1.2 Supported Configurations

1.2.1 Supported Windows Workloads

PlateSpin Forge supports most Windows-based workloads.

Both file- block-level replication are supported, with certain restrictions. See Section 6.3, Data Transfer.

Table 1-1 Supported Windows Workloads

Operating System

Remarks

Server Class workloads

Windows Server 2012

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
  • Windows Server 2008 (64-bit)

Including domain controllers (DC) and Small Business Server (SBS) editions
  • Windows Server 2003 latest SP (64-bit)
  • Windows Server 2003 latest SP (32-bit)
  • Windows Server 2003 R2 (64-bit)
  • Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit)

Including domain controllers (DC) and Small Business Server (SBS) editions

Windows Server 2000 SP4 (32-bit)

 

Workstation Class workloads

Windows 8

Windows 7

Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions only

Windows Vista

Windows XP

Supported Windows Clusters: See Protecting Windows Clusters for specific cluster configurations supported.

1.2.2 Supported Linux Workloads

PlateSpin Forge supports a number of Linux distributions.

Replication is done at the block level, for which your PlateSpin software requires a blkwatch module compiled for a particular Linux distribution being protected.

Some of the supported Linux versions require that you compile the PlateSpin blkwatch module for your specific kernel. Those workloads are called out explicitly.

Table 1-2 Supported Linux Workloads

Operating System

Remarks

Linux Server Class workloads

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.0-5.5, 6.0-6.2

 

RHEL 5.6-5.8, 6.3

You must compile the PlateSpin blkwatch module before inventorying these workloads.

See KB Article 7005873.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9, 10, 11 (SP1, SP2, SP3)

NOTE:Kernel version 3.0.13 of SLES 11 SP2 is not supported. Upgrade to kernel version 3.0.27 or later before inventorying the workload.

Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) 11 (SP1, SP2)

OES 2 (SP2 and SP3)

NOTE:The default kernel version 3.0.13 of OES 11 SP2 is not supported. Upgrade to kernel version 3.0.27 or later before inventorying the workload.

Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL)

  • Same level of support as that for workloads running RHEL.

  • Workloads using the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel are not supported.

Supported Linux file systems: EXT2, EXT3, EXT4, REISERFS, and NSS (OES 2 workloads).

NOTE:Encrypted volumes of workloads on the source are decrypted in the failover VM.

1.2.3 Supported VM Containers

PlateSpin Forge ships with a VMware ESX 4.1, the appliance host serving as the hypervisor component of the product.