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Supported Configurations: Windows

For the most current information regarding supported systems, see the Compatibility Matrix.

General Notes:

• High availability support for BlackBerry (BES) is included with CA ARCserve RHA for SQL and CA ARCserve RHA for File Servers. Arcserve High Availability is not supported in an environment in which either the Master or Replica server is also functioning as a Windows Domain Controller (DC), DNS server, or SBS (Windows Small Business Server) server. You must use Arcserve Replication instead.
• Itanium 2 and IA-64 processors are not supported.
• Hardware requirements for CA ARCserve RHA depend upon the operating system and applications you are running. Ensure your system meets the minimum hardware requirements for the operating system on which you plan to install CA ARCserve RHA and for the applications you wish to protect.

Arcserve Replication

The following operating systems are supported for Replication for File Server, SQL 2005/2008/2008 R2/2012, Exchange 2007/2010/2013, SharePoint 2007/2010:

• Windows Server 2012 R2
• Windows Server 2012
• Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit, x64), Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit, x64) SP1, SP2
• Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition R2 (32-bit, x64)
• Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit, x64), Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit, x64) SP1, SP2
• Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition R2 (32-bit, x64)
• Windows 2003 Web Server Edition (32-bit, x64), Windows 2003 Web Server Edition (32-bit, x64) SP1, SP2
• Windows 2003 Datacenter Edition (32-bit, x64)
• Windows Small Business Server 2003 (32-bit, x64), Windows 2003 Small Business Server (32-bit, x64) SP1, SP2 (Exchange failover is not supported on SBS)
• Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 (32-bit, x64) (Exchange failover is not supported on SBS)
• Windows Server 2003 Cluster (32-bit, x64), Windows Server 2003 Cluster SP1 (32-bit, x64) (MNS and CCR clusters are not supported)
• Windows Server 2003 Cluster R2, SP2 (32-bit and x64) (MNS and CCR clusters are not supported)
• Windows Storage Server 2003 SP1 (32-bit and x64)
• Windows Server 2008 Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web Server (32-bit and x64). Windows Server 2008 on Itanium-based systems is not supported.
• Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition R2 (x64)
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core
• Windows Storage Server 2008 SP1, SP2 (32-bit and x64)
• Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 (Workgroup, Standard, and Enterprise)
• Microsoft Virtual PC (32-bit, x64) (all versions) (Guest environment only)
• Microsoft Virtual Server (all versions) (32-bit, x64) (Guest environment only)
• Microsoft Hyper-V (all versions) (Guest environment only)
• VMware Virtualization Products (ESX, GSX, vCenter Server, Server and Workstation all versions) (32-bit, x64) (Guest environment only)

Notes regarding Replication:

• Replication for Exchange is not supported in an SBS (Windows Small Business Server) environment for failover/failback, but replication for data recovery is fully supported.
• Replication for Exchange 2007 no longer requires or supports the ws_ex2e.exe utility for failover/failback. The failover and failback processes can now be manually performed using Microsoft Exchange Management Shell, a new interface for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, built on the Microsoft Windows PowerShell. Note that for Japanese environments, this utility is supported only if non-Unicode (single-byte) characters are used as arguments for the Exchange server.

The following operation systems are supported for Full System Replication:

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP1, SP2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, SP1
• Windows Server 2012
• Windows Server 2012 R2

The following operating systems are supported for Replication for Oracle:

• Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit, x64), Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit, x64) SP1, SP2
• Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition R2 (32-bit, x64)
• Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit, x64), Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit, x64) SP1, SP2
• Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition R2 (32-bit, x64)
• Windows 2003 Web Server Edition (32-bit, x64), Windows 2003 Web Server Edition (32-bit, x64) SP1, SP2
• Windows 2003 Datacenter Edition (32-bit, x64)
• Windows Small Business Server 2003 (32-bit, x64), Windows 2003 Small Business Server (32-bit, x64) SP1, SP2 (Oracle failover is not supported on SBS)
• Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 (32-bit, x64) (Oracle failover is not supported on SBS)
• Windows Server 2008 Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter and Web Server (32-bit and x64)
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core
• Microsoft Virtual PC (32-bit, x64) (all versions) (Guest environment only)
• Microsoft Virtual Server (all versions) (32-bit, x64) (Guest environment only)
• Microsoft Hyper-V (all versions) (Guest environment only)
• VMware Virtualization Products (ESX, GSX, vCenter Server, Server and Workstation all versions) (32-bit, x64) (Guest environment only)

Notes regarding Oracle:

• Automatic rewind checkpoints are not supported for Oracle. Instead, you can insert manual or scheduled bookmarks.
• Oracle Asynchronous IO or Oracle Direct IO are not supported. Ensure they are disabled.

High Availability

The following operating systems are supported for High Availability for File Server:

• Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit, x64), Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit, x64) SP1, SP2
• Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition R2 (32-bit, x64)
• Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit, x64), Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit, x64) SP1, SP2
• Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition R2 (32-bit, x64)
• Windows 2003 Web Server Edition (32-bit, x64), Windows 2003 Web Server Edition (32-bit, x64) SP1, SP2
• Windows 2003 Datacenter Edition (32-bit, x64)
• Windows Server 2003 Cluster (32-bit, x64), Windows Server 2003 Cluster SP1 (32-bit, x64) (MNS clusters are not supported)
• Windows Server 2003 Cluster R2, SP2 (32-bit and x64) (MNS clusters are not supported)
• Windows Storage Server 2003 SP1 (32-bit and x64)
• Windows Server 2008 Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter and Web Server (32-bit and x64)
• Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition R2 (x64)
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core
• Windows Server 2012
• Windows Server 2012 R2
• Windows Storage Server 2008 SP1, SP2 (32-bit and x64)
• Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 (Workgroup, Standard, and Enterprise)
• Microsoft Virtual PC (32-bit, x64) (all versions) (Guest environment only)
• Microsoft Virtual Server (all versions) (32-bit, x64) (Guest environment only)
• Microsoft Hyper-V (all versions) (Guest environment only)
• VMware Virtualization Products (ESX, GSX, Server and Workstation all versions) (32-bit, x64 bit) (Guest environment only)

The following operating systems are supported for High Availability for Exchange 2007/2010/2013, SQL 2005/2008/2008 R2/2012, IIS 6/7.0/7.5, SharePoint 2007/2010, CRM 4.0:

• Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit, x64), Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit, x64) SP1, SP2
• Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition R2 (32-bit, x64)
• Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit, x64), Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit, x64) SP1, SP2
• Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition R2 (32-bit, x64)
• Windows 2003 Web Server Edition (32-bit, x64), Windows 2003 Web Server Edition (32-bit, x64) SP1, SP2
• Windows 2003 Datacenter Edition (32-bit, x64)
• Windows Server 2003 Cluster (32-bit, x64), Windows Server 2003 Cluster SP1 (32-bit, x64) (MNS and CCR clusters are not supported)
• Windows Server 2003 Cluster R2, SP2 (32-bit, x64) (MNS and CCR clusters are not supported)
• Windows Storage Server 2003 SP1 (32-bit and x64)
• Windows Server 2008 Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web Server (32-bit and x64), R2
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core
• Windows Storage Server 2008 SP1, SP2 (32-bit and x64)
• Microsoft Virtual PC (32-bit, x64) (all versions) (Guest environment only)
• Microsoft Virtual Server (all versions) (32-bit, x64) (Guest environment only)
• Microsoft Hyper-V (all versions), (Guest environment only)

  VMware Virtualization Products (ESX, GSX, Server and Workstation all versions) (32-bit, x64) (Guest environment only)

The following operating systems are supported for High Availability for Oracle 10/11g:

• Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit, x64), Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit, x64) SP1, SP2
• Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition R2 (32-bit, x64)
• Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit, x64), Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit, x64) SP1, SP2
• Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition R2 (32-bit, x64)
• Windows 2003 Web Server Edition (32-bit, x64), Windows 2003 Web Server Edition (32-bit, x64) SP1, SP2
• Windows 2003 Datacenter Edition (32-bit, x64)
• Windows Server 2008 Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web Server (32-bit and x64)
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core
• Microsoft Virtual PC (32-bit, x64) (all versions) (Guest environment only)
• Microsoft Virtual Server (all versions) (32-bit, x64) (Guest environment only)
• Microsoft Hyper-V (all versions) (Guest environment only)
• VMware Virtualization Products (ESX, GSX, Server and Workstation all versions) (32-bit, x64) (Guest environment only)

  Notes: Automatic rewind checkpoints are not supported for Oracle; instead you can insert manual or scheduled bookmarks.

The following operating systems are supported for High Availability for Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES):

• Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit, x64), Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit, x64) SP1, SP2
• Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition R2 (32-bit, x64)
• Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit, x64), Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit, x64) SP1, SP2
• Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition R2 (32-bit, x64)
• Windows 2003 Web Server Edition (32-bit, x64), Windows 2003 Web Server Edition (32-bit, x64) SP1, SP2
• Windows 2003 Datacenter Edition (32-bit, x64)
• Windows Server 2003 Cluster (32-bit, x64), Windows Server 2003 Cluster SP1 (32-bit, x64) (MNS and CCR clusters are not supported)
• Windows Server 2003 Cluster R2, SP2 (32-bit, x64) (MNS and CCR clusters are not supported)
• Windows Server 2008 Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web Server (32-bit and x64)
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core
• Microsoft Virtual PC (32-bit, x64) (all versions) (Guest environment only)
• Microsoft Virtual Server (all versions) (32-bit, x64) (Guest environment only)
• Microsoft Hyper-V (all versions) (Guest environment only)
• VMware Virtualization Products (ESX, GSX, Server and Workstation all versions) (32-bit, x64) (Guest environment only)

  Note: Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES) 4.1 SP6. Assured Recovery is not supported for BlackBerry HA due to SRP key conflicts.

The following operating systems are supported for Full System scenarios:

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2

Assured Recovery Option

• CA ARCserve RHA on Windows
• VSS Snapshot Management is enabled on Windows Server 2003 and later.