General Information
Scope
Syncsort
BEX Compatibility Guide contains information for BEX 3.2.x, 3.1.x, 3.0.x and
2.35.x.
BEX
terms used in the guide
·
Master Server: A server that contains the BEX product, including the
catalog and modules that control media management, scheduling, and distributed
processing.
·
Device Server: A node to which one or more storage devices (tape, VTL,
disk) are attached.
·
BEX Management Console: Graphic user interface offers clear and visual methods
for performing BEX functions.
·
BEX Advanced Recovery: A backup and recovery model that provides
non-intrusive, image-based, block-level backup, storing virtual volume images
with near-instant file, application, and server level recovery. BEX Advanced
Recovery contains BEX Advanced Recovery for Open Storage and BEX
Advanced Recovery for SnapVault.
Open Storage: A
backup and restore mode that provides seamless image backup from Windows, Solaris,
or Linux based operating systems to disk-based storage devices hosted on BEX
Advanced Server.
SnapVault: A
backup and restore mode that provides seamless image backup from filers and
other primary systems (such as Windows, Solaris, or Linux based operating
systems) to NetApp disk-based storage devices or a secondary storage filer.
BEX Advanced Recovery supports the following features:
o Advanced Server: A computer that can store protected data on local or attached disk
storage. This is the destination for BEX Advanced Recovery Open Storage
backups. Formerly called XRServer (for Open Storage only).
o Advanced Client: A computer that contains the data, applications, volumes, and operating
systems that are protected with BEX Advanced Recovery. Formerly called Advanced
Client.
o BEX Bare Metal Recovery (BEX BMR): An optional feature that provides point-in-time server
image recovery of a BEX Advanced Client using Advanced Recovery’s single image
backup. Formerly called ExpressDR.
o Application Recovery: An optional BEX Advanced Recovery feature that rapidly
recovers data from SQL, Oracle, and MS Exchange.
o Instant Availability (IA): A feature that provides instant access to backed up
data and applications, and full recovery in minutes.
o
Instant
Virtualization (IV): A feature that enables customers to create a virtual machine in a
virtual machine host from any recovery point on any Windows physical or virtual
backed up instance. BEX IV creates a virtual machine in the virtual machine
host without restoring data from the selected recovery point. This operation
does not physically transfer data to the virtual machine and thus makes it
possible to complete a disaster recovery operation of a physical or virtual
server in minutes, without recovery storage requirements.
o Full Virtualization
(FV): A feature that enables
customers to create a virtual machine in a virtual machine host from any
recovery point on any Windows physical or virtual backed up instance. BEX FV
creates a virtual machine in the virtual machine host that contains a clone of
the backed up server. If the backed up server is physical, BEX FV performs a
physical-to-virtual (P2V) operation.
·
BEX Basic: A backup and recovery model that provides traditional
disk-to-tape or traditional disk-to-disk data protection for files, server
volumes, and NDMP data.
o SAN Device Server: A device attached to Storage Area Network (SAN). BEX supports any
combination of UNIX, Windows, NetWare/OES, Linux and NDMP/NAS in a SAN.
o Basic Client:
A computer that contains the data, applications, and operating systems that are
protected with BEX Basic.
o BEX Image: An
optional feature that provides fast, non-intrusive, volume image backups to
tape or disk with file-level restores. Formerly called Express Image.
o Application Interfaces: A set of optional features that interface BEX with SQL
Server, DB2, Oracle, Sybase, SAP R/3, SharePoint, GroupWise, Lotus Notes, and
MS Exchange.
- BEX NDMP: An optional
feature that backs up or restores data using Network Data Management
Protocol (NDMP). BEX NDMP allows high-speed local, remote (three-way),
filer to-filer, filer-to-server, and server-to-filer backup of NDMP
compliant filers and appliances. It supports file history, Direct Access
Recovery (DAR), incremental backups, and user-supplied environmental
variables.
Backward Compatibility
BEX Master Server, Device
Server and Advanced Server must always be on the same version. BEX Server
supports two major releases backwards for BEX clients only. For example, BEX
2.35.x clients are supported by BEX 3.1.x and BEX 3.0.x Master/Device Servers.
BEX 3.2.x Master/Device Server supports BEX 3.0.x and 3.1.x clients but
does not support BEX 2.35.x clients. To assure the most reliable
operation and enable the most efficient support it is strongly recommended that
BEX clients be upgraded to the same version as the BEX Master Server as soon as
it is practical and that all components (servers and clients) be kept current
to the latest patch level for their release version. New features or
enhancements to features in a new release will not be available for prior BEX
versions.
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BEX Support LifeCycle Schedule
BEX
Support LifeCycle Schedule provides advanced notification of planned changes in
product support. This information helps customers and partners with product
planning and information technology decisions. Syncsort regularly reviews
system and application popularity and will include and exclude various features
on a regular basis.
By
default, Syncsort provides full support for the current and two prior releases and
for a minimum of two years from GA of the release. Full support includes
software maintenance updates, content updates, software fixes, knowledge base
support and access to Syncsort support engineers per terms of the maintenance
agreement. BEX releases typically reach General Availability (GA) approximately
once a year.
Beyond
the timeframe of full support, Syncsort continues to provide extended support
until five years after GA of a release. The extended support includes access to
Syncsort support engineers per terms of the maintenance agreement, access to
already existing software updates/fixes and knowledge base support, but
excludes new software maintenance and content updates. The investigation by
Syncsort into new issues is limited and will not include any development. Any support
requests for BEX releases beyond their extended support dates are handled on a
case by case basis by Syncsort support engineers.
BEX
Current Version: 3.2.1
BEX
3.2 GA Date: February 16, 2010
End-of-Support Schedule for BEX Versions
|
BEX Release
|
GA Date
|
End of Full Support
|
End of Extended Support
|
|
2.1.5D
|
6/4/2003
|
3/30/2006
|
6/30/2010
|
|
2.2.2
|
10/20/2004
|
9/4/2007
|
6/30/2010
|
|
2.35
|
3/30/2006
|
8/16/2010
|
3/30/2011
|
|
3.0.1
|
9/4/2007
|
12/31/2010
|
9/4/2012
|
|
3.1.1
|
2/17/2009
|
2/17/2011 (est.)
|
2/17/2014 (est.)
|
|
3.2
|
2/16/2010
|
2/16/2012 (est.)
|
2/16/2015 (est.)
|
End-of-Support Schedule for BEX Feature Support
Table 1: BEX features listed in the table below are not
available for sale. No additional development will be done on these features. Your
currently installed BEX features will continue to function. The investigation by Syncsort into new issues is
limited and will not include any development. Extended support for these features will be available through the dates
shown. They will not be supported by any BEX releases after BEX
3.1.x.
|
BEX Features
|
End of Extended Support
|
BEX Features
|
End of Extended Support
|
|
Operating Systems
|
|
BEX
for AIX versions earlier than 5.2
|
June 30, 2010
|
BEX
for NCR SVR4
|
June 30, 2010
|
|
BEX
for DG (Intel)
|
June 30, 2010
|
BEX
for NetWare versions earlier than 6.5 SP3
|
June 30, 2010
|
|
BEX
for DG/UX
|
June 30, 2010
|
BEX
Open File Manager for NetWare
|
July 13, 2010
|
|
BEX
for FreeBSD 5.x
|
June 30, 2010
|
BEX
for SUSE Professional 9+ IA64 / x64
|
June 30, 2010
|
|
BEX
for HP-UX 11.x, 10.x
|
June 30, 2010
|
BEX
for SCO UNIX
|
June 30, 2010
|
|
BEX
for HP-UX (IA64)
|
June 30, 2010
|
BEX for Sun Solaris versions earlier than 8
|
June 30, 2010
|
|
BEX
for HP Tru64 versions earlier than 5.1B
|
June 30, 2010
|
BEX
for SunOS
|
June 30, 2010
|
|
BEX
for IRIX
|
June 30, 2010
|
BEX
for UnixWare
|
June 30, 2010
|
|
BEX
for Linux Kernel versions earlier than 2.6.x
|
June 30, 2010
|
BEX
for Windows NT
|
June 30, 2010
|
|
BEX for MAC OS X 10.3.3.x
|
June 30, 2010
|
BEX
for Windows Storage Server 2003 x64 / x86
|
June 30, 2010
|
|
BEX
for Windows Storage Server 2003 x64 / x86
|
June 30, 2010
|
BEX
for Windows Storage Server 2003 x64 / x86
|
June 30, 2010
|
|
Databases and Applications
|
|
BEX
for Exchange 5.x
|
June 30, 2010
|
BEX
for Oracle on HP-UX 11.x
|
June 30, 2010
|
|
BEX
for DB2 UDB EE / EEE v6.3
|
June 30, 2010
|
BEX
for SAP R/3 on AIX 5.1
|
June 30, 2010
|
|
BEX
for GroupWise 6.x on NetWare 6.5
|
June 30, 2010
|
BEX
for SAP R/3 on HP-UX 11.x
|
June 30, 2010
|
|
BEX
for GroupWise 6.x on OES NetWare
|
June 30, 2010
|
BEX
for SAP R/3 on Windows 2000
|
June 30, 2010
|
|
BEX
for Informix - BackTrack Interface
|
June 30, 2010
|
BEX
for SQL Server version earlier than 2000
|
June 30, 2010
|
|
BEX
for Lotus Notes / Domino Server 6.x, 5.x
|
June 30, 2010
|
BEX
for Sybase 11.5 32-bit on HP-UX 11.x
|
June 30, 2010
|
|
BEX
for Oracle 8.x, 7.x
|
June 30, 2010
|
BEX
for Sybase 11.5 32-bit on Windows 2000
|
June 30, 2010
|
|
BEX
for Oracle - BackTrack Interface
|
June 30, 2010
|
BEX
for Sybase – BackTrack Interface
|
June 30, 2010
|
|
BEX
for Oracle on AIX 5.1
|
June 30, 2010
|
|
|
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BEX Operating System Compatibility
CentOS
BEX Basic and Advanced
Recovery are available for major CentOS platforms. For BEX Advanced Recovery,
the information in the table below applies to both BEX Advanced Recovery for
Open Storage and BEX Advanced Recovery for SnapVault unless otherwise noted.
|
OS
|
Master Server
|
Device / SAN Device Server
|
Advanced Server
|
BEX
Mgt.
Console
|
Basic Client
|
Advanced Client
|
Open File Mgt.
|
BEX Image
|
BEX BMR
|
NDMP Client
|
Cluster Support
|
Supported File Systems for Advanced
Recovery [1]
|
Minimum BEX Version [2]
|
|
CentOS 5.4 x64
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Y[3]
|
Y
|
Y[4]
|
Y[5]
|
Y
|
Y[6]
|
Y[7]
|
|
Ext2, Ext3 [1]
|
3.2
|
|
CentOS 5.4 x86
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y[4]
|
Y[5]
|
Y
|
Y[6]
|
Y[7]
|
|
Ext2, Ext3 [1]
|
3.2
|
|
CentOS 5.3 x64
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Y[3]
|
Y
|
Y [4]
|
Y[5]
|
Y
|
Y[6]
|
Y[7]
|
|
Ext2, Ext3 [1]
|
3.1
|
|
CentOS 5.3 x86
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y [4]
|
Y[5]
|
Y
|
Y[6]
|
Y[7]
|
|
Ext2, Ext3 [1]
|
3.1
|
|
CentOS 5.2 x64
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Y[3]
|
Y
|
Y [4]
|
Y[5]
|
Y
|
Y[6]
|
Y[7]
|
|
Ext2, Ext3 [1]
|
3.1
|
|
CentOS 5.2 x86
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y [4]
|
Y[5]
|
Y
|
Y[6]
|
Y[7]
|
|
Ext2, Ext3 [1]
|
3.1
|
Note:
1.
a) The file systems listed are
supported by BEX Advanced Recovery, including extended file system attributes; b)
BEX Basic (file-level backup) supports most OS supported file systems. Extended
file system attributes support for EXT 2/3, ReiserFS, and XFS will be available
in a BEX 3.2 patch that is greater than 16.
2.
The latest patch for each major
BEX release may be needed and is always recommended.
3.
32-bit Java needs to be installed.
4.
LVM2 is required. Linux Kernel
must be 2.6.x or above.
5.
Open file management is supported
for block-level backup only.
6.
a) Restoring to IDE disks on the
target machine is not supported; b) Starting from BEX 3.2, recovery to
dissimilar hardware is supported.
7.
Can be used as a proxy for NDMP
backup.
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Microsoft Windows
BEX Basic and Advanced
Recovery are available for major Windows platforms. For BEX Advanced Recovery,
the information in the table below applies to both BEX Advanced Recovery for
Open Storage and BEX Advanced Recovery for SnapVault unless otherwise noted.
|
OS
|
Master Server
|
Device / SAN Device Server
|
Advanced Server
|
BEX
Mgt.
Console
|
Basic Client
|
Advanced Client
|
Open File Mgt.
|
BEX Image
|
BEX BMR
|
NDMP Client
|
Cluster Support
|
Supported File Systems for Advanced
Recovery [1]
|
Minimum
BEX
Version [2]
|
|
Windows 2008 R2 x64
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y[3]
|
Y
|
Y[11]
|
Y[11]
|
Y[12]
|
Y
|
Y[4][5]
|
Y[13]
|
Y[6]
|
NTFS[1]
|
3.2
|
|
Windows 7 x64/x86
|
|
|
|
Y
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.1
|
|
Windows 2008 x64
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y[3]
|
Y
|
Y[11]
|
Y[11]
|
Y[12]
|
Y
|
Y[4][5]
|
Y[13]
|
Y[6]
|
NTFS[1]
|
3.1
|
|
Windows 2008 x86
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Y
|
Y[11]
|
Y[11]
|
Y[12]
|
Y
|
Y[4][5]
|
Y[13]
|
Y[6]
|
NTFS[1]
|
3.0
|
|
Windows 2008 core x64/x86
|
|
Y
|
|
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y[12]
|
Y
|
Y[4][5]
|
Y[13]
|
|
NTFS[1]
|
3.0
|
|
Windows 2003 x64 (SP1 or
later)
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y[3]
|
Y
|
Y[11]
|
Y[11]
|
Y[12]
|
Y
|
Y[5][7]
|
Y[13]
|
Y[6]
|
NTFS[1][8]
|
Master: 3.0 Others: 2.35
|
|
Windows 2003 x86 (SP1 or
later)
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Y
|
Y[11]
|
Y[9][11]
|
Y[12]
|
Y
|
Y[5][7]
|
Y[13]
|
Y[6]
|
NTFS[1][8]
|
2.35 [9]
|
|
Windows 2003 core x64/x86 (SP1
or later)
|
|
Y
|
|
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y[12]
|
Y
|
Y[4][5]
|
Y[13]
|
|
NTFS[1]
|
3.0
|
|
Windows 2003 IA64
|
|
Y
|
|
|
Y
|
|
|
|
|
Y[13]
|
|
[1]
|
2.35
|
|
Windows Vista x64
|
|
Y[10]
|
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y[12]
|
Y
|
Y[5]
|
Y[13]
|
|
NTFS[1]
|
3.0
|
|
Windows Vista x86
|
|
Y[10]
|
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y[12]
|
Y
|
Y[5]
|
Y[13]
|
|
NTFS[1]
|
3.0
|
|
Windows XP x86
|
|
Y[10]
|
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y[9]
|
Y[12]
|
Y
|
Y[5][7]
|
Y[13]
|
|
NTFS[1][8]
|
2.35 [9]
|
|
Windows 2000[15]
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y[12]
|
Y
|
Y[5][14]
|
Y[13]
|
Y[6]
|
NTFS[1][8]
|
2.35[15]
|
Note:
1.
a) The file systems listed are
supported by BEX Advanced Recovery, including extended file system attributes.
FAT file system is not supported by BEX Advanced Recovery; b) BEX Basic (file-level
backup) supports most OS supported file systems including extended file system
attributes support for NTFS.
2.
The latest patch for each major BEX
release may be needed and is always recommended.
3.
For BEX Advanced Recovery for Open
Storage only. BEX Advanced Server is not needed for BEX Advanced Recovery for
SnapVault.
A minimum of 4 GB of available memory and a dual core
CPU or two CPUs must be available. Advanced Server supports direct attached
storage, SAN, or iSCSI-attached storage devices. A highly reliable
configuration such as RAID 5 with hot spares is recommended for a BEX Advanced
Server.
4.
Requires BEX BMR version 3.14.3.1
or above.
5.
Recovery to dissimilar hardware is
supported.
6.
a) Master Server installation on
cluster is not supported; b) Device / SAN Device Server installation on cluster
is not supported.
7.
Dynamic volume / LVM are not
supported for BEX 2.35.x.
8.
BEX IA map of GPT drives is not
available for BEX 2.35.x.
9.
For Advanced Recovery for Open
Storage, Advanced Client support is only available for BEX 3.0 and above.
10.
Device Server will not be
supported after BEX 3.2.x.
11.
Active Directory can be backed up.
12.
Open file management is supported
for both file-level and block-level backups.
13.
Can be used as a proxy for NDMP
backup.
14.
a) Dynamic volume / LVM is not
supported; b) For Advanced Recovery for Open Storage, BEX BMR support is only
available for BEX 3.0 and above.
15.
Window 2000 is not officially
supported after BEX 3.1.x.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux
BEX Basic and Advanced
Recovery are available for major Red Hat Enterprise Linux platforms. For BEX
Advanced Recovery, the information in the table below applies to both BEX
Advanced Recovery for Open Storage and BEX Advanced Recovery for SnapVault
unless otherwise noted.
|
OS
|
Master Server
|
Device / SAN Device Server
|
Advanced Server
|
BEX
Mgt.
Console
|
Basic Client
|
Advanced Client
|
Open File Mgt.
|
BEX Image
|
BEX BMR
|
NDMP Client
|
Cluster Support
|
Supported File Systems for Advanced
Recovery [1]
|
Minimum
BEX
Version [2]
|
|
Enterprise Linux
V5.4 x64/x86
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Y[3]
|
Y
|
Y[4]
|
Y[8]
|
Y
|
Y[5]
|
Y[9]
|
|
Ext2, Ext3 [1]
|
3.2
|
|
Enterprise Linux
V5.3 x64/x86
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Y[3]
|
Y
|
Y[4][6]
|
Y[8]
|
Y
|
Y[5][6]
|
Y[9]
|
|
Ext2, Ext3 [1]
|
3.0
|
|
Enterprise Linux
V5.2, V5.1, V5.0 x64/x86
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Y[3]
|
Y
|
Y[4]
|
Y[8]
|
Y
|
Y[5]
|
Y[9]
|
|
Ext2, Ext3 [1]
|
3.0
|
|
Enterprise Linux V4 x64
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Y[3]
|
Y
|
Y[4][7]
|
Y[8]
|
Y
|
Y[5]
|
Y[9]
|
|
Ext2, Ext3 [1]
|
Master/Device/Basic Client: 2.35 Others: 3.0
|
|
Enterprise Linux V4 x86
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y[4][7]
|
Y[8]
|
Y
|
Y[5]
|
Y[9]
|
|
Ext2, Ext3 [1]
|
Master/Device/Basic Client: 2.35 Others: 3.0
|
|
Enterprise Linux V4
IA64
|
|
|
|
|
Y
|
|
|
|
|
Y[9]
|
|
[1]
|
2.35
|
Note:
1.
a) The file systems listed are
supported by BEX Advanced Recovery, including extended file system attributes; b)
BEX Basic (file-level backup) supports most OS supported file systems,
including XFS. Extended file system attributes support for EXT 2/3, ReiserFS, and
XFS is available in a BEX 3.2 patch that is greater than 16.
2.
The latest patch for each major
BEX release may be needed and is always recommended.
3.
For x64, 32-bit Java needs to be
installed.
4.
LVM2 is required. Linux Kernel
must be 2.6.x or above.
5.
a) Restoring to IDE disks on the
target machine is not supported; b) Starting from BEX 3.2, recovery to
dissimilar hardware is supported.
6.
Only supported by BEX 3.1.x or
above.
7.
BEX IA map is not supported.
8.
Open file management is supported
for block-level backup only.
9.
Can be used as a proxy for NDMP backup.
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Sun Solaris
BEX Basic and Advanced
Recovery are available for major Solaris platforms. For BEX Advanced Recovery,
the information in the table below applies to both BEX Advanced Recovery for Open
Storage and BEX Advanced Recovery for SnapVault unless otherwise noted.
|
OS
|
Master Server
|
Device / SAN Device Server
|
Advanced Server
|
BEX
Mgt.
Console
|
Basic Client
|
Advanced Client
|
Open File Mgt.
|
BEX Image
|
BEX BMR
|
NDMP Client
|
Cluster Support
|
Supported File Systems for Advanced
Recovery [1]
|
Minimum
BEX
Version [2]
|
|
Solaris 10 x64
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y[6]
|
Y
|
Y[3]
|
Y[7]
|
|
UFS, VxFS[1]
|
3.0
|
|
Solaris10 x86
|
|
Y
|
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
|
|
|
Y[7]
|
|
[1]
|
2.35
|
|
Solaris 10 SPARC 64-bit
Solaris 10 SPARC 32-bit
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y[6]
|
Y[4]
|
Y[3]
|
Y[7]
|
|
UFS, VxFS [1] [4]
|
Master/Device/Basic Client/BEX Image:
2.35 Others: 3.0
|
|
Solaris 9 x86
|
|
Y
|
|
|
Y
|
|
|
|
|
Y[7]
|
|
[1]
|
2.35
|
|
Solaris 9 SPARC 64-bit
Solaris 9 SPARC 32-bit
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
|
Y
|
Y[5]
|
Y[6]
|
Y[4]
|
Y[3][5]
|
Y[7]
|
|
UFS, VxFS[1]
|
Master/Device/Basic Client/BEX Image:
2.35 Others: 3.0
|
|
Solaris 8 x86
|
|
Y
|
|
|
Y
|
|
|
|
|
Y[7]
|
|
[1]
|
2.35
|
|
Solaris 8 SPARC 64-bit
Solaris 8 SPARC 32-bit
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
|
Y
|
|
|
|
|
Y[7]
|
|
[1]
|
2.35
|
Note:
1.
a) The file systems listed are
supported by BEX Advanced Recovery, including extended file system attributes; b)
BEX Basic (file-level backup) supports most OS supported file systems including
ZFS. Extended file system attributes support for UFS, VxFS is available in a BEX
3.2 patch that is greater than 16.
2.
The latest patch for each major
BEX release may be needed and is always recommended.
3.
a) BEX does not support EFI
(Extensible Firmware Interface) for Solaris BMR; b) Starting from BEX 3.2,
recovery to dissimilar hardware is supported.
4.
For BEX 3.0.x and above, UFS and
VxFS file systems are supported. For BEX 2.35.x, Only UFS file system is
supported.
5.
For Advanced Recovery for Open
Storage only.
6.
Open file management is supported
for block-level backup only.
7.
Can be used as a proxy for NDMP
backup.
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SUSE Linux Enterprise
BEX Basic and Advanced
Recovery are available for SUSE Linux Enterprise platforms. For BEX Advanced
Recovery, the information in the table below applies to both BEX Advanced
Recovery for Open Storage and BEX Advanced Recovery for SnapVault unless
otherwise noted.
|
OS
|
Master Server
|
Device / SAN Device Server
|
Advanced Server
|
BEX
Mgt.
Console
|
Basic Client
|
Advanced Client
|
Open File Mgt.
|
BEX Image
|
BEX BMR
|
NDMP Client
|
Cluster Support
|
Supported File Systems for Advanced Recovery
[1]
|
Minimum
BEX
Version [2]
|
|
SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server 11 x64/x86
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Y[3]
|
Y
|
Y[4]
|
Y[6]
|
Y
|
Y[5]
|
Y[7]
|
|
Ext2, Ext3, ReiserFS [1]
|
3.1
|
|
SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server 10 x64/x86 (SP3, SP2)
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Y[3]
|
Y
|
Y[4]
|
Y[6]
|
Y
|
Y[5]
|
Y[7]
|
|
Ext2, Ext3, ReiserFS [1]
|
3.1
|
|
SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server 10 x64/x86 (SP1)
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
Y[3]
|
Y
|
Y[4]
|
Y[6]
|
Y
|
Y[5]
|
Y[7]
|
|
Ext2, Ext3, ReiserFS [1]
|
3.0
|
|
SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server 9 x64 (SP4)
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
|
Y
|
|
|
|
|
Y[7]
|
|
[1]
|
2.35
|
|
SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server 9 x86 (SP4)
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
|
Y
|
|
|
|
|
Y[7]
|
|
[1]
|
2.35
|
|
SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server 9 IA64 (SP4)
|
Y
|
Y
|
|
|
Y
|
|
|
|
|
Y[7]
|
|
[1]
|
2.35
|
Note:
1.
a) The file systems listed are
supported by BEX Advanced Recovery, including extended file system attributes; b)
BEX Basic (file-level backup) supports most OS supported file systems,
including XFS. Extended file system attributes support for EXT 2/3, ReiserFS, and
XFS is available in a BEX 3.2 patch that is greater than 16.
2.
The latest patch for each major
BEX release may be needed and is always recommended.
3.
For x64, 32-bit Java needs to be
installed.
4.
LVM2 is required. Linux Kernel
must be 2.6.x or above.
5.
a) Restoring to IDE disks on the
target machine is not supported; b) Starting from BEX 3.2, recovery to
dissimilar hardware is supported.
6.
Open file management is supported
for block-level backup only.
7.
Can be used as a proxy for NDMP
backup.
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Apple MAC OS X
BEX Advanced Recovery is
not available for MAC OS X platforms (see page 3 for details of what are
included in BEX Advanced Recovery).
|
OS
|
Master Server
|
Device / SAN Device Server
|
BEX
Mgt.
Console
|
Basic Client
|
Open
File
Mgt.
|
BEX Image
|
NDMP Client
|
Cluster Support
|
Minimum BEX Version [1]
|
|
MAC OS X 10.5.x Server x64
/ POWER
|
|
|
|
Y[2]
|
|
|
|
|
2.35
|
|
MAC OS X 10.4.x Server x64
/ POWER
|
|
|
|
Y[2]
|
|
|
|
|
2.35
|
Note:
1.
The latest patch for each major
BEX release may be needed and is always recommended.
2.
BEX Basic (file-level backup) supports
most OS supported file systems except extended file system attributes.
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Canonical Ubuntu
BEX Advanced Recovery is
not available for Canonical Ubuntu platforms (see page 3 for details of
what are included in BEX Advanced Recovery).
|
OS
|
Master Server
|
Device / SAN Device Server
|
BEX
Mgt.
Console
|
Basic Client
|
Open
File
Mgt.
|
BEX Image
|
NDMP Client
|
Cluster Support
|
Minimum BEX Version [1]
|
|
Ubuntu
10.04 x64 / x86
|
|
|
|
Y[1]
|
|
|
|
|
3.1
|
|
Ubuntu
9.10 x64 / x86
|
|
|
|
Y[1]
|
|
|
|
|
3.1
|
|
Ubuntu
8.04 x64 / x86
|
|
|
|
Y[1]
|
|
|
|
|
3.1
|
Note:
1.
Linux Kernel must be 2.6.x or
above.
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Debian GNU/Linux
BEX Advanced Recovery is
not available for Debian GNU/Linux platforms (see page 3 for details of
what are included in BEX Advanced Recovery).
|
OS
|
Master Server
|
Device / SAN Device Server
|
BEX
Mgt.
Console
|
Basic Client
|
Open
File
Mgt.
|
BEX Image
|
NDMP Client
|
Cluster Support
|
Minimum BEX Version [1]
|
|
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0
x64 / x86
|
|
|
|
Y[1]
|
|
|
|
|
3.1
|
|
Debian GNU/Linux
4.0 x64 / x86
|
|
|
|
Y[1]
|
|
|
|
|
3.1
|
Note:
1.
Linux Kernel must be 2.6.x or
above.
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FreeBSD
BEX Advanced Recovery is
not available for FreeBSD platforms (see page 3 for details of what are
included in BEX Advanced Recovery).
|
OS
|
Master Server
|
Device / SAN Device Server
|
BEX
Mgt.
Console
|
Basic Client
|
Open
File
Mgt.
|
BEX Image
|
NDMP Client
|
Cluster Support
|
Minimum BEX Version [1]
|
|
FreeBSD 8.0 64-bit
|
|
|
|
Y[2]
|
|
|
|
|
3.0
|
|
FreeBSD 8.0 32-bit
|
|
|
|
Y[2]
|
|
|
|
|
3.0
|
|
FreeBSD 7.2 64-bit
|
|
|
|
Y |