The SQL Safe Backup components have the following general software requirements, as well as specific requirements outlined in the following sections. If a service pack is not specified, a service pack is not required for that version of the software.
General Software Requirements
- Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8 or later.
- Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.6.2 or higher. If this software is not already installed on your computer, you must install it prior to the installation of SQL Safe Backup. This software can be installed from the installation kit by clicking Prerequisites on the Install window of the setup program. For more information about the .NET Framework, see the .NET Framework Versions and Dependencies article on MSDN.
- The following lists the web browser minimum requirements:
- Microsoft Edge (new MS Browser in Windows 10)
- Mozilla Firefox
- Google Chrome
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Update 3 Redistributable.
SQL Safe Management Components
(SQL Safe Management Console, SQL Safe Collection Service, SQL Safe Management Service, and SQL Safe Rest Service)
The SQL Safe Management components can run on 64-bit computers. Each component requires one of the following operating systems:
- Microsoft Windows 10
- Microsoft Windows 11
- Microsoft Windows 2016
- Microsoft Windows 2019
- Microsoft Windows Server 2022
- Microsoft Windows Server 2025*
* Limited Support only. This platform is not fully tested and has limited support. For more information, see Limited Support Notes.
SQL Safe Backup Agent
(SQL Safe Backup Service, SQL Safe Filter Service, and SQL Safe Object Level Recovery Service)
The SQL Safe Backup Agent is compatible with both 32-bit and 64-bit computers. The Backup Agent requires one of the following operating systems and one of the following Microsoft SQL Server versions:
- Microsoft Windows 10
- Microsoft Windows 11
- Microsoft Windows 2016
- Microsoft Windows 2019
- Microsoft Windows Server 2022
- Microsoft Windows Server 2025*
- Microsoft SQL Server 2016 - All Editions (Express, Standard, Enterprise, etc.)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2017 CU4 or later - All Editions (Express, Standard, Enterprise, etc.)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2019 - All Editions (Express, Standard, Enterprise, etc.)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2022 - All Editions (Express, Standard, Enterprise, etc.)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2025*
* Limited Support only. This platform is not fully tested and has limited support. For more information, see Limited Support Notes.
SQL Safe Repository
The computer hosting the SQL Safe Repository requires one of the following operating systems and one of the following Microsoft SQL Server versions:
- Microsoft SQL Server 2016 - All Editions (Express, Standard, Enterprise, etc.)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2017 CU4 or later - All Editions (Express, Standard, Enterprise, etc.)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2019 - All Editions (Express, Standard, Enterprise, etc.)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2022 - All Editions (Express, Standard, Enterprise, etc.)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2025*
* Limited Support only. This platform is not fully tested and has limited support. For more information, see Limited Support Notes.
Note that hosting the SQL Safe Repository on Microsoft SQL Server Express editions is supported; however, the repository database size is limited to the restrictions imposed by those editions.
Supported EMC Environments
- Data Domain OS 5.5, 5.6
Limited Support Notes
SQL Safe has not yet completed formal certification for Microsoft SQL Server 2025 and Windows Server 2025. These platforms are not yet part of SQL Safe's certified compatibility matrix.
In testing, core SQL Safe functionality, including backup and restore operations, is generally expected to operate against SQL Server 2025. However, because certification is not complete, use on these platforms is at the customer's discretion and is not yet covered by our standard support commitment.
Known issues on these platforms include:
- Windows Server 2025. Agent deployment from the SQL Safe Management Console is not currently functional. Agents must be deployed manually as a workaround.
- Instant Restore. Instant Restore operations have known problems on this platform and should not be relied upon.
In addition, new capabilities introduced in SQL Server 2025 are not yet supported, such as:
- Backups on Availability Group secondary replicas
- Contained Availability Groups
- ZSTD backup compression
- immutable/WORM cloud backup targets
- json/vector/DiskANN handling in Object-Level Recovery
Support for these features is in active development.
Full certified support for SQL Server 2025, including resolution of the known issues above, will be confirmed in a future SQL Safe release and published through our standard release notes and updated compatibility matrix.
For questions regarding your environment, please contact Idera Support.