EMC® Retrospect® for Windows

System Requirements

Windows computers that run Retrospect

  • Intel Pentium class processor (1.5 GHz or more recommended)
  • 512 MB RAM (1 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 NT 4.0 Workstation or Server (SP6 or greater); Windows 2000 Professional, Server, or Advanced Server (SP2 or greater); Windows Server 2003 Standard or Enterprise editions (32-bit and x64); Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit and x64), Windows Small Business Server 4.5, 2000, or 2003; Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2; Windows Storage Server 2003; Windows Storage Server 2003 R2; Windows XP (32-bit and x64); Windows Vista (32-bit)
  • Retrospect Small Business Server, Standard and Premium editions: Windows Small Business Server 4.5, 2000, 2003, or 2003 R2
  • Retrospect can run in a Windows environment using VMware Workstation 5, 5.5.1, VMware Server 1.0, and VMware ESX Server 2.5, 3.0

Retrospect clients

Note: 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.

Windows clients

  • Windows Vista (32-bit)
  • Windows XP (32-bit and x64)
  • Windows 2000 Professional
  • Windows NT 4.0 Workstation (SP6 or greater)
  • Windows 95/98/98 SE/Me
  • Windows Server 2003 Standard or Enterprise editions (32-bit and x64)
  • Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit and x64)
  • Windows Small Business Server 2000, 2003 or 2003 R2
  • Windows Storage Server 2003; Windows Storage Server 2003 R2
  • Windows NT 4.0 Server (SP6 or greater)
  • The Retrospect client can run in a Windows environment using VMware Workstation 5, 5.5.1, VMware Server 1.0, and VMware ESX Server 2.5, 3.0

Macintosh clients

  • Mac® OS 7.1 or later, Mac OS X 10.1.5 or later

Linux clients

  • Red Hat Linux 7.3, 8.x, 9.x; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4 (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • SUSE LINUX 8.0, 9.2, 9.3 (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • Novell Linux Desktop 9

Solaris clients

  • Solaris 8, 9, 10 (SPARC platform only)

NetWare clients

  • NetWare 5.1, 6.0, 6.5

VMware clients

  • Supported client operating systems running in VMware Workstation 5 and 5.5.1, and VMware ESX Server 2.5 and 3.0 environments.

Supported backup devices

  • SCSI/Fibre Channel/iSCSI/ATAPI/USB/IEEE 1394 tape drives, tape autoloaders, and tape library systems including AIT, DAT, DLT, LTO, Travan, and VXA (Disk-to-Disk edition does not back up to tape.)
  • Local hard disks, remote servers, and NAS devices
  • SCSI/ATAPI/USB/IEEE 1394 Writable CD/DVD drives
  • Removable disks including REV, Zip, DVD-RAM, MO, and SuperDisk (LS-120)
  • Search our storage device compatibility database for specific device support

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)

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.