Introduction
Before you install
Trial license
vRanger installation overview
Installing the vRanger server
System requirements and compatibility
Available backup transports
Installing vRanger in a virtual machine (VM)
Installing the vRanger database
Installing the vRanger virtual appliance (VA)
Creating a vRanger repository
Configuring vCenter permissions
Available transports
HotAdd backups (VMs only)
LAN backups
Considerations for installing vRanger in a VM
Installing vRanger on a physical server
Available transports
LAN-free backups (VM backups only)
LAN backups
Installing with other applications
Optimizing your network for backups
Minimum hardware requirements
Installing vRanger
Minimum hardware requirements
Supported platforms
vRanger: physical machine
vRanger: virtual machine (VM)
Requirements for physical backup and restore
Supported operating systems for installation
Supported SQL Server versions
Supported vSphere versions
Supported Hyper-V versions
Supported platforms for physical machine backup
Supported virtual appliance (VA) versions
Supported disk types and file systems
Supported disk types
Supported file systems
Feature-level requirements
Standard backup, restore, and replication
Physical backup and restore
HotAdd
File-level restore (FLR): Windows
FLR: Linux
Configuration requirements
Compatibility with other applications
Installing vRanger
Upgrading vRanger
Entering vRanger service credentials
Installing the vRanger database
Entering vRanger database runtime credentials
Installing the vRanger Catalog Service
Completing the installation
Installing the vRanger Catalog Service later
Migrating content from an FTP or SFTP repository
Backing up the vRanger database
Upgrading a previous vRanger installation
Upgrading the vRanger Database
Upgrading the vRanger virtual appliance (VA)
Upgrading a previous vReplicator installation
Minimum hardware requirements
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Requirements for the vRanger machine
Requirements for the vRanger machine are divided among these topics:
Review each of these topics thoroughly before installing vRanger.
Minimum hardware requirements
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Minimum hardware requirements
vRanger: physical machine
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vRanger: physical machine
The following describes the hardware recommendations for the vRanger physical machine:
Table 1. Requirements for a installing vRanger on a physical machine
For LAN-free, Quest recommends that you use two HBAs — one for read operations and one for writing.
vRanger: virtual machine (VM)
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System requirements and compatibility > Minimum hardware requirements > Minimum hardware requirements > vRanger: virtual machine (VM)
vRanger: virtual machine (VM)
The following describes the hardware recommendations for using vRanger in a VM:
Table 2. Requirements for a installing vRanger on a virtual machine