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title: "Agent-based backup for Linux Operating System"
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# Agent-based backup for Linux Operating System

### **Overview:**

OS Backup for Linux/UNIX servers will include all data (non-DB) by default, unless otherwise requested.

### **Version & Requirements:**

[http://documentation.commvault.com/commvault/v11/article?p=system_requirements/linux.htm](http://documentation.commvault.com/commvault/v11/article?p=system_requirements/linux.htm) System Requirements - Linux File System iDataAgent

[http://documentation.commvault.com/commvault/v11/article?p=products/1touch_linux/faqs.htm#setup_1Touch_server](http://documentation.commvault.com/commvault/v11/article?p=products/1touch_linux/faqs.htm#setup_1Touch_server) Required Binaries - Linux 1-Touch Recovery

### **Expedient Recommended Disk Space:**

- 2 GB of /tmp available
- 1 GB of minimum disk space is required for installing the software
- 5 GB of free disk space is required for the job results directory
- 3 GB of free disk space is required for log directory

### **Install Path:**

- Home Directory = /opt/commvault/Base
- Log Directory = /var/log/commvault/Log_Files
- Core Directory = /opt/commvault
- Temp Directory = /opt/commvault/Base/Temp

### **Physical Servers:**

- Customer to provide storage and NIC drivers (needed to create ISO specific to your environment for performing full system restores).

### **Special Considerations:**

- A File System Agent may need to be installed in order to process a restore request for any virtual machine that is over 1 TB in size and is subscribed Commvault image-based backups.
- Linux File Systems leveraging LVM encryption are not supported for full system (1-Touch) recoveries.
- 1-Touch recoveries for Solaris are not supported.