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.
BEX Advanced Recovery for Open Storage: A backup and restore mode that provides seamless file backup from Windows, Solaris, or Linux based operating systems to disk-based storage devices hosted on BEX Advanced Server.
BEX Advanced Recovery for SnapVault: A backup and restore mode that provides seamless file 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.
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.
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.
o BEX Replication An optional feature that enables ‘mirror’ or replication of storage from one BEX Advanced Server to another for additional protection and disaster recovery.
· 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.
Backward Compatibility
BEX master, device and Advanced Server must be always on the same version. BEX master supports two major releases backwards for clients only. For example, BEX 2.35.x clients are supported by BEX 3.1.x master server and BEX 3.0.x master server. BEX 3.2.x does not support 2.35.x clients. Support for clients at a lower level than the master server requires that the clients must be updated to the latest client patch level. New features or enhancements to features in a new release will not be available for prior BEX versions.
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 |
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BEX for AIX versions earlier than 5.2 |
June 30, 2010 |
BEX for NetWare versions earlier than 6.5 SP3 |
June 30, 2010 |
|
BEX for DG (Intel) |
June 30, 2010 |
BEX Open File Manager (Windows and NetWare) |
July 13, 2010 |
|
BEX for DG/UX |
June 30, 2010 |
BEX Open File Facility (Windows) |
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 2000 |
July 13, 2010 |
|
BEX for MAC OS X 10.3.3.x |
June 30, 2010 |
BEX for Windows NT |
June 30, 2010 |
|
BEX for NCR SVR4 |
June 30, 2010 |
BEX for Windows Storage Server 2003 x64 / x86 |
June 30, 2010 |
|
Databases and Applications |
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|
BEX for Exchange 5.x |
June 30, 2010 |
BEX for Oracle on Windows 2000 |
June 30, 2010 |
|
BEX for Exchange 2000 on Windows 2000 |
June 30, 2010 |
BEX for SAP R/3 on AIX 5.1 |
June 30, 2010 |
|
BEX for DB2 UDB EE / EEE v6.3 |
June 30, 2010 |
BEX for SAP R/3 on HP-UX 11.x |
June 30, 2010 |
|
BEX for GroupWise 6.x on NetWare 6.5 |
June 30, 2010 |
BEX for SAP R/3 on Windows 2000 |
June 30, 2010 |
|
BEX for GroupWise 6.x on OES NetWare |
June 30, 2010 |
BEX for SharePoint Server 2001 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 SQL Server 2000 on Windows 2000 |
June 30, 2010 |
|
BEX for Oracle 8.x, 7.x |
June 30, 2010 |
BEX for Sybase 11.5 32-bit on HP-UX 11.x |
June 30, 2010 |
|
BEX for Oracle - BackTrack Interface |
June 30, 2010 |
BEX for Sybase 11.5 32-bit on Windows 2000 |
June 30, 2010 |
|
BEX for Oracle on AIX 5.1 |
June 30, 2010 |
BEX for Sybase – BackTrack Interface |
June 30, 2010 |
|
BEX for Oracle on HP-UX 11.x |
June 30, 2010 |
|
|
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 |
BEX Image |
BEX BMR |
NDMP Client |
Cluster Support |
Software Encryption |
Supported File Systems for Advanced Recovery [1] |
Minimum BEX Version [2] |
Maximum BEX Version |
|
CentOS 5.4 x64 |
Y |
Y |
|
Y[3] |
Y |
Y[4] |
Y |
Y[5] |
Y |
|
Y[6] |
Ext2, Ext3 [1] |
3.2 |
|
|
CentOS 5.4 x86 |
Y |
Y |
|
Y |
Y |
Y[4] |
Y |
Y[5] |
Y |
|
Y[6] |
Ext2, Ext3 [1] |
3.2 |
|
|
CentOS 5.3 x64 |
Y |
Y |
|
Y[3] |
Y |
Y [4] |
Y |
Y[5] |
Y |
|
Y[6] |
Ext2, Ext3 [1] |
3.1 |
|
|
CentOS 5.3 x86 |
Y |
Y |
|
Y |
Y |
Y [4] |
Y |
Y[5] |
Y |
|
Y[6] |
Ext2, Ext3 [1] |
3.1 |
|
|
CentOS 5.2 x64 |
Y |
Y |
|
Y[3] |
Y |
Y [4] |
Y |
Y[5] |
Y |
|
Y[6] |
Ext2, Ext3 [1] |
3.1 |
|
|
CentOS 5.2 x86 |
Y |
Y |
|
Y |
Y |
Y [4] |
Y |
Y[5] |
Y |
|
Y[6] |
Ext2, Ext3 [1] |
3.1 |
|
Note:
1. The file systems listed are supported by BEX Advanced Recovery, including extended file system attributes.
BEX 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. Starting from BEX 3.2, recovery to dissimilar hardware is supported.
6. For file-level backup only.
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 |
BEX Image |
BEX BMR |
NDMP Client |
Cluster Support |
Software Encryption |
Supported File Systems for Advanced Recovery [1] |
Minimum BEX Version [2] |
Maximum BEX Version |
|
Windows 2008 R2 x64 |
Y |
Y |
Y[3] |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y[4][5] |
Y |
Y[6] |
Y[7] |
NTFS[1] |
3.2 |
|
|
Windows 7 x64/x86 |
|
|
|
Y |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
[1] |
3.1 |
|
|
Windows 2008 x64 |
Y |
Y |
Y[3] |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y[4][5] |
Y |
Y[6] |
Y[7] |
NTFS[1] |
3.0 |
|
|
Windows 2008 x86 |
Y |
Y |
|
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y[4][5] |
Y |
Y[6] |
Y[7] |
NTFS[1] |
3.0 |
|
|
Windows 2003 x64 (SP1 or later) |
Y |
Y |
Y[3] |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y[8][5] |
Y |
Y[6] |
Y[7] |
NTFS[1][9] |
Master: 3.0 Others: 2.35 |
|
|
Windows 2003 x86 (SP1 or later) |
Y |
Y |
|
Y |
Y |
Y[10] |
Y |
Y[8][5] |
Y |
Y[6] |
Y[7] |
NTFS[1][9] |
2.35 [10] |
|
|
Windows 2003 IA64 |
|
Y |
|
|
Y |
|
|
|
Y |
|
|
[1] |
2.35 |
|
|
Windows Vista x64 |
|
Y[11] |
|
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y[5] |
Y |
|
Y[7] |
NTFS[1] |
3.0 |
Device Server: 3.2 |
|
Windows Vista x86 |
|
Y[11] |
|
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y[5] |
Y |
|
Y[7] |
NTFS[1] |
3.0 |
Device Server: 3.2 |
|
Windows XP x86 |
|
Y[11] |
|
Y |
Y |
Y[10] |
Y |
Y[8][5] |
Y |
|
Y[7] |
NTFS[1][9] |
2.35 [10] |
Device Server: 3.2 |
Note:
1. The file systems listed are supported by BEX Advanced Recovery, including extended file system attributes.
BEX 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. For file-level backup only. The support for x64 starts from BEX 3.1.
8. Dynamic volume / LVM are not supported for BEX 2.35.x.
9. BEX IA map of GPT drives is not available for BEX 2.35.x.
10. For Advanced Recovery for Open Storage, Advanced Client support is only available for BEX 3.0 and above.
11. Device Server will not be supported after BEX 3.2.x.
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 |
BEX Image |
BEX BMR |
NDMP Client |
Cluster Support |
Software Encryption |
Supported File Systems for Advanced Recovery [1] |
Minimum BEX Version [2] |
Maximum BEX Version |
|
Enterprise Linux V5.4 x64/x86 |
Y |
Y |
|
Y[3] |
Y |
Y[4] |
Y |
Y[5] |
Y |
|
Y[7] |
Ext2, Ext3 [1] |
3.2 |
|
|
Enterprise Linux V5.3 x64/x86 |
Y |
Y |
|
Y[3] |
Y |
Y[4][6] |
Y |
Y[5][6] |
Y |
|
Y[7] |
Ext2, Ext3 [1] |
3.0 |
|
|
Enterprise Linux V5.2, V5.1, V5.0 x64/x86 |
Y |
Y |
|
Y[3] |
Y |
Y[4] |
Y |
Y[5] |
Y |
|
Y[7] |
Ext2, Ext3 [1] |
3.0 |
|
|
Enterprise Linux V4 x64 |
Y |
Y |
|
Y[3] |
Y |
Y[4][8] |
Y |
Y[5] |
Y |
|
Y[7] |
Ext2, Ext3 [1] |
Master/Device/Basic Client: 2.35 Others: 3.0 |
|
|
Enterprise Linux V4 x86 |
Y |
Y |
|
Y |
Y |
Y[4] [8] |
Y |
Y[5] |
Y |
|
Y[7] |
Ext2, Ext3 [1] |
Master/Device/Basic Client: 2.35 Others: 3.0 |
|
|
Enterprise Linux V4 IA64 |
|
|
|
|
Y |
|
|
|
Y |
|
|
[1] |
2.35 |
|
Note:
1. The file systems listed are supported by BEX Advanced Recovery, including extended file system attributes.
BEX file-level backup supports most OS supported file systems, including XFS. 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. For x64, 32-bit Java needs to be installed.
4. LVM2 is required. Linux Kernel must be 2.6.x or above.
5. Starting from BEX 3.2, recovery to dissimilar hardware is supported.
6. Only supported by BEX 3.1.x or above.
7. For file-level backup only.
8. BEX IA map is not supported.
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 |
BEX Image |
BEX BMR |
NDMP Client |
Cluster Support |
Software Encryption |
Supported File Systems for Advanced Recovery [1] |
Minimum BEX Version [2] |
Maximum BEX Version |
|
Solaris 10 x64 |
|
Y |
|
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y[3] |
Y |
|
|
UFS, VxFS[1] |
3.0 |
|
|
Solaris10 x86 |
|
Y |
|
Y |
Y |
|
|
|
Y |
|
|
[1] |
2.35 |
|
|
Solaris 10 SPARC 64-bit Solaris 10 SPARC 32-bit |
Y |
Y |
|
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y[4] |
Y[3] |
Y |
|
Y[5] |
UFS, VxFS [1] [4] |
Master/Device/Basic Client/BEX Image: 2.35 Others: 3.0 |
|
|
Solaris 9 x86 |
|
Y |
|
|
Y |
|
|
|
Y |
|
|
[1] |
2.35 |
|
|
Solaris 9 SPARC 64-bit Solaris 9 SPARC 32-bit |
Y |
Y |
|
|
Y |
Y[6] |
Y[4] |
Y[3][6] |
Y |
|
|
UFS, VxFS[1] |
Master/Device/Basic Client/BEX Image: 2.35 Others: 3.0 |
|
|
Solaris 8 x86 |
|
Y |
|
|
Y |
|
|
|
Y |
|
|
[1] |
2.35 |
|
|
Solaris 8 SPARC 64-bit Solaris 8 SPARC 32-bit |
Y |
Y |
|
|
Y |
|
|
|
Y |
|
|
[1] |
2.35 |
|
Note:
1. The file systems listed are supported by BEX Advanced Recovery, including extended file system attributes.
BEX file-level backup supports most OS supported file systems including ZFS. Extended file system attributes support for UFS, VxFS, ZFS will be available in
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. 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 file-level backup only.
6. For Advanced Recovery for Open Storage only.
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 |
BEX Image |
BEX BMR |
NDMP Client |
Cluster Support |
Software Encryption |
Supported File Systems for Advanced Recovery [1] |
Minimum BEX Version [2] |
Maximum BEX Version |
|
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 x64/x86 |
Y |
Y |
|
Y[3] |
Y |
Y[4] |
Y |
|
Y |
|
Y[6] |
Ext2, Ext3, ReiserFS [1] |
3.1 |
|
|
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x64/x86 (SP3, SP2) |
Y |
Y |
|
Y[3] |
Y |
Y[4] |
Y |
Y[5] |
Y |
|
Y[6] |
Ext2, Ext3, ReiserFS [1] |
3.1 |
|
|
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x64/x86 (SP1) |
Y |
Y |
|
Y[3] |
Y |
Y[4] |
Y |
Y[5] |
Y |
|
Y[6] |
Ext2, Ext3, ReiserFS [1] |
3.0 |
|
|
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 x64 (SP4) |
Y |
Y |
|
|
Y |
|
|
|
Y |
|
Y[6] |
[1] |
2.35 |
|
|
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 x86 (SP4) |
Y |
Y |
|
|
Y |
|
|
|
Y |
|
Y[6] |
[1] |
2.35 |
|
|
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 IA64 (SP4) |
Y |
Y |
|
|
Y |
|
|
|
Y |
|
|
[1] |
2.35 |
|
Note:
1. The file systems listed are supported by BEX Advanced Recovery, including extended file system attributes.
BEX file-level backup supports most OS supported file systems, including XFS. 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. For x64, 32-bit Java needs to be installed.
4. LVM2 is required. Linux Kernel must be 2.6.x or above.
5. Starting from BEX 3.2, recovery to dissimilar hardware is supported.
6. For file-level backup only.
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 |
BEX Image |
NDMP Client |
Cluster Support |
Software Encryption |
Minimum BEX Version [1] |
Maximum BEX Version |
|
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 file-level backup supports most OS supported file systems except extended file system attributes.
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 |
BEX Image |
NDMP Client |
Cluster Support |
Software Encryption |
Minimum BEX Version [1] |
Maximum BEX Version |
|
FreeBSD 8.0 64-bit |
|
|
|
Y[2] |
|
|
|
|
3.0 |
|
|
FreeBSD 8.0 32-bit |
|
|
|
Y[2] |
|
|
|
|
3.0 |
|
|
FreeBSD 7.2 64-bit |
|
|
|
Y[2] |
|
|
|
|
3.0 |
|
|
FreeBSD 7.2 32-bit |
|
|
|
Y[2] |
|
|
|
|
3.0 |
|
|
FreeBSD 6.4 64-bit |
|
|
|
Y[2] |
|
|
|
|
2.35 |
|
|
FreeBSD 6.4 32-bit |
|
|
|
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.
BEX Advanced Recovery is not available for HP Tru64 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 |
BEX Image |
NDMP Client |
Cluster Support |
Software Encryption |
Minimum BEX Version [1] |
Maximum BEX Version |
|
HP Tru64 5.1B [2] |
Y |
Y |
|
Y |
|
Y |
Y[3] |
|
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.
3. Master Server, Device Server, SAN Device Server installation on cluster is not supported; failover is not supported.
BEX Advanced Recovery is not available for HP-UX 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 |
BEX Image |
NDMP Client |
Cluster Support |
Software Encryption |
Minimum BEX Version [1] |
Maximum BEX Version |
|
HP-UX 11i v3[2] |
Y |
Y |
|
Y |
|
Y |
|
|
3.0 |
|
|
HP-UX 11i v2[2] |
Y |
Y |
|
Y |
|
Y |
|
|
3.0 |
|
|
HP-UX 11i v1[2] |
Y |
Y |
|
Y |
|
Y |
|
|
3.0 |
|
Note:
1. The latest patch for each major BEX release may be needed and is always recommended.
2. BEX file-level backup supports most OS supported file systems except extended file system attributes.
BEX Advanced Recovery is not available for IBM AIX 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 |
BEX Image |
NDMP Client |
Cluster Support |
Software Encryption |
Minimum BEX Version [1] |
Maximum BEX Version |
|
AIX 6.x [2] |
Y |
Y |
|
Y |
|
Y |
|
|
3.1 |
|
|
AIX 5.3 [2] |
Y |
Y |
|
Y |
|
Y |
|
|
2.35 |
|
|
AIX 5.2 [2] |
Y |
Y |
|
Y |
|
Y |
|
|
2.35 |
|
Note:
1. The latest patch for each major BEX release may be needed and is always recommended.
2. BEX file-level backup supports most OS supported file systems except extended file system attributes.
BEX Advanced Recovery is not available for Novell NetWare 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 |
BEX Image |
NDMP Client |
Cluster Support |
Software Encryption |
Minimum BEX Version [1] |
Maximum BEX Version |
|
NetWare 6.5 (SP3 or above) |
|
Y |
|
Y |
|
|
Y[2] |
|
3.0 |
|
Note:
1. The latest patch for each major BEX release may be needed and is always recommended.
2. Device / SAN Device Server installation on cluster is not supported.
BEX Advanced Recovery is not available for Novell OES 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 |
BEX Image |
NDMP Client |
Cluster Support |
Software Encryption |
Minimum BEX Version [1] |
Maximum BEX Version |
|
OES 2 (Linux) (SP2, SP1) 64-bit [2] |
Y[3] |
Y[3] |
|
Y[3] |
|
|
Y[4] |
|
3.0 |
|
|
OES 2 (Linux) (SP2, SP1) 32-bit [2] |
Y[3] |
Y[3] |
|
Y[3] |
|
|
Y[4] |
|
3.0 |
|
|
OES 2 (Linux) 64-bit [2] |
Y[3] |
Y[3] |
|
Y[3] |
|
|
Y[4] |
|
3.0 |
|
|
OES 2 (Linux) 32-bit [2] |
Y[3] |
Y[3] |
|
Y[3] |
|
|
Y[4] |
|
3.0 |
|
|
OES 2 (NetWare) 32-bit |
|
Y |
|
Y |
|
|
Y[5] |
|
3.0 |
|
|
OES 1 (Linux) [2] |
Y[3] |
Y[3] |
|
Y[3] |
|
|
Y[4] |
|
2.35 |
|
|
OES 1 (NetWare) |
|
Y |
|
Y |
|
|
Y[5] |
|
2.35 |
|
Note:
1. The latest patch for each major BEX release may be needed and is always recommended.
2. BEX is fully NSS compatible. BEX file-level backup supports most other OS-supported file systems except extended file system attributes.
3. Dynamic Storage Technology is not supported.
4. Master Server / Device / SAN Device Server installation on cluster is not supported.
5. Device / SAN Device Server installation on cluster is not supported.
BEX Basic and Advanced Recovery are available for major Microsoft Exchange versions. 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 |
Exchange Version |
Application Interface (for Basic Client) |
Application Recovery (for Advanced Client) |
Instant Availability |
Cluster Support |
Minimum BEX Version [1] |
Maximum BEX Version |
|
Windows 2008 x64 |
Exchange 2007 64-bit |
Y |
Y |
Y |
SCC & CCR[2] |
3.0 |
|
|
Windows 2003 x64 (SP1 or later) |
Exchange 2007 64-bit |
Y |
Y[3] |
Y |
SCC & CCR[4] |
2.35 |
|
|
Windows 2003 x86 (SP1 or later) |
Exchange 2003 32-bit |
Y |
Y[3] |
Y |
SCC |
2.35 |
|
|
Exchange 2000 32-bit |
Y |
Y[3] |
Y |
SCC |
2.35 |
|
Note:
1. The latest patch for each major BEX release may be needed and is always recommended.
2. For BEX 3.0.x, CCR (Cluster Continuous Replication) support is for BEX file-level backup only. Otherwise, the CCR and SCC (Single Copy Cluster) support is for both BEX block-level and file-level backup. BEX supports both Active/Active and Active/Passive clusters.
3. For BEX 2.35.x, the support is for Advanced Recovery for SnapVault only.
4. For BEX 3.0.x, CCR support is for BEX file-level backup only; For BEX 2.35.x, CCR is not supported. Otherwise, the cluster support is for both BEX block-level and file-level backup. BEX supports both Active/Active and Active/Passive clusters.
BEX Basic and Advanced Recovery are available for major Oracle versions. 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 |
Oracle Version |
Application Interface (for Basic Client) |
Application Recovery (for Advanced Client) |
Instant Availability |
Cluster Support |
Minimum BEX Version [1] |
Maximum BEX Version |
|
AIX 6.1 |
Oracle 11g 64-bit / 32-bit[2] |
Y |
|
|
Y[3] |
3.0 |
|
|
AIX 5.3 |
Oracle 11g 64-bit / 32-bit[2] |
Y |
|
|
Y[3] |
3.0 |
|
|
Oracle 10g / 9.x 64-bit / 32-bit[2] |
Y |
|
|
Y[3] |
2.35 |
|
|
|
AIX 5.2 |
Oracle 10g / 9.x 64-bit / 32-bit[2] |
Y |
|
|
Y[3] |
2.35 |
|
|
HP-UX 11i v2 |
Oracle 11g 64-bit / 32-bit[2] |
Y |
|
|
Y[3] |
3.0 |
|
|
Oracle 10g / 9.x 64-bit / 32-bit[2] |
Y |
|
|
Y[3] |
2.35 |
|
|
|
HP-UX 11i v1 |
Oracle 10g / 9.x 64-bit / 32-bit[2] |
Y |
|
|
Y[3] |
2.35 |
|
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.x x64 (2.6.x Kernel) |
Oracle 11g 64-bit[2] |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y[3] |
3.0 |
|
|
Oracle 10g 64-bit[2] |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y[3] |
3.0 |
|
|
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.x x86 (2.6.x Kernel) |
Oracle 11g 32-bit[2] |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y[3] |
3.0 |
|
|
Oracle 10g 32-bit[2] |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y[3] |
3.0 |
|
|
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux V4 x64 (2.6.x Kernel) |
Oracle 11g 64-bit[2] |
Y |
|
|
Y[3] |
3.0 |
|
|
Oracle 10g 64-bit[2] |
Y |
|
|
Y[3] |
2.35 |
|
|
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux V4 x86 (2.6.x Kernel) |
Oracle 11g 32-bit[2] |
Y |
|
|
Y[3] |
3.0 |
|
|
Oracle 10g / 9.x 32-bit[2] |
Y |
|
|
Y[3] |
2.35 |
|
|
|
Solaris 10 x64 |
Oracle 11g 64-bit[2] |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y[3] |
3.0 |
|
|
Solaris 10 SPARC 64-bit |
Oracle 11g 64-bit[2] |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y[3] |
3.0 |
|
|
Oracle 10g 64-bit[2] |
Y |
Y[4] |
Y[4] |
Y[3] |
2.35 |
|
|
|
Oracle 10g 32-bit[2] |
Y |
|
|
Y[3] |
2.35 |
|
|
|
OS |
Oracle Version |
Application Interface (for Basic Client) |
Application Recovery (for Advanced Client) |
Instant Availability |
Cluster Support |
Minimum BEX Version [1] |
Maximum BEX Version |
|
Solaris 10 SPARC 64-bit |
Oracle 9.x 64-bit / 32-bit[2] |
Y |
|
|
Y[3] |
2.35 |
|
|
Solaris 10 SPARC 32-bit |
Oracle 11g 32-bit[2] |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y[3] |
3.0 |
|
|
Oracle 10g 32-bit[2] |
Y |
Y[4] |
Y[4] |
Y[3] |
2.35 |
|
|
|
Oracle 9.x 32-bit[2] |
Y |
Y[5] |
Y[5] |
Y[3] |
2.35 |
|
|
|
Solaris 9 SPARC 64-bit |
Oracle 11g 64-bit[2] |