HP P9000 Replication Manager Software 7.2 Configuration Guide

Prerequisite pro-
grams
Windows operating system
Windows Server 2008 R2 no SP or SP1
• Runs in the 32-bit emulation mode
Supports IPv4 and IPv6 connections
• Also runs as a guest OS of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and V2
• Also runs under VMware ESX/ESXi Server 3.x and 4.x
• Operation on Server Core is not supported
Windows 7 no SP or SP1
• 32-bit architecture only
• Supports IPv4 and IPv6 connections
• Also runs under VMware ESX/ESXi Server 3.x and 4.x
NOTE:
If you link to a Device Manager Agent running on a guest OS of VMware ESX 4.x or VMware ESXi
4.x, use version 7.0.1 or later of Device Manager server and Device Manager Agent.
WARNING!
Do not use a Managed Service Account if Windows Server 2008 R2 is the OS on the pair management
server, database server, or backup server. If a Managed Service Account is specified for one of the
following services, errors might occur when Replication Manager operations are being performed:
• Application Agent services (Protection Manager Service, HBsA Service)
• SQL Server, SQL Server Agent, and other SQL Server-related services (when running a service to
create a replica for an SQL Server database)
The following table lists the server specifications required for a Linux environment.
NOTE:
To implement linkage to Device Manager Agent running on a guest OS of VMware ESX 4.x or VMware
ESXi 4.x, use version 7.0.1 or later of both Device Manager server and Device Manager agent.
The following table lists the server specifications required for a cluster environment.
Table 8 Requirements for a cluster environment
Cluster softwareOperating system
Microsoft Cluster Service
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
SP2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise
Edition SP2
Windows
(32-bit only)
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