Before installing Recovery Manager for Exchange 5.9, ensure that your system meets the following minimum hardware and software requirements.
Core Components (required)
Table 6: Core Components system requirements
Requirement | Details |
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Processor |
1.4 GHz or faster Pentium or equivalent, x86 or x64 architecture. |
Overall memory | (RAM) 512 MB or more. |
Hard disk space |
x86 system Full product installation, including the prerequisite software: 1.5 GB of free disk space Product installation when all the prerequisite software is already installed: 75 MB of free disk space x64 system Full product installation, including the prerequisite software: 1.5 GB of free disk space Product installation when all the prerequisite software is already installed: 110 MB of free disk space |
Operating system |
Your computer must run one of the following operating systems (32-bit or 64-bit edition):
NOTE: Recovery Manager for Exchange does not support Terminal Services Application mode. |
Screen resolution | 1024 x 768 or higher |
Microsoft .NET Framework |
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Microsoft SQL Server |
One of the following versions is required:
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Microsoft Windows PowerShell | Microsoft Windows PowerShell 2.0 |
Microsoft Windows Installer | Microsoft Windows Installer 4.5 |
Microsoft Outlook |
Your computer must have one of the following versions installed:
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Microsoft Exchange Server |
Supported versions of Microsoft Exchange Server:
NOTE:
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IBM Lotus Notes |
In order to view, search, and restore Lotus Domino data with Recovery Manager for Exchange, your computer must have one of the following IBM Lotus Notes versions installed: 9.0, 8.5, 8.0, or 7.0 |
IBM Lotus Domino |
Recovery Manager for Exchange supports the following versions of IBM Lotus Domino: 9.0, 8.5, 8.0, 7.0, 6.5, 6.0, 5.0, and 4.6 |
Quest® Archive Manager® | Recovery Manager for Exchange supports the following versions of Archive Manager as source and target storages: 5.4, 5.5, 5.6,5.3, 5.2 and 5.0. |
Quest® Recovery Manager for Active Directory® |
Recovery Manager for Exchange can integrate with the following versions of Recovery Manager for Active Directory to restore mailbox user accounts from Active Directory backups: 8.8.1, 8.8, 8.7.1, 8.7, 8.6.4, 8.6.3, 8.6.1, 8.6 Recovery Manager for Exchange and Recovery Manager for Active Directory must be installed on the same computer. |
Management Shell (optional)
Table 7: Management Shell system requirements
Requirement |
Details |
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Recovery Manager for Exchange components | Core Components |
Upgrade and compatibility
Recovery Manager for Exchange 5.9 is upgradeable from version 5.8.5 or later.
Recovery Manager for Exchange can integrate with the below-listed backup software to extract and register Exchange Server databases from streaming (normal, incremental, and differential) backups created with these products. The next table also describes the conditions where Recovery Manager for Exchange can extract and register Exchange Server databases from VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Snapshot) backups created with particular backup software.
Table 8: Supported backup software
Backup software | Version | VSS backups |
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Quest® Rapid Recovery® |
5.3, 5.4, 6.0, 6.1.3, 6.2, 6.2.1, 6.3, 6.4 |
Not applicable |
Quest® NetVault® | 8.6, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 10, 11, 11.1, 11.4, 11.4.5, 12, 12.0.1, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4 |
VSS backups are supported via Exchange emulation if these conditions are true:
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Quest® vRanger® (Standard and Pro) | 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 6.0, 6.1, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.6.3, 7.6.5, 7.6.6, 7.7 | Not applicable |
CA BrightStor ARCserve (also known as CA ARCServeIT for Windows NT and CA BrightStor Enterprise Backup) |
2000 (7.0), 9.0, 10.5, 11.0, 11.1, 11.1 SP1, 11.5, 11.5 SP1, 11.5 SP3, 11.5 SP4, 12.0, 12.0 SP1, 12.0 SP2, 12.5, 12.5 SP1, 15.0, 16.0, 16.0 SP1, 16.5 |
VSS backups are supported via Exchange emulation if these conditions are true:
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HP Data Protector | 5.1, 5.5, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 7.0, 8.0, 8.1, 9.0 |
VSS backups are supported via Exchange emulation if these conditions are true:
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IBM Tivoli Storage Manager | 5.1.1, 5.1.5, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 7.1, 7.1.4 |
VSS backups are supported via Exchange Emulation if these conditions are true:
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EMC NetWorker | 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1.1, 9.2.1 |
VSS backups are supported via Exchange emulation if these conditions are true:
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Microsoft Windows Server Backup | Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2016 | VSS backups are supported via access to backup server. |
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager | 2007, 2007 with Feature Pack, 2007 SP1, 2010, 2012, 2012 SP1, 2012 R2 | VSS backups are supported via access to backup server. |
Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers |
8.6, 8.6 SBS, 8.6 for WSA, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10d (10.1), 11d, 12.0, 12.5, 2010 (13), 2010 SP1, 2010 R2, 2010 R2 SP1, 2010 R3, 2010 R3 SP1, 2010 R3 SP3, 2012, 2012 SP1, 2012 SP2, 2012 SP3, 2012 SP4, 2014 NOTE: Granular Restore Technology (GRT) backups are not supported. |
VSS backups are supported via direct access if created with Backup Exec 11d, 12.0, 12.5, 2010 (13), 2010 SP1, 2010 R2, 2010 R2 SP1, 2010 R3, 2010 R3 SP1, 2010 R3
NOTE: Recovery Manager for Exchange can register offline Exchange Server databases extracted from a snapshot backup with Backup Exec. For instructions, see the Recovery Manager for Exchange User Guide. |
Symantec NetBackup | NetBackup DataCenter 4.0 V, 4.5, 4.5 FP3, 4.5 FP4, 4.5 FP5, 4.5 FP6, 4.5 FP7, 4.5 FP8, 4.5 FP9, 4.5 MP1, 4.5 MP2, 4.5 MP3, 4.5 MP4, 4.5 MP5, 4.5 MP6, 4.5 MP7, 4.5 MP8, 4.5 MP9 | VSS backups are not supported. |
NetBackup BusinesServer 4.5, 4.5 FP3, 4.5 FP4, 4.5 FP5, 4.5 FP6, 4.5 FP7, 4.5 FP8, 4.5 FP9, 4.5 MP1, 4.5 MP2, 4.5 MP3, 4.5 MP4, 4.5 MP5, 4.5 MP6, 4.5 MP7, 4.5 MP8, 4.5 MP9 | VSS backups are not supported. | |
NetBackup Server or NetBackup Enterprise Server 5.0, 5.0 MP1, 5.0 MP2, 5.0 MP3, 5.0 MP4, 5.0 MP5, 5.0 MP6, 5.0 MP7, 5.1, 5.1 MP1, 5.1 MP2, 5.1 MP3, 5.1 MP4, 5.1 MP5, 5.1 MP6, 6.0, 6.0 MP1, 6.0 MP2, 6.0 MP3, 6.0 MP4, 6.0 MP5, 6.0 MP6, 6.0 MP7, 6.5.0, 6.5.1, 6.5.2, 6.5.3, 6.5.4, 6.5.5, 6.5.6, 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.1.0, 7.5.0, 7.6.0, 7.7.0, 8.0 |
VSS backups are supported via direct access if created with NetBackup 6.0 (with or without MP), 6.5.x, 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.1.0, 7.5.0, 7.6.0 or 7.7.0. VSS backups are supported via Exchange emulation if these conditions are true:
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