WIR is supported on most Recovery-Series and UEB appliances. This section describes the minimum Unitrends system requirements for leveraging the feature. For details about hypervisor system requirements for running a virtual failover client, see Requirements and considerations for running a virtual failover client on an external hypervisor.
The following appliances support WIR:
• 64-bit rack-mounted and desktop Recovery-Series appliances.
• UEB appliances.
The table below provides details about the Unitrends software requirements for using WIR. To take full advantage of WIR and to benefit from significant performance enhancements, it is recommended that you update your Unitrends software to the latest release.
VFC location |
Unitrends appliance software requirements |
Unitrends Windows agent requirements |
---|---|---|
Recovery-Series backup system |
Release 6.2 or higher |
Release 6.2 or higher |
Recovery-Series replication target |
Release 7.3 or higher |
Release 7.3 or higher |
ESX host |
Release 7.4 or higher |
Release 7.3 or higher (7.4 or higher for UEFI-based clients) |
Hyper-V server |
Release 8.0 or higher |
Release 7.3 or higher (7.4 or higher for UEFI-based clients) must be installed on the clients that will be protected by WIR. Release 8.0 or higher must be installed on the Hyper-V servers where the VFCs will reside. |