System Requirements - CDP Agent for Linux

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 ||
| *Linux Kernels* | 2.6 |

IDE, SATA, SCSI, SAS, ISCSI, Fibre Channel, \\
Dynamic Disks (Software RAID), Hardware RAID, \\
Solid State Drives (SSD) |
| *File Systems* | ReiserFS 3, Ext2, Ext3, Ext4 |
| *Virtualization* | Citrix XenServer, Xen Source Hypervisor, VMWare, Linux KVM, Parallels Virtuozzo |

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h3. Linux Distributions

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{info:title=Note}Once a new edition is issued, we support this new release within 90 days. This way, you do not have to update as the OS is released.{info}

The following distributions are supported for 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64):


* *RedHat Enterprise* 
* *CentOS*
* *Ubuntu*
* *Fedora*
* *Debian*
* *Novell SUSE Enterprise Server*
* *Open SUSE*
* *Mandriva*
* *Cloud Linux*





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h3. Virtualization


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|| Technology || Physical Server Install || Guest (Virtual Machine) Install ||
| *Citrix XenServer 5, 6* | 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* | Yes \\
Protects all Parallels Virtuozzo Containers with one install | No \\
Cannot be installed into individual Parallels Virtuozzo Containers |
| *KVM* | No | Install into guest VMs |


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h3. CDP for Databases

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

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h3. CDP for Control Panels

See [System Requirements - CDP for Control Panels|System Requirements - CDP for Control Panels].





{excerpt:hidden=true}System requirements for installing CDP Agent on Linux (hardware, Linux distributions, virtualization, databases).{excerpt}