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| Processor | Minimum Intel Core i5 or equivalent processor. Minimum 4 cores recommended. Offsite Backup Server requires enough resources to boot replicated virtual machines. |
| Memory RAM | VM Backup: 2 GB RAM plus an additional 25 MB RAM for every 100 GB of data being backed up. Hyper-V Host Agent: 1 GB RAM. Offsite Backup Server: 2 GB RAM plus an additional 25 MB RAM for every 100 GB of data being backed up. |
| Hard Disk | VM Backup: 1 GB free space for program and settings plus 15 GB free space for temporary files created during backup operations. Hyper-V Host Agent: 2 GB free space. Installer download size: approximately 247 MB. Minimum 10 percent free disk space required on each volume holding live VM data for Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy. Minimum 10 percent free disk space required on each backup location holding backup data. |
| Display | Minimum screen resolution for the Management Console: 1280 x 800. Standard display compatible with the respective operating system. |
| Special Features | Virtual machine backup for Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware, and Proxmox VE. Supported VMware platforms include vSphere 5.5, 6.0, 6.5, 6.7, 7.0, and 8.0. Supported VMware platforms include vCenter 5.5, 6.0, 6.5, 6.7, 7.0, and 8.0. Supported VMware platforms include ESXi 5.5, 6.0, 6.5, 6.7, 7.0, 8.0, and 9.0. Supported Proxmox VE versions include 8.4, 9.0, and 9.1. Offsite backups over WAN and Internet. File Level Restore. Restore virtual machines to a different host. Sandbox Restore and Backup verification. Flexible Backup Scheduling. Hot and Live Backups. Fast and Small Backups with compression. Restore Clone. Physical server backup. Industry-leading 24/7 Premium Technical Support. Military Grade AES Encryption for offsite backups only. Automatic backup retention. |
| Note | Requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8. Internet connection required for Proxmox VE hosts. Main VM Backup installation cannot be installed on a domain controller. Windows client operating systems are supported only for the Management Tools UI where explicitly listed. Windows 8.1 is not listed in the current official VM Backup support table. Windows Server 2003 is not listed in the current official VM Backup support table. VMware ESXi free edition is not supported. VMware vSphere, vCenter, and ESXi 5.0 and 5.1 are no longer supported in VM Backup V9. Proxmox VE replication and CDP are not currently supported. Proxmox VE LXC container backup is not supported. Proxmox VE Boot from Backup is supported for verification only. Standard Edition does not include Control Panel, cloud backup to Azure, Amazon S3, Wasabi, Backblaze B2, or Impossible Cloud Storage. Standard Edition does not include immutable cloud backup, WAN-Optimized Replication, Continuous Data Protection, Azure Stack HCI support, automatic configuration of newly discovered virtual machines, augmented inline deduplication, Cross-Platform Restoration, Boot from Backup, Hyper-V Cluster CSV support, VMware vCenter support, Exchange Item-Level Restore, Grandfather-Father-Son Archiving, multiple offsite backup locations, or offsite backups over LAN and local connection. Backup of pass-through and RDM raw device mappings is not supported. SMB file shares in cloud locations such as Azure Files are not supported as backup locations. Target storage partitions must be NTFS or ReFS formatted, or network paths accessible by SMB 3.0 |
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