LiveVault System Requirements

Operating System

Windows Server 2008, 32 & 64 bit

Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows Server 2003, 32 & 64 bit (SP1 and higher)

Windows Small Business Server 2003, 32 & 64 bit (SP1 and higher)

Clustered Agents

2-node clusters only on the following:

Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows Server 2003 (SP1 and higher)

Microsoft SQL Awareness

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 32-bit and 64-bit

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 32-bit and 64-bit

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 32-bit and 64-bit

(standard policies can be used for other SQL versions)

Microsoft Exchange Awareness

Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP1 Standalone

Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP1 DAG

Microsoft Exchange 2007 SP2/SP3

Microsoft Exchange 2003 SP2

(standard policies can be used for other Exchange versions)

DPM Awareness

Microsoft Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2010 (English-only)

Microsoft Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007 SP1 (English-only)

File System

NTFS with Windows 2003, Windows 2008, and Windows 2008 R2

Additional RAM

128 MB of free memory under normal load

Available Disk Space

5% or 300 MB minimum free disk space (whichever is greater; typically 5%) on each partition with backed up data

Data Protection Guidelines

The guidelines below should provide acceptable performance and incident-free service in most environments. You should not exceed these maximums without a review of the circumstances and expectations. If you experience problems in your environment, conforming to these guidelines is likely to be required.

Operating System

Sun Solaris 9 and 10, 32-bit (for Sparc architecture only)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3, 4, 32-bit (for x86 architecture only)

SUSE Linux 10.0, 32-bit

Browser

Internet Explorer (version 7.0 or newer), 1024.768 resolution

File System

Sun Solaris: UFS

Red Hat: ext2 and ext3

SUSE Linux ReiserFS

CPU

UltraSparc IIi 270mHz

Pentium compatible 200mHz

Note: After initial backup completes, LiveVault CPU usage is generally less than 5%. Actual CPU usage depends on processor speed and data load.

Additional RAM

256MB of free memory under normal load

Available Disk Space

5% free disk space

Max Policy Size

500 GB

Max Data Protected

1 TB

Notes About Protecting Linux and Solaris Systems

Linux and Solaris do not exclusively open files, so it is possible to backup any file at any time. However, it probably does not make sense to do so; the backup may get an inconsistent version of the open file. To allow for backup of databases and other open files, the user interface provides a pre- and post- processing feature. If you have databases being backed up today, you either close the databases before backing them up, or you have a procedure that interacts with the database to allow backup of consistent data. You will want to use the same mechanism with LiveVault.