Storix Software SBAdmin TSM Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 8)

Storix System Backup Administrator 8 Version 8.2 TSM Edition User Guide
1. Getting Started
Supported Operating Systems & Hardware
As of the time of this publication, the TSM Edition software is supported on all AIX, Solaris, and Linux systems
on which the TSM Backup/API Client software is supported. This includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the
following systems:
AIX: All IBM RS/6000, System p, System i, OpenPower and JS/20 systems running AIX Version 5.1
and later (currently 7.1).
Solaris: x86 and x86_64: All Solaris 9 versions 9/05 and later (32 and 64-bit platforms), Solaris 10
versions 1/06 and later (32 and 64-bit platforms), Solaris 11 Express (64-bit platform), and
Solaris 11 version 11/11 and later (64-bit platform).
SPARC: All Solaris 9 versions 9/05 and later, Solaris 10 versions 11/06 and later, Solaris 11
Express, and Solaris 11 version 11/11 and later. Includes sun4u and sun4v platforms.
Linux: x86 and x86_64: All distributions which run on Intel 32-bit based processors and 64-bit
processors capable of running 32-bit software (includes AMD, Opteron and Athlon-based
systems). Linux kernel levels 2.4 and glibc 2.2.5 and higher are required. Support is provided
for Linux LVM Library version 1.0 and higher, and Software Raid Devices (meta-disks) when
installed. UEFI is supported on x86_64 systems running 2.6.21 or later kernel levels,
CONFIG_EFI enabled in the kernel, and support for creating VFAT filesystems.
PPC (IBM system P): All distributions supported 64-bit systems with PowerPC CHRP
hardware. Linux kernel levels 2.6.16 and higher, and glibc 2.4.2 and higher are required.
Support is provided for Linux LVM Library version 1.0 and higher, and Software Raid Devices
(meta-disks) when installed.
Software and License Requirements
Installation of the TSM Edition software provides the graphical user interface, web interface and application
programs for administering the backups of the admin system itself. Administration of client (node) system
backups may also be performed from the admin system. It is also necessary to install a subset of the software
onto each system that will act as either a backup media server or client.
The following table describes license types related to TSM Edition:
TSM Edition This license is installed onto a system from which TSM (Tivoli Storage Manager)
backups will be managed. This system must be an AIX, Solaris or Linux system and
does not need to be a TSM Server. The TSM Edition license supports
Full System
Backups and backups are performed to any TSM server or to a local tape device on
each client. Any number of TSM servers may be configured, but you must have a
Client License for each additional client (node) to be backed up.
This integrates the Full System Backup and Adaptable System Recovery functionality
of SBAdmin with the data file storage capabilities of TSM. A single license key is
required for the TSM Admin system, which also defines the number of TSM clients
(nodes) which may be managed by the administrator. Although no license key is
requires for each of the clients, the client software must be installed and configured
on each TSM node before they may be managed by the TSM Admin system.