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System Requirements

Table 9 describes the minimum system requirements for Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.1.

Table 9. TSM minimum system requirements

Operating System One of the following:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0, Service Pack 5 or higher

Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Service Pack 5 or higher

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Advanced Server, or Datacenter Server

Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Web Browser To use the TSM console, Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 5 or higher is required, but it does not have to be your default browser.

To use the TSM Web-based interfaces, a Java Swing-capable browser with Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.3.1 is required. Browsers that meet these requirements include:

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later with JRE 1.3.1 installed.
  • Netscape Navigator 4.7 or later with JRE 1.3.1 installed
  • Netscape Navigator 6.0 or later

If your browser meets these requirements but does not correctly display a TSM Web-based interface, consider trying a different browser.

Machine Intel Pentium(R) compatible processor or multi-processor based computer
Disk Space At least 110MB of free disk storage (for a typical installation)
Memory 128 MB (256 MB is recommended)
Communication Protocol At least one of the following (installed by default with the current Windows operating systems):
  • Named Pipes
  • TCP/IP


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