NetBackup Snapshot Manager requires the following components:

• A primary server with NetBackup Snapshot Manager server software installed.

• Clients running Solaris, HP, AIX, Linux, or Windows, with NetBackup Snapshot Manager software installed.

  Certain operating system and device patches (such as for the host bus adapter) may be required for both servers and clients.

Please note the following additional requirements:

• For the VxFS_Checkpoint snapshot method, all clients must have VxFS 3.4 or later with the Storage Checkpoints feature.

• To use Snapshot Manager to back up a VxFS file system, the client's VxFS file system has to be patched with the dynamic linked libraries.

• For the VxVM snapshot method, all clients must have VxVM 3.1 or later.

• For the FlashSnap and VVR snapshot methods, all clients must have VxVM 3.2 or later. Each method requires its own add-on license to VxVM.

• For the disk array snapshot methods, assistance may be required from the disk array vendor.

• To use the snapshot and off-host backup features of NetBackup Snapshot Manager with a NetBackup Oracle policy, UNIX clients must have Oracle8i or later installed.

• HP clients must use the OnlineJFS file system, not the default JFS.