System Requirement

 

Revised on June 29, 2021

 

This document contains the system requirement regarding the use of this product. It is highly recommended that you read this document carefully before using this product.

 

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Hardware

Operating System

File System

Conditions for Use of Features

Others

Hardware

CPU

Pentium 4 or above

Main Memory

1024MB or more is required.

Hard Disk Space

1500MB or more of available hard disk space is required.

Internet Connection

Required for activation of the product and installation of the latest updates.

* Indispensable when using HyperAgent feature.

Storage Interface

Parallel ATA, Serial ATA (including eSATA), SCSI, SAS, iSCSI, SAN (Fibre Channel), USB, FireWire (IEEE 1394), network shared folders compatible with file sharing SMB/CIFS protocol (shared folders of Windows OS and Samba), virtual hard disk created in storage space

* Storage media of which sector size is 512 byte or more is supported.

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Operating System

Server Edition, Desktop Edition

Windows 7 (x86/x64) or later version of Windows Desktop OS, Windows Server 2008 R2 or later version of Windows Server OS

(All editions except for Starter and Windows RT)

HyperAgent Edition

Windows 10 1803(x64) or later Windows Desktop OS or Windows Server 2012 R2 or later version of Windows Server OS

for Hyper-V Enterprise

Windows Server 2008 R2 or later version of Windows Server OS (including Hyper-V Server) on which Hyper-V is configured.

ReZoom it!

Windows Server 2008 R2 or later version of Windows Server OS

IT Pro Edition

Windows XP SP3 (x86) / SP2 (x64) or later Windows Desktop OS, Windows Server 2003 SP2 (x86/x64) or later version of Windows Server OS

(All editions except for Starter and Windows RT)

ActiveImage Protector IT Pro Edition Creator

Windows 7 (x64) or later Windows Desktop OS, Windows Server 2008 R2 or later version of Windows Server OS

Cluster Edition

Windows Server 2008 R2 or later version of Windows Server OS

File System

Hot Imaging

FAT16, FAT16X, FAT32, FAT32X, NTFS, CSVFS, ReFS

* The above listed file systems on MBR and GPT disks are supported.

* The above listed file systems on storage spaces configured on Windows 8 or later OS are supported.

* ReZooming a virtual machine created in ReFS is not allowed.

Cold Imaging in Boot Environment (Linux)

FAT16, FAT16X, FAT32, FAT32X, NTFS, Linux Ext2, Linux Ext3, Linux Ext4, Linux Swap, Linux LVM

Cold Imaging in Boot Environment (Windows PE)

FAT16, FAT16X, FAT32, FAT32X, NTFS, ReFS, Linux Ext2, Linux Ext3, Linux Ext4, Linux Swap

* File system on Storage Space and ReFS are supported only if the boot environment is created by using Windows ADK that supports the file system.

* By using Windows ADK or Windows AIK, the boot environment may be created through Windows PE-based boot environment builder.

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Conditions for Use of Features

For more detailed information or the editions supporting the respective features, please refer to the Readme or the product's Help.

Inline Deduplication Compression

HyperBack/HyperRestore

* The host using free license version of VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) is not supported.

* Backup of virtual hardware version 7 or later virtual machine is allowed.

* Use Port 902 to connect to vCenter Server for VMware vSphere or ESXi hypervisor. If you fail to establish the connection, please make sure the firewall setting is properly configured on the target host.

* Hyper-V 2012/2012 R2 checkpointing does not work with VSS Writer on the respective virtual machines. If you use domain controller, SQL Server, Exchange, Oracle or non-VSS-savvy database on the virtual machine, please install ActiveImage Protector and regularly take backups (Agent-based).

* Hyper-V on Windows 8/10 is not supported.

* Please make sure that the firewall setting is configured to allow [File and printer sharing]. If the firewall setting is configured for group policy, please select [Network] - [Network Connection] - [Windows Firewall] and enable [Allow inbound file and printer sharing exception].

Windows OS and Linux distributions

* After restoring Linux system on uEFI boot system, you need to create a boot entry by using CentOS LiveCD. For further details, please access here.

HyperStandby (target virtual platform)

* Conversion from 32-bit OS to ESXi 6.5 or later host is not allowed.

* Use Port 902 to connect to vCenter Server for VMware vSphere or ESXi hypervisor. If you fail to establish the connection, please make sure the firewall setting is properly configured on the target host.

* Please make sure that Microsoft .NET Framework 4 or later is configured on the conversion source host.

Virtual Conversion

Target virtual platform for conversion to virtual machine

* Conversion to the free license version of VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) is not allowed.

* Conversion to ESXi 6.5 or later host is allowed only from 64bit OS.

* Use Port 902 to connect to vCenter Server for VMware vSphere or ESXi hypervisor. If you fail to establish the connection, please make sure the firewall setting is properly configured on the target host.

* Please make sure that Microsoft .NET Framework 4 or later is configured on the conversion source host.

Virtualization Adapter

vStandby (target virtual platform)

* Conversion from 32-bit OS to ESXi 6.5 or later host is not allowed.

* Use Port 902 to connect to vCenter Server for VMware vSphere or ESXi hypervisor. If you fail to establish the connection, please make sure the firewall setting is properly configured on the target host.

* Please make sure that Microsoft .NET Framework 4 or later is configured on the conversion source host.

BootCheck (supported hypervisor)

* If ActiveImge Protector runs on Windows 7 or Windows 2008 R2, plase make sure that Microsoft .NET Framework 4 or later is configured.

* If ActiveImge Protector runs on Windows 7 or Windows 2008 R2, BootCheck running on remote Hyper-V host only is supported.

* When using Hyper-V on a remote host, please configure the firewall setting to allow [File and printer sharing] and [Windows Management Interface (WMI)] on the remote host.

Windows PE-based Boot Environment Builder

* Windows ADK is required to provide the following components.

vStandby Boot Environment Builder

* Windows ADK is required to provide the following components.

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