HP Storage Mirroring V4.5 Software - Manual (Page 13)

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A copy of the most recent version of the Storage Mirroring Application Manager
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.NET Framework version 3.5 with service pack 1 or later. If you do not have .NET Framework
version 3.5 SP 1 installed, Application Manager will prompt you to install it
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Microsoft Installer version 3.0 or later (as required by the .NET Framework version 3.5 SP 1)
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An active internet connection (required only during the Application Manager installation to
download the Microsoft Admin Pack, .NET Framework, and/or SQL Server 2005 Backward
Compatibility components containing the SQLDMO libraries)
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If you are using the Target Data Verification feature, you will need to install the Volume Shadow
Copy Service SDK (Vshadow.exe) in the windows\system32 directory on the target server.
This tool is available for download from the Windows Download Center on the Microsoft website
(www.microsoft.com).
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The target must have drive letters that match the drive letters where the protected application
stores data
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Application Manager does not support single-label DNS domain names (that is, domain names
that do not include a suffix such as
.com
,
.corp
,
.net
, and so on)
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The program files for your application must be installed in the same location on the target and
the source
In addition, your environment must adhere to requirements specific to the application you are
protecting. For additional requirements, see:
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Exchange requirements on page 1-6
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SQL requirements on page 1-7
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File server requirements on page 1-8
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SharePoint requirements on page 1-8
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BlackBerry requirements on page 1-9
Exchange requirements
If you are using the Application Manager for Exchange, your system must meet the following
requirements.
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Two licensed copies of Microsoft Exchange Server that meet one of the following requirements:
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Exchange Server 2003
NOTE: The version of Storage Mirroring and Storage Mirroring Application Manager must be
the same.
See the Hewlett-Packard support website to obtain the most recent version of the
Application Manager.
NOTE: Alternatively, these packages are available on the Hewlett-Packard support website
and can be downloaded to a different server, from which you can use an internal file
share or removable media to copy the files to the Application Manager client.