Quest vRanger
Installation/Upgrade Guide
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vRanger - Physical Machine
The hardware recommendations for the vRanger physical machine are described below.
CPU
Any combination equaling 4 cores of CPUs are recommended. Example 1 quad-core
CPU; 2 dual-core CPUs.
RAM
4GB RAM is required.
Storage
At least 4 GB free hard disk space on the vRanger machine.
HBA
3.1.1.b
For LAN-Free, it is recommended to use two HBAs - one for read operations and one
for writing.
vRanger - Virtual Machine
The hardware recommendations for using vRanger in a virtual machine are described below.
CPU
Four (4) vCPUs.
RAM
4 GB RAM is recommended.
Storage
3.1.2
At least 4 GB free hard disk space on the vRanger machine.
Supported Operating Systems For Installation
The following operating systems are supported for installation of vRanger.
Operating System
Service Pack Level
Bit Level
Windows Vista Business
SP 2
(x86 or x64)
Windows 7
SP 1
(x86 or x64)
Windows 8
(x86 or x64)
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 R2
SP 2
a
(x86 or x64)
SP 1
(x64)
Windows Server 2012b
(x64)
a.Windows Storage Server 2008 is not supported as an installation platform for vRanger.
b.SQL Express 2005 is not supported on Windows Server 2012.
3.1.2.a
Additional Required Software
In addition to a supported version of Windows and a supported VMware infrastructure, you may need
some additional software components, depending on your configuration.
Microsoft .Net Framework - vRanger requires the .Net Framework 3.5 SP1. The vRanger
installer will install it if not detected.
SQL Server [optional]- vRanger utilizes two SQL databases for application functionality.
vRanger can install a local version of SQL Express 2005 or you can chose to install the vRanger
databases on your own SQL 2005 or 2008 instance.
vRanger Virtual Appliance - The vRanger virtual appliance is a small, pre-packaged Linux
distribution that servers as a platform for vRanger operations away from the vRanger server.
vRanger uses the virtual appliance for the functions below:
replication to and from ESXi hosts
file-level recove ry from Linux machines
optionally for backups and restores.