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Contents EMC DiskXtender UNIX/Linux v3.5 SP1 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 3

EMC DiskXtender UNIX/Linux v3.5 ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 5

EMC DiskXtender UNIX/Linux v3.4 ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 7

EMC DiskXtender for Windows v6.5 SP8 (32 and 64 bit) .......................................................................................................................................................... 9

EMC DiskXtender for Windows v6.5 SP7 (32 and 64 bit) ........................................................................................................................................................ 15





EMC DiskXtender for Windows v6.5 SP2 (64 bit) .................................................................................................................................................................... 45

EMC DiskXtender for Windows v6.5 SP1 (32 bit) .................................................................................................................................................................... 51



EMC DiskXtender for Windows v6.5 (32 bit) ........................................................................................................................................................................... 57

EMC DiskXtender for Windows v 6.4 SP1 ................................................................................................................................................................................ 62

EMC DiskXtender for Windows v 6.4 ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 68

EMC DiskXtender for Windows v 6.3 SP1 ................................................................................................................................................................................ 73

EMC DiskXtender for Windows v 6.3 ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 82

EMC DiskXtender Search Module 2.0 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 88



EMC DiskXtender UNIX/Linux v3.5 SP1

Product Server Platform Support Server Operating Systems Client and Device Version Requirements

Supported File Systems

DiskXtender File System Manager v3.5 SP1

Sun SPARC Solaris 10 for 64 bit SPARC EMC Centera SDK v 3.2.705 connecting to CentraStar Version 2.3 or later No support for RHEL “hugemem” kernel No support for SuSE 10 or 11 “bigsmp” kernel Solaris versions support EUC with restrictions, see release notes No support for Clustered file systems of any type on any platform

UFS, VxFS 5.0

HP IA-64 HP-UX 11i.v.3, running on IA-64, for 64 bit, Itanium computers (non-PARISC computers)

VxFS 4.1 also known as JFS 4.1

Intel x86_64

• RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.1 for EM64T multiprocessor computers



• SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 with service

pack 2 for EM64T multiprocessor computers - Novell distribution only, SMP kernel only





• Novell OES (Open Enterprise Server) v2 with

service pack 1 for eDirectory and NCP services only - EM64T multiprocessor computers, SMP kernel only

• Novell OES (Open Enterprise Server) v2 with

service pack 2 for eDirectory and NCP services

EXT2, EXT3



only - EM64T multiprocessor computers, SMP kernel only

IBM PowerPC IBM AIX 5.3 on RS/6000 computers

IBM AIX 6.1 on RS/6000 computers Journaled File System

(JFS), formatted with the largefiles option JFS2

Qualified EMC Interoperability Solutions

Supported EMC Interoperability Solutions

Comments

VMware ESX 4.0 Supported on the following operating systems as VM’s. • RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.1 for EM64T multiprocessor computers • RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.4 for EM64T multiprocessor computers • RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.5 for EM64T multiprocessor computers • SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 with service pack 2 for EM64T multiprocessor computers - Novell distribution only,

SMP kernel only • SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 with service pack 3 for EM64T multiprocessor computers - Novell distribution only,

SMP kernel only • SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 with service pack 1 for EM64T multiprocessor computers - Novell distribution only,

SMP kernel only • Novell OES (Open Enterprise Server) v2 with service pack 1 for eDirectory and NCP services only - EM64T

multiprocessor computers, SMP kernel only • Novell OES (Open Enterprise Server) v2 with service pack 2 for eDirectory and NCP services only - EM64T

multiprocessor computers, SMP kernel only EMC Atmos v1.4 EMC Atmos 1.4.x Qualified as NFS backend. Retention not supported. Supported on all operating systems.

EMC Data Domain v4.7.3 EMC Data Domain v4.7.x

Qualified as NFS backend. Retention not supported. Supported on all operating systems.

Qualified Backup Applications

Supported Backup Applications

Comments

EMC NetWorker v7.6 SP1 EMC NetWorker v7.x

On all FSM supported operating systems

EMC Avamar 5.0 SP2 EMC Avamar 5.x On all FSM supported operating systems

dxuldm tar This is a native DXUL backup tool that is included in the distribution



EMC DiskXtender UNIX/Linux v3.5

Product Server Platform

Support Server Operating Systems Client and Device Version Requirements

Supported File Systems

DiskXtender File System Manager v3.5

Sun SPARC Solaris 9 for 64 bit SPARC Solaris 10 for 64 bit SPARC

EMC Centera SDK v 3.2.631 connecting to CentraStar Version 2.3 or later No support for RHEL “hugemem” kernel No support for SuSE 9 or 10 “bigsmp” kernel Solaris versions support EUC with restrictions, see release notes No support for Clustered file systems of any type on any platform

For Solaris 9: UFS, VxFS 4.1 For Solaris 10: UFS, VxFS 4.1, VxFS 5.0

HP IA-64 HP-UX 11i.v.3, running on IA-64, for 64 bit, Itanium computers (non-PARISC computers)

VxFS 4.1 also known as JFS 4.1

Intel x86_64 • RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4.0 update7 for EM64T multiprocessor computers

• RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0 update7 for EM64T multiprocessor computers RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.1 for EM64T multiprocessor computers

• RedHat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform 5.1 for EM64T multiprocessor computers





• Novell OES (Open Enterprise Server) v2 for

eDirectory and NCP services only - EM64T multiprocessor computers, SMP kernel only



IBM PowerPC IBM AIX 5.3 on RS/6000 computers Journaled File System (JFS), formatted with the largefiles option JFS2



Comments

VMware ESX 3.5 update4 • RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0 update 7 for EM64T multiprocessor computers • RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4.0 update7 for EM64T multiprocessor computers • SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.1 for EM64T multiprocessor computers • SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.2 for EM64T multiprocessor computers • Novell Open Enterprise Server v2(OES2) for EM64T multiprocessor computers



Comments


On all FSM supported operating systems

Symantec NetBackup 6.5 On all FSM supported operating systems dxuldm_tar This is a native DXUL backup tool that is included in the distribution



EMC DiskXtender UNIX/Linux v3.4 Product Server

Platform Support Server Operating Systems Client and Device Version

Requirements Supported File Systems

DiskXtender File System Manager v3.4

Sun SPARC Solaris 9 for 64 bit SPARC Solaris 10 for 64 bit SPARC

EMC Centera SDK v 3.2 connecting to CentraStar Version 2.3 or later

No support for RHEL “hugemem” kernel No support for SuSE 9 or 10 “bigsmp” kernel Solaris versions support EUC with restrictions, see release notes No support for Clustered file systems of any type on any platform

For Solaris 9: UFS, VxFS 4.1, VxFS 5.0 For Solaris 10: UFS, VxFS 4.1, VxFS 5.0

HP PA-RISC HP-UX 11i.v.2, running on PA-RISC, for 64 bit, HP9000 computers HP-UX 11i.v.3, running on IA-64, for 64 bit, Itanium computers

For PA-RISC: VERITAS file system (VxFS) 3.5, also known as JFS 3.5 Online JFS 3.5 VxFS 4.1, also known as JFS 4.1 For Itanium: VxFS 4.1 also known as JFS 4.1

Intel x86 • RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4.0 for EM64T multiprocessor computers

• RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0 for EM64T multiprocessor computers


• RedHat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform 5.0 for EM64T multiprocessor computers


pack 1 (or later) for EM64T multiprocessor computers - Novell distribution only, SMP kernel only

• Novell OES (Open Enterprise Server) v1 for

eDirectory and NCP services only • SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Patch 2 for

EM64T multiprocessor computers - Novell distribution only, SMP kernel only



IBM PowerPC IBM AIX 5.3 on RS/6000 computers Journaled File System (JFS), formatted with the largefiles option JFS2



Comments

EMC AutoStart 5.3 (Solaris 9 and 10, RedHat 4.0, SuSE 10, HPUX 11iv2 and v3, and AIX 5.3)

EMC SRDF EMC MirrorView

VMware ESX 3.0.1 VMware ESX 3.5

• RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0 for EM64T multiprocessor computers • RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4.0 for EM64T multiprocessor computers • SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.1 for EM64T multiprocessor computers



Comments


On all FSM supported operating systems except SuSE 10 on 32 bit processor

Symantec NetBackup 6.5 On all FSM supported operating systems

dxuldm_tar This is a native DXUL backup tool that is included in the distribution



EMC DiskXtender for Windows v6.5 SP8 (32 and 64 bit) Product Supported Server Operating Systems Supported Client Operating Systems

EMC DiskXtender File System Manager

• Windows Server 2003 Std and Ent Edition SP2 (Only 64 bit) • Windows Server 2003 Std and Ent Edition R2 SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition SP2 (Only 32 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition R2 SP1 (Only 64 bit) • Windows Server 2012 (x64) • Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 (x64)

EMC DiskXtender File System Manager Explorer Add-ons


• Windows XP SP3 (only 32-bit) • Windows XP Professional (Only 64 bit) • Windows Vista SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows 7 SP1 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows 8 SP1 (32 and 64 bit)

EMC DiskXtender File System Manager Remote Administrator



EMC DiskXtender MediaStor


MediaStor is supported on VMs with the limitations listed in the EMC Knowledge Base article 000124855.

Contact EMC Support for information on this article.

EMC DiskXtender MediaStor Remote Administrator

• Windows Server 2003 Std and Ent Edition SP2 (Only 64 bit) • Windows Server 2003 Std and Ent Edition R2 SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition SP2 (Only 32 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition R2 SP1 (Only 64 bit) • Windows Server 2012 (x64) • Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 (x64))




EMC License Server • Windows Server 2003 Std and Ent Edition SP2 (Only 64 bit) • Windows Server 2003 Std and Ent Edition R2 SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition SP2 (Only 32 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition R2 SP1 (Only 64 bit) • Windows Server 2012 (x64) • Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 (x64)

EMC License Server Remote Administrator



Cluster Support Supported Server Operating Systems Supported Client Operating Systems


Windows 2008 Enterprise Edition SP2 (32 and 64 bit)

Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition SP2, SP2 R2 (32 and 64 bit)

Windows Server 2012 (64 bit)

Windows Storage Server 2012, 2012 R2 (x64)

Support “n” node clusters (where n=2-8):

• Support “n” Active servers or “n-1” Active servers + 1 Passive server

Microsoft Cluster Server does not support dynamic disk. Therefore, DiskXtender does not allow dynamic disk to be defined as extended drive in a cluster.

Media Services Information

Supported Versions Comments

EMC Centera v4.0.2, v4.1, v4.2.x Centera SDK v3.2 Patch 5

EMC Atmos\Atmos CAS v2.0.2, v2.1 SP2, v2.2.0

StorageTek ACSLS ACSLS v7.3 / LibAttach 1.4.2

Tivoli Storage Manager v5.x, v6.3.1, v6.4.0 TSM 5.5.1 or above is required for Windows 2008.

Is not Extended Attribute Aware; refer EMC DiskXtender for Windows 6.5 SP5 Administration Guide, “Creating extended drive backups with software that is not EA-aware”.



TSM is supported when installed on any server and operating system version that IBM supports, that also supports the TSM Windows client.

Qualified Backup Applications (EMC)

Supported Backup Applications Comments

Networker v8.2 EMC NetWorker v7.x, v8.0 SP1, v.8.1.1 Is Extended Attribute Aware

EMC Avamar v7.1 EMC Avamar v5.x,v6.0, v6.1 SP1, v7.0 Refer to the Technical Note “Interoperability of Avamar with DiskXtender for Windows All Product Versions”.

Qualified Backup Applications (Third-Party)


Symantec NetBackup v7.0 Is Extended Attribute Aware

Symantec Backup Exec 2012 v14.0SP1 Is Extended Attribute Aware

Computer Associates ArcServe r11.x, r12.x Is Extended Attribute Aware

Microsoft NT Backup (Windows 2003 Server) Is Extended Attribute Aware

CommVault Galaxy Enterprise Edition v7.0 Is Extended Attribute Aware

BakBone NetVault v8.x Is Extended Attribute Aware

HP Data Protector v6.x Is Extended Attribute Aware

Microsoft Windows Server Backup

Is Extended Attribute Aware

Qualified Snapshot/Open File Backup Solutions

Supported Snapshot/Open File Backup Solutions Comments

NetWorker Module for Microsoft VSS Client v2.3

NetWorker Open File Manager

DXW Snapshot backup mode only (Full and Fast not supported)

Tested with: Windows Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS)

Symantec Backup Exec Advanced Open File Option v2010 DXW Snapshot backup mode only (Full and Fast not supported)


St. Bernard Open File Manager DXW Snapshot backup mode only (Full and Fast not supported)



VERITAS Snapshot Provider (VSP) DXW Snapshot backup mode only (Full and Fast not supported)

Qualified Anti-Virus Applications

Supported Anti-Virus Applications Comments

McAfee v8.8i McAfee v8.8i Set scan on inbound only

Symantec Norton Anti-Virus v2010 Set scan on inbound only

TrendMicro OfficeScan v10.6.3205 SP2 Symantec End-Point Protection v12.0 Set scan on inbound only

Kaspersky Anti-Virus v2010 Set scan on inbound only

Sophos Anti-Virus and Firewall latest release Set scan on inbound only

Avira v10.0.0.567 Set scan on inbound only Qualified EMC Interoperability Solutions

Supported EMC Interoperability Solutions Comments

EMC SourceOne 6.7SP2

EMC PowerPath v5.5

EMC PowerSnap v2.5 SP1

EMC RepliStor v6.x

EMC EmailXtender v4.x

EMC AutoStart v5.x EMC AutoStart with DiskXtender enabled has a limitation as listed in the EMC Knowledge Base article 000124841. Contact Support for information on this article.

Documentum ApplicationXtender v6.x, v7.0

VMware ESXi v5.5 VMware ESXi v5.1 MediaStor is supported on VMware with the limitations listed in the EMC Knowledge Base article 000124855. Contact EMC Support for information on this article.

DXW supports multiple, non-clustered FSM servers per ESX server

DXW supports VMware 2-node MSCS “Cluster across boxes”



and “Cluster in a box.”

VMotion is supported on VMware supported platforms.

EMC Celerra FLR DART v5.5.27-4 or later Supports retention

EMC CLARiiON MirrorView/A

EMC CLARiiON Navisphere MetaLUN

EMC SRDF/CE 3.x

EMC SRDF/S

EMC SRDF/A

EMC SnapView

EMC RecoverPoint v3.x

Data Domain OS v5.4.0.8-404909

Data Domain OS releases: v5.0.1.x, v5.2.2.0, v5.3.0.4, v5.3.0.5

EMC Isilon v7.0.1.6, v6.5.4

VNX 5500, 7500 / VNXe 3300 Qualified Misc 3rd Party Interoperability Solutions

Supported Misc 3rd Party Interoperability Solutions Comments

Microsoft Hyper-V MediaStor is NOT supported on Microsoft Hyper-V


DXW supports Hyper-V 2-node MSCS “Cluster across boxes” and “Cluster in a box.”

Network Appliance Data ONTAP SnapLock v7.3.3 Supports retention

Microsoft Forefront security suite v 1.5.1937.0

Symantec VERITAS Storage Foundation v5.0 Supported for Dynamic Volume Expansion in non- clustered configurations

DisKeeper v2007, v2010

MAC files OS v10 or later



GPT (GUID Partition Table) Partitioning GPT allows disks to grow to very large sizes, well beyond published DiskXtender best practices.

Please see the DiskXtender Administration Guide: http://support.emc.com/

For more information on GPT, please see the

Microsoft FAQ: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg463525.aspx

Qualified solutions have been tested in-house and are known to work.

• Supported solutions are not tested in-house. However, they have either been tested with earlier releases of DiskXtender, or they have been successfully implemented at customer sites.

• For information on EMC/Third-party product compatibility on Windows Server 2012, please refer to the respective product datasheet.

Comments to the solution where applicable known facts exist.

http://support.emc.com/

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg463525.aspx






• Windows Server 2003 Std and Ent Edition SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2003 Std and Ent Edition R2 SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition R2 (Only 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition R2 SP1 (Only 64 bit) • Windows Storage Server 2008 (x86 and 64 bit) • Windows server 2012 (x64) • Windows Storage Server 2012 (x64) • Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 (x64)



• Windows XP Professional SP3 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Vista Professional SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows 7 Professional SP1 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows 8 Enterprise edition (32 and 64 bit) • Windows 8 SP1 (32 and 64 bit)





• Windows Server 2003 Std and Ent Edition SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2003 Std and Ent Edition R2 SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition R2 (Only 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition R2 SP1 (Only 64 bit)





• Windows Storage Server 2008 (x86 and 64 bit) • Windows server 2012 (x64) • Windows Storage Server 2012 (x64) • Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 (x64)




EMC License Server • Windows Server 2003 Std and Ent Edition SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2003 Std and Ent Edition R2 SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition R2 (Only 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition R2 SP1 (Only 64 bit) • Windows Storage Server 2008 (x86 and 64 bit) • Windows server 2012 (x64) • Windows Storage Server 2012 (x64) • Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 (x64)


















EMC Atmos\Atmos CAS v2.0.2, v2.1 SP2, v2.2.0







Networker v8.2 EMC NetWorker v7.x, v8.0 SP1, v.8.1.1 Is Extended Attribute Aware

EMC Avamar v7.1 EMC Avamar v5.x,v6.0, v6.1 SP1, v7.0 Refer to the Technical Note “Interoperability of Avamar with DiskXtender for Windows All Product Versions”.






Symantec Backup Exec 2012 v14.0SP1 Is Extended Attribute Aware






















TrendMicro OfficeScan v10.6.3205 SP2 Symantec End-Point Protection v12.0 Set scan on inbound only



Avira v10.0.0.567 Set scan on inbound only






EMC PowerPath v5.5


EMC RepliStor v6.x



Documentum ApplicationXtender v6.x, v7.0



DXW supports VMware 2-node MSCS “Cluster across boxes” and “Cluster in a box.”





EMC SRDF/CE 3.x

EMC SRDF/S

EMC SRDF/A

EMC SnapView




Data Domain OS v5.4.0.8-404909

Data Domain OS releases: v5.0.1.x, v5.2.2.0, v5.3.0.4, v5.3.0.5



































• Windows Server 2003 Std and Ent Edition SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2003 Std and Ent Edition R2 SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition R2 (Only 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition R2 SP1 (Only 64 bit)





• Windows Storage Server 2008 (x86 and 64 bit) • Windows server 2012 (x64) • Windows Storage Server 2012 (x64) • Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 (x64)




EMC License Server • Windows Server 2003 Std and Ent Edition SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2003 Std and Ent Edition R2 SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition R2 (Only 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition R2 SP1 (Only 64 bit) • Windows Storage Server 2008 (x86 and 64 bit) • Windows server 2012 (x64) • Windows Storage Server 2012 (x64) • Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 (x64)


















EMC Atmos\Atmos CAS v2.0.2, v2.1 SP2







Networker v8.1.1 EMC NetWorker v7.x, v8.0 SP1 Is Extended Attribute Aware

EMC Avamar v7.0 EMC Avamar v5.x,v6.0, v6.1 SP1 Refer to the Technical Note “Interoperability of Avamar with DiskXtender for Windows All Product Versions”.




Symantec Backup Exec Is Extended Attribute Aware



2012 v14.0SP1





















Symantec Norton Anti-Virus v2010 Set scan on inbound only TrendMicro OfficeScan v10.6.3205 SP2

Symantec End-Point Protection v12.0 Set scan on inbound only









EMC PowerPath v5.5


EMC RepliStor v6.x



Documentum ApplicationXtender v6.x








EMC SRDF/CE 3.x

EMC SRDF/S

EMC SRDF/A

EMC SnapView




Data Domain OS v5.3.0.4, v5.3.0.5

Data Domain OS releases: v5.0.1.x, v5.2.2.0
















Qualified solutions have been tested in-house and re known to work.











• Windows Server 2003 Std and Ent Edition SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2003 Std and Ent Edition R2 SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition R2 (Only 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition R2 SP1 (Only 64 bit) • Windows Storage Server 2008 (x86 and 64 bit) • Windows server 2012 (x64) • Windows Storage Server 2012 (x64)



• Windows XP Professional SP3 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Vista Professional SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows 7 Professional SP1 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows 8 Enterprise edition (32 and 64 bit)













EMC License Server • Windows Server 2003 Std and Ent Edition SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2003 Std and Ent Edition R2 SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition R2 (Only 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition R2 SP1 (Only 64 bit) • Windows Storage Server 2008 (x86 and 64 bit) • Windows server 2012 (x64) • Windows Storage Server 2012 (x64)












Media Services Supported Versions Comments



Information


EMC Atmos\Atmos CAS v2.0.2, v2.1 SP2







Networker 8.0 SP1 EMC NetWorker v7.x Is Extended Attribute Aware

EMC Avamar v6.1 SP1 EMC Avamar v5.x,v6.0 Refer to the Technical Note “Interoperability of Avamar with DiskXtender for Windows All Product Versions”.




Symantec Backup Exec 2012 v14.0SP1
























Symantec Norton Anti-Virus v2010 Set scan on inbound only TrendMicro OfficeScan v10.6.3205 SP2

Symantec End-Point Protection v12.0 Set scan on inbound only






EMC PowerPath v5.5


EMC RepliStor v6.x













EMC SRDF/CE 3.x

EMC SRDF/S

EMC SRDF/A

EMC SnapView


Data Domain OS v5.3.0.4, v5.3.0.5

Data Domain OS releases: v5.0.1.x, v5.2.2.0











• Windows Server 2003 Std and Ent Edition SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2003 Std and Ent Edition R2 SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition R2 (Only 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition R2 SP1 (Only 64 bit) • Windows Storage Server 2008 (x86 and 64 bit)



• Windows XP Professional SP3 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Vista Professional SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows 7 Professional SP1 (32 and 64 bit)

EMC DiskXtender File System Manager Remote

Administrator





MediaStor is supported on VMs with the limitations listed in the EMC Knowledgebase article esg130995.







EMC License Server • Windows Server 2003 Std and Ent Edition SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2003 Std and Ent Edition R2 SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition R2 (Only 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition R2 SP1 (Only 64 bit) • Windows Storage Server 2008 (x86 and 64 bit)









• Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition SP2, SP2 R2 (32 and 64 bit)



Microsoft Cluster Server does not support dynamic disk. Therefore, DiskXtender does not allow dynamic disk to be defined as extended drives in a cluster.



EMC Centera v4.0.2, v4.1 Centera SDK v3.2 Patch 5

EMC Atmos\Atmos CAS V2.0.2


Tivoli Storage Manager v5.x, v6.3 TSM 5.5.1 or above is required for Windows 2008.

Is not Extended Attribute Aware; See EMC DiskXtender for Windows 6.5 SP4 Administration Guide, “Creating extended drive backups with software that is not EA-aware “ TSM is



supported when installed on any server and operating system version that IBM supports that also supports the TSM Windows client



EMC NetWorker v7.6 SP4

EMC NetWorker v7.x Is Extended Attribute Aware

EMC Avamar v6.0.1 EMC Avamar v5.x,v6.0 Refer to the Technical Note “Interoperability of Avamar with DiskXtender for Windows All Product Versions”.



Symantec NetBackup v7.0


Symantec Backup Exec v12.x Is Extended Attribute Aware






Microsoft Windows Server Backup (Windows 2008 Server)






DXW Snapshot backup mode only (Full and Fast not supported) Tested with:

Windows Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS)

Symantec Backup Exec Advanced Open File Option v2010 DXW Snapshot backup mode only (Full and Fast not supported) Tested with:






Qualified Anti Virus Applications

Supported Anti Virus Applications Comments



Symantec End-Point Protection v12.0

TrendMicro OfficeScan v10.0 SP1 Set scan on inbound only






EMC PowerPath v5.5


EMC RepliStor v6.x

EMC SourceOne v6.x

EMC AutoStart v5.x EMC AutoStart with DiskXtender enabled has a limitation as listed in the EMC KnowledgeBase article 130994.

Contact Support for information on this article.




VMware ESXi v5.1 VMware ESXi v5.1 MediaStor is supported on VMware with the limitations listed in the EMC Knowledgebase article esg130995.


DXW supports multiple, non-clustered FSM servers per ESX server; DXW supports VMware

2-node MSCS “Cluster across boxes” and “Cluster in a box.” VMotion is supported on

VMware supported platforms.




EMC SRDF/CE 3.x

EMC SRDF/S

EMC SRDF/A

EMC SnapView

EMC DiskXtender Search Module v2.x


Data Domain v5.2 Data Domain v5.0.1.x

EMC Isilon v6.5.4

VNX v5500/VNXe 3300 Qualified Misc 3rd Party Interoperability Solutions


Microsoft Hyper-V MediaStor IS NOT supported on Microsoft Hyper-V;

DXW supports multiple, non-clustered FSM servers per ESX server; DXW supports Hyper-V

2-node MSCS “Cluster across boxes” and “Cluster in a box.”



Symantec VERITAS Storage Foundation v5.0 Supported for Dynamic Volume Expansion in non- clustered



configurations








Supported solutions are not tested in-house. However, they have either been tested with earlier releases of DiskXtender, or they have been successfully implemented at customer sites.







EMC DiskXtender for Windows v6.5 SP3 (32 and 64 bit)

Product Supported Server Operating Systems Supported Client Operating Systems


• Windows Server 2003 Std and Ent Edition SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2003 Std and Ent Edition R2 SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition R2 (Only 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition R2 SP1 (Only 64 bit) • Windows Storage Server 2008 (64 bit)



• Windows XP Professional SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Vista Professional SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • indows 7 Professional SP1 (32 and 64 bit)


Administrator





MediaStor is supported on VMs with the limitations listed in the EMC Knowledgebase article esg130995.





EMC License Server • Windows Server 2003 Std and Ent Edition SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2003 Std and Ent Edition R2 SP2 (32 and 64 bit)



• Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition SP2 (32 and 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition R2 (Only 64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std and Ent Edition R2 SP1 (Only 64 bit) • Windows Storage Server 2008 (64 bit)






• Windows 2008 Enterprise Edition SP2 (32 and 64 bit) Support “n” node clusters (where n=2-8):

o Support “n” Active servers or “n-1” Active servers + 1 Passive server

• Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition SP2, SP2 R2 (32 and 64 bit) Support “n” node clusters (where n=2-8):






EMC Atmos\Atmos CAS V1.4.1


Tivoli Storage Manager v5.5, v5.6 TSM 5.5.1 or above is required for Windows 2008.

Is NOT Extended Attribute Aware; See EMC DiskXtender for Windows 6.5 SP3 Administration Guide, “Creating extended drive backups with software that is not EA-aware “ TSM is supported when installed on any server and operating system version that IBM supports that also supports the TSM Windows client



EMC NetWorker v7.6 SP2 EMC NetWorker v7.x Is Extended Attribute Aware



EMC Avamar v5.x Refer to the Technical Note “Interoperability of Avamar with DiskXtender for Windows All

Product Versions”. Qualified Backup Applications (Third-Party)







BakBone NetVault v8.x Is Extended Attribute Aware HP Data Protector v6.x Is Extended Attribute Aware






NetWorker Module for Microsoft VSS Client v2.x










McAfee v8.5i,v8.7i McAfee v8.5i Set scan on inbound only




Symantec End-Point Protection v11.0.6

TrendMicro OfficeScan v10.0 SP1 Set scan on inbound only

Set scan on inbound only






EMC PowerPath v5.5


EMC RepliStor v6.x

EMC SourceOne v6.x

EMC AutoStart v5.x


VMware ESXi v5.0 VMware ESXi v5.0 MediaStor is not supported on VMware;




EMC Celerra FLR EMC Celerra FLR DART v5.5.27-4 or later Supports retention

EMC CLARiiON MirrorView/S


EMC CLARiiON Navisphere MetaLUN EMC SRDF/CE 3.x EMC SRDF/S EMC SRDF/A



EMC SnapView

EMC DiskXtender Search Module v2.0



Data Domain v5.0.1.4 Data Domain v5.0.1.x Refer to Integration Guide: EMC Data Domain and EMC DiskXtender File System Manager

EMC Isilon v6.5.4

VNX v5500/VNXe 3300 Qualified Misc 3rd Party Interoperability Solutions











Please see the DiskXtender Administration Guide on http://support.emc.com/



http://powerlink.emc.com/km/live1/en_US/Offering_Basics/White_Paper/h7170-data-domain-diskxtender-integration-guide.pdf?mtcs=ZXZlbnRUeXBlPUttQ2xpY2tDb250ZW50RXZlbnQsZG9jdW1lbnRJZD0wOTAxNDA2NjgwNGY0NTJhLGRvY3VtZW50VHlwZT1wZGYsbmF2ZU5vZGU9MGIwMTQwNjY4MDMyMTQxNl9Hcmlk







EMC DiskXtender for Windows v6.5 SP2 (64 bit) Product Supported Server Operating Systems Supported Client Operating Systems


• Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP2 or SP2 R2 (64 bit) • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP2 or SP2 R2 (64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition SP2 (64-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition SP2 (64-bit) • Windows 2008 Standard Edition R2, R2 SP1 (64-bit) • Windows 2008 Enterprise Edition R2, R2 SP1 (64-bit)


• Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP2 or SP2 R2 (64 bit) • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP2 or SP2 R2 (64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition SP2 (64-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition SP2 (64-bit) • Windows 2008 Standard Edition R2 SP1 (64-bit) • Windows 2008 Enterprise Edition R2 SP1 (64-bit)

• Windows XP SP2 and above (64 bit) • Windows Vista (64 bit) • Windows 7 SP1 (64 bit)


Administrator





•




EMC License Server • Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP2 or SP2 R2 (64 bit) • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP2 or SP2 R2 (64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition SP2 (64-bit)



• Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition SP2 (64-bit) • Windows 2008 Standard Edition R2 SP1 (64-bit) • Windows 2008 Enterprise Edition R2 SP1 (64-bit)






• Windows 2008 Enterprise Edition SP2 (64 bit) Support “n” node clusters (where n=2-8):


• Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition SP2, SP2 R2 (64 bit) Support “n” node clusters (where n=2-8):






EMC Atmos v1.4.1



Is NOT Extended Attribute Aware; See EMC DiskXtender for Windows 6.5 Best Practice Guide, “Creating extended drive backups with software that is not EA-aware “ TSM is supported when installed on any server and operating system version that IBM supports that

also supports the TSM Windows client Qualified Backup Applications (EMC)





EMC Avamar v5.0.1 EMC Avamar v5.x Refer to the Technical Note “Interoperability of Avamar with DiskXtender for Windows All




Symantec Backup Exec v12.5, v2010


Computer Associates ArcServe r15


Microsoft NT Backup (Windows 2003 Server)









NetWorker Module for Microsoft VSS Client v2.1 SP1



DXW Snapshot backup mode only (Full and Fast not supported) Tested with Windows Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS)

Symantec Backup Exec Advanced Open File Option v2010 DXW Snapshot backup mode only (Full and Fast not supported) Tested with Windows Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS)







McAfee v8.5i, v8.7i McAfee v8.x Set scan on inbound only

Symantec Norton Anti-Virus v2010




TrendMicro OfficeScan v10 SP1







EMC PowerPath v5.5


EMC RepliStor v6.4 SP2 EMC RepliStor v6.x

EMC SourceOne v6.5 SP2 EMC SourceOne v6.x

Documentum ApplicationXtender v6.5


VMware ESX Server v4.0, v4.1, v4.1i

VMware ESX Server v3.5, v4.x MediaStor IS NOT supported on VMware;










EMC SRDF/CE 3.x

EMC SRDF/S

EMC SRDF/A

EMC SnapView 2.28 EMC SnapView




Data Domain v4.9.2 Refer to Integration Guide: EMC Data Domain and EMC DiskXtender File System Manager

EMC Atmos v1.2.7, v1.3.2, v1.4.1

EMC Atmos v1.4.x

EMC Isilon v6.5.0.1

VNX v5500 Qualified Misc 3rd Party Interoperability Solutions





Network Appliance Data ONTAP SnapLock v7.3.3

Network Appliance Data ONTAP SnapLock v7.3.x Supports retention





GPT (GUID Partition Table) Partitioning GPT allows disks to grow to very large sizes, well beyond published DXW best practices.





Please see DXW Best Practices guide: http://support.emc.com/

For more information on GPT, please see the Microsoft FAQ: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg463525.aspx









EMC DiskXtender for Windows v6.5 SP1 (32 bit)



• Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP2 or SP2 R2 (32 bit) • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP2 or SP2 R2 (32 bit) • Windows Server 2003 Small Business Server SP2 R2 (32 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Small Business Server (32 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition SP2 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition SP2 (32-bit)



• Windows XP SP2 and above (32 bit) • Windows Vista (32 bit) • Windows 7 (32 bit)


Administrator








EMC License Server • Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP2 or SP2 R2 (32 bit) • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP2 or SP2 R2 (32 bit)



• Windows Server 2003 Small Business Server SP2 R2 (32 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Small Business Server (32 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition SP2 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition SP2 (32-bit)


• Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP2 or SP2 R2 (32 bit) • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP2 or SP2 R2 (32 bit) • Windows Server 2003 Small Business Server SP2 R2 (32 bit) Windows

Server 2008 Small Business Server (32 bit) Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition SP2 (32-bit)

• Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition SP2 (32-bit)












EMC Atmos v1.4.1












Symantec NetBackup v7.0 Symantec NetBackup v7.0 Is Extended Attribute Aware



Computer Associates ArcServe r15



















VERITAS Snapshot Provider (VSP) DXW Snapshot backup mode only (Full and Fast not



supported) Qualified Anti Virus Applications



Symantec Norton Anti-Virus v2010




TrendMicro OfficeScan v10 SP1









EMC PowerPath v5.5

















EMC SRDF/CE 3.x

EMC SRDF/S

EMC SRDF/A





Data Domain v4.7.3 Refer to Integration Guide: EMC Data Domain and EMC DiskXtender File System Manager

EMC Atmos v1.2.7, v1.3.2 EMC Atmos v1.4.x

EMC Isilon v6.5.0.1 Qualified Misc 3rd Party Interoperability Solutions


Network Appliance Data ONTAP SnapLock v7.3.2 RC1






Please see DXW Best Practices guide available on http://support.emc.com/





http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/GPT_

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/GPT_




EMC DiskXtender for Windows v6.5 (32 bit)








Administrator








EMC License Server • Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP2 or SP2 R2 (32 bit) • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP2 or SP2 R2 (32 bit)



• Windows Server 2003 Small Business Server SP2 R2 (32 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Small Business Server (32 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition SP2 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition SP2 (32-bit)






• Windows 2008 Enterprise Edition SP2 (32 bit) • Support “n” node clusters (where n=2-8):

• Support “n” Active servers or “n-1” Active servers + 1 Passive server • Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition SP2 (32 bit)






EMC Centera 4.0.2 or later Centera SDK v3.2 Patch 5


Tivoli Storage Manager v5.5 server TSM 5.5.1 or above is required for Windows 2008.










Symantec NetBackup v7.0 Symantec NetBackup v7.0 Is Extended Attribute Aware



Computer Associates ArcServe r12.5














Symantec Backup Exec Advanced Open File Option v12.5








Symantec Norton Anti- Set scan on inbound only



Virus v2010

Symantec End-Point Protection v11.x


TrendMicro OfficeScan v10.0





Microsoft Forefront security suite v 1.5.1937.0 Qualified EMC Interoperability Solutions


EMC EmailXtender v4.8 SP1


EMC PowerPath v5.2 EMC PowerPath v5.x

EMC PowerSnap v2.4 SP2 EMC PowerSnap v2.x





VMware ESX Server v3.5, v4.1 or later









EMC SRDF/CE 3.x



EMC SRDF/S





Data Domain v4.8.x Refer to Integration Guide: EMC Data Domain and EMC DiskXtender File System Manager

Qualified Misc 3rd Party Interoperability Solutions


Network Appliance Data ONTAP SnapLock v7.3.2 RC1










Supported solutions are not tested in-house. However, they have either been tested with earlier releases of DiskXtender, or they have been successfully

implemented at customer sites.









EMC DiskXtender for Windows v 6.4 SP1


DiskXtender File System Manager

• Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition R2 x64 (64 bit) • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition R2 x64 (64 bit) • Windows Storage Server 2003 x64 (64-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition x64 (64- bit) • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition x64 (64-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition R2 x64 (64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition R2 x64(64 bit)

DiskXtender File System Manager Explorer Add-ons

• Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition R2 x64 (64 bit) • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition R2 x64 (64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition x64 (64- bit) • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition x64 (64-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition R2 x64 (64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition R2 x64 (64 bit)

• Windows 7 (64-bit) (Client support only) • Windows XP Professional x64, latest SP (Client

support only) • Windows Vista x64, latest SP (Client support only)

DiskXtender File System Manager Remote

Administrator




DiskXtender MediaStor • Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition R2 x64 (64 bit) • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition R2 x64 (64 bit)

• Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition x64 (64- bit) • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition x64 (64-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition R2 x64 (64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition R2 x64 (64 bit)

DiskXtender MediaStor Remote Administrator

• Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition R2 x64 (64 bit) • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition R2 x64 (64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition x64 (64- bit) • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition x64 (64-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition R2 x64 (64 bit)





• Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition R2 x64 (64 bit)

License Server • Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition R2 x64 (64 bit) • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition R2 x64 (64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition x64 (64- bit) • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition x64 (64-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition R2 x64 (64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition R2 x64 (64 bit)

License Server Remote Administrator




Cluster Support Supported Server Operating Systems Comments


• Windows 2008 Enterprise Edition x64 (latest Service Pack) Support n node clusters (where n=2-8): o support n Active servers, or n-1 Active servers + 1 Passive server

• Windows 2003 Enterprise x64 (latest Service Pack) Support n node clusters (where n=2-8): o support n Active servers, or n-1 Active servers + 1 Passive server

• Windows Storage Server 2003 x64 Support n node clusters (where n=2-8): o support n Active servers, or n-1 Active servers + 1 Passive server



EMC Centera Connecting to CentraStar:

• 2.4 - 2.4.2-1178-679-13052 or later • 3.0 - 3.0.2-1204-702-13053 or later • 3.1 - 3.1.1-1207-703-13222 or later • 4.0 – any version

DXW 6.4 SP1 is compiled with Centera SDK 3.2.687

StorageTek ACSLS ACSLS v7.3

LibAttach 1.4.2

Tivoli Storage Manager V5.5 server or later

V5.4 server

TSM 5.5.1 or above is required for Windows 2008.

Is NOT Extended Attribute Aware; See EMC DiskXtender



for Windows 6.2 Best Practice

Guide, “Creating extended drive backups with software that is not EA-aware “

TSM is supported when installed on any server and operating system version that IBM

supports that also supports the TSM Windows client Qualified Backup Applications


EMC Avamar v4.0.2 Is Extended Attribute Aware; Support for Centera and NAS target backend only


EMC Avamar v5.0.0 EMC Avamar 3.x, 4.x, 5.x Qualified on W2003 (32 and 64 bit) only

Refer to the Technical Note “Interoperability of Avamar with DiskXtender for Windows All

Product Versions”

BakBone NetVault v8.0 Is Extended Attribute Aware

CommVault Galaxy Enterprise Edition v7.0


Computer Associates BrightStor ArcServe v11.5


HP DataProtector v6.0 HP DataProtector v6.1 Is Extended Attribute Aware

NT Backup Is Extended Attribute Aware

Symantec Backup Exec v12.5

Symantec Backup Exec v11.x, v12.x Is Extended Attribute Aware

Symantec NetBackup 6.x Is Extended Attribute Aware


Supported Snapshot/Open File Backup Solutions

Comments

Windows Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS) DXW Snapshot backup mode only (Full and Fast not supported) Available on Windows 2003 SP1 R2 and above Tested with: NetWorker






Backup Exec Advanced Open File Option


St. Bernard Open File Manager






Symantec Norton Anti-Virus 2008




Kaspersky Anti-Virus latest release Set scan on inbound only

Sophos Anti-Virus and Firewall latest release Set scan on inbound only Qualified EMC Interoperability Solutions


EMC Autostart 5.3 SP3 EMC Autostart 5.x DXW 6.4 SP1 is supported on W2003 and W2008 (x86) and W2003 and W2008 (x64) .


EMC EmailXtender v4.x EMC EmailXtender supports 32 bit operating systems only

EMC PowerPath v5.2 EMC PowerPath v4.x , v5.x


EMC RepliStor v6.3 x64 EMC RepliStor v6.x

Documentum ApplicationXtender v6.00.123

Documentum ApplicationXtender v6.x Qualified on W2003 (32 bit) and W2008 (32 bit) only



VMware ESX Server v3.5 or later

VMware ESX Server v3.5, 3.x, v2.5.x MediaStor is not supported on VMware;

DXW supports multiple, non-clustered FSM servers per ESX server;

DXW supports VMware 2-node MSCS “Cluster across boxes” and “Cluster in a box”

Windows 2008 clustering is not supported by VMware

VMotion is supported on VMware supported platforms




EMC CLARiiON Navisphere MetaLUN Dynamic Volume Expansion only

EMC SRDF/CE 2.x

EMC SRDF/S

EMC SRDF/A


EMC DiskXtender Search Module 1.2

EMC DiskXtender Search Module 1.x

EMC RecoverPoint 2.4, 3.x

EMC SourceOne Please see the SourceOne compatibility guide for specific supported versions information


Supported Misc 3rd Party Interoperability Solutions

Comments

Microsoft Hyper-V A single instance of DiskXtender and License Server v6.4 SP1 have been qualified to run on a virtual machine in a Microsoft Hyper-V environment.

MediaStor must be installed on a separate server that is not configured as a Hyper-V server.

Microsoft Forefront security suite





Symantec VERITAS Foundation Suite5.0 on Win2K3 x64

Symantec VERITAS Storage Foundation v4.3, v5.0 Supported for Dynamic Volume Expansion in non-clustered configurations

VFS does not support Win 2008 x64

DisKeeper 2007

MAC files OS10 or later












EMC DiskXtender for Windows v 6.4



• Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition R2 x64 (64 bit) • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition R2 x64 (64 bit) • Windows Storage Server 2003 x64 (64-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition x64 (64-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition x64 (64-bit)


• Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition R2 x64 (64 bit) • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition R2 x64 (64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition x64 (64-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition x64 (64-bit)

• Windows XP Professional x64, latest SP (Client support only)

• Windows Vista x64, latest SP (Client support only)

DiskXtender File System Manager Remote Administrator




DiskXtender MediaStor • Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition R2 x64 (64 bit) • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition R2 x64 (64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition x64 (64-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition x64 (64-bit)





License Server • Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition R2 x64 (64 bit) • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition R2 x64 (64 bit) • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition x64 (64-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition x64 (64-bit)









Windows 2008 Enterprise Edition 64 (latest Service Pack) Support n node clusters (where n=2-8):

• support n Active servers, or • n-1 Active servers + 1 Passive server

Windows 2003 Enterprise x64 latest Service Pack) Support n node clusters

(where n=2-8): • support n Active servers, or • n-1 Active servers + 1 Passive server

Windows Storage Server 2003 x64 Support n node clusters (where n=2-8):

• support n Active servers, or • n-1 Active servers + 1 Passive server

Microsoft Cluster Server does not support dynamic disk. Therefore, DiskXtender does not allow dynamic disk to be defined as extended drives in a cluster. Do not mix 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems in a cluster Do not mix W2003 and W2008 operating systems in a cluster



EMC Centera Connecting to CentraStar: • 2.4 - 2.4.2-1178-679-13052 or later • 3.0 - 3.0.2-1204-702-13053 or later • 3.1 - 3.1.1-1207-703-13222 or later • 4.0 – any version

DXW 6.4 is compiled with Centera SDK 3.2.

StorageTek ACSLS ACSLS v7.3 LibAttach 1.4.2

Tivoli Storage Manager V5.5 server or later V5.4 server

TSM 5.5.1 or above is required for Windows 2008. DWX is supported with TSM server running on either Windows or AIX




EMC Avamar v4.0.3.24 EMC Avamar 3.x, 4.x Refer to the Technical Note “Interoperability of Avamar with DiskXtender for Windows All Product Versions”




Computer Associates Is Extended Attribute Aware



BrightStor ArcServe v11.5

HP DataProtector v6.0 Is Extended Attribute Aware


Symantec Backup Exec v12.5

Symantec Backup Exec v11.x, v12.x Is Extended Attribute Aware

Symantec NetBackup 6.x Is Extended Attribute Aware Product Supported Server Operating Systems Supported Client Operating Systems

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.5 or above Is NOT Extended Attribute Aware; See EMC DiskXtender for Windows 6.2 Best Practice Guide, “Creating extended drive backups with software that is not EA-aware “

TSM is supported when installed on any server and operating system version that IBM supports that also supports the TSM Windows client



Windows Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS) DXW Snapshot backup mode only (Full and Fast not supported)

Available on Windows 2003 SP1 R2 and above

Tested with:

• NetWorker














Symantec Norton Anti-Virus 2008




Kaspersky Anti-Virus latest release Set scan on inbound only

Sophos Anti-Virus and Firewall latest release Set scan on inbound only Qualified EMC Interoperability Solutions


EMC AutoStart support for 64-bit operating environments will be in a future release of AutoStart.


EMC EmailXtender v4.x EMC EmailXtender supports 32 bit operating systems only

EMC PowerPath v5.2 EMC PowerPath v4.x , v5.x


EMC RepliStor v6.3 x64 EMC RepliStor v6.x

Documentum ApplicationXtender v5.4 .322


VMware ESX Server v3.5 or later

VMware ESX Server v3.x, v2.5.x MediaStor IS NOT supported on VMware; DXW supports multiple, non-clustered FSM servers per ESX server; DXW supports VMware 2-node MSCS “Cluster across boxes” and “Cluster in a box” Windows 2008 clustering IS NOT supported by VMware VMotion is supported on VMware supported platforms




EMC CLARiiON Navisphere MetaLUN Dynamic Volume Expansion only



EMC SRDF/CE 2.x

EMC SRDF/S

EMC SRDF/A


EMC DiskXtender Search Module 1.2

EMC DiskXtender Search Module 1.x

EMC RecoverPoint 2.4, 3.x Qualified Misc 3rd Party Interoperability Solutions




Symantec VERITAS Foundation Suite5.0 on Win2K3 x64

Symantec VERITAS Storage Foundation v4.3, v5.0 Supported for Dynamic Volume Expansion in non- clustered configurations VFS does not support Win 2008 x64

DisKeeper 2007

MAC files OS10 or later GPT (GUID Partition Table) Partitioning GPT allows disks to grow to very large sizes, well beyond

published DXW best practices. Please see DXW Best Practices guide: http://support.emc.com/










EMC DiskXtender for Windows v 6.3 SP1



• Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2003 Small Business Edition (32-bit ) SP2 or R2 • Windows Storage Server 2003 (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2008 Small Business Server/x86-32 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition/x86-32 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition/x86-32 (32-bit)


• Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2003 Small Business Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Storage Server 2003 (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2008 Small Business Server/x86-32 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition/x86-32 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition/x86-32 (32-bit)

• Windows XP SP2 • Windows Vista • Windows 7 (32-bit)



• Windows XP Windows XP SP2 • Windows Vista • Windows 7 (32-bit)

DiskXtender MediaStor • Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2003 Small Business Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Storage Server 2003 (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2008 Small Business Server/x86-32 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition/x86-32 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition/x86-32 (32-bit)


• Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2003 Small Business Edition(32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Storage Server 2003 (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2008 Small Business Server/x86-32 (32-bit)




• Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition/x86-32 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition/x86-32 (32-bit)

License Server • Windows 2000 Server (32-bit) SP4 • Windows 2000 Advanced Server(32-bit) SP4 • Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition(32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2003 Small Business Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Storage Server 2003(32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2008 Small Business Server/x86-32 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition/x86-32 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition/x86-32 (32-bit)



• Windows 2000 Server(32-bit) SP4 • Windows 2000 Advanced Server (32-bit) SP4 • Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2003 Small Business Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Storage Server 2003 (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2008 Small Business Server/x86-32 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition/x86-32 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition/x86-32 (32-bit)

• Windows 2000 Professional SP4 • Windows XP SP2 • Windows Vista • Windows 7 (32-bit)



• Windows 2008 Enterprise Edition (latest Service Pack) Support n node clusters on (where n=2-8): o support n Active servers, or n-1 Active servers + 1 Passive server

• Windows 2003 Enterprise (latest Service Pack) Support n node clusters on

(where n=2-8): o support n Active servers, or n-1 Active servers + 1 Passive server





DXW 6.3 is compiled with Centera SDK 3.2 patch 4 Current versions of CentraStar are compatible with all versions of the Centera SDK 2.0 and above.




Tivoli Storage Manager V5.5 server

V5.4 server

V5.3 server


Is NOT Extended Attribute Aware; See EMC DiskXtender for Windows 6.2 Best Practice Guide, “Creating extended drive backups with software that is not EA-aware “












HP DataProtector v6.0 HP DataProtector v6.1 Is Extended Attribute Aware


Symantec Backup Exec v11d, v12d


Symantec NetBackup 6.5 Is Extended Attribute Aware






Tested with: • NetWorker



• Symantec Backup Exec • Symantec NetBackup


NetWorker Module for Microsoft VSS Client v2.0.0.183







Tested with: • NetWorker • Symantec NetBackup

VERITAS Snapshot Provider (VSP)


Tested with: • Symantec Backup Exec • Symantec NetBackup



McAfee v8.7i Set scan on inbound only

Symantec Norton Anti-Virus v10.1




Kaspersky Anti-Virus Set scan on inbound only

Sophos Anti-Virus and Firewall Set scan on inbound only Product Supported Server Operating Systems Supported Client Operating Systems


• Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2003 Small Business Edition (32-bit )SP2 or R2



• Windows Storage Server 2003 (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2008 Small Business Server/x86-32 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition/x86-32 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition/x86-32 (32-bit)






• Windows XP Windows XP SP2 • Windows Vista • Windows 7 (32-bit)

DiskXtender MediaStor • Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2003 Small Business Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Storage Server 2003 (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2008 Small Business Server/x86-32 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition/x86-32 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition/x86-32 (32-bit)


• Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2003 Small Business Edition(32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Storage Server 2003 (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2008 Small Business Server/x86-32 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition/x86-32 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition/x86-32 (32-bit)


License Server • Windows 2000 Server (32-bit) SP4 • Windows 2000 Advanced Server(32-bit) SP4 • Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition(32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2



• Windows Server 2003 Small Business Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Storage Server 2003(32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2008 Small Business Server/x86-32 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition/x86-32 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition/x86-32 (32-bit)



• Windows 2000 Professional SP4 • Windows XP SP2 • Windows Vista • Windows 7 (32-bit)










DXW 6.3 is compiled with Centera SDK 3.2 patch 4 Current versions of CentraStar are compatible with all versions of the Centera SDK 2.0 and above.


Tivoli Storage Manager V5.5 server

V5.4 server

V5.3 server


Is NOT Extended Attribute Aware; See EMC DiskXtender for Windows 6.2 Best Practice Guide, “Creating extended



drive backups with software that is not EA-aware “









EMC AutoStart v5.3 SP1 Qualified with PowerPath

EMC EmailXtender v4.8.1 EMC EmailXtender v4.x

EMC PowerPath v5.1.0 EMC PowerPath v4.x , v5.0

EMC PowerSnap v2.4.1

EMC RepliStor v6.2 SP4, v6.3

EMC RepliStor v6.x

EMC SnapImage v2.0.2 EMC SnapImage v2.x SnapImage is not supported with EMC Centera retention or NAS retention (e.g., SnapLock)

EMC VSRM v1.8.1




VMware ESX Server v3.0.x, v2.5.x MediaStor IS NOT supported on VMware; DXW supports multiple, non-clustered FSM servers per ESX server; DXW supports VMware 2-node MSCS “Cluster across boxes” and “Cluster in a box” Windows 2008 clustering IS NOT supported by VMware VMotion is supported on VMware supported platforms

EMC Celerra FLR DART v5.5.27-4

Supports retention






Dynamic Volume Expansion only

EMC SRDF/CE 3.0 EMC SRDF/CE 2.x

EMC SRDF/S

EMC SRDF/A

EMC SnapView

EMC RecoverPoint 2.4, 3.x



Microsoft Hyper-V A single instance of DiskXtender and License Server v6.4 SP1 have been qualified to run on a virtual machine in a Microsoft Hyper-V environment. MediaStor must be installed on a separate server that is not configured as a Hyper-V server.

Microsoft Forefront security suite

Network Appliance Data ONTAP SnapLock v7.2.1, v7.2.4

Supports retention

Symantec VERITAS Foundation Suite5.0

Symantec VERITAS Storage Foundation v4.3, v5.0 Supported for Dynamic Volume Expansion in non- clustered configurations



GPT (GUID Partition Table) Partitioning GPT allows disks to grow to very large sizes, well beyond published DXW best practices. Please see DXW Best Practices guide: http://support.emc.com/


DisKeeper 2007









EMC DiskXtender for Windows v 6.3



• Windows 2000 Server (32-bit) SP4 with Update Rollup 1 • Windows 2000 Advanced Server (32-bit )SP4 with Update Rollup 1 • Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2003 Small Business Edition (32-bit )SP2 or R2 • Windows Storage Server 2003 (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2008 Small Business Server/x86-32 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition/x86-32 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition/x86-32 (32-bit)


• Windows 2000 Server (32-bit) SP4 • Windows 2000 Advanced Server (32-bit) SP4 • Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2003 Small Business Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Storage Server 2003 (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2008 Small Business Server/x86-32 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition/x86-32 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition/x86-32 (32-bit)

• Windows 2000 Professional SP4 • Windows XP SP2 • Windows Vista


• Windows 2000 Server (32-bit) SP4 • Windows 2000 Advanced Server (32-bit) SP4 • Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2003 Small Business Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Storage Server 2003 (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2008 Small Business Server/x86-32 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition/x86-32 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition/x86-32 (32-bit)

• Windows 2000 Professional SP4 • Windows XP Windows XP SP2 • Windows Vista

DiskXtender MediaStor • Windows 2000 Server (32-bit) SP4 • Windows 2000 Advanced Server (32-bit) SP4 • Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2003 Small Business Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Storage Server 2003 (32-bit) SP2 or R2



• Windows Server 2008 Small Business Server/x86-32 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition/x86-32 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition/x86-32 (32-bit)


• Windows 2000 Server (32-bit) SP4 • Windows 2000 Advanced Server (32-bit) SP4 • Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2003 Small Business Edition(32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Storage Server 2003 (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2008 Small Business Server/x86-32 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition/x86-32 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition/x86-32 (32-bit)


License Server • Windows 2000 Server (32-bit) SP4 • Windows 2000 Advanced Server(32-bit) SP4 • Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition(32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2003 Small Business Edition (32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Storage Server 2003(32-bit) SP2 or R2 • Windows Server 2008 Small Business Server/x86-32 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition/x86-32 (32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition/x86-32 (32-bit)








Microsoft Cluster Server does not support dynamic disk.

Therefore, DiskXtender does not allow dynamic disk to be defined as extended drives in a cluster.




• Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 (latest Service Pack) Support 2-node Active/Active and Active/Passive clusters

Note: Although clustering is supported on Windows 2000 it is highly recommended to use Windows 2008 or Windows 2003 for clustering




DXW 6.3 is compiled with Centera SDK 3.2. Current versions of CentraStar are compatible with all versions of the Centera SDK 2.0 and above.


Tivoli Storage Manager V5.5 server V5.4 server

V5.3 server

TSM 5.5.1 or above is required for Windows 2008. DWX is supported with TSM server running on either Windows or AIX.










HP DataProtector v6.0 Is Extended Attribute Aware


Symantec Backup Exec v11d, v12d


Symantec NetBackup 6.5 Is Extended Attribute Aware



IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.3 or above Is NOT Extended Attribute Aware; See EMC DiskXtender for Windows 6.2 Best Practice Guide, “Creating extended drive backups with software that is not EA-aware “







Tested with: • NetWorker • Symantec Backup Exec • Symantec NetBackup


NetWorker Module for Microsoft VSS Client v2.0.0.183




Tested with:

• Windows Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS)



Tested with: • NetWorker • Symantec NetBackup

VERITAS Snapshot Provider (VSP)


Tested with: • Symantec Backup Exec • Symantec NetBackup





McAfee v8.7i Set scan on inbound only

Symantec Norton Anti-Virus v10.1




Kaspersky Anti-Virus Set scan on inbound only

Sophos Anti-Virus and Firewall Set scan on inbound only Qualified EMC Interoperability Solutions


EMC AutoStart v5.3 SP1 Qualified with PowerPath

EMC EmailXtender v4.8.1 EMC EmailXtender v4.x

EMC PowerPath v5.1.0 EMC PowerPath v4.x , v5.0

EMC PowerSnap v2.4.1

EMC RepliStor v6.2 SP4, v6.3

EMC RepliStor v6.x

EMC SnapImage v2.0.2 EMC SnapImage v2.x SnapImage is not supported with EMC Centera retention or NAS retention (e.g., SnapLock)

EMC VSRM v1.8.1




VMware ESX Server v3.0.x, v2.5.x MediaStor IS NOT supported on VMware; DXW supports multiple, non-clustered FSM servers per ESX server; DXW supports VMware 2-node MSCS “Cluster across boxes” and “Cluster in a box” Windows 2008 clustering IS NOT supported by VMware VMotion is supported on VMware supported platforms

EMC Celerra FLR DART v5.5.27-4

Supports retention

EMC CLARiiON EMC CLARiiON MirrorView/A



MirrorView/S


Dynamic Volume Expansion only

EMC SRDF/CE 3.0 EMC SRDF/CE 2.x

EMC SRDF/S EMC SRDF/A EMC SnapView EMC RecoverPoint 2.4, 3.x Qualified Misc 3rd Party Interoperability Solutions


Network Appliance Data ONTAP SnapLock v7.2.1, v7.2.4

Supports retention

Symantec VERITAS Foundation Suite5.0

Symantec VERITAS Storage Foundation v4.3, v5.0 Supported for Dynamic Volume Expansion in non- clustered configurations

GPT (GUID Partition Table) Partitioning GPT allows disks to grow to very large sizes, well beyond published DXW best practices. Please see DXW Best Practices guide: https://support.emc.com/


DisKeeper 2007




https://support.emc.com/





EMC DiskXtender Search Module 2.0 Product Supported Server Operating Systems Supported Client Operating Systems Supported Browsers

DiskXtender Search Module ISE Server

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard and Enterprise Edition (32-bit and 64-bit) with Service Pack 1

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard and Enterprise (32-bit and 64-bit) Service Pack 1

DiskXtender Search Module User Interface

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard and Enterprise Edition (32-bit and 64-bit) with Service Pack 1

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard and Enterprise (32-bit and 64-bit) with Service Pack 1

• Microsoft Windows XP Professional with SP2

• Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise Edition

• Internet Explorer (IE) 7.0 and above

• Mozilla 3.0 and above.

Qualified DiskXtender Applications

Supported DiskXtender Applications Comments

DiskXtender for Windows 6.3, 6.3 SP1, 6.4,6.4 SP1, 6.5, 6.5

SP1, 6.5 SP2

Will not work with previous versions of DX for Windows

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