1.2 Supported Configurations

1.2.1 Supported Windows Workloads

PlateSpin Forge supports most Windows-based workloads.

Only block-level replication is supported, with certain restrictions. See Section 6.3, Data Transfer.

Table 1-1 Supported Windows Workloads

Operating System

Remarks

Windows 7

Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions only

Windows Server 2008 R2

Including domain controllers (DC) and Small Business Server (SBS) editions

Windows Server 2008

Including domain controllers (DC), Enterprise, and Small Business Server (SBS) editions

Windows Vista

Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions; SP1 and later

Windows Server 2003 R2

Including domain controllers (DC) and Small Business Server (SBS) editions

Windows clusters

See Protecting Windows Clusters for specific cluster configurations supported.

1.2.2 Supported Linux Workloads

PlateSpin Forge supports a number of Linux distributions.

Replication is done at the block level, for which your PlateSpin software requires a blkwatch module compiled for a particular Linux distribution being protected.

Some of the supported Linux versions require that you compile the PlateSpin blkwatch module for your specific kernel. Those workloads are called out explicitly.

Table 1-2 Supported Linux Workloads

Operating System

Remarks

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.0-5.5, 6.0-6.2

 

RHEL 5.6-5.8, 6.3

You must compile the PlateSpin blkwatch module before inventorying these workloads.

See KB Article 7005873.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9, 10, 11 (SP1, SP2)

NOTE:Kernel version 3.0.13 of SLES 11 SP2 is not supported. Upgrade to kernel version 3.0.27 or later before inventorying the workload.

Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) 11 SP1, SP2

OES 2 (SP2 and SP3)

NOTE:The default kernel version 3.0.13 of OES 11 SP2 is not supported. Upgrade to kernel version 3.0.27 or later before inventorying the workload.

Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL)

  • Same level of support as that for workloads running RHEL.

  • Workloads using the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel are not supported.

Supported Linux file systems: EXT2, EXT3, EXT4, REISERFS, and NSS (OES 2 workloads).

NOTE:Encrypted volumes of workloads on the source are decrypted in the failover VM.