Planning
Tranzman Appliance Sizing & Requirements
The Tranzman appliance is designed for seamless migration between different backup domains.
It is available as both an ISO image and an OVA template.
- The virtual appliance is recommended for same-vendor transitions where connectivity to tape media or large disk volumes (above 2TB) is not required.
- The OVA template supports environments with up to two million images without modifications. For environments exceeding this limit, an additional 2GB of RAM per 500K images is recommended.
- A single Tranzman appliance can manage multiple environments, but proper sizing considerations should be applied.
🛈 To determine the optimal appliance sizing, use Tranzman Recorder, which validates the environment and catalog sizing.
RAM Requirements
| Use Case | RAM Size (Minimum Recommended) |
|---|---|
| Using the appliance for assessments | Minimum 4GB |
| Migrating Same Vendor | Minimum 8GB |
| Migrating Cross Vendor | Minimum 8GB |
🛈 Additional 1GB of RAM is required for every tape drive connected to the appliance.
CPU Requirements
| Use Case | CPU Core (Minimum Recommended) |
|---|---|
| Migrating Same Vendor | Minimum 4-core Intel CPU |
| Migrating Cross Vendor | Minimum 8-core Intel CPU |
🛈 Additional 1 core is required per tape drive. Only Intel processors are tested and supported.
Network Requirements
| Use Case | Network Speed (Minimum Recommended) |
|---|---|
| Migrating Same Vendor & Recovery on Demand | 1Gbps connection |
| Migrating Cross Vendor | 10Gbps connection |
🛈 If multiple links are used, aggregation is required. Additional connections may be needed for multiple tape drives.
Ports Requirement
The appliance requires network communication. If an internal firewall is present, the following connections must be allowed:
Backup Servers (Clients of Tranzman)
All Servers
| Direction | Protocol & Port |
|---|---|
| INBOUND | TCP 443 from ANY |
| OUTBOUND | TCP 55560 to Tranzman Appliance |
Destination Servers
| OS | Protocol & Port |
|---|---|
| Windows | TCP 139, 445 | UDP 137, 138 |
| Unix/Linux | TCP 111, 4045, 2049 | UDP 111, 4045, 2049 |
Tranzman Appliance (Server)
| Direction | Protocol & Port |
|---|---|
| INBOUND | TCP 443, 22, 80 from ANY |
| INBOUND | TCP 55560 from all origin and destination backup servers |
| INBOUND | TCP/UDP 139, 445, 137, 138 from destination Windows servers |
| INBOUND | TCP/UDP 111, 4045, 2049 from destination *nix servers |
| INBOUND | TCP/UDP 139, 445, 137, 138 from Admin PCs |
| INBOUND | UDP 123 to NTP servers |
| OUTBOUND | TCP/UDP 53 to DNS servers |
| OUTBOUND | UDP 123 to NTP servers |
| OUTBOUND | TCP 25, 587 to Email server |
Administration PC/Laptop
| Direction | Protocol & Port |
|---|---|
| OUTBOUND | TCP 443, 80, 22 to Tranzman Appliance |
| OUTBOUND | TCP/UDP 139, 445, 137, 138 to Tranzman Appliance |
Storage Requirement
| Component | Requirement |
|---|---|
| OS Installation | Minimum 3GB local disk |
| Staging Area | Local/SAN attached disks for temporary staging of converted images based on recovery volume requirements. |
🛈 To correctly size the volumes, use Tranzman Recorder and Stone Ram Consulting Services.
