This section covers system requirements for Ontrack PowerControls™ 5.0 and 5.1. For additional information regarding the Ontrack PowerControls™ installation requirements, refer to the Ontrack PowerControls™ User Guide which can be downloaded from http://www.ontrackpowercontrols.com/support/user-guide/. For support on any of the EQR functions including Ontrack PowerControls™, contact the Unitrends Support Center. See Contacting Unitrends Support.
Ontrack PowerControls™ must run on one of the following operating systems:
• Microsoft Windows 2000
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Data Center
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Standard
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Essentials
• Microsoft Windows Vista Business
• Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate
• Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise
The operating systems listed above are required to have the latest service packs installed. For Windows server 2012, the 64-bit operating system is supported. For all other operating systems, both 32-bit and 64-bit versions are supported.
Note: Ontrack PowerControls™ in Vista can only be run by users with administrative privileges and in administrative mode.
The following virtual environments are supported:
• VMware Server 1.0x
• VMware Workstation for Microsoft Windows v6.0x
• Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2
• Microsoft Hyper-V
• Microsoft Virtual PC 2007
Ontrack PowerControls™ is designed to run from a Windows workstation and uses native Microsoft Messaging APIs (MAPI) to communicate to the Exchange server, ensuring reliable and consistent operation of your server. For MAPI to initialize properly, Microsoft Outlook must be installed and configured on the workstation to connect to a Microsoft Exchange server. The workstation or virtual machine on which the Ontrack PowerControls™ software is run must have Outlook 2000 or greater installed, and Outlook must have been run at least once to configure Outlook’s settings. Additionally, those versions of Outlook that make a distinction between Internet Email and Corporate Email need to be configured for the latter.
For Exchange server 2000 and Exchange server 2003, Microsoft Outlook 2000 or later is required.
For Exchange server 2007, Microsoft Outlook 2003 or Outlook 2007 is required.
Note: The operating systems and Microsoft Outlook are required to have the latest service packs installed.
Other requirements include:
• Microsoft .NET 2.0 framework
• Intel Pentium compatible processor
• 1024 MB RAM minimum
• 200 MB of free hard disk space for the installation. More disk space will be needed for processing log files when opening an EDB file.
• Monitor with 800 x 600 or higher screen resolution.
Note: While Ontrack PowerControls™ is designed to run from a Windows workstation, Microsoft Exchange server 2007 installation configuration is supported. If running Ontrack PowerControls™ on Exchange server 2007, Microsoft Outlook 2003 or Microsoft Outlook 2007 must be installed and configured on the Exchange server. Ontrack PowerControls™ does not support other Exchange server installation configurations.