EMC® Retrospect® for Windows

System Requirements

Retrospect 7.6 System Requirements

Windows computers that run Retrospect

  • Intel Pentium class processor or better (1.5 GHz or more recommended)
  • 1 GB MB RAM (2 GB or more recommended)
  • Network backup requires TCP/IP networking
  • Hard disk with 5 GB free

Retrospect Multi Server, Single Server, and Disk-to-Disk:

  • Windows Server 2008/2003/2003 R2, 2000 Server (SP2 or later)
  • Windows Small Business Server 2003/2000/4.5
  • Windows Storage Server 2003/2003 R2
  • Windows Vista (32-bit and x64), Windows XP (32-bit and x64), Windows 2000 Professional

Retrospect Small Business Server, Standard and Premium editions:

  • Windows Small Business Server 2003/2000/4.5

Windows clients

  • Windows Server 2008/2003/2003 R2, 2000 Server (SP2 or later), NT Server 4.0 (SP6 or later)*
  • Windows Small Business Server 2003/2000/4.5*
  • Windows Storage Server 2003/2003 R2*
  • Windows Vista (32-bit and x64), Windows XP (32-bit and x64), Windows 2000 Professional, Windows NT 4.0 Workstation (SP6 or later), Windows 98/98 SE/Me

Macintosh clients

  • Mac OS X Server 10.2 or later*
  • Mac OS X 10.2 or later, Mac® OS 7.1 or later

Linux clients

  • Red Hat Linux 7.3, 8.x, 9.x; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4
  • SUSE Linux 8.0, 9.2, 9.3

Solaris clients

  • Solaris 8, 9

NetWare clients*

  • NetWare 5.1, 6.0, 6.5

Supported backup devices

  • SCSI/Fibre Channel/iSCSI/ATAPI/SAS/USB/IEEE 1394 Tape drives and tape autoloader/library systems including AIT, DAT, DLT, LTO, Travan and VXA
  • Local hard disks, remote servers, NAS devices, and SAN devices
  • SCSI/ATAPI/USB/IEEE 1394 writable optical drives including CD, DVD, Blu-ray
  • Removable disks including REV, RDX, and GoVault

*Retrospect Single Server, Small Business Server, and Disk-to-Disk editions require the purchase of a server client license in order to back up a server client.

Retrospect Professional 7.6 System Requirements

Windows computers that run Retrospect

  • Intel Pentium class processor or better (1.5 GHz recommended)
  • 512 MB RAM (1 GB or more recommended)
  • Hard disk with 5 GB free
  • Network backup requires TCP/IP networking
  • Windows Vista (32-bit and x64), Windows XP (32-bit and x64), Windows 2000 Professional

Windows clients

  • Intel Pentium class processor or better
  • Windows Vista (32-bit and x64), Windows XP (32-bit and x64), Windows 2000 Professional, Windows NT 4.0 Workstation (SP6 or later), Windows 98 SE/Me*

Macintosh clients

  • PowerPC or Intel processor
  • Mac OS 7.1 or later, Mac OS X 10.2 or later*

Linux clients

  • Intel Pentium class processor
  • Red Hat Linux 7.3, 8.x, 9.x*
  • SUSE Linux 8.0, 9.2, 9.3

Supported backup devices

  • Tape drives including AIT, DAT, DLT, LTO, Travan and VXA
  • Internal hard drives, USB/IEEE 1394/eSATA external hard drives
  • SCSI/ATAPI/USB/IEEE 1394 writable optical drives including CD, DVD, Blu-ray
  • Removable disks including REV, RDX, and GoVault

*To back up Windows Server, Mac OS X Server or Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems as clients, purchase a Retrospect server edition.

Retrospect Continuous Backup Agent System Requirements

  • Operating Systems (32-bit only): Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition R2, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition R2, Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2, Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2000, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Windows XP Home, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional (SP4 or higher)
  • Memory: Required: 128 MB RAM required above operating system and application requirements. Recommended: 256 MB RAM (or more for better performance) above operating system and application requirements.
  • Disk Space: 250 MB hard disk space required after Microsoft Windows is installed (typical installation). The Retrospect Continuous Backup Agent database requires additional space. We recommend a minimum of 100 MB plus 4 MB for each protected user computer.
  • Internet Browser: Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher.

Retrospect Continuous Backup Policy Server (included with Agent purchase):

  • Operating Systems (32-bit only): Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition R2, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition R2, Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2, Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2000, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional (SP4 or higher)

Retrospect Continuous Backup Professional System Requirements:

  • Operating Systems (32-bit only): Microsoft Windows Vista (any edition), Microsoft Windows XP Professional (SP2 or higher), Microsoft Windows XP Home, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional (SP4 or higher)
  • Memory: Recommended: 64 MB RAM above operating system and application requirements.
  • Disk Space: 15 MB hard disk space required after Microsoft Windows is installed (typical installation). The Version Store requires additional space on the system disk. Its size depends on the editing activity of the user and whether Snapshot Protection is used to protect files such as Outlook Personal Folders. A typical user will require approximately the following hard disk space for their local repository: 100 MB for Continuous File Protection, 500 MB for Open File Protection (used temporarily).

508 compliance

Retrospect meets U.S. government section 508 specifications for usability by the disabled and visually impaired. View the View the VPAT accessibility checklist.