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Below you can find requirements for a computer or virtual machine you are protecting (with the Backup Agent).

Hardware


Hardware Requirements
Physical Memory Minimum 512 MB
Free Disk Space Minimum 256 MB
15%+ free space on protected drives is recommended to maintain point-in-time snapshots during replication.
Primary Storage Types Directly Attached Storage
Including:
IDE, SATA, SCSI, SAS, ISCSI, Fibre Channel,
Dynamic Disks (Software RAID), Hardware RAID, 
Solid State Drives (SSD)
File Systems NTFS (512 byte - 64 KB cluster sizes), BitLocker devices, EFI firmware boot, GPT partitions
Virtualization MS Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer 5, Xen Source Hypervisor, VMWare

Windows Operating System

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Windows 2003 OS users
.NET 2.x or 3.5 is required. .NET 4.0 does not satisfy this requirement. When installing Server Backup Manager on Windows 2003, the installer fails if the proper .NET version is not installed. Note that the installer does not prompt you to install the correct .NET version before failing.
Windows Product Edition
Windows Server 2012 R2
32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64)
All Editions
Windows Server 2012
32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64)
All Editions
Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V
32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64)
One install protects all guests
Windows Server 2008 R2
64-bit (x64)
R2 Enterprise, R2 Free, R2 Datacenter, R2 Web Server, R2 Storage Server, R2 Server Foundation
Windows Server 2008
32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64)
Enterprise, Free, Datacenter, Web Server, Storage Server, Core, Server Foundation, Small Business Server
Windows Server 2003 (SP2+)
32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64)
Enterprise Edition, Free Edition, Web Edition, Datacenter, Storage Server, Small Business Server
Windows Server 2003 R2 (SP2)
32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64)
Enterprise Edition, Free Edition, Web Edition, Datacenter, Storage Server, Small Business Server
Windows 8
32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64)
All Editions
Windows 7
32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64)
All Editions
Windows Vista (SP2)
32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64)
All Editions
Windows XP (SP3)
32-bit (x86)
All Editions

Virtualization

Technology Physical Server Install Guest (Virtual Machine) Install
MS Hyper-V Yes
Protects all VHDs (Virtual Machines) with one install using the MS Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) Hyper-V Writer.
Note
R1Soft recommends running the latest service packs and Hyper-V hot fixes to get critical Hyper-V VSS patches from MS.

Yes
Can optionally be installed inside of guest VMs. This is only required for Linux guests.
Citrix XenServer 5 No Install into guest VMs (domU)
Xen Source Hypervisor No Install into guest VMs (domU)
VMWare ESXi No Install into guest VMs
VMWare Server No Install into guest VMs
VMWare Workstation No Install into guest VMs
Parallels Virtuozzo Containers Yes
Install onto physical host. Take snapshots and back up your virtual machines using the MS Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) Virtuozzo Writer.
Notes
  • Entire containers can be restored. Individual files within containers cannot be restored.
  • The Virtuozzo VSS Writer has a known issue: it can fail when VMs are disabled.

No
Parallels Cloud Server N/A
Install into Parallels HVMs running Windows

Backup Manager for Databases

See System Requirements - Databases.

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