Verify that your environment meets the system requirements for the Windows file system.
Operating System
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Operating system |
Processor architecture |
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Microsoft Windows Server 2025 - All editions |
All Windows-compatible processors are supported |
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Windows 11 |
All Windows-compatible processors are supported |
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Microsoft Windows Server 2022 - All editions |
All Windows-compatible processors are supported |
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Microsoft Windows Server 2019 - All editions |
All Windows-compatible processors are supported |
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Microsoft Windows Server 2016 - All editions Nano Servers are not supported. For more information, see Considerations for Microsoft Windows Server 2016, 2012, 2012 R2, and Windows 8.x. |
All Windows-compatible processors are supported |
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Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Editions For more information, see Considerations for Microsoft Windows Server 2016, 2012, 2012 R2, and Windows 8.x. |
All Windows-compatible processors are supported |
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Microsoft Windows Client 10 Editions |
All Windows-compatible processors are supported |
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Editions Server Core installations are not supported. |
All Windows-compatible processors are supported |
Port Requirements
For information on the ports required for backups to be successful, see Port Requirements for Commvault Cloud.
File Systems
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File Allocation Table (FAT) file systems
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New Technology File Systems (NTFS), including Encrypting File System (EFS)
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Transactional File Systems
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Distributed File System (DFS) data
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Oracle ASM Cluster File System (Oracle ACFS)
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Resilient File System (ReFS) on Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2016 computers.
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Nutanix Acropolis File Services (AFS)
Software That Is Automatically Installed.NET Framework
On most versions of Windows, the .NET Framework 4.6.2 is automatically installed.
Visual C++ Redistributable 2017
Starting in Service Pack 17, the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2017 (vcredist2017.exe) is automatically installed.
If a computer does not have the most recent Windows updates, then the installation of Universal C Runtime, as part of the installation of Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2017, fails. To prevent the installation failure, install the following Windows updates:
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KB2919355
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KB2939087
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KB2975061
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KB2999226
Updates are not required on the most recent Windows operating system versions, such as Microsoft Windows 10 and Microsoft Windows Server 2016, because the Universal C Runtime is already installed on those versions.