Tivoli Storage Manager Installing the Clients


Chapter 2. Client Environments

This chapter provides the client environment prerequisites for all TSM supported client platforms. Table 5 lists the location of the environment prerequisites for each supported platform.

Attention

For current information concerning the client environment prerequisites for all TSM supported client platforms refer to the README file that is shipped on the product installation media.


Table 5. Client Requirements

Operating System Page
AIX Client Environment AIX Client Environment
AIX 5L Client Environment AIX 5L Client Environment
HP-UX Client Environment HP-UX Client Environment
Linux for X86 Client Environment Linux for X86 Client Environment
Linux for zSeries or S/390 Client Environment Linux for zSeries or S/390 Client Environment
Macintosh Client Environment Macintosh Client Environment
NetWare Client Environment NetWare Client Environment
NUMA-Q DYNIX/ptx Client Environment NUMA-Q DYNIX/ptx Client Environment
OS/390 UNIX System Services Client Environment OS/390 UNIX System Services Client Environment
Silicon Graphics IRIX Client Environment Silicon Graphics IRIX Client Environment
Solaris Client Environment Solaris Client Environment
Tru64 UNIX Client Environment Tru64 UNIX Client Environment
Windows 98, Me, NT, 2000 Environments Windows 98, Me, NT, 2000 Environments

AIX Client Environment

This section contains client environment information, TSM client components, and hardware and software requirements for the AIX platform.

Client Components

Hardware Requirements

This includes any applications running on IBM's Scalable POWERparallel Systems 2 (SP2).

Software Requirements

Communications Methods

To use this communication method: Install this software: To connect to these TSM servers:
TCP/IP TCP/IP (Standard with AIX/6000) AIX, HP-UX, VM, z/OS, OS/390, OS/400, Solaris, Windows NT
Shared Memory TCP/IP (Standard with AIX/6000) AIX

Additional Software Requirements

The backup-archive client GUI requires:

AIX 5L Client Environment

This section contains client environment information, TSM client components, and hardware and software requirements for the AIX 5L platform.

Client Components

Hardware Requirements

This includes any applications running on IBM's Scalable POWERparallel Systems 2 (SP2).

Software Requirements

Communications Methods

To use this communication method: Install this software: To connect to these TSM servers:
TCP/IP TCP/IP (Standard with AIX 5L for POWER) AIX, HP-UX, VM, z/OS, OS/390, OS/400, Solaris, Windows NT
Shared Memory TCP/IP (Standard with AIX 5L for POWER) AIX

Additional Software Requirements

The backup-archive client GUI requires:

HP-UX Client Environment

This section contains client environment information, TSM client components, and hardware and software requirements for the HP-UX platform.

Client Components

Hardware Requirements

Software Requirements

Communications Methods

To use this communication method: Install this software: To connect to these TSM servers:
TCP/IP TCP/IP (Standard with HP-UX) AIX, HP-UX, VM, z/OS, OS/390, OS/400, Solaris, Windows NT
Shared Memory TCP/IP (Standard with HP-UX) HP-UX

Additional Software Requirements

The backup-archive client GUI requires:

Linux for X86 Client Environment

This section contains client environment information, TSM client components, and hardware and software requirements for the Linux for X86 (Linux86) platform.

Client Components

Hardware Requirements

Software Requirements

The backup-archive client requires the following software to run:

Notes:

  1. The client was certified by Tivoli for these distributions. Please verify for other distributions that the software requirements listed above are fulfilled.
  2. Please note that X Windows System X11R6 is a requirement to install the client. If it is not installed and you do not plan to use the end user GUI, you have to add the --nodeps option of rpm to disable the check for requirements.

Communications Methods

To use this communication method: Install this software: To connect to these TSM servers:
TCP/IP TCP/IP (Standard with Linux) AIX, HP-UX, VM, z/OS, OS/390, OS/400, Solaris, Windows NT

Linux for zSeries or S/390 Client Environment

This section contains client environment information, TSM client components, and hardware and software requirements for the Linux for zSeries or S/390 (Linux390) platform.

Client Components

Hardware Requirements

Software Requirements

The backup-archive client requires the following software to run:

Note:
The Linux z/series and S/390 was certified by Tivoli for this distribution. Please verify for other distributions that the software requirements listed above are fulfilled.

Communications Methods

To use this communication method: Install this software: To connect to these TSM servers:
TCP/IP TCP/IP (Standard with Linux) AIX, HP-UX, VM, z/OS, OS/390, OS/400, Solaris, Windows NT

Macintosh Client Environment

This section contains client environment information, TSM client components, and hardware and software requirements for the Macintosh platform.

Client Components

Hardware Requirements

Software Requirements

Communications Methods

To use this communication method: Install this software:: To connect to these TSM servers:
TCP/IP MacTCP 2.0.6 or Open Transport 1.1.1 or higher AIX, HP-UX, VM, z/OS, OS/390, OS/400, Solaris, Windows NT

NetWare Client Environment

This section contains client environment information, TSM client components, and hardware and software requirements for the NetWare platform.

Client Components

Hardware Requirements

Software Requirements

Communications Methods

To use this communication method: Install this software on file server:: To connect to these TSM servers:
SNA LU6.2 (APPC) NetWare for SAA VM, z/OS, OS/390, OS/400
IPX/SPX IPX/SPX (Standard with Novell NetWare) Windows NT
TCP/IP TCP/IP (Standard with Novell NetWare) AIX, HP-UX, VM, z/OS, OS/390, OS/400, Solaris, Windows NT

Additional Software Requirements

Required NetWare Storage Management Services (SMS) modules available from Novell.

System: Module: Version
NetWare 4.20
  • TSA410.NLM
  • TSANDS.NLM
  • SMDR.NLM

  • Version 4.14
  • Version 4.14
  • Version 4.10

NetWare 5.1
  • TSA500.NLM
  • TSANDS.NLM
  • SMDR.NLM

  • Version 5.03
  • Version 5.12
  • Version 5.04

Notes:

  1. If you want to execute remote backups, SMDR.NLM must be loaded on the source and target servers, and the TSA modules must be loaded on the target server.

NUMA-Q DYNIX/ptx Client Environment

This section contains client environment information, TSM client components, and hardware and software requirements for the NUMA-Q DYNIX/ptx platform.

Client Components

Hardware Requirements

Software Requirements

DYNIX/ptx Release 4.5.2

Communications Methods

To use this communication method: Install this software: To connect to these TSM servers:
PTX TCP/IP PTX TCP/IP (Standard with DYNIX/ptx UNIX) AIX, HP-UX, VM, z/OS, OS/390, OS/400, Solaris, Windows NT

Additional Software Requirements

The backup-archive client GUI requires:

OS/390 UNIX System Services Client Environment

This section contains client environment information, TSM client components, and hardware and software requirements for the OS/390 UNIX System Services platform.

Client Components

Hardware Requirements

Software Requirements

OS/390 V2R8, V2R9, or V2R10 with SMP/E

Communications Methods

To use this communication method: Install this software: To connect to these TSM servers:
TCP/IP IBM TCP/IP AIX, HP-UX, VM, z/OS, OS/390, OS/400, Solaris, Windows NT

Silicon Graphics IRIX Client Environment

This section contains client environment information, TSM client components, and hardware and software requirements for the Silicon Graphics IRIX platform.

Client Components

Hardware Requirements

Software Requirements

Communications Methods

To use this communication method: Install this software: To connect to these TSM servers:
TCP/IP TCP/IP (Standard with IRIX UNIX). AIX, HP-UX, VM, z/OS, OS/390, OS/400, Solaris, Windows NT

Additional Software Requirements

The backup-archive client GUI requires:

Solaris Client Environment

This section contains client environment information, TSM client components, and hardware and software requirements for the Sun Solaris platform.

Client Components

Hardware Requirements

Software Requirements

Communications Methods

To use this communication method: Install this software: To connect to these TSM servers:
TCP/IP TCP/IP (Standard with Solaris) AIX, HP-UX, VM, z/OS, OS/390, OS/400, Solaris, Windows NT
Shared Memory TCP/IP (Standard with Solaris) Solaris

Additional Software Requirements

The backup-archive client GUI requires:

Tru64 UNIX Client Environment

This section contains client environment information, TSM client components, and hardware and software requirements for the Tru64 UNIX platform.

Client Components

Hardware Requirements

Software Requirements

Communications Methods

To use this communication method: Install this software: To connect to these TSM servers:
TCP/IP TCP/IP (Standard with Tru64 UNIX) AIX, HP-UX, VM, z/OS, OS/390, OS/400, Solaris, Windows NT

Additional Software Requirements

The backup-archive client GUI requires:

Windows 98, Me, NT, 2000 Environments

This section contains client environment information, TSM client components, and hardware and software requirements for the Windows 98, Me, NT, and 2000 platforms.

Client Components

Note:
The ODBC driver is installed via a separate package. Please refer to the ODBCINST.TXT file for installation instructions. This file is available in the Tivoli Storage Manager ODBC Driver install package.

Hardware Requirements

The online installation instructions display how much space is required for the selected installation options, and how much space is available on the hard disk.

Software Requirements

Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows Me, Windows NT Version 4.0 (SP3, SP4, SP5, SP6, or SP6a), Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

Note:
If you are deploying Active Directory using Windows 2000 Server/Advanced Server/Datacenter, then we recommend installing Service Pack 2.

Communications Methods

To use this communication method: Install this software: To connect to these TSM servers:
TCP/IP TCP/IP (Standard with Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, and Windows 2000) AIX, HP-UX, VM, z/OS, OS/390, OS/400, Solaris, Windows NT
Named Pipes Named Pipes (Standard with Windows NT and Windows 2000) Windows NT


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