System Requirements - Media Explorer

The following requirements are for the Media Explorer:

Operating System

Processor

Windows

Windows 2008

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 32-bit and x64 Editions

All Windows-compatible processors supported

Windows 2003

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 32-bit and x64 Editions with a minimum of Service Pack 1

All Windows-compatible processors supported

Hard Drive

256 MB of additional hard disk space for the Media Explorer installation files and log growth

Sufficient space for the Catalog database (based on your cataloging needs)

Sufficient space for the data you want to recover

Peripherals

DVD-ROM drive

Network Interface Card

Miscellaneous

Media Explorer must be installed on a computer that has the same operating system as that of the client for which the data was backed up.

The following media requirements apply:

  • All necessary tape, optical, and disk media volumes required to complete the data recovery operation must be available.
  • For tape and optical libraries, the correct drivers must be loaded.
  • Direct physical access to the media device must be available. (i.e., a locally attached tape library/drive tapes, or a mapped local drive on which disk library archives are stored)
  • For data stored on disk volumes using a Unix MediaAgent, a separate file transfer tool (such as FTP for Unix) must be used.

DISCLAIMER

Minor revisions and/or service packs that are released by application and operating system vendors are supported by our software but may not be individually listed in our System Requirements. We will provide information on any known caveat for the revisions and/or service packs. In some cases, these revisions and/or service packs affect the working of our software. Changes to the behavior of our software resulting from an application or operating system revision/service pack may be beyond our control. The older releases of our software may not support the platforms supported in the current release. However, we will make every effort to correct the behavior in the current or future releases when necessary. Please contact your Software Provider for any problem with a specific application or operating system.

Additional considerations regarding minimum requirements and End of Life policies from application and operating system vendors are also applicable