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General Information

Support LifeCycle Schedule

NSB Compatibility

Operating System Compatibility

Block-level and file-level features are available for major versions of the following Operating Systems.

CentOS

Microsoft Windows

Oracle Linux

Red Hat Linux

Sun Solaris

SUSE Linux Enterprise

 

 

File-level features are available for major versions of the following Operating Systems.

Apple MAC OS X

Canonical Ubuntu

Debian GNU/Linux

FreeBSD

HP Tru64

HP-UX

IBM AIX

Novell OES/NetWare

Database and Application Compatibility

Block-level and file-level features are available for major versions of the following databases/applications.

Microsoft Exchange

Microsoft SharePoint

Microsoft SQL Server

Oracle Databases

File-level features are available for major versions of the following databases/applications.

IBM DB2

IBM Lotus Notes/Domino

Novell eDirectory

Novell GroupWise

SAP R/3

Sybase

 

 

Virtual Systems Compatibility

Microsoft Hyper-V

VMware Virtualization

 

 

NAS Compatibility

Encryption Compatibility

Hardware Compatibility

 

 

 

General Information

Scope

Syncsort NSB and BEX Compatibility Guide contains information for NSB version 3.4.x, 3.2.x and BEX version 3.4.x, 3.2.x, 3.1.x, 3.0.x and 2.35.x.

 

Terms used in the guide

Open Storage: A backup and restore mode that provides seamless block-level backup from Windows, Solaris, or Linux based operating systems to disk-based storage devices hosted on BEX Advanced Server. This feature applies to BEX only.

SnapVault: A backup and restore mode that provides seamless block-level backup from primary systems (such as Windows, Solaris, or Linux based operating systems) to NetApp disk-based storage devices.

Advanced Recovery supports the following features:

o    Advanced Server (formerly called XRServer): A computer that can store protected data on local or attached disk storage. This is the destination for Advanced Recovery Open Storage backups. This feature applies to BEX only.

o    Advanced Client: A computer that contains the data, applications, volumes, and operating systems that are protected with Advanced Recovery.

o    Bare Metal Recovery (BMR): An optional feature that provides point-in-time server image recovery of an Advanced Client using Advanced Recovery’s single image backup. Formerly called ExpressDR.

o    Application Recovery: An optional 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.

o    Instant Virtualization (IV): A feature that enables customers to create a virtual machine in an ESX or ESXi server from any recovery point on any Windows physical or virtual backed up instance. 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 an ESX or ESXi server from any recovery point on any Windows physical or virtual backed up instance. 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, FV performs a physical-to-virtual (P2V) operation.

 

Backward Compatibility

NSB: Master Server and Device Server must always be on the same version. Master Server/Device Server supports two releases backwards for Clients only.

BEX: Master Server, Device Server and Advanced Server must always be on the same version.  The following matrix shows the supported client versions. To assure the most reliable operation and enable the most efficient support it is strongly recommended that Clients be upgraded to the same version as the 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 versions. 

 

Master Version

Supported Client Versions

 

3.4.1

3.4.1

3.2.1

3.1.1

 

 

3.2.1

 

3.2.1

3.1.1

3.0.1

 

3.1.1

 

 

3.1.1

3.0.1

3.1.1 Extended Support ends 2/17/2014.

3.0.1

 

 

 

3.0.1

3.0.1 Extended Support ends 9/04/2012.

Support LifeCycle Schedule

The 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.

 

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. NSB/BEX releases typically reach General Availability (GA) approximately once a year.

 

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.

 

Syncsort support of operating systems and applications parallels that of the third party vendors: when third-party vendor products go into extended support, self-serve support, or end of life Syncsort generally does the same.

 

End-of-Support Schedule for NSB and BEX Versions 

 

Release

GA Date

End of Full Support

End of Extended Support

BEX 2.1.5D

6/4/2003

3/30/2006

6/30/2010

BEX 2.2.2

10/20/2004

9/4/2007

6/30/2010

BEX 2.35

3/30/2006

8/16/2010

3/30/2011

BEX 3.0.1

9/4/2007

12/31/2010

9/4/2012

BEX 3.1.1

2/17/2009

7/31/2011

2/17/2014

NSB/BEX 3.2.1

2/16/2010

7/22/2012

2/16/2015

NSB/BEX 3.4.1

7/22/2011

12/31/2014 (est.)

12/31/2016 (est.)

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End-of-Support Schedule for BEX Feature Support

 

BEX features listed in the table below are not available for sale. Extended support for these features will be available through the dates shown.

 

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 the releases beyond their extended support dates are handled on a case by case basis by Syncsort support engineers.

 

BEX Features

End of Extended Support

BEX Features

End of Extended Support

Operating Systems

BEX for AIX 5.2 and Apps on AIX 5.2

September 30, 2011

BEX for MAC OS X 10.4.x

March 30, 2011

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 Debian GNU/Linux  4.0

March 30, 2011

BEX Open File Manager for NetWare

July 13, 2010

BEX for DG (Intel)

June 30, 2010

BEX for OES 1 (Linux)

July 29, 2011

BEX for DG/UX

June 30, 2010

BEX for SCO UNIX

June 30, 2010

BEX for FreeBSD 5.x

June 30, 2010

BEX for SunOS

June 30, 2010

BEX for FreeBSD 7.2, 6.4

March 30, 2011

BEX for Sun Solaris 8 (SPARC or x86)

March 30, 2011

BEX for HP-UX 11.x, 10.x

June 30, 2010

BEX for Sun Solaris versions earlier than 8

June 30, 2010

BEX for HP-UX (IA64)

June 30, 2010

BEX for SUSE Professional 9+ IA64 / x64

June 30, 2010

BEX for HP Tru64 versions earlier than 5.1B

June 30, 2010

BEX for Ubuntu 8.0.4

March 30, 2011

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 and Apps on Windows 2000

July 13, 2010

BEX for NCR SVR4

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

Databases and Applications

BEX for Exchange 2000

January 11, 2011

BEX for Oracle on HP-UX 11.x

June 30, 2010

BEX for Exchange 5.x

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 2001

July 12, 2011

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

June 30, 2011

BEX for Oracle 9.x

March 30, 2011

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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NSB Compatibility

 

NSB solution combines Syncsort Data Protection software with high performance NetApp disk storage systems ranging from entry-level to enterprise-level model, and NetApp software. The solution is designed for Advanced Recovery for SnapVault (backup from heterogeneous storage such as IBM, HP, Dell, and EMC to NetApp FAS Storage System) and/or Syncsort managed NetApp OSSV backup to NetApp FAS Storage Systems.

 

ONTAP Versions

 NetApp Software

Supported OSSV Agent

Supported Syncsort Agent

Minimum NSB

 Version [1]

Maximum NSB Version

ONTAP 8.0.x(min 8.0.1), 7.3.x, [2] [3]

·         SnapVault Secondary is required.

·         FlexClone is highly recommended

OSSV Agents for Solaris, AIX and HP-UX

Please refer to Operating System Compatibility and Database and Application Compatibility for supported platforms and applications.

 

3.2

 

 

 

Note:

1.     The latest patch for each major NSB release may be needed and is always recommended. 

2.     Compression is supported for ONTAP 8.0.1P4 or above; NetApp’s Advanced Single Instance Storage (A-SIS) asynchronous deduplication is supported for ONTAP 7.3.1 or above; NetApp’s A-SIS synchronous deduplication is supported for ONTAP 7.3 or above.

3.     For ONTAP 8.0.1 or above, only 7-Mode is supported.

4.     IBM provides the NetApp FAS series products as the IBM N series and also offers most of the NetApp software portfolio.

 

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Operating System Compatibility

CentOS

 

The Advanced Recovery features in the table below apply to both NSB and BEX unless otherwise noted.  The minimum NSB version required is 3.2.x. The minimum BEX versions required are listed in the table.

 

OS

Master Server

Device / SAN Device Server

BEX

Advanced Server

Basic Client

Advanced Client

Mgt.    Console

Open File Mgt.

Image Backup

BMR

NDMP Client

Cluster Support

Supported File Systems for Advanced Recovery [1]

Minimum Version [2]

Maximum Version

CentOS 5.6 x64

Y

Y

 

Y[3]

Y[4]

 

Y[5]

 

Y[6]

Y[7]

 

Ext2, Ext3

3.4

 

CentOS 5.6 x86

 

Y

 

Y[3]

Y[4] [8]

Y

Y[5]

 

Y[6]

Y[7]

 

Ext2, Ext3

3.4

 

CentOS 5.5 x64

Y

Y

 

Y[3]

Y[4]

 

Y[5]

 

Y[6]

Y[7]

 

Ext2, Ext3

3.2

 

CentOS 5.5 x86

Y

Y

 

Y[3]

Y[4] [8]

Y

Y[5]

 

Y[6]

Y[7]

 

Ext2, Ext3

3.2

Master Server: 3.2

CentOS 5.4 x64

Y

Y

 

Y[3]

Y[4]

 

Y[5]

 

Y[6]

Y[7]

 

Ext2, Ext3

3.2

 

CentOS 5.4 x86

Y

Y

 

Y[3]

Y[4] [8]

Y

Y[5]

 

Y[6]

Y[7]

 

Ext2, Ext3

3.2

Master Server: 3.2

CentOS 5.3, 5.2 x64

Y

Y

 

Y[3]

Y[4]

 

Y[5]

 

Y[6]

Y[7]

 

Ext2, Ext3

3.1

 

CentOS 5.3, 5.2 x86

Y

Y

 

Y[3]

Y[4] [8]

Y

Y[5]

 

Y[6]

Y[7]

 

Ext2, Ext3

3.1

Master Server: 3.2

 

Note:

1.     Extended file system attributes are supported.

2.     The latest patch for each major BEX release may be needed and is always recommended. 

3.     File-level backup supports most OS supported file systems. 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.

4.     LVM2 is required. Linux Kernel must be 2.6.x or above. Only the default uniprocessor or SMP kernel packages provided by the Linux vendor for the distribution are supported. XFS is not supported.

5.     Open file management is supported for block-level backup only.

6.     a) Restoring to IDE or GPT disks on the target machine is not supported; b) Starting from NSB and BEX 3.2, recovery to dissimilar hardware is supported; c) For dissimilar hardware support, restore from a x86 machine to a x64 machine is supported but the OS won't be upgraded; restore from a x64 machine to a x86 machine is not supported; d) The physical disk size on the target machine has to be less than 2TB.

7.     Can be used as a proxy for NDMP backup.

8.     PAE (Physical Address Extension) kernel for 32bit system is not supported.

 

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Microsoft Windows

 

The Advanced Recovery features in the table below apply to both NSB and BEX unless otherwise noted.  The minimum NSB version required is 3.2.x. The minimum BEX versions required are listed in the table.

 

OS

Master Server

Device / SAN Device Server

BEX

Advanced Server

Basic Client

Advanced Client

Mgt.    Console

Open File Mgt.

Image Backup

BMR

NDMP Client

Cluster Support

Supported File Systems for Advanced Recovery [1]

Minimum Version [2]

Maximum Version

Windows 2008 R2 x64 (SP1)

Y

Y

Y[3]

Y[4][9]

Y[9]

Y

Y[10]

Y

Y[5][6]

Y[11]

Y[7]

NTFS[1]

3.2

 

Windows 2008 R2 x64

Y

Y

Y[3]

Y[4][9]

Y[9]

Y

Y[10]

Y

Y[5][6]

Y[11]

Y[7]

NTFS[1]

3.2

 

Windows 2008 R2 core  x64 (up to SP1)

 

Y

 

Y[4]

Y

 

Y[10]

Y

Y[5][6]

Y[11]

 

NTFS[1]

3.4

 

Windows 2008 x64

Y

Y

Y[3]

Y[4][9]

Y[9]

Y

Y[10]

Y

Y[5][6]

Y[11]

Y[7]

NTFS[1]

3.1

 

Windows 2008 x86

Y

Y

 

Y[4][9]

Y[9]

Y

Y[10]

Y

Y[5][6]

Y[11]

Y[7]

NTFS[1]

3.1

Master Server: 3.2

Windows 2008 core  x64/x86

 

Y

 

Y[4]

Y

 

Y[10]

Y

Y[5][6]

Y[11]

 

NTFS[1]

3.1

 

Windows 7 x64 SP1 (Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate)[12]

 

 

 

Y[4][9]

Y[9]

Y

Y[10]

Y

Y[5][6]

Y[11]

 

NTFS[1]

3.2

 

Windows 7 x86 SP1

 

 

 

 

 

Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.2

 

Windows 7 x64 (Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate)[12]

 

 

 

Y[4][9]

Y[9]

Y

Y[10]

Y

Y[5][6]

Y[11]

 

NTFS[1]

Mgt. Console:3.1 Others: 3.2

 

Windows 7 x86

 

 

 

 

 

Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.1

 

Windows 2003 x64  (SP1 or later)

Y

Y

Y[3]

Y[4][9]

Y[9]

Y

Y[10]

Y

Y[6]

Y[11]

Y[7]

NTFS[1]

3.0

 

Windows 2003 x86 (SP1 or later)

Y

Y

 

Y[4][9]

Y[9]

Y

Y[10]

Y

Y[6]

Y[11]

Y[7]

NTFS[1]

3.0

Master Server: 3.2

Windows 2003 IA64

 

Y

 

Y[4]

 

 

 

 

 

Y[11]

 

 

3.0

3.4

Windows Vista x64

 

Y[8]

 

Y[4]

Y

Y

Y[10]

Y

Y[6]

Y[11]

 

NTFS[1]

3.0

Device Server: 3.2

Windows Vista x86

 

Y[8]

 

Y[4]

Y

Y

Y[10]

Y

Y[6]

Y[11]

 

NTFS[1]

3.0

Device Server: 3.2

Windows XP x86

 

Y[8]

 

Y[4]

Y

Y

Y[10]

Y

Y[6]

Y[11]

 

NTFS[1]

3.0

Device Server: 3.2

 

Note:

1.     a) Extended file system attributes are supported; b) FAT file system is not supported by Advanced Recovery.

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. Advanced Server role is not supported on Windows Domain Controller machines.

4.     File-level backup supports most OS supported file systems including extended file system attributes support for NTFS.

5.     Requires BMR version 3.14.3.1 or above.

6.     a) Recovery to dissimilar hardware is supported; b) Restore from a x86 machine to a x64 machine is supported but the OS won't be upgraded; restore from a x64 machine to a x86 machine is not supported; c) BMR is supported for GPT drives, including clusters.

7.     a) Master Server installation on cluster is not supported; b) Device / SAN Device Servers on physical nodes are supported, but Device Servers are not cluster-aware and will not follow failover. Please refer to the Cluster Support User Guide under BEX 3.2.1 Manuals for details https://www.syncsort.com/support/BEX/Manual/ .

8.     Device Server will not be supported after NSB / BEX 3.2.x.

9.     Active Directory can be backed up.

10.  Open file management is supported for both block-level and file-level backups.  

11.  Can be used as a proxy for NDMP backup.

12.  Supported only when the OS is used as a server.

 

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Oracle Linux

 

The minimum BEX versions required are listed in the table.

 

OS

Master Server

Device / SAN Device Server

BEX

Advanced Server

Basic Client

Advanced Client

Mgt.    Console

Open File Mgt.

Image Backup

BMR

NDMP Client

Cluster Support

Supported File Systems for Advanced Recovery

Minimum Version [1]

Maximum Version

Oracle Linux 5.6 x64

Y

Y

 

Y[3]

 

Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.4

 

Oracle Linux 5.6 x86

 

Y

 

Y[3]

 

Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.4

 

Oracle Linux 5.4              x64 / x86

 

 

 

Y[3]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.2

 

Oracle Linux 5.3               x64 / x86

 

 

 

Y[3]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.1

 

Oracle Linux 5.2                 x64 / x86

 

 

 

Y[3]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.1

 

 

Note:

1.     The latest patch for each major BEX release may be needed and is always recommended. 

 

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux

 

The Advanced Recovery features in the table below apply to both NSB and BEX unless otherwise noted.  The minimum NSB version required is 3.2.x. The minimum BEX versions required are listed in the table.

 

OS

Master Server

Device / SAN Device Server

BEX

Advanced Server

Basic Client

Advanced Client

Mgt.    Console

Open File Mgt.

Image Backup

BMR

NDMP Client

Cluster Support

Supported File Systems for Advanced Recovery [1]

Minimum Version [2]

Maximum Version

Enterprise Linux V5.7 x64

Y

Y

 

Y[3]

Y[4]

 

Y[8]

Y[11]

Y[5]

Y[9]

 

Ext2, Ext3 [1], Ext4

3.4

 

Enterprise Linux V5.6 x64

Y

Y

 

Y[3]

Y[4]

 

Y[8]

Y[11]

Y[5]

Y[9]

 

Ext2, Ext3 [1]

3.4

 

Enterprise Linux V5.6  x86

 

Y

 

Y[3]

Y[4, 12]

Y

Y[8]

Y[11]

Y[5]

Y[9]

 

Ext2, Ext3 [1]

3.4

 

Enterprise Linux V5.5 x64

Y

Y

 

Y[3]

Y[4]

 

Y[8]

Y[11]

Y[5]

Y[9]

 

Ext2, Ext3 [1]

3.2

 

Enterprise Linux V5.5  x86

Y

Y

 

Y[3]

Y[4, 12]

Y

Y[8]

Y[11]

Y[5]

Y[9]

 

Ext2, Ext3 [1]

3.2

Master Server: 3.2

Enterprise Linux V5.4   x64

Y

Y

 

Y[3]

Y[4]

 

Y[8]

Y[11]

Y[5]

Y[9]

 

Ext2, Ext3 [1]

3.2

 

Enterprise Linux V5.4   x86

Y

Y

 

Y[3]

Y[4, 12]

Y

Y[8]

Y[11]

Y[5]

Y[9]

 

Ext2, Ext3 [1]

3.2

Master Server: 3.2

Enterprise Linux V5.3   x64

Y

Y

 

Y[3]

Y[4, 6]

 

Y[8]

Y[11]

Y[5][6]

Y[9]

 

Ext2, Ext3 [1]

3.0

 

Enterprise Linux V5.3  x86

Y

Y

 

Y[3]

Y[4, 6, 12]

Y

Y[8]

Y[11]

Y[5][6]

Y[9]

 

Ext2, Ext3 [1]

3.0

Master Server: 3.2

Enterprise Linux V5.2, V5.1, V5.0 x64

Y

Y

 

Y[3]

Y[4]

 

Y[8]

Y[11]

Y[5]

Y[9]

 

Ext2, Ext3 [1]

3.0

 

Enterprise Linux V5.2, V5.1, V5.0 x86

Y

Y

 

Y[3]

Y[4, 12]

Y

Y[8]

Y[11]

Y[5]

Y[9]

 

Ext2, Ext3 [1]

3.0

Master Server: 3.2

Enterprise Linux V4    x64

Y

Y

 

Y[3]

Y[4, 7]

 

Y[8]

Y[11]

Y[5]

Y[9]

 

Ext2, Ext3 [1]

3.0

3.2

Enterprise Linux V4     x86

Y

Y

 

Y[3]

Y[4, 7, 12]

Y

Y[8]

Y[11]

Y[5]

Y[9]

 

Ext2, Ext3 [1]

3.0

3.2

Enterprise Linux V4, IA64

 

 

 

Y[3] [10]

 

 

 

 

 

Y[9][10]

 

 

3.0

3.2[10]

 

 

Note:

1.     Extended file system attributes are supported.

2.     The latest patch for each major BEX release may be needed and is always recommended.

3.     File-level backup supports most OS supported file systems. 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.

4.     LVM2 is required. Linux Kernel must be 2.6.x or above.  Only the default uniprocessor or SMP kernel packages provided by the Linux vendor for the distribution are supported. XFS is not supported.

5.     a) Restoring to IDE or GPT disks on the target machine is not supported; b) Starting from NSB / BEX 3.2, recovery to dissimilar hardware is supported; c) For dissimilar hardware support, restore from a x86 machine to a x64 machine is supported but the OS won't be upgraded; restore from a x64 machine to a x86 machine is not supported; d) The physical disk size on the target machine has to be less than 2TB.

6.     Only supported by NSB 3.2.x or above and BEX 3.1.x or above. 

7.     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.

10.  The OS is not supported after BEX 3.2.x. After 3.2 GA, the feature is only available to BEX customers that made their initial purchases before February 16, 2010. See Lifecycle Support Schedule for details.

11.  Only base backup is supported (for seeding purpose).

12.  PAE (Physical Address Extension) Kernel for 32bit system is not supported.

 

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Sun Solaris

 

The Advanced Recovery features in the table below apply to both NSB and BEX unless otherwise noted.  The minimum NSB version required is 3.2.x. The minimum BEX versions required are listed in the table.

 

OS

Master Server

Device / SAN Device Server

BEX

Advanced Server

Basic Client

Advanced Client

Mgt.    Console

Open File Mgt.

Image Backup

BMR

NDMP Client

Cluster Support

Supported File Systems for Advanced Recovery [1]

Minimum Version [2]

Maximum Version

Solaris 10 x64                (up to U7)

Y

Y

 

Y[3]

Y[4]

Y

Y[6]

[7]

Y[8]

Y[9]

 

UFS, VxFS[1]

3.0

Master:     3.2

Solaris10 x86                     (up to U7)

 

Y

 

Y[3]

 

Y

 

 

 

Y[9]

 

 

3.0

 

Solaris 10 SPARC 64-bit

Solaris 10 SPARC 32-bit (up to U7)

Y

Y

 

Y[3]

Y[4]

Y

Y[6]

[7]

Y[8]

Y[9]

 

UFS, VxFS [1] [7]

3.0

Master:     3.2

Solaris 9 x86

 

Y

 

Y[3]

 

 

 

 

 

Y[9]

 

 

3.0

3.1

Solaris 9 SPARC 64-bit

Solaris 9 SPARC 32-bit

Y

Y

 

Y[3]

Y[4][5]

 

Y[6]

[7]

Y[8][5]

Y[9]

 

UFS, VxFS[1]

3.0

Master:     3.2

 

Note:

1.     Extended file system attributes are supported.

2.     The latest patch for each major BEX release may be needed and is always recommended. 

3.     a) 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; b) Solaris Zones are supported by backing up the host Solaris machine, and all data that is mounted to the host machine will be protected. Split by partitions backup option needs to be enabled. Oracle databases in the host machine can be backed up by using Oracle Application Interface clients. Backup of Oracle in a zone is not supported.

4.     Solaris Zones are supported by backing up the host Solaris machine, and all data that is mounted to the host machine will be protected. BMR of the host Solaris machine will recover all the protected data in the zones. Oracle databases in the host machine can be backed up by using Oracle Application Recovery clients. Backup of Oracle databases in a zone is not supported.

5.     For Advanced Recovery for Open Storage only.

6.     Open file management is supported for block-level backup only.

7.     Support to this feature has been ceased.

8.     a) NSB or BEX does not support EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) for BMR; b) Starting from NSB / BEX 3.2, recovery to dissimilar hardware is supported; c) For dissimilar hardware support, restore from a 32-bit machine to a 64-bit machine is supported but the OS won't be upgraded; restore from a 64-bit machine to a 32-bit machine is not supported; d) This feature won’t be supported after BEX 3.4.x.

9.     Can be used as a proxy for NDMP backup.

 

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SUSE Linux Enterprise

 

The Advanced Recovery features in the table below apply to both NSB and BEX unless otherwise noted.  The minimum NSB version required is 3.2.x. The minimum BEX versions required are listed in the table.

 

OS

Master Server

Device / SAN Device Server

BEX

Advanced Server

Basic Client

Advanced Client

Mgt.    Console

Open File Mgt.

Image Backup

BMR

NDMP Client

Cluster Support

Supported File Systems for Advanced Recovery [1]

Minimum Version [2]

Maximum Version

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 x64 SP1

Y

     Y

 

Y[3]

Y[4][8]

 

Y[5] 

Y[10]

Y[6] 

Y[7]

 

Ext2, Ext3,  ReiserFS [1]

3.4

 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 x86 SP1

 

     Y

 

Y[3]

Y[4, 8, 11]

Y

Y[5] 

Y[10]

Y[6] 

Y[7]

 

Ext2, Ext3,  ReiserFS [1]

3.4

 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 x64

Y

     Y

 

Y[3]

Y[4]

 

Y[5] 

Y[10]

Y[6] 

Y[7]

 

Ext2, Ext3,  ReiserFS [1]

3.1

3.2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 x86

Y

     Y

 

Y[3]

Y[4, 11]

Y

Y[5]

Y[10]

Y[6]

Y[7]

 

Ext2, Ext3,  ReiserFS [1]

3.1

3.2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x64

(SP4, SP3, SP2)

Y

Y

 

Y[3]

Y[4]

 

Y[5]

Y[10]

Y[6]

Y[7]

 

Ext2, Ext3,  ReiserFS [1]

3.1

 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x86

(SP4, SP3, SP2)

Y

Y

 

Y[3]

Y[4, 11]

Y

Y[5]

Y[10]

Y[6]

Y[7]

 

Ext2, Ext3,  ReiserFS [1]

3.1

Master Server: 3.2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x64 (SP1)

Y

Y

 

Y[3]

Y[4]

 

Y[5]

Y[10]

Y[6]

Y[7]

 

Ext2, Ext3,  ReiserFS [1]

3.0

3.2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x86 (SP1)

Y

Y

 

Y[3]

Y[4, 11]

Y

Y[5]

Y[10]

Y[6]

Y[7]

 

Ext2, Ext3,  ReiserFS [1]

3.0

3.2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 x64 (SP4)

Y

Y

 

Y[3]

 

 

 

 

 

Y[7]

 

 

3.0

3.2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 x86 (SP4)

Y

Y

 

Y[3]

 

 

 

 

 

Y[7]

 

 

3.0

3.2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 IA64 (SP4)

Y[9]

Y[9]

 

Y[3] [9]

 

 

 

 

 

Y[7][9]

 

 

3.0

3.2[9]

 

Note:

1.     Extended file system attributes are supported.

2.     The latest patch for each major BEX release may be needed and is always recommended. 

3.     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.

4.     LVM2 is required. Linux Kernel must be 2.6.x or above. Only the default uniprocessor or SMP kernel packages provided by the Linux vendor for the distribution are supported. XFS is not suppoted.

5.     Open file management is supported for block-level backup only.

6.     a) Restoring to IDE or GPT disks on the target machine is not supported; b) Starting from NSB or BEX 3.2, recovery to dissimilar hardware is supported; c) For dissimilar hardware support, restore from a x86 machine to a x64 machine is supported but the OS won't be upgraded; restore from a x64 machine to a x86 machine is not supported; d) The physical disk size on the target machine has to be less than 2TB.

7.     Can be used as a proxy for NDMP backup.

8.     Linux kernel version 2.6.32.29-0.3.1 or newer is required.

9.     The OS is not supported after BEX 3.2.x. The Master Server is not to be sold or made available to any customers without approval from the Director of Product Management, and after 3.2 GA, the Device/SAN Device Server, Client and NDMP Client are only available to BEX customers that made their initial purchases before February 16, 2010. See Lifecycle Support Schedule for details.

10.  Only base backup is supported (for seeding purpose).

11.  PAE (Physical Address Extension) Kernel for 32bit system is not supported.

 

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Apple MAC OS X

 

Advanced Recovery is not available for MAC OS X platforms (see page 3 for details of what are included in Advanced Recovery). 

 

OS

 Master Server

 Device / SAN Device Server

Basic Client

 Mgt.    Console

Open File Mgt.

Image Backup

NDMP Client

Cluster Support

Minimum Version [1]

Maximum Version

MAC OS X 10.5.x  Server                                x64 / POWER

 

 

Y[2]

 

 

 

 

 

3.0   

3.2[3]

 

Note:

1.     The latest patch for each major BEX release may be needed and is always recommended.

2.     File-level backup supports most OS supported file systems except extended file system attributes.

3.     The OS is not supported after BEX 3.2.x.

 

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Canonical Ubuntu

 

Advanced Recovery is not available for Canonical Ubuntu platforms (see page 3 for details of what are included in Advanced Recovery). 

 

OS

 Master Server

 Device / SAN Device Server

Basic Client

 Mgt.    Console

Open File Mgt.

Image Backup

NDMP Client

Cluster Support

Minimum Version [1]

Maximum Version

Ubuntu 11.04                                x64 / x86

 

 

Y[2]

 

 

 

 

 

3.4  

 

Ubuntu 10.04                                x64 / x86

 

 

Y[2]

 

 

 

 

 

3.1  

 

Ubuntu 9.10                                x64 / x86

 

 

Y[2]

 

 

 

 

 

3.1  

 

 

Note:

1.     The latest patch for each major BEX release may be needed and is always recommended.

2.     a) Linux Kernel must be 2.6.x or above; b) File-level backup supports most OS supported file systems except extended file system attributes.

 

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Debian GNU/Linux

 

Advanced Recovery is not available for Debian GNU/Linux platforms (see page 3 for details of what are included in Advanced Recovery). 

 

OS

 Master Server

 Device / SAN Device Server

Basic Client

 Mgt.    Console

Open File Mgt.

Image Backup

NDMP Client

Cluster Support

Minimum Version [1]

Maximum Version

Debian GNU/Linux  6.0                             x64 / x86

 

 

Y[2]

 

 

 

 

 

3.4

 

Debian GNU/Linux  5.0                             x64 / x86

 

 

Y[2]

 

 

 

 

 

3.1  

 

 

Note:

1.     The latest patch for each major BEX release may be needed and is always recommended.

2.     a) Linux Kernel must be 2.6.x or above; b) File-level backup supports most OS supported file systems except extended file system attributes.

 

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FreeBSD

 

Advanced Recovery is not available for FreeBSD platforms (see page 3 for details of what are included in Advanced Recovery). 

 

OS

 Master Server

 Device / SAN Device Server

Basic Client

 Mgt.    Console

Open File Mgt.

Image Backup

NDMP Client

Cluster Support

Minimum Version [1]

Maximum Version

FreeBSD 8.2 64-bit

 

 

Y[2]

 

 

 

 

 

3.4

3.4

FreeBSD 8.2 32-bit

 

 

Y[2]

 

 

 

 

 

3.4

3.4

FreeBSD 8.0 64-bit

 

 

Y[2]

 

 

 

 

 

3.0

3.4

FreeBSD 8.0 32-bit

 

 

Y[2]

 

 

 

 

 

3.0

3.4

 

Note:

1.     The latest patch for each major BEX release may be needed and is always recommended.

2.     File-level backup supports most OS supported file systems except extended file system attributes. 

 

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HP Tru64

 

Advanced Recovery is not available for HP Tru64 platforms (see page 3 for details of what are included in Advanced Recovery). 

 

OS

 Master Server

 Device / SAN Device Server

Basic Client

 Mgt.    Console

Open File Mgt.

Image Backup

NDMP Client

Cluster Support

Minimum Version [1]

Maximum Version

HP Tru64 5.1B

Y

Y

Y[2]

 

 

 

Y[3]

Y[4]

3.0   

3.2[5]

 

Note:

1.     The latest patch for each major BEX release may be needed and is always recommended 

2.     File-level backup supports most OS supported file systems except extended file system attributes. 

3.     Can be used as a proxy for NDMP backup.

4.     Master Server, Device Server, SAN Device Server installation on cluster is not supported; failover is not supported. 

5.     The OS is not supported after BEX 3.2.x. The Master Server is not to be sold or made available to any customers without approval from the Director of Product Management, and after 3.2 GA, the Device/SAN Device Server, Client and NDMP Client are only available to BEX customers that made their initial purchases before February 16, 2010. See Lifecycle Support Schedule for details.

 

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HP-UX

 

Advanced Recovery is not available for HP-UX platforms (see page 3 for details of what are included in Advanced Recovery). 

 

OS

 Master Server

 Device / SAN Device Server

Basic Client

 Mgt.    Console

Open File Mgt.

Image Backup

NDMP Client

Cluster Support

Minimum Version [1]

Maximum Version

HP-UX 11i v3

Y[4]

Y

Y[2]

 

 

 

Y[3]

 

3.0  

Master: 3.2

HP-UX 11i v2

Y[4]

Y

Y[2]

 

 

 

Y[3]

 

3.0  

Master: 3.2

 

Note:

1.     The latest patch for each major BEX release may be needed and is always recommended. 

2.     File-level backup supports most OS supported file systems except extended file system attributes.

3.     Can be used as a proxy for NDMP backup.

4.     New features and enhancements after 3.2.x may not be available for customers with master servers on this platform. Starting from BEX 3.2, we strongly recommend new BEX Master Servers run on Windows (x64), Red Hat Enterprise Linux (x64), SUSE Linux Enterprise (x64), or Solaris (SPARC 64 bit) platform. It is not to be sold or made available to any customers without approval from the Director of Product Management.

 

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IBM AIX

 

Advanced Recovery is not available for IBM AIX platforms (see page 3 for details of what are included in Advanced Recovery). 

 

OS

 Master Server

 Device / SAN Device Server

Basic Client

 Mgt.    Console

Open File Mgt.

Image Backup

NDMP Client

Cluster Support

Minimum Version [1]

Maximum Version

AIX 7.1 64bit

 

Y

Y[2]

 

 

 

Y[3]

 

3.4  

 

AIX 6.x

Y[4]

Y

Y[2]

 

 

 

Y[3]

 

3.1  

Master: 3.2

AIX 5.3

Y[4]

Y

Y[2]

 

 

 

Y[3]

 

3.0   

Master: 3.2

AIX 5.2

Y

Y

Y[2]

 

 

 

Y[3]

 

3.0   

3.2 [5]

                                                       

Note:

1.     The latest patch for each major BEX release may be needed and is always recommended. 

2.     File-level backup supports most OS supported file systems except extended file system attributes.

3.     Can be used as a proxy for NDMP backup.

4.     New features and enhancements after 3.2.x may not be available for customers with master servers on this platform. Starting from BEX 3.2, we strongly recommend new BEX Master Servers run on Windows (x64), Red Hat Enterprise Linux (x64), SUSE Linux Enterprise (x64), or Solaris (SPARC 64 bit) platform. It is not to be sold or made available to any customers without approval from the Director of Product Management.

5.     The End of Extended Support Date is September 30, 2011. See Lifecycle Support Schedule for details.

 

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Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) / NetWare

 

Advanced Recovery is not available for Novell OES platforms (see page 3 for details of what are included in Advanced Recovery). 

 

OS

 Master Server

 Device / SAN Device Server

Basic Client

 Mgt.    Console

Open File Mgt.

Image Backup

NDMP Client

Cluster Support

Minimum Version [1]

Maximum Version

OES 2 (Linux) SP3           64-bit / 32-bit

Y

Y

Y[2]

 

 

 

 

Y[3]

3.2

Master Server: 3.2[5]

OES 2 (Linux) SP2

64-bit / 32-bit

Y

Y

Y[2]

 

 

 

 

Y[3]

3.1

Master Server: 3.2[5]

OES 2 (NetWare) (up to SP1) 32-bit

 

Y

Y[2]

 

Y

 

 

Y[4]

3.1

3.4

OES 1 (Linux)

Y

Y

Y[2]

 

 

 

 

Y[3]

3.0  

3.2[6]

OES 1 (NetWare)

 

Y

Y[2]

 

Y

 

 

Y[4]

3.0  

3.4

 

Note:

1.     The latest patch for each major BEX release may be needed and is always recommended. 

2.     a) BEX is fully NSS compatible; b) BEX file-level backup supports most other OS-supported file systems except extended file system attributes; c) TSANDS is supported for OES 2/OES 1 (Linux and NetWare).

3.     a) Master Server installation on cluster is not supported; b) Device / SAN Device Servers on physical nodes are supported, but Device Servers are not cluster-aware and will not follow failover. Please refer to the BEX Cluster Support User Guide under BEX 3.2.1 Manuals for details https://www.syncsort.com/support/BEX/Manual/ .

4.     Device / SAN Device Servers on physical nodes are supported, but Device Servers are not cluster-aware and will not follow failover. Please refer to the BEX Cluster Support User Guide under BEX 3.2.1 Manuals for details https://www.syncsort.com/support/BEX/Manual/ .

5.     Master Server is not supported by BEX 3.4 or later.

6.     The End of Extended Support Date is July 29, 2011. See Lifecycle Support Schedule for details.

7.     Novell eDirectory and Novell GroupWise are mentioned separately under Database section.

 

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Database and Application Compatibility

Microsoft Exchange

 

The Advanced Recovery features in the table below apply to both NSB and BEX unless otherwise noted.  The minimum NSB version required is 3.2.x. The minimum BEX versions required are listed in the table.

 

OS

Exchange Version

Application Interface                (for file-level client)

Application Recovery            (for block-level client)

Instant Availability

Cluster Support

Minimum Version [1]

Maximum Version

Windows 2008 R2 x64 (SP1)

Exchange 2010 64-bit      (up to SP1)

 

Y[2]

Y

DAG [3]

3.2

 

Windows 2008 R2 x64 (SP1)

Exchange 2007 64-bit (SP3)

Y

Y[2]

Y

SCC & CCR

3.2

 

Windows 2008 R2 x64

Exchange 2010 64-bit      (up to SP1)

 

Y[2]

Y

DAG [3]

3.2

 

Windows 2008 R2 x64

Exchange 2007 64-bit (SP3)

Y

Y[2]

Y

SCC & CCR

3.2

 

Windows 2008 x64             (SP2 or later)

Exchange 2010 64-bit      (up to SP1)

 

Y[2]

Y

DAG [3]

3.2

 

Windows 2008 x64

Exchange 2007 64-bit

Y

Y[2]

Y

SCC & CCR[4]

3.1

 

Windows 2003 x64

(SP1 or later)

Exchange 2007 64-bit

Y

Y[2]

Y

SCC & CCR[5]

3.0

 

Windows 2003 x86    (SP1 or later)

Exchange 2003 32-bit

Y

Y[6]

Y

SCC

3.0

 

 

Note:

1.     The latest patch for each major BEX release may be needed and is always recommended. 

2.     Recovery to alternate locations is supported.

3.     Database Availability Group (DAG) is supported.

4.     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. NSB and BEX support both Active/Active and Active/Passive clusters.

5.     For BEX 3.0.x, CCR support is for BEX file-level backup only. Otherwise, the cluster support is for both BEX block-level and file-level backup. NSB and BEX support both Active/Active and Active/Passive clusters.

6.     Recovery Storage Groups are not supported.

 

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Microsoft SharePoint

 

The Advanced Recovery features in the table below apply to both NSB and BEX unless otherwise noted.  The minimum NSB version required is 3.2.x. The minimum BEX versions required are listed in the table.

 

OS

SharePoint Version

Application Interface                (for file-level client)

Application Recovery            (for block-level client)

Instant Availability

Cluster Support

Minimum Version [1]

Maximum Version

Windows 2008 R2 x64 (up to SP1)

SharePoint Server 2010 / SharePoint Foundation 2010  64-bit

 

Y[3]

Y

Y

3.4

 

SharePoint Server 2007 / WSS 3.0                   64-bit (SP1 or later)

 

Y[3]

Y

Y

3.4

 

Windows 2008 x64

SharePoint Server 2010 / SharePoint Foundation 2010  64-bit

 

Y[3]

Y

Y

3.4

 

SharePoint Server 2007 / WSS 3.0                   64-bit (SP1 or later)

 

Y[3]

Y

Y

3.4

 

Windows 2008 x86

SharePoint Server 2007 / WSS 3.0 

32-bit (SP1 or later)

 

Y[3]

Y

Y

3.4

 

Windows 2003 x64    (SP1 or later)

SharePoint Server 2007

64-bit (SP1 or later)

Y[2]

Y[3]

Y

Y

Application Interface:3.0

Others: 3.4

 

WSS 3.0  64-bit (SP1 or later)

 

Y[3]

Y

Y

3.4

 

 

Windows 2003 x86    (SP1 or later)

 

SharePoint Server 2007 32-bit               (SP1 or later)

Y[2]

Y[3]

Y

Y

Application Interface:3.0

Others: 3.4

 

WSS 3.0 32-bit (SP1 or later)

 

Y[3]

Y

Y

3.4

 

 

Note:

1.     The latest patch for each major BEX release may be needed and is always recommended. 

2.     Farm configuration is not supported; SharePoint Object Level Recovery (SPOR) is not supported.

3.     a) Farm configuration is supported; b) In a farm configuration, SQL Database Server can be any supported configurations (please refer to compatibility information for SQL Server); c) SharePoint Object Recovery (SOR) is supported except for SQL Server 2000.

 

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Microsoft SQL Server

 

The Advanced Recovery features in the table below apply to both NSB and BEX unless otherwise noted.  The minimum NSB version required is 3.2.x. The minimum BEX versions required are listed in the table.

 

OS

SQL Server Version

Application Interface                (for file-level client)

Application Recovery            (for block-level client)

Instant Availability

Cluster Support

Minimum Version [1]

Maximum Version

Windows 2008 R2 x64

SQL Server 2008 R2

32/64-bit   

Y

Y

Y

Y[2]

3.2

 

SQL Server 2008 64-bit    (SP1 or later)

Y

Y

Y

Y[2]

3.2

 

SQL Server 2005 64-bit (SP2 or later)

Y

Y

Y

Y[2]

3.2

 

Windows 2008 x64 (SP2)

SQL Server 2008 R2

32/64-bit

Y

Y

Y

Y[2]

3.2

 

Windows 2008 x64

SQL Server 2008 64-bit (SP1 or later)

Y

Y

Y

Y[2]

3.1

 

SQL Server 2005 64-bit (SP2 or later)

Y

Y

Y

Y[2]

3.1

 

Windows 2008 x86 (SP2)

SQL Server 2008 R2 32-bit

Y

Y

Y

Y[2]

3.2

 

Windows 2008 x86

SQL Server 2008 32-bit (SP1 or later)

Y

Y

Y

Y[2]

3.1

 

SQL Server 2005 32-bit (SP2 or later)

Y

 

 

 

3.1

 

Windows 2003 x64    (SP2)

SQL Server 2008 R2

32/64-bit

Y

Y

Y

Y[2]

3.2

 

Windows 2003 x64    (SP1 or later)

SQL Server 2008 64-bit (SP1 or later)

Y

Y

Y

Y[2]

3.1

 

SQL Server 2005 64-bit (SP2 or later)

Y

Y

Y

Y[2]

3.0

 

Windows 2003 x86    (SP2)

SQL Server 2008 R2 32-bit

Y

Y

Y

Y[2]

3.2

 

Windows 2003 x86    (SP1 or later)

SQL Server 2008 32-bit (SP1 or later)

Y

Y

Y

Y[2]

3.1

 

SQL Server 2005 32-bit (SP2 or later)

Y

Y

Y

Y[2]

3.0

 

SQL Server 2005 Express 32-bit (SP2 or later)

Y

 

 

 

3.0

 

 

Note:

1.     The latest patch for each major BEX release may be needed and is always recommended.  

2.     NSB and BEX support both Active/Active and Active/Passive clusters.

 

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Oracle Databases

 

The Advanced Recovery features in the table below apply to both NSB and BEX unless otherwise noted.  The minimum NSB version required is 3.2.x. The minimum BEX versions required are listed in the table.

 

OS

Oracle Version

Application Interface                (for file-level client)

Application Recovery            (for block-level client)

Instant Availability

Cluster Support

Minimum Version [1]

Maximum Version

AIX 6.1

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g 64-bit / 32-bit[2]

Y[3]

 

 

Y[4]

3.1

 

AIX 5.3

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g 64-bit / 32-bit[2]

Y[3]

 

 

Y[4]

3.0

 

Oracle 10g R2/10.1                 64-bit / 32-bit[2]

Y[3]

 

 

Y[4]

3.0

 

AIX 5.2

Oracle 10g R2/10.1                    64-bit / 32-bit[2]

Y[3]

 

 

Y[4]

3.0

3.2[8]

CentOS V5.6 x64

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g 64-bit

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.4

 

Oracle 10g R2/10.1

 64-bit

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.4

 

CentOS V5.6 x86

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g 32-bit

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.4

 

Oracle 10g R2/10.1

32-bit

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.4

 

CentOS V5.5, V5.4 x64

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g 64-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.2

 

Oracle 10g R2/10.1

 64-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.2

 

CentOS V5.5, V5.4 x86

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g 32-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.2

 

Oracle 10g R2/10.1

32-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.2

 

CentOS V5.3, 5.2 x64

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g 64-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.1

 

Oracle 10g R2/10.1

64-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.1

 

OS

Oracle Version

Application Interface                (for file-level client)

Application Recovery            (for block-level client)

Instant Availability

Cluster Support

Minimum Version [1]

Maximum Version

CentOS V5.3, 5.2 x86

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g 32-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.1

 

Oracle 10g R2/10.1             32-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.1

 

HP-UX 11i v2

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g 64-bit / 32-bit[2]

Y[3]

 

 

Y[4]

3.0

 

Oracle 10g R2/10.1                      64-bit / 32-bit[2]

Y[3]

 

 

Y[4]

3.0

 

HP-UX 11i v1

Oracle 10g R2/10.1                           64-bit / 32-bit[2]

Y[3]

 

 

Y[4]

3.0

 

Oracle Linux V5.6 x64

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g 64-bit

Y[3]

 

 

 

3.4

 

Oracle 10g R2/10.1

64-bit

Y[3]

 

 

 

3.4

 

Oracle Linux V5.6 x86

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g 32-bit

Y[3]

 

 

 

3.4

 

Oracle 10g R2/10.1

32-bit

Y[3]

 

 

 

3.4

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.7 x64

Oracle 11g R2

64-bit

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.4

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.6 x64

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g 64-bit

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.4

 

Oracle 10g R2/10.1

64-bit

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.4

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.6 x86

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g 32-bit

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.4

 

Oracle 10g R2/10.1

32-bit

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.4

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.5, V5.4 x64

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g 64-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.2

 

Oracle 10g R2/10.1

64-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.2

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.5, V5.4 x86

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g 32-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.2

 

Oracle 10g R2/10.1

32-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.2

 

OS

Oracle Version

Application Interface                (for file-level client)

Application Recovery            (for block-level client)

Instant Availability

Cluster Support

Minimum Version [1]

Maximum Version

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.3, 5.2, 5.1, 5.0 x64

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g 64-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.0

 

Oracle 10g R2/10.1

64-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.0

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.3, 5.2, 5.1, 5.0 x86

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g 32-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.0

 

Oracle 10g R2/10.1             32-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.0

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V4 x64

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g 64-bit[2]

Y[3]

 

 

Y[4]

3.0

 

Oracle 10g R2/10.1

 64-bit[2]

Y[3]

 

 

Y[4]

3.0

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V4 x86

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g 32-bit[2]

Y[3]

 

 

Y[4]

3.0

 

Oracle 10g R2/10.1         32-bit[2]

Y[3]

 

 

Y[4]

3.0

 

Solaris 10 x64

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g 64-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.0

 

Solaris 10 SPARC 64-bit

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g 64-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.0

 

Oracle 10g R2/10.1

64-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y[6]

Y[6]

Y[4]

3.0

 

Oracle 10g R2/10.1

32-bit[2]

Y[3]

 

 

Y[4]

3.0

 

Solaris 10 SPARC 32-bit

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g 32-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.0

 

Oracle 10g R2/10.1

32-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y[6]

Y[6]

Y[4]

3.0

 

Solaris 9 SPARC 64-bit

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g 64-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y[7]

Y[7]

Y[4]

3.0

3.2

Oracle 10g R2/10.1

 64-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y[7]

Y[7]

Y[4]

3.0

3.2

Oracle 10g R2/10.1

32-bit[2]

Y[3]

 

 

Y[4]

3.0

3.2

OS

Oracle Version

Application Interface                (for file-level client)

Application Recovery            (for block-level client)

Instant Availability

Cluster Support

Minimum Version [1]

Maximum Version

Solaris 9 SPARC 32-bit

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g 32-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y[7]

Y[7]

Y[4]

3.0

3.2

Oracle 10g R2/10.1 32-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y[7]

Y[7]

Y[4]

3.0

3.2

SUSE Linux Enterprise   11 x64 (SP1)

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g 64-bit

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.4

 

Oracle 10g R2/10.1

64-bit

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.4

 

SUSE Linux Enterprise   11 x86 (SP1)

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g 32-bit

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.4

 

Oracle 10g R2/10.1

32-bit

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.4

 

SUSE Linux Enterprise   11 x64

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g 64-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.1

 

Oracle 10g R2/10.1

64-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.1

 

SUSE Linux Enterprise   11 x86

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g 32-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.1

 

Oracle 10g R2/10.1

32-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.1

 

SUSE Linux Enterprise   10 x64 (SP3, SP2)

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g 64-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.1

 

Oracle 10g R2/10.1

64-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.1

 

SUSE Linux Enterprise   10 x86 (SP3, SP2)

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g 32-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.1

 

Oracle 10g R2/10.1

32-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.1

 

SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 x64 (SP1)

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g 64-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.0

 

Oracle 10g R2/10.1 64-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.0

 

SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 x86 (SP1)

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g 32-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.0

 

Oracle 10g R2/10.1 32-bit[2]

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.0

 

OS

Oracle Version

Application Interface                (for file-level client)

Application Recovery            (for block-level client)

Instant Availability

Cluster Support

Minimum Version [1]

Maximum Version

SUSE Linux Enterprise 9 x64 (SP4)

Oracle 10g R2/10.1 64-bit[2]

Y[3]

 

 

Y[4]

3.0

3.2

Tru64 5.1B

Oracle 10g R2/10.1         64-bit[2]

Y[3]

 

 

Y[4]

3.0

3.2[9]

Windows 2008 R2 x64 (up to SP1)

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g  Oracle 10g R2/10.1          64-bit

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.2

 

Windows 2008 x64

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g Oracle 10g R2/10.1         64-bit

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.1

 

Windows 2008 x86

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g Oracle 10g R2/10.1          32-bit

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.1

 

Windows 2003 x64

(SP1 or later)

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g Oracle 10g R2/10.1

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.0

 

Windows 2003 x86    (SP1 or later)

Oracle 11g R2 /11g R1/11g 32-bit

Y[3]

Y

Y

Y[4]

3.0

 

Windows 2003 x86    (SP1 or later)

Oracle 10g R2/10.1

Y[3]

Y[6]

Y[6]

Y[4]

3.0

 

 

Note:

1.     The latest patch for each major BEX release may be needed and is always recommended. 

2.     OCFS2 is supported in a BEX 3.2 patch that is greater than 16.

3.     Supported through RMAN. RMAN verification is not supported.

4.     For BEX file-level backup only. Cluster is supported through Oracle RMAN.

5.     Linux Kernel must be 2.6.x or above. [obsolete]

6.     The support is for NSB 3.2.x or above and BEX 3.0.x or above.

7.     The support is for Advanced Recovery for Open Storage only.  

8.     The End of Extended Support Date for Oracle 10g R2/10.1 on AIX 5.2 is September 30, 2011; the End of Extended Support Date for Oracle 9.x on AIX 5.2 is March 30, 2011. See Lifecycle Support Schedule for details.

9.     BEX for Oracle 10g R2/10.1 on Tru64 is not supported after BEX 3.2.x. After 3.2 GA, the feature is only available to BEX customers that made their initial purchases before February 16, 2010.  The End of Extended Support Date for Oracle 9.x on Tru64 is March 30, 2011. See Lifecycle Support Schedule for details.

 

 

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IBM DB2

Advanced Recovery is not available for IBM DB2 (see page 3 for details of what are included in Advanced Recovery). 

 

OS

DB2 Version

Application Interface                (for file-level client)

Application Recovery            (for block-level client)

Instant Availability

Cluster Support

Minimum Version [1]

Maximum Version

AIX 7.1

DB2 UDB EE / EEE v9.7 64-bit

Y

 

 

 

3.4

 

AIX 6.x

DB2 UDB EE / EEE v9.5 64-bit

Y

 

 

 

3.4

 

AIX 5.3

DB2 UDB EE / EEE v9.5 64-bit / 32-bit

Y

 

 

 

3.1

3.4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.7 x64

DB2 UDB EE / EEE v9.7 64-bit

Y

 

 

 

3.4.1

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.6

DB2 UDB EE / EEE v9.5 64-bit

Y

 

 

 

3.4.1

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.3/5.2/5.1 x64 (2.6.x Kernel)

DB2 UDB EE / EEE v9.5 64-bit / 32-bit

Y

 

 

 

3.1

3.2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V4 x64 (2.6.x Kernel)

DB2 UDB EE / EEE v8   64-bit / 32-bit

Y[2]

 

 

 

3.0

3.2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V4  x86 (2.6.x Kernel)

DB2 UDB EE / EEE v8     32-bit

Y[2]

 

 

 

3.0

3.2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 x64

DB2 UDB EE / EEE v9.7 64-bit

Y

 

 

 

3.4.1

 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 x64

DB2 UDB EE / EEE v9.5 64-bit

Y

 

 

 

3.4.1

 

 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x64

(SP2, SP1)

DB2 UDB EE / EEE v9.5 64-bit / 32-bit

Y

 

 

 

3.1

3.2

DB2 UDB EE / EEE v8  64-bit / 32-bit

Y[2]

 

 

 

3.1

3.2

SUSE Linux  Enterprise Server 9 x86

DB2 UDB EE / EEE v8     32-bit

Y[2]

 

 

 

3.0

3.2

Windows 2008 R2 x64

DB2 UDB EE / EEE v9.7 64-bit

Y

 

 

 

3.4.1

 

Windows 2008 x64

DB2 UDB EE / EEE v9.5 64-bit

Y

 

 

 

3.4.1

 

Windows 2003 x86      (SP1 or later)

DB2 UDB EE / EEE v9.5 32-bit

Y

 

 

 

3.1

3.4

 

 

Note:

1.     The latest patch for each major BEX release may be needed and is always recommended.  

2.     Only features exist in DB2 UDB EE / EEE v6.3 are supported.

 

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IBM Lotus Notes / Domino

 

Advanced Recovery is not available for IBM Lotus Notes / Domino (see page 3 for details of what are included in Advanced Recovery). 

 

OS

Lotus Notes / Domino Version

Application Interface                (for file-level client)

Application Recovery            (for block-level client)

Instant Availability

Cluster Support

Minimum Version [1]

Maximum Version

AIX 5.3

Lotus Notes / Domino Server 8.0 32-bit

Y[2]

 

 

 

3.0

3.2[3]

Lotus Notes / Domino Server 7.x 32-bit

Y[2]

 

 

 

3.0

3.2[3]

CentOS V5.6 x64

Lotus Notes / Domino Server 8.5.2 64-bit

Y[2]

 

 

 

3.4

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.6 x64

Lotus Notes / Domino Server 8.5.2 64-bit

Y[2]

 

 

 

3.4

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.6/5.3/5.2/5.1 x86       (2.6.x Kernel)

Lotus Notes / Domino Server 8.5.2 32-bit

Y[2]

 

 

 

3.4

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.3/5.2/5.1 x86       (2.6.x Kernel)

Lotus Notes / Domino Server 8.0 32-bit

Y[2]

 

 

 

3.0

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V4 x86 (2.6.x Kernel)

Lotus Notes / Domino Server 7.x 32-bit

Y[2]

 

 

 

3.0

 

Solaris 10 x86

Lotus Notes / Domino Server 8.0 32-bit

Y[2]

 

 

 

3.0

3.2[3]

Solaris 10 SPARC 64-bit

Lotus Notes / Domino Server 8.0 32-bit

Y[2]

 

 

 

3.0

3.2[3]

Solaris 10 SPARC 32-bit

Lotus Notes / Domino Server 7.x 32-bit

Y[2]

 

 

 

3.0

3.2[3]

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 x64 (SP1)

Lotus Notes / Domino Server 8.5.2 64-bit

Y[2]

 

 

 

3.4

 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x86 (SP2)

Lotus Notes / Domino Server 8.5.2 32-bit

Y[2]

 

 

 

3.4

 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x86 (SP2, SP1)

Lotus Notes / Domino Server 8.0 32-bit

Y[2]

 

 

 

3.1

 

Windows 2008 R2 x64 (up to SP1)

Lotus Notes / Domino Server 8.5.2 64-bit

Y[2]

 

 

 

3.2

 

Windows 2008 x64

Lotus Notes / Domino Server 8.5.2 64-bit

Y[2]

 

 

 

3.4

 

Windows 2008 x86

Lotus Notes / Domino Server 8.5.2 32-bit

Y[2]

 

 

 

3.4

 

Windows 2003 x64

(SP1 or later)

Lotus Notes / Domino Server 8.5.2 64-bit

Y[2]

 

 

 

3.4

 

Lotus Notes / Domino Server 8.0 32-bit

Y[2]

 

 

 

3.0

 

Windows 2003 x86    (SP1 or later)

Lotus Notes / Domino Server 8.0 32-bit

Y[2]

 

 

 

3.0

 

Lotus Notes / Domino Server 7.x 32-bit

Y[2]

 

 

 

3.0

 

 

Note:

1.     The latest patch for each major BEX release may be needed and is always recommended. 

2.     Database restore and point-in-time restore are supported; mail-level restore is not supported.

3.     It is not supported after BEX 3.2.x. After 3.2 GA and during the remaining of 2010, these features are only available to BEX customers that make their initial purchases before Feb 16, 2010, and they are not to be sold or made available to any new customers without approval from the Director of Product Management. See Lifecycle Support Schedule for details.

 

 

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Novell eDirectory

 

Advanced Recovery is not available for Novell eDirectory (see page 3 for details of what are included in Advanced Recovery). 

 

OS

eDirectory Version

Application Interface                (for Basic Client)

Application Recovery            (for Advanced Client)

Instant Availability

Cluster Support

Minimum Version [1]

Maximum Version

OES 2 Linux             64/32 bit [2]

eDirectory 8.8.3 or above

Y

 

 

 

3.0

 

OES 1 Linux             64/32 bit [2]

eDirectory 8.8.3 or above

Y

 

 

 

3.0

3.2

OES 2 NetWare

32 bit [3]

eDirectory 8.8.3 or above

Y

 

 

 

3.0

 

OES 1 NetWare

32 bit [3]

eDirectory 8.8.3 or above

Y

 

 

 

3.0

3.2

NetWare 6.5 SP3 [3]

eDirectory 8.8.3 or above

Y

 

 

 

3.0

3.4

 

Note:

1.     The latest patch for each major BEX release may be needed and is always recommended. 

2.     Only eMBox method is supported.

3.     Both DSBK and eMBox methods are supported.

 

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Novell GroupWise

 

Advanced Recovery is not available for Novell GroupWise (see page 3 for details of what are included in Advanced Recovery). 

 

OS

GroupWise Version

Application Interface                (for Basic Client)

Application Recovery            (for Advanced Client)

Instant Availability

Cluster Support

Minimum Version [1]

Maximum Version

OES 2 Linux             64/32 bit

GroupWise 8.0

Y[2]

 

 

 

3.0

 

GroupWise 7.0

Y[2]

 

 

 

3.0

 

OES 2 NetWare            32 bit

GroupWise 8.0

Y[2]

 

 

 

3.0

 

GroupWise 7.0

Y[2]

 

 

 

3.0

 

OES Linux

GroupWise 7.0

Y[2]

 

 

 

3.0

3.2

OES NetWare

GroupWise 8.0

Y[2]

 

 

 

3.0

3.2

GroupWise 7.0

Y[2]

 

 

 

3.0

3.2

NetWare 6.5 SP3

GroupWise 8.0

Y[2]

 

 

 

3.0

3.4

GroupWise 7.0

Y[2]

 

 

 

3.0

3.4

 

Note:

1.     The latest patch for each major BEX release may be needed and is always recommended. 

2.     GroupWise cluster is not supported.

 

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SAP R/3

 

Advanced Recovery is not available for SAP R/3 unless otherwise noted (see page 3 for details of what are included in Advanced Recovery). 

 

OS

Database

SAP R/3 Version

Application Interface                (for Basic Client)

Application Recovery            (for Advanced Client)

Instant Availability

Cluster Support

Minimum Version [1]

Maximum Version

AIX 5.3, 5.2

Oracle, DB2[2]

7.x, 6.x

Y

 

 

 

3.0

3.2[3]

HP-UX 11i v2

Oracle[2]

7.x, 6.x

Y

 

 

 

3.0

3.2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V4 x64 (2.6.x Kernel)

Oracle, DB2[2]

7.x, 6.x

Y

 

 

 

3.0

 

Solaris 10 SPARC 32-bit

Oracle[2]

7.x, 6.x

Y

 

 

 

3.0

 

Solaris 9 SPARC 32-bit

Oracle[2]

7.x, 6.x

Y

 

 

 

3.0

 

Windows 2003 x64 (SP2)

Oracle 10.2[2]

7.x, 6.x

Y

Y

Y

 

3.1

 

Windows 2003 x64

(SP1 or later)

Oracle, DB2, SQL Server[2]

7.x, 6.x

Y

 

 

 

3.0

 

Windows 2003 x86    (SP1 or later)

Oracle, DB2, SQL Server[2]

7.x, 6.x

Y

 

 

 

3.0

 

 

Note:

1.     The latest patch for each major BEX release may be needed and is always recommended. 

2.     Database versions have to be supported by BEX.  Please refer to compatibility information for Oracle, DB2 or SQL Server. SAP R/3 on Oracle is supported through BRBACKUP and BRRESTORE interfaces. SAP R/3 on DB2 or SQL is supported through corresponding database backup.

3.     The End of Extended Support Date for SAP on AIX 5.2 is September 30, 2011; BEX for SAP R/3 on DB2 with AIX 5.3 is not supported after BEX 3.2.x. After 3.2 GA, the feature is only available to BEX customers that make their initial purchases before Feb 16, 2010, and it is not to be sold or made available to any new customers without approval from the Director of Product Management. See Lifecycle Support Schedule for details.

 

 

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Sybase

 

Advanced Recovery is not available for Sybase unless otherwise noted (see page 3 for details of what are included in Advanced Recovery). 

 

OS

Sybase Version

Application Interface                (for Basic Client)

Application Recovery            (for Advanced Client)

Instant Availability

Cluster Support

Minimum Version [1]

Maximum Version

HP-UX 11i v2

Sybase 11.5 64-bit / 32-bit

Y

 

 

 

3.1

3.2[2]

HP-UX 11i v1

Sybase 11.5 64-bit / 32-bit

Y

 

 

 

3.1

3.2[2]

Solaris 10 SPARC 64-bit

Sybase 11.5 64-bit / 32-bit

Y

 

 

 

3.1

3.2[2]

Solaris 9 SPARC 64-bit

Sybase 11.5 64-bit / 32-bit

Y

 

 

 

3.1

3.2[2]

Solaris 9 SPARC 32-bit

Sybase 11.5 32-bit

Y

 

 

 

3.1

3.2[2]

Windows 2003 x86

Sybase 11.5 32-bit

Y

 

 

 

3.1

3.2[2]

 

Note:

1.     The latest patch for each major BEX release may be needed and is always recommended. 

2.     It is not supported after BEX 3.2.x. After 3.2 GA, the feature is only available to BEX customers that made their initial purchases before February 16, 2010. See Lifecycle Support Schedule for details.

 

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Virtual Systems Compatibility

Microsoft Hyper-V

 

Syncsort provides Advanced Recovery for Virtualization to protect Hyper-V environments. Advanced Recovery for Virtualization is an agent-based solution, and an Advanced Client agent must be installed in each guest virtual machine that is protected by NSB or BEX.  Though the guest virtual machine backup is scheduled and performed as a backup for a physical machine, there are some advanced features are specifically designed for virtual environments like Instant Virtualization ™ and Full Virtualization to VMware, which enable you to create a virtual machine from any recovery point on any Windows physical or virtual backed up instance.

 

Syncsort will support Microsoft Hyper-V on hardware platforms certified by Microsoft.

 

For the OSes listed in the table below, any NSB or BEX Application Recovery agents supported within a physical machine are also supported within a virtual machine.

 

The Advanced Recovery features in the table below apply to both NSB and BEX unless otherwise noted.  The minimum NSB version required is 3.2.x. The minimum BEX versions required are listed in the table.

 

 Advanced Recovery for Virtualization for Hyper-V 1.0 / 2.0:

 

Guest OS

Master Server

Device / SAN Device Server

BEX

Advanced Server

Basic Client

Virtual Advanced Client

 Mgt.    Console

Open File Mgt.

Image

Backup

BMR

NDMP Client

IV

FV

Cluster Support

Supported File Systems for Advanced Recovery

Minimum Version [1]

Maximum Version

Windows 2008 R2 x64 (SP1)

Y

 

Y[2]

Y[8]

Y[8]

Y

Y[9]

Y

Y[4][5]

Y[11]

 

 

 

NTFS

3.2

 

Windows 2008 R2 x64

Y

 

Y[2]

Y[8]

Y[8]

Y

Y[9]

Y

Y[4][5]

Y[11]

 

 

 

NTFS

3.2

 

Windows 2008 x64

Y

 

Y[2]

Y[8]

Y[8]

Y

Y[9]

Y

Y[4][5]

Y[11]

 

 

 

NTFS

3.1

 

Windows 2008 x86

Y

 

 

Y[8]

Y[8]

Y

Y[9]

Y

Y[4][5]

Y[11]

 

 

 

NTFS

3.1

Master: 3.2

Windows 7 x64 SP1 (Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate)[12]

 

 

 

Y[8]

Y[8]

Y

Y[9]

Y

Y[4][5]

Y[11]

 

 

 

NTFS

 3.2

 

Windows 7 x86  SP1

 

 

 

 

 

Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.2

 

Windows 7 x64 (Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate)[12]

 

 

 

Y[8]

Y[8]

Y

Y[9]

Y

Y[4][5]

Y[11]

 

 

 

NTFS

Mgt. Console:3.1 Others: 3.2

 

Windows 7 x86

 

 

 

 

 

Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.1

 

Guest OS

Master Server

Device / SAN Device Server

BEX

Advanced Server

Basic Client

Virtual Advanced Client

 Mgt.    Console

Open File Mgt.

ImageBackup

BMR

NDMP Client

IV

FV

Cluster Support

Supported File Systems for Advanced Recovery

Minimum Version [1]

Maximum Version

Windows 2003 x64

(SP1 or later)

Y

 

Y[2]

Y[8]

Y[8]

Y

Y[9]

Y

Y[5]

Y[11]

 

 

 

NTFS

3.1

 

Windows 2003 x86    (SP1 or later)

Y

 

 

Y[8]

Y[8]

Y

Y[9]

Y

Y[5]

Y[11]

 

 

 

NTFS

3.1

Master Server: 3.2

Windows Vista x64

 

 

 

Y

Y

Y

Y[9]

Y

Y[5]

Y[11]

 

 

 

NTFS

3.1

 

Windows Vista x86

 

 

 

Y

Y

Y

Y[9]

Y

Y[5]

Y[11]

 

 

 

NTFS

3.1

 

Windows XP x86

 

 

 

Y

Y

Y

Y[9]

Y

Y[5]

Y[11]

 

 

 

NTFS

3.1

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.7 x64

Y

 

 

Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ext2, Ext3, Ext4 

3.4

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.6 x64

Y

 

 

Y

Y[7]

 

Y[10]

Y

Y[6]

Y[11]

 

 

 

Ext2, Ext3 

3.4

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.6 x86

Y

 

 

Y

Y[7]

Y

Y[10]

Y

Y[6]

Y[11]

 

 

 

Ext2, Ext3 

3.4

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.5, V5.4 x64

Y

 

 

Y

Y[7]

 

Y[10]

Y

Y[6]

Y[11]

 

 

 

Ext2, Ext3 

3.2

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.5, V5.4 x86

Y

 

 

Y

Y[7]

Y

Y[10]

Y

Y[6]

Y[11]

 

 

 

Ext2, Ext3 

3.2

Master Server: 3.2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.5, V5.4 x64

Y

 

 

Y

Y[7]

 

Y[10]

Y

Y[6]

Y[11]

 

 

 

Ext2, Ext3 

3.1

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.3, V5.2 x86

Y

 

 

Y

Y[7]

Y

Y[10]

Y

Y[6]

Y[11]

 

 

 

Ext2, Ext3 

3.1

Master Server: 3.2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 x64 (SP1)

Y

 

 

Y

Y[7][13]

 

Y[10]

Y

Y[6]

Y[11]

 

 

 

Ext2, Ext3,  ReiserFS

3.4

 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 x86 (SP1)

Y

 

 

Y

Y[7][13]

Y

Y[10]

Y

Y[6]

Y[11]

 

 

 

Ext2, Ext3,  ReiserFS

3.4

Master Server: 3.2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 x64

Y

 

 

Y

Y[7]

 

Y[10]

Y

Y[6]

Y[11]

 

 

 

Ext2, Ext3,  ReiserFS

3.1

 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 x86

Y

 

 

Y

Y[7]

Y

Y[10]

Y

Y[6]

Y[11]

 

 

 

Ext2, Ext3,  ReiserFS

3.1

Master Server: 3.2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x64 (SP3, SP2, SP1)

Y

 

 

Y

Y[7]

 

Y[10]

Y

Y[6]

Y[11]

 

 

 

Ext2, Ext3,  ReiserFS

3.1

 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x86 (SP3, SP2, SP1)

Y

 

 

Y

Y[7]

Y

Y[10]

Y

Y[6]

Y[11]

 

 

 

Ext2, Ext3,  ReiserFS

3.1

Master Server: 3.2

 

Note:

1.     The latest patch for each major BEX release may be needed and is always recommended. 

2.     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. Advanced Server role is not supported on Windows Domain Controller machines.

3.     32-bit Java needs to be installed for NSB 3.2.x or BEX versions that are earlier than 3.4.0.

4.     Requires NSB/BEX BMR version 3.14.3.1 or above.

5.     a) Recovery to dissimilar hardware is supported; b) Restore from a x86 machine to a x64 machine is supported but the OS won't be upgraded; restore from a x64 machine to a x86 machine is not supported.

6.     a) Restoring to IDE or GPT disks on the target machine is not supported; b) Starting from NSB / BEX 3.2, recovery to dissimilar hardware is supported; c) For dissimilar hardware support, restore from a x86 machine to a x64 machine is supported but the OS won't be upgraded; restore from a x64 machine to a x86 machine is not supported; d) The physical disk size on the target machine has to be less than 2TB.

7.     LVM2 is required. Linux Kernel must be 2.6.x or above. Only the default uniprocessor or SMP kernel packages provided by the Linux vendor for the distribution are supported.

8.     Active Directory can be backed up.

9.     Open file management is supported for both file-level and block-level backups.

10.  Open file management is supported for block-level backup only.

11.  Can be used as a proxy for NDMP backup.

12.  Supported only when the OS is used as a server.

13.  Linux kernel version 2.6.32.29-0.3.1 or newer is required.

 

 

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VMware Virtualization

 

Syncsort provides a two-pronged, integrated business continuity solution for VMware environments.  In addition to supporting VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB), Syncsort provides Advanced Recovery for Virtualization to protect VMware environments.

 

Syncsort supports VMware Virtualization on hardware platforms certified by VMware.

 

Advanced Recovery for Virtualization

 

Advanced Recovery for Virtualization is an agent-based solution, and an Advanced Client agent must be installed in each guest virtual machine that is protected by NSB or BEX.  Though the guest virtual machine backup is scheduled and performed as a backup for a physical machine, they are some advanced features are specifically designed for virtual environments like Instant Virtualization ™ and Full Virtualization, which enable you  to create a virtual machine from any recovery point on any Windows physical or virtual backed up instance.

 

For the OSes listed in the table below, any Application Recovery agents supported within a physical machine are also supported within a virtual machine, but please note applications on a clustered virtual machine are not supported. Refer to Database and Application Compatibility for details.

 

The Advanced Recovery features in the table below apply to both NSB and BEX unless otherwise noted.  The minimum NSB version required is 3.2.x. The minimum BEX versions required are listed in the table.

 

 

                                                       Table 1: Supported ESX Versions.

VMware Component

Version

Minimum Version [1]

ESX Server

3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.5

3.0

4.0, 4.0 update 1, 4.1 (vSphere)

3.2

ESXi Server[2]

3.5

3.0

4.0, 4.0 update 1, 4.1, 5 (vSphere)

3.2

  

Note:

1.     The latest patch for each major BEX release may be needed and is always recommended.

2.     For ESXi, VMware vCenter is required for Instant Virtualization (IV) and Full Virtualization (FV) support.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Table 2: Guest operating systems supported with Advanced Recovery for Virtualization.

Guest OS

Master Server

Device / SAN Device Server

BEX

Advanced Server

Basic Client

Virtual Advanced Client

 Mgt.    Console

Open File Mgt.

Image Backup

BMR

NDMP Client

IV

FV

Cluster Support

Supported File Systems for Advanced Recovery

Minimum Version [1]

Maximum Version

Windows 2008 R2 x64 (SP1)

Y

 

Y[2]

Y[10]

Y[10]

Y

Y[11]

Y

Y[4][5]

Y[13]

Y[14]

Y[14]

Y[7]

NTFS

3.2

 

Windows 2008 R2 x64

Y

 

Y[2]

Y[10]

Y[10]

Y

Y[11]

Y

Y[4][5]

Y[13]

Y[14]

Y[14]

Y[7]

NTFS

3.2

 

Windows 2008 x64

Y

 

Y[2]

Y[10]

Y[10]

Y

Y[11]

Y

Y[4][5]

Y[13]

Y[14]

Y[14]

Y[7]

NTFS

3.1

 

Windows 2008 x86

Y

 

 

Y[10]

Y[10]

Y

Y[11]

Y

Y[4][5]

Y[13]

Y[14]

Y[14]

Y[7]

NTFS

3.1

Master Server: 3.2

Windows 7 x64 SP1 (Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate)[16]

 

 

 

Y[10]

Y[10]

Y

Y[11]

Y

Y[4][5]

Y[13]

Y[14]

Y[14]

 

NTFS

3.2

 

Windows 7 x86 SP1

 

 

 

 

 

Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.2

 

Windows 7 x64 (Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate)[16]

 

 

 

Y[10]

Y[10]

Y

Y[11]

Y

Y[4][5]

Y[13]

Y[14]

Y[14]

 

NTFS

Mgt. Console:3.1 Others: 3.2

 

Windows 7 x86

 

 

 

 

 

Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.1

 

Windows 2003 x64

(SP1 or later)

Y

 

Y[2]

Y[10]

Y[10]

Y

Y[11]

Y

Y[5]

Y[13]

Y[14]

Y[14]

Y[7]

NTFS

3.0

 

Windows 2003 x86    (SP1 or later)

Y

 

 

Y[10]

Y[10]

Y

Y[11]

Y

Y[5]

Y[13]

Y[14]

Y[14]

Y[7]

NTFS

3.0

Master Server: 3.2

Windows Vista x64

 

 

 

Y

Y

Y

Y[11]

Y

Y[5]

Y[13]

Y[14]

Y[14]

 

NTFS

3.0

 

Windows Vista

x86

 

 

 

Y

Y

Y

Y[11]

Y

Y[5]

Y[13]

Y[14]

Y[14]

 

NTFS

3.0

 

Windows XP x86

 

 

 

Y

Y

Y

Y[11]

Y

Y[5]

Y[13]

Y[14]

Y[14]

 

NTFS

3.0

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.7 x64

Y

 

 

Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ext2, Ext3, Ext4

3.4

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.6 x64

Y

 

 

Y

Y[8]

 

Y[12]

Y

Y[6]

Y[13]

Y[15]

Y[15]

 

Ext2, Ext3 

3.4

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.6 x86

 

 

 

Y

Y[8]

Y

Y[12]

Y

Y[6]

Y[13]

 

 

 

Ext2, Ext3 

3.4

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.5,V5.4

x64

Y

 

 

Y

Y[8]

 

Y[12]

Y

Y[6]

Y[13]

Y[15]

Y[15]

 

Ext2, Ext3 

IV, FV:3.4 Others:3.2

 

Guest OS

Master Server

Device / SAN Device Server

BEX

Advanced Server

Basic Client

Virtual Advanced Client

 Mgt.    Console

Open File Mgt.

Image Backup

BMR

NDMP Client

IV

FV

Cluster Support

Supported File Systems for Advanced Recovery

Minimum Version [1]

Maximum Version

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.5, V5.4 x86

Y

 

 

Y

Y[8]

Y

Y[12]

Y

Y[6]

Y[13]

 

 

 

Ext2, Ext3 

3.2

Master Server: 3.2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.3 x64

Y

 

 

Y

Y[8]

 

Y[12]

Y

Y[6]

Y[13]

Y[15]

Y[15]

 

Ext2, Ext3 

IV, FV:3.4 Others:3.1

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.3, x86

Y

 

 

Y

Y[8]

Y

Y[12]

Y

Y[6]

Y[13]

 

 

 

Ext2, Ext3 

3.1

Master Server: 3.2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.2, V5.1, V5.0 x64

Y

 

 

Y

Y[8]

 

Y[12]

Y

Y[6]

Y[13]

Y[15]

Y[15]

 

Ext2, Ext3

IV, FV:3.4 Others:3.0

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.2, V5.1, V5.0 x86

Y

 

 

Y

Y[8]

Y

Y[12]

Y

Y[6]

Y[13]

 

 

 

Ext2, Ext3

3.0

Master Server: 3.2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V4                  x64

Y

 

 

Y

Y[8][9]

 

Y[12]

Y

Y[6]

Y[13]

 

 

 

Ext2, Ext3

3.0

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux V4                  x86

Y

 

 

Y

Y[8][9]

Y

Y[12]

Y

Y[6]

Y[13]

 

 

 

Ext2, Ext3

3.0

Master Server: 3.2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11  x64 (SP1)

Y

 

 

Y

Y[8][17]

 

Y[12]

Y

Y[6]

Y[13]

Y[15]

Y[15]

 

Ext2, Ext3,  ReiserFS

3.4

 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11  x86 (SP1)

Y

 

 

Y

Y[8][17]

Y

Y[12]

Y

Y[6]

Y[13]

 

 

 

Ext2, Ext3,  ReiserFS

3.4

Master Server: 3.2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11  x64

Y

 

 

Y

Y[8]

 

Y[12]

Y

Y[6]

Y[13]

Y[15]

Y[15]

 

Ext2, Ext3,  ReiserFS

IV, FV:3.4 Others:3.1

 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11  x86

Y

 

 

Y

Y[8]

Y

Y[12]

Y

Y[6]

Y[13]

 

 

 

Ext2, Ext3,  ReiserFS

3.1

Master Server: 3.2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x64

(SP3, SP2)

Y

 

 

Y

Y[8]

 

Y[12]

Y

Y[6]

Y[13]

Y[15]

Y[15]

 

Ext2, Ext3,  ReiserFS

IV, FV:3.4 Others:3.1

 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x86

(SP3, SP2)

Y

 

 

Y

Y[8]

Y

Y[12]

Y

Y[6]

Y[13]

 

 

 

Ext2, Ext3,  ReiserFS

3.1

Master Server: 3.2

Guest OS

Master Server

Device / SAN Device Server

BEX

Advanced Server

Basic Client

Virtual Advanced Client

 Mgt.    Console

Open File Mgt.

Image Backup

BMR

NDMP Client

IV

FV

Cluster Support

Supported File Systems for Advanced Recovery

Minimum Version [1]

Maximum Version

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x64 (SP1)

Y

 

 

Y

Y[8]

 

Y[12]

Y

Y[6]

Y[13]

Y[15]

Y[15]

 

Ext2, Ext3,  ReiserFS

IV, FV:3.4 Others:3.0

 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x86 (SP1)

Y

 

 

Y

Y[8]

Y

Y[12]

Y

Y[6]

Y[13]

 

 

 

Ext2, Ext3,  ReiserFS

3.0

Master Server: 3.2

CentOS 5.6 x64

Y

 

 

Y

Y[8]

 

Y[12]

Y

Y[6]

Y[13]

Y[15]

Y[15]

 

Ext2, Ext3 

3.4

 

CentOS 5.6 x86

 

 

 

Y

Y[8]

Y

Y[12]

Y

Y[6]

Y[13]

 

 

 

Ext2, Ext3 

3.4

 

CentOS 5.5 / 5.4 x64

Y

 

 

Y

Y[8]

 

Y[12]

Y

Y[6]

Y[13]

Y[15]

Y[15]

 

Ext2, Ext3 

IV, FV:3.4 Others:3.2

 

CentOS 5.5 / 5.4 x86

Y

 

 

Y

Y[8]

Y

Y[12]

Y

Y[6]

Y[13]

 

 

 

Ext2, Ext3 

3.2

Master Server: 3.2

CentOS 5.3 / 5.2 x64

Y

 

 

Y

Y[8]

 

Y[12]

Y

Y[6]

Y[13]

Y[15]

Y[15]

 

Ext2, Ext3 

IV, FV:3.4 Others:3.1

 

CentOS 5.3 / 5.2 x86

Y

 

 

Y

Y[8]

Y

Y[12]

Y

Y[6]

Y[13]

 

 

 

Ext2, Ext3 

3.1

Master Server: 3.2

Oracle Linux 5.6 x64

Y

 

 

Y

Y[8]

 

Y[12]

Y

Y[6]

Y[13]

Y[15]

Y[15]

 

Ext2, Ext3 

3.4

 

Oracle Linux 5.6 x86

 

 

 

Y

Y[8]

Y

Y[12]

Y

Y[6]

Y[13]

 

 

 

Ext2, Ext3 

3.4

 

Solaris 10 x64               (up to U7)

Y

 

 

Y

Y

Y

Y[12]

Y

Y[6]

Y[13]

 

 

 

UFS, VxFS  

3.0

 

 

Note:

1.     The latest patch for each major BEX release may be needed and is always recommended. 

2.     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. Advanced Server role is not supported on Windows Domain Controller machines.

3.     32-bit Java needs to be installed for NSB 3.2.x or BEX versions that are earlier than 3.4.0.

4.     Requires BMR version 3.14.3.1 or above.

5.     Recovery to dissimilar hardware is supported.

6.     a) For Linux BMR, restoring to IDE or GPT disks on the target machine is not supported, and the physical disk size on the target machine has to be less than 2TB; b) Starting from BEX 3.2, recovery to dissimilar hardware is supported; c) For Solaris BMR, EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) is not supported.

7.     a) Master Server installation on cluster is not supported; b) Image Backup is not supported on cluster; c) applications on cluster are not supported. 

8.     LVM2 is required. Linux Kernel must be 2.6.x or above. Only the default uniprocessor or SMP kernel packages provided by the Linux vendor for the distribution are supported.

9.     IA map is not supported.

10.  Active Directory can be backed up.

11.  Open file management is supported for both file-level and block-level backups.

12.  Open file management is supported for block-level backup only.

13.  Can be used as a proxy for NDMP backup.

14.  Only available for NSB 3.2.x or above and BEX 3.1 or above.

15.  Only available for ESX / ESXi 3.5 or above.

16.  Supported only when the OS is used as a server.

17.  Linux kernel version 2.6.32.29-0.3.1 or newer is required.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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BEX VCB Support

 

In additional to Advanced Recovery for Virtualization, Syncsort can also protect VMware environments by integrating with VCB technology. Syncsort will support customers using BEX to integrate with VMware virtual environments or running BEX on a virtual machine. Syncsort will provide technical support for BEX in VMware virtual environments in an identical manner as with BEX on other supported x86-based systems without requiring reproduction of issues on native hardware. Should Syncsort have reason to identify the virtualization layer as the root cause of an incident, the customer will be required to contact the appropriate VMware support provider to resolve the virtualization layer issue.  BEX application interfaces on individual guest may be required to properly protect supported applications.

 

VMware Component

Version

Minimum Version [1]

Maximum Version

VCB[2]

1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.1

3.0

 

1.5, 1.5 U-1

3.1

 

ESX Server

3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.5

3.0

 

4.0, 4.0 update 1 (vSphere) [3]

3.1

 

ESXi Server

3.5

3.0

 

4.0, 4.0 update 1 (vSphere) [3]

3.1

 

vCenter

2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.5[4]

3.0

 

4.0, 4i, 4.0 update 1 (vSphere)

3.1

 

 

Note:

1.     The latest patch for each major BEX release may be needed and is always recommended.  

2.     See www.vmware.com for the details of VCB versions compatible with ESX and vCenter Server combinations.

3.     VCB version needs to be 1.5 or above and vCenter needs to be 4.0 or above.

4.     Including all 2.5 updates. 

 

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NAS Compatibility

 

1.     NAS Device Support

If a NAS device can be seen as a volume through supported Device Server, the NAS device can be used as BEX file-level backup destination. When a NAS device hosts data from a server, if the data in the NAS device is visible through the server, it can be backed up through the supported BEX Basic Client.

 

2.     NDMP Backup Support

 

Vendors

OS Versions

Platform

NDMP Backup

Advanced Recovery for SnapVault Secondary

Minimum

 Version [1]

Maximum Version

EMC

DART 5.4, 5.5, 5.6

Celerra

Y

 

BEX:3.0

 

NetApp

ONTAP 8.0.x(min 8.0.1), 8.0[2] [3]

NetApp filer

Y

Y[4]

NSB:3.2       BEX:3.2

 

ONTAP 7.3.5, 7.3.3

NetApp filer

Y

Y[5]

NSB:3.2

BEX:3.0

 

ONTAP 7.3.2.x, 7.3.1.x

NetApp filer

Y

Y[5]

NSB:3.2

BEX:3.0

 

ONTAP GX 10.0.x

NetApp filer

Y

 

BEX:3.0

 

(NAS devices from other vendors that fully support NDMP V3 or V4 can be supported for NDMP backups.)

 

Note:

1.     The latest patch for each major NSB or BEX release may be needed and is always recommended. 

2.     For 7-Mode only.

3.     Compression is supported for ONTAP 8.0.1P4 or above.

4.     Both NetApp’s Advanced Single Instance Storage (A-SIS) synchronous deduplication and A-SIS asynchronous deduplication are supported.

5.     Starting from ONTAP 7.3, NSB 3.2.x or above and BEX 3.1.x or above supports NetApp’s Advanced Single Instance Storage (A-SIS) synchronous deduplication; starting from ONTAP 7.3.1, NSB 3.2.x or above and BEX 3.1.x or above supports NetApp’s A-SIS asynchronous deduplication.

 

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Encryption Compatibility

 

BEX Software Encryption Compatibility

 

The requirements for BEX Master and Device servers in the table below must be met. 

Master Server

Device Server

BEX Basic Client

Minimum Version [1]

Maximum Version

Windows x64/x86 [2]

Linux 64/32-bit [2]

Linux OES [2]

Solaris SPARC 64/32-bit

·  Windows 2003 (x64/x86) or above [3]

·  SLES 9 (x64/x86) or above [3]

·  RHEL 4 (x64/x86) or above [3]

·  Solaris 9 SPARC (64/32-bit) or above

·  AIX 5.3 or above (64-bit) (RISC)

·  HP-UX 11i v3

Any Platform Supported As BEX Basic Client

See details above for each platform 

See details above for each platform 

 

Note:

1.     The latest patch for each major BEX release may be needed and is always recommended. 

2.     Master Server on x86 Windows, 32-bit Linux, or OES machine is not supported after BEX 3.2.x.

3.     For BEX 3.1.x or above.

 

LTO-5 / LTO-4 Hardware Encryption Compatibility

 

The requirements for Master and Device Servers in the table below must be met. 

Master Server

Device Server

LTO-5 / LTO-4

Minimum Version [1]

Maximum Version

Windows x64/86 [2]

Linux 64/32-bit [2]

Linux OES [2]

Solaris SPARC 64/32-bit

·  Windows 2003 (x64/x86) or above [3]

·  SLES 9 (x64/x86) or above [3]

·  RHEL 4 (x64/x86) or above [3]

·  Solaris 9 SPARC (64/32-bit) or above [4]

·  AIX 5.3 or above (64-bit) (RISC)

·  HP-UX 11i v3

IBM LTO-4 Drive with Atape driver [5]

NSB: 3.2

BEX:3.0

[2]

IBM LTO-4 Drive with Syncsort driver [5]

HP LTO-5 / LTO-4 Drive with Syncsort driver [5]

Quantum LTO-5 / LTO-4 Drive with Syncsort driver [5]

NSB / BEX:3.2

[2]

 

Note:

1.     The latest patch for each major NSB or BEX release is strongly suggested. 

2.     Master Server on x86 Windows, 32-bit Linux, or OES machine is not supported after NSB / BEX 3.2.x

3.     For NSB 3.2.x or above and BEX 3.1.x or above.

4.     The Device Server cannot run on this platform to support LTO 5 / LTO4 drive with Syncsort driver.

5.     For file-level backup only.

NDMP Encryption Compatibility

 

The requirements for Master and Proxy Servers in the table below must be met. 

Master Server

Proxy Server

OS Version

LTO

Minimum Version [1]

Maximum Version

Windows x64

Linux 64-bit

Solaris SPARC 64/32-bit

·  Windows 2003 (x64/x86) or above

·  SLES 9 (x64/x86) or above  RHEL 4 (x64/x86) or above

·  Solaris 9 SPARC (64/32-bit) or above

·  AIX 5.3 or above (64-bit) (RISC)

·  HP-UX 11i v3

ONTAP 8.0.x(min8.0.1)

ONTAP 7.3.5

LTO-5[2] / LTO-4

NSB / BEX:3.4

 

 

Note:

1.     The latest patch for each major NSB or BEX release is strongly suggested.

2.     IBM LTO5 Driver is not supported.

 

 

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Hardware Compatibility

Disk Array 

 

Syncsort supports any disk array that can be mounted as local disk to a Device Server or a BEX Advanced Server.  For BEX Advanced Recovery, BEX 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. iSCSI storage configurations may not provide optimal performance and are not recommended for Advanced Server backup target volumes.

 

Tape Library / Standalone Tape Device

 

Syncsort supports tape devices that are compliant with the SCSI-2 standard. Additionally, Medium Changer support on Windows requires Windows NT SCSI Pass-Through support from the HBA driver (BEX versions prior to 3.1.1 update level 0294), a vendor-supplied Medium Changer driver supporting Windows NT SCSI Pass-Through (BEX 3.1.1 update level 0294 and later), or the Syncsort Medium Changer driver (available in NSB or BEX 3.2.1 and later).  

 

Unless otherwise advised by Syncsort Professional Services or Technical support, the operating system of the Device Server that connects the tape or jukebox device should have properly installed drivers that are recommended by the device manufacturer.

 

No troubleshooting or bug fix support is offered for devices that are no longer supported by the hardware vendor.  Minimal troubleshooting and no new development will be done for devices connected to OSes that are no longer supported by the vendor.   

 

Syncsort supports tape devices from vendors including ADIC, Certance, Dell, Exabyte, Fujitsu, Gateway, Hitachi, HP, IBM, NCR, NEC, Overland Storage, Panasonic, Qualstar, Quantum, Sony, Spectra Logic (including T-Finity library), Sun StorageTek, Sun, etc. The BEX Medium Changer driver for Windows supports medium changers from vendors including ADIC, HP, IBM, Overland Storage, Qualstar, Quantum, Sony, Spectra Logic (including T-Finity library), Sun StorageTek, Sun, etc.

 

Virtual Tape Library

 

NSB or BEX treats a VTL device that is not listed in the table below as a regular tape library and supports it the same way it does for tape libraries.  

 

Vendors

Model

Backup Destination

Minimum Version [1]

Maximum Version

ADTX

VT-AN400

Y

NSB:3.2; BEX:3.1

 

Copan

Revolution 200, 220

Y

NSB:3.2; BEX:3.1

 

Data Domain

DD400 / DD500 / DD600 / DD800

Y

NSB:3.2; BEX:3.1

 

EMC

DL Series

Y

NSB:3.2; BEX:3.1

 

NDMP2D

Y

NSB:3.2; BEX:3.1

 

FalconStor

VTL

Y

NSB:3.2; BEX:3.1

 

Fujitsu 

ETERNUS CS High End

Y

NSB:3.2; BEX:3.1

 

ETERNUS CS800 VTL

Y

NSB:3.2; BEX:3.1

 

Vendors

Model

Backup Destination

Minimum Version [1]

Maximum Version

Hitachi

VF100 Series

Y

NSB:3.2; BEX:3.1

 

HP

D2D Series

Y

NSB:3.2; BEX:3.1

 

VLS Series

Y

NSB:3.2; BEX:3.1

 

IBM

TS7650G ProtecTIER (DTC)

Y

NSB:3.2; BEX:3.1

 

TS7650G ProtecTIER (V-TS3500)

Y

NSB:3.2; BEX:3.1

 

TS7650 ProtecTIER (DTC)

Y

NSB:3.2; BEX:3.1

 

TS7650 ProtecTIER (V-TS3500)

Y

NSB:3.2; BEX:3.1

 

TS7510

Y

NSB:3.2; BEX:3.1

 

TS7520

Y

NSB:3.2; BEX:3.1

 

TS7530

Y

NSB:3.2; BEX:3.1

 

IBM Diligent

ProtecTIER

Y

NSB:3.2; BEX:3.1

 

VTF OPEN

Y

NSB:3.2; BEX:3.1

 

NEC

T5000VT Series

Y

NSB:3.2; BEX:3.1

 

NetApp

VTL 300, 600, 700, 1200, 1400

Y

NSB:3.2; BEX:3.1

 

Nissho

VTLAx000

Y

NSB:3.2; BEX:3.1

 

Overland

REO 1000, 4000, 9000, 9100

Y

NSB:3.2; BEX:3.1

 

Quantum

DX30, 100, 3000, 5000

Y

NSB:3.2; BEX:3.1

 

DXi 3500, 5500, 6700, 6701, 6702,

7500, 8500, 85002TB

Y

NSB:3.2; BEX:3.1

 

Quantum ADIC

Pathlight VX

Y

NSB:3.2; BEX:3.1

 

Sepaton

S2100

Y

NSB:3.2; BEX:3.1

 

Spectra Logic

nTier VTL

Y

NSB:3.2; BEX:3.1

 

Sun StorageTek

VTL1280, 2280, 2380, 3280, 3380

Y

NSB:3.2; BEX:3.1

 

VSM Open Virtual Tape Library

Y

NSB:3.2; BEX:3.1

 

VTL Plus / VTL Prime

Y

NSB:3.2; BEX:3.1

 

 

Note:

1.     The latest patch for each major NSB or BEX release may be needed and is always recommended. 

 

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