latest requirements for IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Components as its an always updated document.

System Requirement & Supported Platforms for IBM Tivoli TSM Server

IBM TSM Server System Requirements:

IBM Tivoli Storage manager Server requirements are specific to the operating system & architect it will run on. Below are the requirements for the most commonly used platforms.

Requirements for: AIX Windows
Hardware 64-bit RISC System/6000 ® or pSeries system Intel Pentium ® processor or compatible multiprocessor based system
Operating System AIX ® 5.3 or above running in a 64-bit environment Microsoft Windows 2003 Server
Disk Space 200 MB 110 MB
Memory 1 GB 128 MB

(256 MB is preferred)

Client

Communication Method

TCP/IP (version 4 or 6)

Shared Memory

TCP/IP (version 4 or 6)

Named Pipes

Shared Memory

Web Browser Mozilla 1.0.2, 1.3,  and 1.4

Mozilla Firefox 1.0

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x



IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.5 Packaging Contents

Wednesday 22 April 2009 @ 9:33 am

OK, OK, you had just received your IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.5 CDs. I can guess, ah you are asking what are you going to do with all these CDs. Guess what!! You might only need 3 of them, or might need all of them depending on the enviornment you have. IBM tend to ship you all the CDs at once, and leave it up to you to use what you have licensed. Below is the list of CDs you should recieve with your IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Package.

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Server

  • Operational Reporting
  • Administration Center
  • Linux Server
  • HP-UX Server
  • Solaris Server
  • Windows Server
  • AIX Server

IBM TSM Backup-Archive Client:

  • Desktop Clients (Windows Clients)
  • AIX Clients
  • OS/400 API Clients
  • Linux Clients
  • UNIX Clients (non-AIX)

IBM Integrated Solutions Console Version 6.0.1.1 (Version 6.0.1 with fix pack 1)

  • Tivoli Storage Manager Administration Center for AIX
  • Tivoli Storage Manager Administration Center for Windows
  • Tivoli Storage Manager Administration Center for Linux xSeries
  • Tivoli Storage Manager Administration Center for Solaris.