Requirements and Limitations

This section provides you with important information on deployment limitations and supported environments of different devices.

You may refer to the following sections to learn more details regarding different devices and deployment requirements.

Synology NAS Requirements and Limitations

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Personal Computer Requirements and Limitations

Active Backup for Business supports backing up end-point devices running on Windows platform.

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Physical Server Requirements and Limitations

For backing up the physical server, Active Backup for Business supports Windows and Linux operating systems.

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File Server Requirements and Limitations

For backing up the file server, Active Backup for Business supports the servers running with SMB (Windows) and rsync 3.0 or above (Linux) protocol. You may back up data to your Synology NAS using Active Backup for Business.

For file servers to be backed up and restored properly, please make sure the following permissions of the source folder are enabled.

Virtual Machine Requirements and Limitations

This section provides you with important information on deployment limitations and supported virtual machine (VM) environments on VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V.