IBM 5697-VM3 manual Installation Requirements and Considerations, Migration Requirements

5.0 Installation Requirements and Considerations

The following sections identify the system requirements for installing the Tivoli ADSM for VM program product.

5.1 Migration Requirements

If you are a current user of ADSM Version 2 and will be migrating to Tivoli ADSM for VM Version 3, then you must preserve the ADSM Version 2 program product because you will need it to back-up your existing ADSM database. And, if necessary, the ADSM Version 2 program product will be needed for recovery purposes. The manual Tivoli ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager for VM: Quick Start has more information on the back-up requirement.

5.2 Hardware Requirements

There are no special hardware requirements for Tivoli ADSM for VM.

5.3 Program Considerations

The following sections list the programming considerations for installing Tivoli ADSM for VM and activating its functions.

5.3.1 Operating System Requirements

Tivoli ADSM for VM supports the following VM operating systems:

VM/ESA Version 2 Release 4.0

VM/ESA Version 2 Release 3.0

VM/ESA Version 2 Release 2.0

5.3.2 Other Program Product Requirements

The Tivoli ADSM for VM Server program has the following requisites:

One of the following:

–IBM Language Environment for MVS & VM Version 1 Release 5 (5688-198) and later

–IBM C/370 Library Version 2 (5688-188) and later

(Optional) Transmission Control Program/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Version 2 Release 3 for VM (5735-FAL) or later is required to establish TCP/IP communications between an ADSM client and the server.

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