NovaBACKUP 21.2 System Requirements (English) (21.2.x and newer versions)
NovaBACKUP 21.2 System Requirements
April 28, 2025
NovaBACKUP PC Agent and Server Agent
System Requirements
• CPU: 1.3 GHz single core minimum (from 2 to 4 CPU cores recommended)
• RAM: 4 GB (8 GB recommended) minimum for NovaBACKUP PC Agent and 8 GB RAM minimum for NovaBACKUP Server Agent (16 GB recommended)
• Disk: 10 GB free hard drive available space on OS drive. (Full installation is approximately 500MB)
• TCP/IP network
• Setup installers updated with "Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 Runtime", "Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime", and "ASP .NET Core 8.0.0 - Windows Hosting Bundle", which are prerequisites and are automatically installed.
Supported Operating Systems
NovaBACKUP supports 64-bit versions of the following operating systems*:
• Windows 11, Version 24H2
• Windows 10, Version 22H2
• Windows Server 2025
• Windows Server 2022 (NovaBACKUP Server Agent and higher)
• Windows Server 2019 (NovaBACKUP Server Agent and higher)
• Windows Server 2016 (NovaBACKUP Server Agent and higher)
* Image backups do not support any tablet-based devices.
Supported Applications (NovaBACKUP Server Agent)
Microsoft SQL
• Microsoft SQL-Server 2019
• Microsoft SQL-Server 2017
• Microsoft SQL-Server 2016 SP2
• Microsoft SQL-Server 2014 SP3
Microsoft Exchange
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2019
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2016
Microsoft Hyper-V
• Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2022
• Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2019
• Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016
VMware (Licensed with vStorage API)
• VMware vSphere 7.x
• VMware vSphere 6.x
• VMware vSphere 5.x
• VMware ESXi 7.x
• VMware ESXi 6.x
• VMware ESXi 5.x
Backing up Virtual Machines (Microsoft Hyper-V)
Backing up Microsoft Hyper-V is supported only on Microsoft Server operating systems (not i.e.
Windows 10). In order to back up Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines, you will need to have
NovaBACKUP Server Agent installed on the Hyper-V Host Operating System.
Backing up Virtual Machines (VMware vSphere)
You will need NovaBACKUP installed on a machine (Physical or Virtual) with a supported operating
system and your VMware vSphere installation requires the vStorage API. The machine that NovaBACKUP is installed on needs to have network connectivity to your VMware vSphere server. NovaBACKUP may be installed on a Virtual Machine but will not be able to directly back up its own Virtual Machine.
The free version of VMware is not supported.
Supported Backup Devices and Media
Local Devices
• SATA, SCSI, and SAS Hard Drives
• External Hard Drives formatted NTFS - USB 2.0 / 3.0, FireWire Format external drives > 2TB with GUID Partitions (GPT) instead of MBR. Microsoft ReFS file systems are unsupported
• Network Storage (SAN or NAS / Network Share with CIFS or SMB Support)
• RDX drives
• USB flash drives formatted NTFS
Cloud / Offsite
• NovaBACKUP Cloud (NovaBACKUP Cloud Account)
• NovaBACKUP Self-Hosted Cloud
• Amazon S3-Compatible Device
System Image
• Bootable media requires a USB flash drive (up to 32GB) or CD-ROM
• Local hard disk
• Local network share
• Local NAS devices
Note for all installations
All installations require an Administrator Account and cannot be installed under a Limited User Account.
Contact Us
NovaBACKUP Corporation
29209 Canwood St.
Agoura Hills, CA 91301 USA
Tel +1 (805) 579 6700
Fax +1 (805) 579 6710
NovaBACKUP Europe GmbH
Marienstraße 89
30171 Hannover, Deutschland
Tel +49 (40) 8081 1371
Notice
Information in this document is subject to change without notice. NovaBACKUP Corporation and
NovaStor make no representations or warranties with respect to the contents of this document and
specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose.
Further, NovaBACKUP and NovaStor reserve the right to revise this publication and to make changes
without obligation to notify any person or organization of such revisions or changes.