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Hardware and Software Requirements for IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack
 
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FastBack Server
Hardware
Software
Notes
Processor:
Minimum -
3 GHz Dual Intel Pentium D or compatible.

Memory:
Minimum -
2 GB RAM, 2 GB Virtual Memory.

Recommended-
4 GB RAM, 2 GB Virtual Memory

Disk Space:
200 MB in the 'Documents and Settings' folder

Network Interface Card (NIC):
Minimum -
1 NIC - 100Mbps

Recommended-
1 NIC - 1 Gbps		Operating System:
Only supported on the following Windows 32-bit, X86 architectures:

Windows XP Professional SP 1, or later

Windows 2003 SP 1, or later
  • Standard Server
  • Enterprise Server
  • Storage Server
  • Storage R2 Server

Windows Server 2008
  • Standard
  • Enterprise
  • Datacenter
  • Web Server
  • Small Business
  • Essential Business
The Boot and Windows OS partitions must be formatted in NTFS for all versions.













* 2008 only supported on FastBack version 5.5.5 or later
Note: The required repository size is three times the data size the server is backing up. It is recommended to have a repository size up to five times the original data size. The recommended maximum repository size per FastBack Server is 40TB.


FastBack Client
Hardware
Software
Notes
Processor:
Minimum -
733 MHz Intel Celeron or compatible.

Recommended -
1 GHz Intel Pentium lll or Higher.

Memory:
Minimum -
512 MB RAM, 2 GB Virtual Memory,

Recommended-
1 GB RAM, 2 GB Virtual Memory

Disk Space:
200 MB in the 'Documents and Settings' folder

Network Interface Card (NIC):
Minimum -
1 NIC - 100Mbps

Recommended-
1 NIC - 1 Gbps		Operating System:
Only supported on the following 32-bit X86 and 64-bit X64 / IA64 architectures (see notes to right):

Windows XP Professional SP 1, or later

Windows 2000 SP 3, or later
  • Standard Server
  • Professional Server
  • Advanced Server

Windows 2003 SP 1, or later
  • Standard Server
  • Enterprise Server
  • Storage Server
  • Storage R2 Server

Windows Vista SP 1, or later
  • Home Basic
  • Home Premium
  • Business
  • Enterprise
  • Ultimate
  • Starter

Windows Server 2008
  • Standard
  • Enterprise
  • Datacenter
  • Web Server
  • Small Business
  • Essential Business
Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Standard
  • Enterprise
  • Datacenter
  • Web Server
  • Foundation
The Boot and Windows OS partitions must be formatted in NTFS.

Windows 2000 is supported on X86 architecture only.










Windows 2003 & 2008 are supported on the following x86 based computers:
  • 32-bit processors
  • 64 - AMD and EM64T

Windows 2003 & 2008 64-bit Edition support the following processors:
  • 64 - AMD and EM64T
  • IA64 - Itanium
FastBack is a solution intended for data size under four terabytes (4TB).


FastBack Disaster Recovery Server
Hardware
Software
Notes
Processor:
Minimum -
3 GHz Dual Intel Pentium D or compatible.

Memory:
Minimum -
2 GB RAM, 2 GB Virtual Memory.

Recommended-
3 GB RAM, 2 GB Virtual Memory

Disk Space:
200 MB in the 'Documents and Settings' folder

Network Interface Card (NIC):
Minimum -
1 NIC - 100Mbps

Recommended-
1 NIC - 1 Gbps		Operating System:
Only supported on the following Windows 32-bit, X86 architectures:

Windows XP Professional SP 1, or later

Windows 2003 SP 1, or later
  • Standard Server
  • Enterprise Server
  • Storage Server
  • Storage R2 Server

Windows Server 2008
  • Standard
  • Enterprise
  • Datacenter
  • Web Server
  • Small Business
  • Essential Business
The Boot and Windows OS partitions must be formatted in NTFS.













* 2008 only supported on FastBack version 5.5.5 or later



FastBack For Microsoft Exchange
Hardware
Software
Notes
NoneMicrosoft Outlook
Microsoft 2003 or later must be installed.

Microsoft Exchange
Microsoft Exchange Server must NOT be installed.

Operating System:
Only supported on the following Windows 32-bit, X86 and 64-bit X64 / IA64 architectures:

Windows XP Professional SP 1, or later

Windows 2003 SP 1, or later
  • Standard Server
  • Enterprise Server

Windows Server 2008
  • Standard
  • Enterprise

Supported Microsoft Exchange Databases:
The following databases are supported
  • Microsoft Exchange 2000
  • Microsoft Exchange 2003
  • Microsoft Exchange 2007
FastBack 5.5.4 will only work with Outlook 2003 installed, but previous versions of Fastback will work with Outlook 2000.



FastBack For Bare Machine Recovery
Hardware
Software
Notes
  • x86 processors (32 bit) with Windows® 32-bit operating systems
  • x64 (AMD64 and EM64T) processors with Windows 64-bit operating systems
  • IA64 (Intel® Itanium®) processors with Windows 64-bit operating systems
  • CD-Rom drive
  • FastBack Recovery CD must Be created on Windows 32 bit OS.
  • Supported up to PE 2.1 (PE 2008)
  • FastBack For Bare Machine Recovery (BMR) requires you to create a FastBack BMR CD before you can perform recovery.
Refer to the following Web site for the list of the many mass storage drivers, from a variety of vendors, that are supported

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21316096


FastBack Reporting
Hardware
Software
Notes
Processor:
Minimum -
3 GHz Dual Intel Pentium D or compatible.

Memory:
Minimum -
3 GB RAM, 2 GB Virtual Memory.

Recommended-
4 GB RAM, 2 GB Virtual Memory

Disk Space:
200 MB in the 'Documents and Settings' folder.

An additional 30 GB free disk space (minimum). Requirements increase as historical data is gathered and stored.

At least 10GB free space should be available in the home directory where the historical data is stored.

Network Interface Card (NIC):
Minimum -
1 NIC - 100Mbps

Recommended-
1 NIC - 1 Gbps		Operating System:
IBM Tivoli Common Reporting, version 1.2
Fix pack 1

FastBack Server:
Version 5.5.4 or later		The FastBack Reporting must be installed on same machine as the FastBack Server.
Note: FastBack Reporting requires that you install IBM® Tivoli Common Reporting, Version 1.2, Fix Pack 1. All hardware requirements for Tivoli Common Reporting, Version 1.2, Fix Pack 1 must be met before you install Tivoli Common Reporting and FastBack Reporting. For more information about Tivoli Common Reporting hardware requirements, see http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v3r1/topic/com.ibm.tivoli.tcr.doc/ttcr_install.html.
 
 
Cross Reference information
Segment Product Component Platform Version Edition
Storage ManagementIBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBackClientWindows 2003 server, Windows 2000, Windows XP5.5
Storage ManagementIBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack for Microsoft Exchange Windows 2003 server, Windows XP5.5
Storage ManagementIBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack for Bare Machine Recovery Windows 2003 server, Windows XP
Storage ManagementIBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack Center 5.5
 
 

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Document information
 Product categories:
 Software
 Storage Management
 Data Protection
 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack
 Server
 Operating system(s):
  Windows 2000, Windows 2003 server, Windows XP
 Software version:
  5.5
 Reference #:
  1315086
 IBM Group:
 Software Group
 Modified date:
 2009-08-27

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