System Requirements - CDP Agent for Windows

CDP Enterprise Edition for Windows is cross-platform, high performance backup software. With CDP Enterprise Edition, you can manage data protection for both Windows and Linux environments, all from one user interface and into one disk-based data repository.

Installing the CDP Enterprise Server on a Windows Server allows you to protect data on both Windows *and* Linux CDP Agents. All features available for both Windows and Linux are available regardless of the operating environment you choose for your CDP Enterprise Server repository.
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Below you can find requirements for a computer or virtual machine you are protecting (with CDP Agent).





h3. Hardware
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|| Hardware || Requirements ||

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) |
| *Virtualization* | MS Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer 5, Xen Source Hypervisor, VMWare, MS Virtual Server |

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h3. Windows Operating System

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|| Windows Product || Edition ||
| *Windows Server 2008 R2* \\
64-bit (x64) | R2 Enterprise, R2 Standard, R2 Datacenter, R2 Web Server, R2 Storage Server, R2 Server Foundation |
| *Windows Server 2008* \\
32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) | Enterprise, Standard, Datacenter, Web Server, Storage Server, Core, Server Foundation, Small Business Server |
| *Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V* \\
32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) | One install protects all guests |
| *Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V* \\
32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) | One install protects all guests |
| *Windows Server 2003 (SP2+)* \\
32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) | Enterprise Edition, Standard Edition, Web Edition, Datacenter, Storage Server, Small Business Server |
| *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* (SP2+) \\
32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) | All Editions |

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h3. Virtualization

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|| 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. {info:title=Note}R1Soft recommends running the latest service packs and Hyper-V hot fixes to get critical Hyper-V VSS patches from MS.{info} | 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.{info:title=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.{info} | No |




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h3. CDP for Databases

See [System Requirements - CDP for Databases|System Requirements - CDP for Databases].


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