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category icon Backup - Compatibility List

Offsite Backup Software Compatibility List

The offsite backup comes as two software clients Backup Lite and Backup Pro. The backup accounts are licensed on a per device basis and has differenet options for software support.
For full details on what each backup client supports see the below details.

This page covers:

  • Supported Applications
  • Supported Operating Systems

  • Supported Hardware

Supported Applications

Features Backup Lite Backup Pro
File Backups
All supported operating systems Included Included
MS Exchange
Exchange Server 2016 (Standard, Enterprise) 1 Not Included Included
Exchange Server 2019 (Standard, Enterprise) 1 Not Included Included
Office 365 Exchange Online Included Included
1 Support MS Exchange Server Backup Module only for Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2016 Database Availability Group (DAG).
MS SQL
SQL Server 2017 (Standard, Express, Enterprise) Not Included Included
SQL Server 2019 (Standard, Express, Enterprise) Not Included Included
SQL Server 2022 (Standard, Express, Enterprise) Not Included Included
SQL Server 2025 (Standard, Express, Enterprise) Not Included Included
Microsoft 365
Exchange Online Not Included Included
SharePointOnline Not Included Included
OneDrive Not Included Included
1 Backup performed using file backup set with pre-backup command.
Oracle
Oracle Database 18c Enterprise Edition Not Included Included
Oracle Database 19c Enterprise Edition1 Not Included Included
Oracle Database 23 AI1 Not Included Included
Oracle Database 26 AI1 Not Included Included
MySQL
MySQL 5.5.x (Standard, Enterprise) Not Included Included
MySQL 5.6.x (Standard, Enterprise) Not Included Included
MySQL 5.7.x (Standard, Enterprise) Not Included Included
MySQL 8.x.x (Standard, Enterprise) Not Included Included
MySQL 9.x.x (Standard, Enterprise) Not Included Included
MariaDB
MariaDB 10.x.x Not Included Included
MariaDB 11.x.x Not Included Included
MariaDB 12.x.x Not Included Included
MS Virtualization
Hyper-V Server 2016 Not Included Included
Hyper-V Server 2016 Stand-alone Server Not Included Included
Hyper-V Server 2019 Not Included Included
Hyper-V Server 2019 Stand-alone Server Not Included Included
Hyper-V Server 2022 Not Included Included
Hyper-V Server 2025 Not Included Included
VMware Virtualization
VMware ESXi Server 7.0 2 Not Included Included
VMware ESXi Server 8.0 2 Not Included Included
VMware vCenter Server 7.0 2 Not Included Included
VMware vCenter Server 8.0 2 Not Included Included
System State Backup Module
Windows Server 2016 Not Included Included
Windows Server 2019 Not Included Included
Windows Server 2022 Not Included Included
Small Business Server 2008 Not Included Included
Small Business Server 2011 Not Included Included
MS Windows System Backup Module
Windows 10 Included Included
Windows 11 Not Included Included
Windows Server 2016 Not Included Included
Windows Server 2019 Not Included Included
Windows Server 2022 Not Included Included
Small Business Server 2008 Not Included Included
Small Business Server 2011 Not Included Included

Supported Operating Systems

Operating system Backup Lite Backup Pro
Windows
Windows 10 (Home, Pro, Enterprise) Supported Supported
Windows 11 (Home, Pro, Enterprise) Supported Supported
Windows Server 2016 (Standard, Essentials, Datacenter) Not Supported Supported
Windows Server 2019 (Standard, Essentials, Datacenter) Not Included Included
Windows Server 2022 (Standard, Essentials, Datacenter) Not Included Included
Windows Server 2025 (Standard, Essentials, Datacenter) Not Included Included
Linux/Unix
AlmaLinux 9.4 Not Supported Supported
AlmaLinux 10 Not Supported Supported
Debian 12 Not Supported Supported
Debian 13 Not Supported Supported
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not Supported Supported
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Not Supported Supported
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Not Supported Supported
Rocky Linux 8.3 Not Supported Supported
Rocky Linux 9 Not Supported Supported
Rocky Linux 10 Not Supported Supported
Ubuntu 22.04 Not Supported Supported
Ubuntu 24.04 Not Supported Supported
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Not Supported Supported
FreeBSD 13 Not Supported Supported
FreeBSD 14 Not Supported Supported
Mac OS X
macOS 14 Supported Supported
macOS 15 Supported Supported
macOS 26 Supported Supported
Mobile Devices
Android Coming Soon Coming Soon
iOS Coming Soon Coming Soon

Supported Hardware Requirements

Features Backup Lite Backup Pro
CPU Quad Core architecture or above64-bit operating system Quad Core architecture or above64-bit operating system
Memory (RAM) Minimum:4 GB (at least 50% free memory available)Recommended:8 GB (at least 50% free memory available) Minimum:4 GB (at least 50% free memory available)Recommended:8 GB (at least 50% free memory available)
 

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