System Requirements
The following is a break down of which versions of Linux and Unix can be protected by Retrospect.
The following Linux distributions are supported on x86 and x64.
CentOS 6.4, 6.5, 7, 7 Update 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, 7 Update 3
Debian 7.6, 8, 9
Ubuntu Server 14.04, 15, 16, and 17
SUSE 11 Enterprise Server 11 SP2 and SP3, 11.4, and 12.2
Auto-launch on certain distros requires extra steps. See our step-by-step guide.
Note that Retrospect 19 is compatible with Linux systems running Docker. Previous versions are not.
The following Linux distributions are supported on x86 and x64.
CentOS 6.4, 6.5, 7, 7 Update 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, 7 Update 3
Debian 7.6, 8, 9
Ubuntu Server 14.04, 15, 16, and 17
SUSE 11 Enterprise Server 11 SP2 and SP3, 11.4, and 12.2
Auto-launch on certain distros requires extra steps. See our step-by-step guide.
The following Linux distributions are supported on x86 and x64.
CentOS 6.4, 6.5, 7, 7 Update 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, 7 Update 3
Debian 7.6, 8, 9
Ubuntu Server 14.04, 15, 16, and 17
SUSE 11 Enterprise Server 11 SP2 and SP3, 11.4, and 12.2
Auto-launch on certain distros requires extra steps. See our step-by-step guide.
The following Linux distributions are supported on x86 and x64.
CentOS 6.4, 6.5, 7, 7 Update 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, 7 Update 3
Debian 7.6, 8, 9
Ubuntu Server 14.04, 15, 16, and 17
SUSE 11 Enterprise Server 11 SP2 and SP3, 11.4, and 12.2
Auto-launch on certain distros requires extra steps. See our step-by-step guide.
The following Linux distributions are supported on x86 and x64.
CentOS 6.4, 6.5, 7, 7 Update 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, 7 Update 3
Debian 7.6, 8, 9
Ubuntu Server 14.04, 15.10 (x64 only), 16.04, 17.04
SUSE 11 Enterprise Server 11 SP2 and SP3, 11.4 (x64 only), 12.2 (x64 only)
Auto-launch on certain distros requires extra steps. See our step-by-step guide.
The following Linux distributions are supported on x86 and x64.
CentOS 6.4, 6.5, 7, 7 Update 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, 7 Update 3
Debian 7.6, 8, 9
Ubuntu Server 14.04, 15.10 (x64 only), 16.04, 17.04
SUSE 11 Enterprise Server 11 SP2 and SP3, 11.4 (x64 only), 12.2 (x64 only)
Auto-launch on certain distros requires extra steps. See our step-by-step guide.
The following Linux distributions are supported on x86 and x64.
CentOS 6.4, 6.5 and 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Debian 7.6
Ubuntu Server 14.04
SUSE 11 Enterprise Server 11 SP2 and SP3
The following Linux distributions are supported on x86 and x64.
CentOS 6.4, 6.5 and 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Debian 7.6
Ubuntu Server 14.04
SUSE 11 Enterprise Server 11 SP2 and SP3
The following Linux distributions are supported on x86 and x64.
CentOS 6.4, 6.5 and 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Debian 7.6
Ubuntu Server 14.04
SUSE 11 Enterprise Server 11 SP2 and SP3
The following Linux distributions are supported on x86 and x64.
CentOS 6.4, 6.5 and 7 (if using x64, also install glibc.i686)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (if using x64, also install glibc.i686)
Debian 7.6 (if using x64, also install libc6-i386)
Ubuntu Server 14.04 (if using x64, also install libc6-i386)
SUSE 11 Enterprise Server 11 SP2 and SP3
Red Hat 7.3, 8.0, 9.0 on x86 hardware. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 WS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 ES, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 WS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 ES on x86 and x64 hardware. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
SUSE Linux Professional 9.2, 9.3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
Novell Linux Desktop
Red Hat 7.3, 8.0, 9.0 on x86 hardware. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 WS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 ES, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 WS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 ES on x86 and x64 hardware. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
SUSE Linux Professional 9.2, 9.3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
Solaris 8, 9 and 10 running on Sparc hardware only. (Windows Backup Server only with Retrospect 7.7 and earlier)
Novell Linux Desktop
Red Hat 7.3, 8.0, 9.0. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 WS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 ES on x86 hardware
SUSE Linux Professional 9.2, 9.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
Solaris 8 and 9 running on Sparc hardware only
Note: Retrospect Client software running on SUSE 9.3 may turn off each time the computer is rebooted. You must either manually restart the Retrospect Client after each reboot, or change the USE_MAKE parameter in /etc/sysconfig/boot to no, which enables the client to restart automatically.
Red Hat 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, and 8.0 on x86 hardware
Solaris 8, Sun OS 5.8 running on Sparc hardware only. glib must be installed.
Red Hat 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3 on x86 hardware
Solaris 8, Sun OS 5.8 running on Sparc hardware only. glib must be installed.
Red Hat 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.0 and 9.0 on x86 hardware
Red Hat 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, and 8.0 on x86 hardware
Last Update: 10 de enero de 2023