User Guide

Chapter 1 - Installation Overview

This section describes what you need to do to install Yosemite Backup.

In this section

• System Requirements

• Supported platforms

• Before You Install Yosemite Backup

• Installing Yosemite Backup

• Installing a service pack

System Requirements

Most operating systems list both minimum and recommended system requirements. As a general rule, if

your system meets the minimum requirements for the operating system, it will also meet the minimum

system requirements for Yosemite Backup. However, for better performance, we recommend that your

system meet or exceed the recommended system requirements.

For example, Windows XP Professional requires a 233 MHz Pentium or Celeron family or AMD-K6,

AMD Athlon or AMD Duron family processor, 64MB of RAM and 1.5GB of available hard disk space.

But Microsoft recommends a 300 MHz processor and 128MB of RAM.

Depending on your specific requirements, your system should also meet the following:

• 20 GB of hard disk space

The Yosemite Backup Catalog requires additional space. When you install Yosemite Backup on the

machine that will serve as the master server, Yosemite recommends that you select a hard drive other

than the default drive. A disk drive with at least an additional 20 GB is recommended.

• VGA display with 1024x768 resolution, for use with Windows or X Window

• Tape backup device for use with Bare Metal Disaster Recovery

• CD drive for Yosemite Backup installation (recommended)

• CD or DVD writer for use with the Bare Metal Disaster Recovery (recommended)

• Bootable tape backup device for use with Bare Metal Disaster Recovery (optional)

Supported platforms

Yosemite Backup is supported and has been tested with many different versions of Windows, NetWare,

Linux and UNIX operating systems. For a current list of supported platforms, visit