Note: AD domain setups below Windows Server 2008 are not supported.
Hardware | Minimum | Recommended |
Processor | 2.4GHz | 3GHz |
Number of cores | 4 | 6 or more |
RAM | 8GB | 16GB |
Disk space | Active Directory/Entra ID | This requirement varies based on the number of AD and Entra ID objects, the size of your domain controller, and the retention period that you set for your backups. RecoveryManager Plus has a best case compression ratio of 2:1 for domain controller backups. |
Microsoft 365 | This requirement varies based on the number of backed-up Exchange Online mailboxes, the size of your SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business sites, and the retention period that you set for your backups. RecoveryManager Plus typically compresses backups to a third of their original size. If the total size of the mailboxes, SharePoint Online, and OneDrive for Business sites is 1TB, make sure that you have 1TB of free disk space to store the full backup and all subsequent incremental backups. | |
Google Workspace/Zoho WorkDrive | This requirement varies based on the number of backed-up mailboxes, the size of your Google Workspace user drives and Zoho WorkDrive folders, and the retention period that you have set for your backups. RecoveryManager Plus typically compresses backups to a third of their original size. If the total size of the mailboxes, user drives, and folders is 1TB, make sure that you have 1TB of free disk space to store the full backup and all subsequent incremental backups. | |
On-premises Exchange | This requirement varies based on the number of backed-up Exchange mailboxes and the retention period that you set for your backups. RecoveryManager Plus typically compresses backups to a third of their original size. If the total size of the mailboxes is 1TB, make sure that you have 1TB of free disk space to store the full backup and all subsequent incremental backups. |
Note: Make sure that you have downloaded the 64-bit version of RecoveryManager Plus if you wish to backup your Exchange and Microsoft 365 environments.
RecoveryManager Plus can be installed and run on the following operating systems (both 32-bit and 64-bit architecture) and versions:
RecoveryManager Plus has been tested to support the latest versions of the following browsers:
1366 x 768 pixels or higher
ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus supports the following databases:
The following table lists the default ports used by RecoveryManager Plus. They can be modified during or after installation.
Protocol and port | Usage | Type of traffic |
TCP and UDP 389 | Directory, replication, user and computer authentication, Group Policy, trusts | LDAP |
TCP and UDP 88 | User and computer authentication, forest-level trust | Kerberos |
TCP and UDP 445 | Replication, users and computer authentication, Group Policy, trusts | NTLM |
TCP and UDP 464 | Replication, user and computer authentication, trusts | Kerberos change, set password |
UDP 137 and 138 and TCP 139 | User and computer authentication | Netlogon, NetBios |
TCP 33310 | If you are running Recovery Manager Plus with Postgres DB | Postgres database |
TCP/IP 1433 and 1434 UDP | If you are running Recovery Manager Plus with Microsoft SQL DB | Microsoft SQL database |
TCP 135 and dynamic ports | Time zone offset of domain controller | WMI |
TCP 5985 and TCP 5986 | Group Policy | PowerShell remoting |
HTTP port range: 9290 | Communication between the local Elasticsearch node and RecoveryManager Plus | Elasticsearch database |
TCP port range: 9390 | Communication between multiple Elasticsearch nodes | Elasticsearch database |
In addition to the above ports, there are a few ports that you will have to enable based on your Entra ID environment.
Ports | Modules | Endpoints |
80 for HTTP and 443 for HTTPS | Exchange Online PowerShell | https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/ |
Exchange Web Services | https://outlook.office365.com/EWS/Exchange.asmx | |
SharePoint Online | https://<tenant>-admin.sharepoint.com | |
Entra ID Endpoint | https://login.microsoftonline.com/<tenantName>/oauth2/v2.0/token | |
Azure Graph Endpoint | https://graph.windows.net/ | |
Microsoft Graph Endpoint | https://graph.microsoft.com |
Ports | Modules | Endpoints |
80 for HTTP and 443 for HTTPS | Exchange Online PowerShell | https://partner.outlook.cn/PowerShell-LiveID |
Exchange Web Services | https://partner.outlook.cn/EWS/Exchange.asmx | |
SharePoint Online | https://<tenant>-admin.sharepoint.cn | |
Entra ID Endpoint | https://login.chinacloudapi.cn/<tenantName>/oauth2/v2.0/token | |
Azure Graph Endpoint | https://graph.chinacloudapi.cn/ | |
Microsoft Graph Endpoint | https://microsoftgraph.chinacloudapi.cn |
Ports | Modules | Endpoints |
80 for HTTP and 443 for HTTPS | Exchange Online PowerShell | https://outlook.office.de/powershell-liveid/ |
Exchange Web Services | https://outlook.office.de/EWS/Exchange.asmx | |
SharePoint Online | https://<tenant>-admin.sharepoint.de | |
Entra ID Endpoint | https://login.microsoftonline.de/<tenantName>/oauth2/v2.0/token | |
Azure Graph Endpoint | https://graph.cloudapi.de/ | |
Microsoft Graph Endpoint | https://graph.microsoft.de/ |
Ports | Modules | Endpoints |
80 for HTTP and 443 for HTTPS | Exchange Online PowerShell | https://outlook.office365.us/powershell-liveid/ |
Exchange Web Services | https://outlook.office365.us/EWS/Exchange.asmx | |
SharePoint Online | https://<tenant>-admin.sharepoint.us | |
Entra ID Endpoint | https://login-us.microsoftonline.com/<tenantName>/oauth2/v2.0/token | |
Azure Graph Endpoint | https://graph.windows.net/ | |
Microsoft Graph Endpoint | https://graph.microsoft.com |
Ports | Modules | Endpoints |
80 for HTTP and 443 for HTTPS | Exchange Online PowerShell | https://webmail.apps.mil/powershell-liveid/ |
Exchange Web Services | https://webmail.apps.mil/EWS/Exchange.asmx | |
SharePoint Online | https://<tenant>-admin.sharepoint-mil.us | |
Entra ID Endpoint | https://login-us.microsoftonline.com/<tenantName>/oauth2/v2.0/token | |
Azure Graph Endpoint | https://graph.windows.net/ | |
Microsoft Graph Endpoint | https://graph.microsoft.com |
Make sure the following prerequisites are met when you want to configure RecoveryManager Plus to back up your Exchange environment.
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\full" /v version
Make sure the following prerequisites are met when you want to configure RecoveryManager Plus to back up your Exchange environment.
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\full" /v version
Check the displayed version. If the version is below 4.8 or if it’s not installed, install Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 from here.
If the version is below 5.1 or if it is not installed, install PowerShell V 5.1 from here.
Make sure the following prerequisites are met when you want to configure RecoveryManager Plus to back up your SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business environment.
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\full" /v version
Check the displayed version. If the version is below 4.8 or if it’s not installed, install Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 from here.
Note: Active Directory, Entra ID, Google Workspace, and Zoho WorkDrive components do not require any specific system requirements prerequisites.