Storix Software SBAdmin User Guide - Manual (Page 10)

Storix System Backup Administrator 10 Version 8.2 User Guide
1. Getting Started
Supported Operating Systems & Hardware
At the time of this publication, the software is supported on the following systems:
AIX: All IBM RS/6000, System p, System i, OpenPower and JS/20 systems running AIX Version 5.1
and later (currently 7.1).
Solaris: x86 and x86_64: All Solaris 9 versions 9/05 and later (32 and 64-bit platforms), and Solaris 10
versions 1/06 and later (32 and 64-bit platforms), Solaris 11 Express (64-bit platforms), and
Solaris 11 version 11/11 and later (64-bit platforms).
SPARC: All Solaris 9 versions 9/05 and later, Solaris 10 versions 11/06 and later, Solaris 11
Express, and Solaris 11 versions 11/11 and later. Includes sun4u and sun4v platforms.
Linux: x86 and x86_64: All distributions which run on Intel 32-bit based processors and 64-bit
processors software (includes AMD, Opteron and Athlon-based systems). Linux kernel levels
2.4 and glibc 2.2.5 and higher are required. Support is provided for Linux LVM Library version
1.0 and higher, and Software Raid Devices (meta-disks) when installed. UEFI is supported on
x86_64 systems running 2.6.21 or later kernel levels, CONFIG_EFI enabled in the kernel, and
support for creating VFAT filesystems.
PPC (IBM PowerLinux): All distributions supported 64-bit systems with PowerPC CHRP
hardware. Linux kernel levels 2.6.16 and higher, and glibc 2.4.2 and higher are required.
Support is provided for Linux LVM Library version 1.0 and higher, and Software Raid Devices
(meta-disks) when installed.
Software and License Requirements
Installation of the software provides the graphical user interface and application programs for administering the
backups of the administrator system itself. If the Network Edition license is installed, administration of client
system backups and the backup media servers may also be performed from the administrator system. It is also
necessary to install a subset of the software onto each system that will act as either a backup media server or
client.
The following table describes each license type:
Workstation
Edition The Workstation Edition license provides all available backup and recovery features
for backups using local tape, local disk, or a local NFS mount. This includes all
available features needed for standalone system backups. Backup types include Full
System, Filesystem, Directory, Logical Volume (AIX/Linux), Meta-disk
(Solaris/Linux), Partition (Linux), Slice (Solaris) and ZFS Volume (Solaris). Many
additional features more commonly used in a commercial environment, such as
incremental backups and tape libraries, are also provided.