Windows operating systems

Windows client environment requirements

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This section contains client environment information, backup-archive client components, and hardware and software requirements for the supported Windows platforms.

Windows client installable components

The installable components for the Windows backup-archive client are as follows:
  • Backup-archive client web files
  • Backup-archive client GUI files
  • Administrative client command line files
  • Client API SDK files
  • Client API (64-bit) runtime files
  • Client Web Server (for remote client operations using the web user interface)

System requirements for Windows clients

The backup-archive client on Windows requires a minimum amount of disk space for installation and a supported operating system.

For software and hardware requirements for all supported versions of Windows clients, including the most recent fix packs, see technote 1197133.

Windows client communication methods

The TCP/IP and shared memory communication methods are available for the Windows backup-archive client.

You can use the following communication methods with the Windows backup-archive client:
Table 1. Windows client communication methods
To use this communication method: Install this software: To connect to these IBM® Storage Protect servers:
TCP/IP TCP/IP (Standard with all supported Windows AIX®, Linux®, Windows
Named Pipes Named Pipes (Standard with all supported Windows platforms) Windows
Shared Memory TCP/IP (Standard with all supported Windows platforms) Windows

Backup-archive client features that are available on Windows platforms

This topic lists which features are supported or not supported on the various Windows platforms.

Table 2 shows the supported and unsupported features on the various Windows platforms.

Table 2. Supported features on Windows platforms

Features

 Windows 10
Windows Server 2012 (Supported with versions 8.1.0 - 8.1.22)
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Supported with versions 8.1.0 - 8.1.22)
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2022
Journal-based backup yes yes
Online image backup yes yes
Offline image backup yes yes
System state support with Volume Shadowcopy Services (VSS) yes yes
LAN-free operations yes yes
Automated System Recovery (ASR) yes

BIOS: yes

UEFI: yes
Open File Support (OFS) yes yes

Windows supported file systems

This topic lists which features are supported or not supported on the various Windows platforms.

The Windows backup-archive client supports the following types of file systems:

  • File Allocation Table (FAT and FAT32)
  • Microsoft New Technology File System (NTFS)
  • Microsoft Resilient File System (ReFS). ReFS was introduced on Windows Server 2012 systems.