System Requirements - 1-Touch

AIX HP-UX Linux Solaris Windows  

Operating System

The following are the requirements for 1-Touch on an AIX:

Server

AIX 6.1 64-bit with technology level 2 or higher (LPAR with shared fibre channel card NPIV supported)
AIX 5.3 32-bit and 64-bit with technology level 6 (or higher) and runtime library xlC.rte 8.0.0.0 or higher

Client

AIX 6.1 64-bit with technology level 2 or higher (LPAR with shared fibre channel card NPIV supported)
AIX 5.3 32-bit and 64-bit with technology level 6 (or higher) and runtime library xlC.rte 8.0.0.0 or higher

Note that all AIX platforms support Logical Partitions (LPAR).

Hard Drive

The 1-Touch Server requires 2 GB of disk space per client for the 1-Touch client configuration files.

Memory

1 GB RAM minimum required; 2 GB RAM recommended.

Processor

Power PC (Includes IBM System p)

Supported File system and volume manager types

  • AIX logical Volume Manager for Root and Non- root Volumes (LVM)
  • VERITAS Volume Manager 5.0 or higher for Non root Volumes (VXVM)
  • Journal File System (JFS) (AIX)
  • Enhanced Journal File System (JFS2) (AIX)
  • For AIX 5.3, RAW logical volume is supported for ML 10 and above

Notes

Server

  • The 1-Touch Server must be a dedicated AIX machine running the NIM master server environment.

Client

  • For 1-Touch clients with Link Aggregation or Ether Chanel, ensure that standard network adapter is configured for communication with NIM server.
  • The 1-Touch server can be in the same subnet as the client computer, or it can be in a different subnet. However, if they are in different subnets, ensure that there is no network firewall between the server and the client.

    For each different subnet there should be NIM network resource defined. This is important not only when NIM master and client are in different subnets, but also in case 1-Touch recovery is performed to a client that is in a different subnet than the NIM master and the original client. If the network resource is not defined for the destination client subnet and selected during recovery, 1-Touch recovery will not be successful. For more information on defining NIM network resources, refer to IBM NIM documentation.

  • Only active volume group will be backed up during 1-Touch backup.
  • This feature is not supported when bootable partitions are on the disk arrays (snapable disk).

DISCLAIMER

Minor revisions and/or service packs that are released by application and operating system vendors are supported by our software but may not be individually listed in our System Requirements. We will provide information on any known caveat for the revisions and/or service packs. In some cases, these revisions and/or service packs affect the working of our software. Changes to the behavior of our software resulting from an application or operating system revision/service pack may be beyond our control. The older releases of our software may not support the platforms supported in the current release. However, we will make every effort to correct the behavior in the current or future releases when necessary. Please contact your Software Provider for any problem with a specific application or operating system.

Additional considerations regarding minimum requirements and End of Life policies from application and operating system vendors are also applicable