User guide

IBM pSeries servers
Implementations of the IBM SmartCloud Virtualized Server Recovery VSR
Replication Client are tested for use with IBM pSeries servers.
Note: For additional information, see Chapter 3, “Downloads and Utilities,” on
page 17.
Supported Operating Systems
IBM SmartCloud Virtualized Server Recovery provides disaster recovery through
Windows-based clients to servers using the following operating system versions:
v Connections as follows:
– Layer 3 (for replication and failback)
– Layer 2 (for partial failover)
v AIX:
– AIX 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 7.1
v Linux:
– Red Hat Linux 5 32/64-bit (from 5.8 to 5.9.3)
– Red Hat Linux 6 32/64-bit (from 6.0 to 6.4)
– CentOS (Community ENTerprise Operating System) Linux 5/6 32-bit and
64-bit
– Oracle Enterprise Linux 5/6 32-bit and 64-bit
– SUSE 11 64-bit (Sp1 and Sp2)
– Linux with Multiple VG support
– Scientific Linux 5 64-bit
v Windows:
– Windows Server 2003 32/64-bit
– Windows Server 2008 32/64-bit
– Windows Server 2008 R2 32/64-bit
– Windows Server 2008 EFI
– Windows Server 2012
– Windows Server 2012 ReFS
– Windows Server 2012 with EFI partitions
– Windows Storage Server
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– Windows OEM
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Supported Internet Browsers
While the IBM SmartCloud Virtualized Server Recovery portal functions properly
with other modern browsers, only the following have been extensively tested and
are supported by the Help Desk:
v Microsoft Internet Explorer (Version 7 or higher)
v Mozilla Firefox (all recent versions)
v Google Chrome (all versions)
2. This operating system requires Microsoft Product Activation after booting on the IBM recovery center VM.
3. Ibid.
Chapter 1. Introduction
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