Image Level Agent: System Requirements

Deprecated

The following requirements are for the Image Level agent:

Note

For details about the operating systems and applications supported by the Image Level Agent, see Image Level - Application Support.

Operating System

Operating System Version

Architecture

AIX

AIX 7.1 64-bit

PowerPC (including IBM System p)

AIX 6.1 TL 02 SP00 or higher, 64-bit

PowerPC (including IBM System p)

Linux

Debian

Debian 5.x with kernel 2.6.26-2

  • Intel Pentium

  • Compatible processors

Debian 5.x with kernel 2.6.26.19-2

x64

Debian 4.x with kernel 2.6.18-686

  • Intel Pentium

  • Compatible processors

Debian 4.x with kernel 2.6.18-6

x64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Advanced Platform with kernel 2.6.32-71

  • Intel Pentium

  • Compatible processors

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Advanced Platform with kernel 2.6.32-71

x64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Advanced Platform with kernel 2.6.32-279 (Update 3)

x64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Advanced Platform with kernel 2.6.32-279 (Update 3)

  • Intel Pentium

  • Compatible processors

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Advanced Platform with kernel 2.6.32-220 (Update 2)

x64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Advanced Platform with kernel 2.6.32-220 (Update 2)

  • Intel Pentium

  • Compatible processors

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform with kernel 2.6.18-92 (Update 2)

  • Intel Pentium

  • Compatible processors

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform with kernel 2.6.18-92 (Update 2)

x64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform with kernel 2.6.18-308 (Update 8)

x64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform with kernel 2.6.18-308 (Update 8)

  • Intel Pentium

  • Compatible processors

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform with kernel 2.6.18-274 (Update 7)

  • Intel Pentium

  • Compatible processors

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform with kernel 2.6.18-274 (Update 7)

x64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform with kernel 2.6.18-238 (Update 6)

x64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform with kernel 2.6.18-238 (Update 6)

  • Intel Pentium

  • Compatible processors

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform with kernel 2.6.18-194 (Update 5)

  • Intel Pentium

  • Compatible processors

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform with kernel 2.6.18-194 (Update 5)

x64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform with kernel 2.6.18-164 (Update 4)

x64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform with kernel 2.6.18-164 (Update 4)

  • Intel Pentium

  • Compatible processors

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform with kernel 2.6.18-128 (Update 3)

x64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform with kernel 2.6.18-128 (Update 3)

  • Intel Pentium

  • Compatible processors

SuSE Linux (SLES)

SuSE Linux 11 Enterprise Server with kernel 2.6.32.12-0.7 (Update 1)

  • Intel Pentium

  • Compatible processors

SuSE Linux 11 Enterprise Server with kernel 2.6.32.12-0.7 (Update 1)

x64

SuSE Linux 11 Enterprise Server with kernel 2.6.27.19-5

x64

SuSE Linux 11 Enterprise Server with kernel 2.6.27.19-5

  • Intel Pentium

  • Compatible processors

SuSE Linux 10 Enterprise Server with kernel 2.6.16.60-0.54.5 (Update 3)

x64

SuSE Linux 10 Enterprise Server with kernel 2.6.16.60-0.54.5 (Update 3)

  • Intel Pentium

  • Compatible processors

SuSE Linux 10 Enterprise Server with kernel 2.6.16.60-0.21 (Update 2)

x64

SuSE Linux 10 Enterprise Server with kernel 2.6.16.60-0.21 (Update 2)

  • Intel Pentium

  • Compatible processors

SuSE Linux 10 Enterprise Server with kernel 2.6.16.46-0.12 (Update 1)

  • Intel Pentium

  • Compatible processors

SuSE Linux 10 Enterprise Server with kernel 2.6.16.46-0.12 (Update 1)

x64

Solaris

Solaris 10.x with a minimum of SunOS (Sparc) Patch 119963-14 and 119689-06

UltraSPARC-II or more recent recommended

Windows

Windows 2012

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Editions

All Windows-compatible processors are supported

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Editions

All Windows-compatible processors are supported

Windows 2008

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Editions

Server Core installations are not supported.

All Windows-compatible processors are supported

Clustering

If clustering is supported by the operating system, you can install the software on a cluster. For information about supported cluster types, see Support for Cluster Configuration.

Hard Drive

Image Level on UNIX

1 GB minimum disk space for software installation.

10 GB of free disk space is required for job result directory.

1 GB of free disk space is required for log directory.

Image Level on Windows

1 GB minimum disk space for software installation.

10 GB of free disk space is required for job result directory.

500 MB of free disk space is required for log directory.

Data protection on Logical Partitioning (LPAR) and Workload Partitioning (WPAR) is supported.

Miscellaneous

The File System iDataAgent will be automatically installed during installation of this software, if it is not already installed. For System Requirements and install information specific to the File System iDataAgents, refer to:

On Solaris computers, the operating system must have been installed with at least the user level software option selected.

.NET Framework

On most versions of Windows, the .NET Framework 4.7 is automatically installed.

SELinux

If you have SELinux enabled on the client computer, create the SELinux policy module as a root user before performing a backup. The SELinux Development package must be installed on the client.

Microsoft Visual C++

The following Redistributable Packages are installed automatically. Note that the Redistributable Package can co-exist with other versions of this software.

Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package

Supported UNIX File Systems and Restore Types

The following table lists the file systems and restore types supported for each supported operating system:

File System

Operating System

CXBF

Checksum

Back Up Data

Blocks Only

Volume

Restore

File

Restore

CXBF

Checksum

Unix File System (UFS)

Includes read-only partitions on Unix, as long as the production server and backup host are configured as the same computer

Solaris

X

X

X

X

Extended 2 File System (ext2)

Linux

X

X

X

X

X

Extended 3 File System (ext3)

Linux

X

X

X

X

X

RAW volumes

Linux

Solaris

X

X

Reiser File System (reiserfs)

Linux

X

X

X

VERITAS File System (VxFS)

AIX

X

X

VERITAS File System (VxFS)

Solaris

X

X

Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM)

Solaris

X

X

X

X

Journal File System (JFS2)

AIX

X

X

X

X

X

X

'X' File System (XFS)

Linux

X

X

X

Notes

  • The Unix File System snapshots cannot be backed up by non-CXBF backup jobs. The Unix QSnap® (cxbf) driver does not support volumes created by Solaris Volume Manager.

  • On AIX clients, Data Blocks Only backups are supported for full backups only.

  • The Image Level iDataAgent on Unix can perform a File Level Restore only when the OS of the Client computer and the MediaAgent are the same.

    For a complete listing of applications supported for each operating system, see Image Level - Application Support.

Supported Windows File System Types

Backed up File System Type

File-Level Restore Destination

Volume-Level Restore Destination

RAW

FAT

NTFS

RAW

FAT

NTFS

ReFS

RAW

FAT

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NTFS

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ReFS

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Notes

  • For Windows, when volumes are backed up using the Image Level agent, sharing attributes for volumes and folders are not retained.

    For Windows, file-level restores require the MediaAgent Index Cache to reside on an NTFS partition. In the case of a MediaAgent whose Index Cache resides on a FAT partition, use volume-level restores.

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