Symantec Backup Exec

The following are the minimum system requirements for running this release of the SAN Shared Storage Option:

• Windows 2003/2008 must be installed. You cannot use SAN SSO with the Windows Server Core installation option of Windows Server 2008.

• Physical Memory Available, as shown in the Windows Task Manager, plus the File Cache should exceed 256 MB.

• The SAN Shared Storage Option must be locally installed at each server that will be sharing secondary storage devices.

• The devices in your SAN must be on the supported device list.

  You can find a list of compatible devices at the following URL:

  http://entsupport.symantec.com/umi/V-269-2

• All hardware drivers must be up to date and started.

  You can find a list of compatible drivers at the following URL:

  http://entsupport.symantec.com/rd/bews-drivers.htm

• The primary server must have enough space for the catalogs of all the servers in the SAN.

For a fibre channel-connected installation, note the following additional requirements:

• A fibre channel host adapter and its device drivers must be installed and connected to the SAN.

• A hub or switch must be connected to all the fibre to SCSI bridges or to the fibre libraries on the SAN.

• All the robotic libraries must be connected to the SCSI bridges or to the fibre switches/hubs.

• The hub or switch must be powered up before the bridges or fibre channel libraries.

• All robotic libraries must be powered up before the bridges.

• The bridges must be powered up before Windows loads the fibre channel driver (usually during the boot phase).