vRanger
Complete requirements are posted in the vRanger Systems Requirements Guide – please use this information to confirm vRanger is supported in your environment.
Supported VMware Platforms*
ESX(i) Server ESXi | vCenter |
| • 3.5 Update 5 | • 2.5 Update 6 |
| • 4.0 | • 4.0 |
| • 4.0 Update 1 | • 4.0 Update 1 |
| • 4.1 | |
| • 5.0 | • 5.0 |
* Please note: Support for backup on ESXi requires VMware’s vStorage API. The vStorage API is not available with the free version of ESXi Server. Please be sure to have the appropriate platform licensing level before attempting ESXi backups.
Supported Guest OSs
vRanger supports any guest OS that is supported by VMware. For a complete list, see VMware’s Guest Operating System Installation Guide.
Hardware Requirements
| CPU | - Type: Dual Core
- Minimum Number: 2
|
| RAM | 2GB (2 GB recommended) |
| Storage | At least 4 GB free hard disk space |
Software Requirements
vRanger requires a physical or virtual machine running one of the following OSes:
vRanger Version 5.0.0:
- Microsoft Windows 2003 Server SP2 (x86 or x64)
- Microsoft Vista Business or Ultimate (x86 or x64)
- Windows Server 2008 SP2 (x86 or x64)
- Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit)
- Windows 2008 R2 (64 bit)
vRanger Version 5.2.0:
- Microsoft Windows 2003 Server SP2 (x86 or x64)
- Microsoft Windows 2003 R2 (x86 or x 64)
- Microsoft Vista Business or Ultimate (x86 or x64)
- Windows Server 2008 SP2 (x86 or x64)
- Windows 7 (x86 or x64)
- Windows 2008 R2 (x64)
vRanger Version 5.3.0:
Operating System Service Pack Level Bit Level
- Microsoft Vista Business SP2 (x86 or x64)
- Windows 7 SP1 (x86 or x64)
- Microsoft Windows 2003 Server SP2 (x86 or x64)
- Microsoft Windows 2003 R2 SP2 (x86 or x 64)
- Windows Server 2008 SP2 (x86 or x64)
- Windows 2008 R2 SP1 (x64)
NetVault SmartDisk – vRanger Edition
vRanger Versions
Hardware
Supported on physical server only
- 2 dual-core CPUs
- 2 GB RAM, plus 400 MB for each 1 TB unique data
OS
- Windows Vista (x86, x64)
- Windows 2003 (x86, x64)
- Windows 2003 R2 (x86, x64)
- Windows 2008 (x86, x64)
- Windows 2008 R2 (x64)
- Windows 7 (x86, x64)