vRanger 7.8.1 - Installation/Upgrade Guide

Requirements for physical backup and restore

Requirements for physical backup and restore

When backing up from and restoring to a physical server, vRanger uses a client run on that server to perform backup and restore operations. To process the backup workload effectively, the physical server must meet the following requirements:

 

Table 3. Requirements for physical backup and restore

CPU	Any combination equaling four cores of CPUs are recommended. Example one quad-core CPU; two dual-core CPUs.
RAM	2 GB RAM is required.

Supported operating systems for installation

Supported operating systems for installation

The following operating systems are supported for installation of vRanger.

 

Table 4. Supported operating systems

Operating system	Service pack level	Bit level
Windows Server 2008 R212	SP1 or later	x64
Windows Server 2012b	All service packs	x64
Windows Server 2012 R2b3	All service packs	x64
Windows Server 2016b	All service packs	x64
Windows Server 2019b	All service packs	x64

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1

Windows 2008 R2 SP1 requires Windows Management Framework 3.0. Refer to Known Issue VR-177 in the vRanger Release Notes for more information.

2

The Windows Storage Server edition is not supported as an installation platform for vRanger.

3

Before installing vRanger on Windows Server 2012 R2, the updates listed in Additional required software must be installed.

Additional required software

Additional required software

In addition to a supported version of Windows® and a supported VMware® Infrastructure, you may need some additional software components, depending on your configuration.

•	Microsoft® .NET Framework: vRanger requires the .NET Framework 4.5. The vRanger installer installs it if not detected.

•	SQL Server: [Optional] vRanger utilizes two SQL Server® databases for application functionality. vRanger can install a local version of SQL Express 2014 SP3 or you can choose to install the vRanger databases on your own SQL instance.

•	Windows PowerShell 3 or above.If you are installing vRanger on Windows 2008 R2 SP1, you will need to install Windows PowerShell 3 or above before installing vRanger

•	vRanger virtual appliance (VA): The vRanger VA is a small, pre-packaged Linux® distribution that serves as a platform for vRanger operations away from the vRanger server. vRanger uses the VA for the following functions:

▪	Replication to and from VMware® ESXi™ hosts.

▪	File-level restore (FLR) from Linux machines.

▪	Optionally for backups and restores.

•	Updates for Windows Server 2012 R2: Before installing vRanger on Windows Server 2012 R2, ensure that the Windows updates listed below are installed:

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KB2939087

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KB2975061

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KB2919355

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KB2999226

Supported SQL Server versions

Supported SQL Server versions

The default is to install vRanger with the SQL Server® Express 2014 SP3 database, but you may use your own SQL Server instance if you prefer.

If you chose to use your own SQL Server instance, and want to use the vRanger Cataloging function, you must install the SQL Server instance on the vRanger server as the Catalog database must be local to vRanger. The following versions of Microsoft SQL Server are supported by vRanger.

 

Table 5. Supported versions of SQL Server

Version	Service pack level
SQL Server 2012 (all editions)	All service packs
SQL Server 2014 Express (embedded option)	SP 3
SQL Server 2014 (all editions)	All service packs
SQL Server 2016 (all editions)	All service packs
SQL Server 2017 (all editions)	All service packs