NAKIVO Backup & Replication can be deployed as a virtual appliance (VA) or installed directly onto a supported machine or network-attached storage (NAS). Below is the list of deployment requirements.
Hardware
VM or Physical Machine
NAKIVO Backup & Replication can be installed on a machine with the following minimum hardware characteristics:
- Director and Onboard Transporter:
- CPU: x86-64, 2 cores
- RAM: 4 GB + 250 MB for each concurrent task
- For SaaS Backup Repository-related activities:
- additional 2 GB
- additional 100 MB for each concurrent Java Transporter task
- For SaaS Backup Repository-related activities:
- Free space on disk: 10 GB
- Transporter only:
- CPU: x86-64, 2 cores
- RAM: 2 GB + 250 MB for each concurrent task
- For SaaS Backup Repository-related activities:
- additional 2 GB
- additional 100 MB for each concurrent Java Transporter task
- For SaaS Backup Repository-related activities:
- Free space on disk: 5 GB
Network Attached Storage
NAKIVO Backup & Replication can be installed on supported NAS with the following minimum hardware characteristics:
- Director and Onboard Transporter:
- CPU: x86-64, 2 cores
- RAM: 1 GB + 250 MB for each concurrent task
- For SaaS Backup Repository-related activities:
- minimum total RAM: 4 GB
- additional 100 MB for each concurrent Java Transporter task
- For SaaS Backup Repository-related activities:
- Free space on disk: 10 GB
- Transporter only:
- CPU: x86-64, 2 cores
- RAM: 512 MB + 250 MB for each concurrent task
- For SaaS Backup Repository-related activities:
- minimum total RAM: 4 GB
- additional 100 MB for each concurrent Java Transporter task
- For SaaS Backup Repository-related activities:
- Free space on disk: 5 GB
NAKIVO Backup & Replication supports the following NAS models:
Note
Onboard Transporters installed on NAS devices with ARM CPU do not support VMware infrastructures. Refer to Transporter Does Not Support VMware vSphere for a solution.
Synology
Important
Backup and recovery of Microsoft 365 accounts is not supported on Synology NAS devices with ARMv8 CPU architecture.
QNAP
ASUSTOR
Western Digital
NETGEAR
Generic ARM-based NAS devices
Raspberry Pi
NAKIVO Backup & Replication can be installed on a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ machine with the following minimum hardware characteristics:
- Director and Onboard Transporter:
- RAM: 1 GB + 250 MB for each concurrent job
- Free space: 16 GB
- Transporter only:
- RAM: 512 MB + 250 MB for each concurrent job
- Free space: 16 GB
Operating Systems
NAKIVO Backup & Replication can be installed on the following operating systems:
- Windows:
- Windows Server 2019 Standard (x64)
- Windows Server 2016 Standard (x64)
- Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard (x64)
- Windows Server 2012 Standard (x64)
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard (x64)
- Windows 10 Professional (x64)
- Windows 8 Professional (x64)
- Windows 7 Professional (x64)
- Linux:
- Ubuntu 18.04 Server (x64)
- Ubuntu 16.04 Server (x64)
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (x64)
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (x64)
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (x64)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 (x64)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 (x64)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 (x64)
- CentOS Linux 7.6 (x64)
- CentOS Linux 7.5 (x64)
- CentOS Linux 7.4 (x64)
- CentOS Linux 7.3 (x64)
- CentOS Linux 7.2 (x64)
- CentOS Linux 7.1 (x64)
- CentOS Linux 7.0 (x64)
- NAS:
- ASUSTOR ADM v3.0
- ASUSTOR ADM v3.1
- ASUSTOR ADM v3.2
- FreeNAS 11.3
- Netgear ReadyNAS OS v6.9
- Netgear ReadyNAS OS v6.10.3
- Synology DSM v6.0
- Synology DSM v6.1
- Synology DSM v6.2
- QNAP QTS v4.3
- QNAP QTS v4.4
- WD MyCloud v3
Supported Operating System Localisations
NAKIVO Backup & Replication can be installed on a supported OS with the following OS localisation:
- English
- Italian
- German
- French
- Spanish
Networking Requirements
Required TCP Ports
NAKIVO Backup & Replication requires the following TCP ports to be open for a successful operation:
TCP Port # (Default) | Where | Description |
|---|---|---|
| NAKIVO Backup & Replication | ||
| 4443 | Director | Used to access the Director web UI. Must be opened on the Director machine. |
| 9446 | Transporter | Used by Director and Transporters to communicate with the Transporter. Must be opened on the Transporter machine. |
| 9448-10000 | Transporter | Used by Transporters for cross-Transporter data transfer. Must be opened on the Transporter machine. |
| VMware | ||
| 443 | vCenter Server, ESXi hosts | Used by Director and Transporters to access VMware infrastructure. Must be opened on vCenter Servers and ESXi hosts. |
| 902 | ESXi hosts | Used by Transporters to access VMware infrastructure. Must be opened on ESXi hosts. |
| Hyper-V | ||
| 137-139 | Hyper-V hosts | Used by Director to upload files and install configuration service. Must be opened on Hyper-V servers. |
| 445 | Hyper-V hosts | Used by Director to upload files and install configuration service. |
| 5986 (opened automatically) | Hyper-V hosts | Used by Transporter to add a host to inventory and establish a connection with it. |
| 9445 (opened automatically) | Hyper-V hosts | Used by Director to upload files and install configuration service. Must be opened on Hyper-V host if NAKIVO Backup & Replication is installed on a host and this host is added to inventory simultaneously. |
| 9446 (opened automatically) | Hyper-V hosts | Used by Director and Transporters to communicate with the Transporter. Must be opened on the Transporter machine. |
| 9448-10000 (opened automatically) | Hyper-V hosts | Used by Transporters for cross-Transporter data transfer. Must be opened on the Transporter machine. |
| Physical Machine (Windows) | ||
| 445 | Windows machine | Used by Director to upload files and install configuration service via SMB. |
| 9446 (opened automatically) | Windows machine | Used to create the Transporter installed by default. |
| Physical Machine (Linux) | ||
| 22 | Linux machine | Used by Director to access a Linux physical machine via SSH. |
| 9446 (opened automatically) | Linux machine | Used to create the Transporter installed by default. |
Network Conditions
NAKIVO Backup & Replication has been tested to work in the following minimal network conditions:
- Latency (RTT): Up to 250 ms
- Packet loss: Up to 1%
- Bandwidth: 1 Mb/s or higher
- ICMP ping traffic: It should be allowed on all hosts on which NAKIVO Backup & Replication components are installed as well as on all source and target hosts
Web Browsers
NAKIVO Backup & Replication user interface can be accessed through the following web browsers:
- Google Chrome: Version 80
- Mozilla Firefox: Version 74