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NetVault Current Version - Compatibility Guide

Change log NetVault platform support NetVault Bare Metal Recovery compatibility  NetVault Plug-in compatibility NetVault SmartDisk platform support NetVault NAS and NDMP compatibility

Change log

The following table lists the updates implemented in the last two years for the Quest® line of NetVault® products.

 
Table 1. Change log
Publication date
New items
Deprecated items

September 2024
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Updated NetVault client support for Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, 2022 on 13.3.x version
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Added NetVault Plug-in for VMware 13.3 and 13.3.1
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Added PostgreSQL 15 support on Windows 2022 for NetVault Plug-in for PostgreSQL 13.1

 

July 2024
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Added Rocky Linux 9.x support in NV 13.3 Client
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Added NetVault 13.3.x support for NetVault Plug-in for PostgreSQL 13.1 and NetVault Plug-in for VMware 13.2 and 13.2.1

 

June 2024
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Added NetVault 13.3 Server and Client support for Alma Linux 9.x, Debian 12, Oracle Linux 9.x, Rocky Linux 9.x, RHEL 9.X, SLES 15 SP5, FreeBSD (client) 13.2, and Ubuntu 22.04
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Added NetVault Plug-in for M365 13.4.1
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Added NetVault Plug-in for NDMP 13.3
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Added NetVault Plug-in for SAP HANA 13.2
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Added NetVault Plug-in for SnapMirror to Tape 13.3
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Added support for Btrfs to Supported File System
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Added Maria DB 10.x and 11.x support to NetVault Plug-in for MySQL version 13.2
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Added Isilon Backup Accelator-OneFS v8.1 and OneFS v9.x support for NetVault 12.x and 13.x
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Added Isilon Backup Accelator-OneFS v8.1, v9.x support for NetVault 12.x and 13.x
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Added SLES 15 SP5 support in SAP HANA 13.2 for NetVault 13.x
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Added NetVault 13.3 support to Plug-in for NDMP — NAS support for NetApp

Windows 2012

March 2024
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Added kernel versions specific to NV 13.x release support for Plug-in Live Client for Linux — supported client OS
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Added kernel support to CentOS 8.3-8.5 and Oracle Linux 8.3-8.6
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Added RHEL 7.9 support for Plug-in Live Client for Linux — supported client OS for BMR plug-in 14.0.x
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Updated NetVault Plug-in for Nutanix AHV 13.0.1 to support NetVault 13.x versions
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Added 13.1.x and 13.2.x support for Enterprise PostgreSQL 12 and 13 in Plug-in for PostgreSQL version 13.1
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Removed ‘virtual iron’ mentioned in the document
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Added Plug-in for MySQL 13.2
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Added Windows server component support to the BMR Plug-in Live Client for Linux 14.0.x

 

January 2024
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Added support for RHEL 8.3 and 8.4 to BMR 14.0.x Plug-in Live client for Linux

 

December 2023
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Removed Nutanix AOS 6.5.1.6 support from Nutanix AHV 13.0, 12.4 versions
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Removed ESXi 6.7 support for NetVault 13.2 in NetVault Plug-in for VMware version 13.2
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Added NetVault Plug-in for VMware version 13.2.1 with support for vSphere 8.0 update 2

 

October 2023
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Added 5.1 support for RHEL 7.x and 8.x in Supported cluster software
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Updated NetVault Bare Metal Recovery UEFI Boot support for the latest supported version
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Added support for BMR Plug-in Live Client for Linux 14.0.x
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Added support for BMR Plug-in Live Client for Windows 14.0.x
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Added support for BMR Plug-in Server 14.0.x
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Added support for vSphere 8.0 update 1 for NetVault Plug-in for VMware version 13.2
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Added Plug-in for M365 13.4
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Added NetVault 13.2 support for NetVault Plug-in for NDMP 12.2
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Added NetVault 13.x support for NetVault Plug-in for Oracle version 13.0
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Added/Updated NetVault 13.x support for NetVault Plug-in for SMTT 12.2, Oracle 13.0, PostgreSQL 13.1, SAP HANA 12.2, SAP on Oracle 11.4.5
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Added Linux RHEL 9.x support for NetVault server and client

 

September 2023
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Added Plug-in for VMware 13.2
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Support for NetVault 13.2
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Removed unsupported OS from the NetVault Server and Client table
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Added vSphere 8 support for BMR Plug-in P2V matrix
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Removed Windows Server 2022 support for Hyper-V Windows Server 2019

 

July 2023
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Added Plug-in for M365 13.3
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Added Plug-in for VMware 13.1.1, 13.1.2, 13.1.3
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Added 8.0 support for Plug-in for VMware 13.1.3
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Added NetVault 13.1.x support for Plug-in for NDMP version 12.2
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Added Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019 support for NetVault Plug-in for Nutanix AHV
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Added MySQL Standard Edition 8.0 support for Plug-in for MySQL 12.2.1

 

June 2023
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Added support for Rocky Linux 8.5-8.7 and Alma Linux 8.6 to NetVault platform support for 13.1.x
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Added Windows Server 2022 support for Nutanix Files 13.0
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Added support for NetVault Plug-in for Nutanix AHV 13.0.1

 

April 2023
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Removed Windows 2022 support for PostgreSQL 12.x, 13.x for PostgreSQL version 12.3.1

Following supported NetVault WebUI:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 and later.

March 2023
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Added BMR Plug-in Live Client 13.1.1 and 13.1.2
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Kernel versions added to Plug-in Live Client for Linux
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Added CentOS 8.5 and OracleLinux 8.6 support for NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Plug-in Live Client for Linux- supported client OS for 13.1.2
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Support for Plug-in for PostgreSQL version 13.1

 

February 2023
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Added RHEL 8.5, 8.6 support for NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Plug-in Live Client for Linux- supported client OS
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Data ONTAP support changes from 9.9 to 9.x to make it exhaustive
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Support for NetVault BMR Plug-in Server 13.1.2
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Support for NetVault BMR Plug-in 13.1.2 offline and online client and server

 

December 2022
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Added Windows Server 2022 support for NetVault Plug-in for VMware version 13.1
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Data ONTAP support changes from 9.x to 9.9 and earlier for Plug-in for NDMP
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Added RHEL 8.6 support for NetVault Plug-in for VMware version 12.3.3.5

 

November 2022
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Support for NetVault 13.1.1
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Removed FreeBSD platform support for NetVault 13.1 Client
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Added HP-UX platform support for NetVault 13.1 Client
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Added AIX 7.2 support for NetVault Client
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Updated NetVault Plug-in for Microsoft 365 13.2.5 to support 13.1.x
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Updated following Plug-ins to support NetVault 13.0.x from 13.x
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NetVault Plug-in for Oracle
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NetVault Plug-in for SAP on Oracle
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NetVault Plug-in for SAP HANA
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NetVault Plug-in for PostgreSQL
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NetVault Plug-in for NDMP

 

October 2022
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NetVault 13.1
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NetVault Plug-in for Microsoft 365 13.2.5
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NetVault Plug-in for VMware 13.1
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Support for Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.4 for NetVault Server and NetVault Client
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Added OS support for VMware
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Deleted unsupported OS versions for 13.1.1
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Deleted unsupported server components for 13.1 and 13.1.1

 

September 2022
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Added operating system support for NetVault Bare Metal Recovery 13.1.1
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Support for NEC CLUSTERPRO X 5.0 with RHEL 7.x and 8.x.

 

July 2022
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NetVault Bare Metal Recovery 13.1.1
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Corrected BMR support for CentOS and RHEL
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Added matrix for BMR support of UEFI boot

 

June 2022
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Updated Plug-in for PostgreSQL 12.3.1 support for Enterprise Postgres 12 and 13 to RHEL 8.x
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Support for NetVault Bare Metal Recovery 12.5

 

NetVault platform support

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NetVault support policies
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Processor types and bit modes
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Supported platforms: NetVault Server
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Supported platforms: NetVault Client
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Supported web browsers: NetVault WebUI
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Supported file systems
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Supported cluster software
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Supported storage arrays

NetVault support policies

The Quest Product Lifecycle and Support Services Guidelines detailing End-of-Support-Life (EOSL) procedures for all product lines are available online. The Product Life Cycle tables for NetVault and NetVault SmartDisk are also available online.

Quest offers an Early Adopter (EA) Support level for NetVault with applicable qualifications. For the supported combinations, see the various tables within this guide.

Early Adopter (EA) Support:

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Product is supported for early adoption.
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Quest recommends that the customer test the product in a nonproduction environment before production deployment.
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Full Support is planned for a future release.
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Support and Development provide limited support and assistance with deployment.
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Software updates and workarounds might not be provided.
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When the product is officially released, the customer must update to the general availability (GA) version of the given product.

Additional support definitions used throughout this guide might include:

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Limited Support (LS)
Support is available to provide known workarounds or fixes, no new code fixes are generated, enhancements requests are not accepted, and you are encouraged to upgrade to newest available release.
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Discontinued Support (DS)
The release is retired or discontinued, no new patches or fixes are generated, the release is not available for download from the Support Portal, support is provided to assist with upgrading to the newest available release, and support representatives are not obligated to provide assistance with this version of the product.

Also, an individual manufacturer’s End-of-Life (EOL) and EOSL product-support policy and statements supersede any support implied directly or indirectly by the information within this guide.

Host operating system (OS) and application version support policy

In addition to what is listed in this guide, Quest provides NetVault support for host operating systems and applications where the following criteria have been met:

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Vendor OS or application maintenance or patch versions of the same major or minor release already supported are also supported, unless otherwise stated.
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Vendor OS or application major or minor versions that are newer than what is listed in this guide are not supported and require a separate qualification effort, unless otherwise stated.
Best reasonable effort (BRE) support

Best reasonable effort (BRE) support refers to the lengths to which Quest Support can go to assist in issues with versions of third-party operating systems, platforms, databases, and applications that are supported by the Quest product but are no longer supported by the vendor. It applies to the following scenarios:

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When a version of NetVault Server, NetVault Client, or a plug-in supports release of operating systems, platforms, databases, and applications that are no longer supported by the vendor, Quest provides BRE support to provide known workarounds or fixes for a period of one year after the end of vendor support.
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Quest generates no new code fixes for NetVault to support operating systems, platforms, databases, and applications that are no longer supported by the vendor except under extreme circumstances and at our discretion.

We at Quest encourage you to upgrade your unsupported operating system, platform, database, or application to a fully supported version.

Application plug-in EOSL policy

A NetVault application plug-in’s limited-support start date and EOSL date are the same as the latest major or minor NetVault version it is supported with per this guide. Each fully supported version of NetVault limits Full Support of a plug-in version to n and n-1 major plug-in releases as determined by n; in this case, n is the latest major plug-in version supported by that NetVault major release. After a major plug-in release becomes n-2, it enters LS for one year. After the one year passes, the plug-in reaches EOSL and support is discontinued for that plug-in version.

Virtualized NetVault Server and Client policy

NetVault Server and Client components are supported when running in a virtual machine (VM) as long as NetVault is running in a hypervisor guest OS that is officially supported by NetVault. Supported hypervisor programs are: KVM, Hyper-V, Oracle VM server, VMware ESXi, and Xen.

Additional notes:

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Support considerations for NetVault Server and SmartClients:
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Storage devices that are directly attached to an ESXi Server are not supported. Unsupported devices include both direct-attached SCSI devices and devices on Fibre Channel that are exposed to the VM through a raw-device mapping.
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Devices connected through iSCSI are supported.
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The VM that hosts the NetVault Server must be assigned a sufficient resource reservation in its own Resource Pool. NetVault Servers that have to compete for resources are not supported.
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VMware vSphere High Availability (HA) and vMotion are supported for the VM that hosts the NetVault Server. However, due to variability in timings, Quest does not guarantee successful completion of backup jobs run during a migration.
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NetVault SmartDisk does not support installation on a VM.
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Quest may require reproduction of an issue in a non-virtualized environment in cases where it suspects an issue with the underlying virtualization infrastructure.
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Using the Plug-in for FileSystem on the physical hypervisor server machine to perform image-level backups of the VM is not supported. Installing the Plug-in for Hyper-V or Plug-in for VMware on the physical machine to perform image-level backups of the VM is required.

Processor types and bit modes

The following table explains the nomenclature used throughout this guide to represent various types of architecture. When the processor supports both 32- and 64‑bit operating systems and applications but a specific bit mode is required, the bit mode is called out in parentheses; for example, x86‑64 (64‑bit).

 
Table 2. Processor types and bit modes
Type or mode
Represents
Primary OS

PowerPC 32/64

32‑bit and 64‑bit architecture that supports 32‑bit and 64‑bit systems and applications

AIX, macOS X

x86‑32

32‑bit architecture that supports 32‑bit systems and applications

FreeBSD, Linux, Windows

pure 64‑bit

Pure 64‑bit architecture that supports only 64‑bit systems and applications; also known as pure

FreeBSD, Linux, Windows

x86‑64

64‑bit architecture that supports 32- and 64‑bit systems and applications; also known as hybrid

FreeBSD, Linux, Windows

x86 (32/64)

32‑bit architecture that supports 32‑bit systems and applications and 64‑bit architecture that supports 32‑bit and 64‑bit systems and applications

Linux, Solaris Intel, Windows

SPARC, SPARC 32/64

Based on an architecture developed by Oracle Corporation.

32‑bit and 64‑bit SPARC architecture that supports 32‑bit and 64‑bit systems and applications

Solaris SPARC

SPARC pure 64‑bit

64‑bit SPARC architecture that supports 32‑bit and 64‑bit systems and applications

Solaris SPARC

IA‑64

Pure 64‑bit Itanium architecture that supports only 64‑bit systems and applications

Linux

IA‑64

64‑bit architecture that supports 32‑bit and 64‑bit systems and applications

HP-UX

 
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NOTE: Beginning with release 13.0.2, NetVault Client does not support AIX, Linux IA-64, Solaris Intel, macOS, or HP-UX platforms.
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