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General Requirements for AhsayOBM

July 21, 2025

The following are the general Requirements for AhsayOBM that need to be met in order to install and run AhsayOBM across various compatible Operating Systems:

Hardware Requirements

Refer to the link below for details on the minimum and recommended requirements for installing AhsayOBM:

FAQ: Ahsay Hardware Requirement List (HRL) for version 9.1 or above


Software Requirements

Please refer to the following article for the list of compatible operating systems and Hyper-V platforms:

FAQ: Ahsay Software Compatibility List (SCL) for version 9.1 or above.

Refer to the following article for the list of compatible operating systems for OpenDirect and Granular Restore:

FAQ: Ahsay Software Compatibility List (SCL) for Granular and OpenDirect Restore on version 9.1 or above.


Temporary Directory Requirements

The temporary directory is used for various purposes, such as storage of temporary spooled file (for database specific backup type in AhsayOBM), remote file list, local file list, temporary delta file and other files of temporary nature.

It is strongly recommended to use a local drive instead of a network drive to ensure optimal backup/restore performance.


Network Drive Requirements

The login accounts for network drives must have read and write access permission to ensure that backup and restore would be successful.


Network Bandwidth

10 Mbps or above connection speed.


Two-Factor Authentication Requirements

Please refer to the Ahsay Mobile User Guide for Android and iOS for details of the minimum and recommended requirements for using Two-Factor Authentication on the Ahsay Mobile app.


Mobile Backup Requirements

Please refer to the Ahsay Mobile User Guide for Android and iOS for details of the minimum and recommended requirements for installing the Ahsay Mobile app.


Firewall Settings

Make sure that your firewall settings allow network traffic through the following domain and / or ports:

The actual ports used may be different, the following port ranges may be used:

  • TCP Port: 54000 to 54099
  • UDP Port: 54200 to 54299
  • For AhsayOBM to function correctly, users must allow outbound connections to [sample].ahsay.com via port 80 and 443.
  • For mobile backup inbound / outbound network traffic must be allowed through the following default ports: TCP Port: 54000 and UDP Port: 54200