# Support Matrix

## Virtualization Platforms

### Azure Stack HCI

**Supported backup strategies:** Hyper-V Agent

| **Supported versions**                                                  | 20H2, 21H2, 22H2, 23H2 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------- |
| **The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backups** | Yes                    |
| **Access to hypervisor OS required**                                    | No                     |
| **Proxy VM required**                                                   | No                     |

| **Full backup**                         | Supported     |
| --------------------------------------- | ------------- |
| **Incremental backup**                  | Supported     |
| **Restore**                             | Supported     |
| **File-level restore**                  | Supported     |
| **VM disk exclusion**                   | Supported     |
| **Quiesced snapshots**                  | Supported     |
| **Snapshots management**                | Supported     |
| **Pre/post command execution**          | Supported     |
| **Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI** | Supported     |
| **VM name-based policy assignment**     | Supported     |
| **VM tag-based policy assignment**      | Not supported |
| **Power-on VM after restore**           | Supported     |

### Microsoft Hyper-v

**Supported backup strategies:** Hyper-V Agent

| Supported versions                                                  | 20H2, 21H2, 22H2, 23H2 |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------- |
| The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backups | Yes                    |
| Access to hypervisor OS required                                    | No                     |
| Proxy VM required                                                   | No                     |

| Full backup                         | Supported     |
| ----------------------------------- | ------------- |
| Incremental backup                  | Supported     |
| Restore                             | Supported     |
| File-level restore                  | Supported     |
| VM disk exclusion                   | Supported     |
| Quiesced snapshots                  | Supported     |
| Snapshots management                | Supported     |
| Pre/post command execution          | Supported     |
| Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI | Supported     |
| VM name-based policy assignment     | Supported     |
| VM tag-based policy assignment      | Not supported |
| Power-on VM after restore           | Supported     |

### Huawei FusionCompute

**Supported backup strategies:** CBT

| Supported versions                                                  | 8.0, 8,1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.5, 8.6 |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- |
| The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backups | Yes                          |
| Access to hypervisor OS required                                    | No                           |
| Proxy VM required                                                   | No                           |

| Full backup                         | Supported     |
| ----------------------------------- | ------------- |
| Incremental backup                  | Supported     |
| Restore                             | Supported     |
| File-level restore                  | Supported     |
| VM disk exclusion                   | Supported     |
| Quiesced snapshots                  | Not supported |
| Snapshots management                | Supported     |
| Pre/post command execution          | Supported     |
| Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI | Supported     |
| VM name-based policy assignment     | Supported     |
| VM tag-based policy assignment      | Not supported |
| Power-on VM after restore           | Not supported |

###

### KVM

**Supported backup strategies: SSH transfer**

| Supported versions                                                  | QEMU 2.1 and higher |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------- |
| The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backups | Yes                 |
| Access to hypervisor OS required                                    | Yes                 |
| Proxy VM required                                                   | No                  |

| Full backup                         | Supported     |
| ----------------------------------- | ------------- |
| Incremental backup                  | Supported \*  |
| Restore                             | Supported     |
| File-level restore                  | Supported     |
| VM disk exclusion                   | Supported     |
| Quiesced snapshots                  | Supported     |
| Snapshots management                | Not supported |
| Pre/post command execution          | Supported     |
| Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI | Supported     |
| VM name-based policy assignment     | Supported     |
| VM tag-based policy assignment      | Not supported |
| Power-on VM after restore           | Supported     |

*\* Not supported for LVM disks*

{% hint style="info" %}
Supported VM storage formats: QCOW2/RAW, Ceph RBD volume, LVM volume, LVM-thin volume
{% endhint %}

### Nutanix AHV

**Supported backup strategies:** Disk attachment

| Supported versions                                                  | 5.5, 5.6, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 5.11, 5.15, 5.16, 5.17, 5,18, 5.19, 5.20, 6.0, 6.1, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8 |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backups | Yes                                                                                              |
| Access to hypervisor OS required                                    | No                                                                                               |
| Proxy VM required                                                   | Yes                                                                                              |

| Full backup                         | Supported    |
| ----------------------------------- | ------------ |
| Incremental backup                  | Supported    |
| Restore                             | Supported    |
| File-level restore                  | Supported    |
| VM disk exclusion                   | Supported    |
| Quiesced snapshots                  | Supported    |
| Snapshots management                | Supported    |
| Pre/post command execution          | Supported    |
| Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI | Supported    |
| VM name-based policy assignment     | Supported    |
| VM tag-based policy assignment      | Supported \* |
| Power-on VM after restore           | Supported    |

*\* When using Prism Central*

{% hint style="warning" %}
Backup of virtual machines with vTPM enabled is not supported
{% endhint %}

### Proxmox VE

**Supported backup strategies:** Export storage repositories, SSH transfer

<table data-full-width="false"><thead><tr><th width="274"></th><th width="240">Export storage repository</th><th width="230">SSH transfer</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Supported versions</td><td>5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.3, 6.4, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2</td><td>5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.3, 6.4, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2</td></tr><tr><td>The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backups</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Access to hypervisor OS required</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Proxy VM required</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th width="273"></th><th width="239">Export storage repository</th><th>SSH transfer</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Full backup</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Incremental backup</td><td>Not supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Restore</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>File-level restore</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>VM disk exclusion</td><td>Not supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Quiesced snapshots</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Snapshots management</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Pre/post command execution</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI</td><td>Not supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>VM name-based policy assignment</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>VM tag-based policy assignment</td><td>Not supported</td><td>Not supported</td></tr><tr><td>Power-on VM after restore</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr></tbody></table>

### OpenNebula

**Supported backup strategies:** CBT

| Supported versions                                                  | 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9 |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------ |
| The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backups | No                 |
| Access to hypervisor OS required                                    | No                 |
| Proxy VM required                                                   | Yes                |

| Full backup                         | Supported                 |
| ----------------------------------- | ------------------------- |
| Incremental backup                  | Supported                 |
| Restore                             | Supported                 |
| File-level restore                  | Supported                 |
| VM disk exclusion                   | Supported                 |
| Quiesced snapshots                  | Supported                 |
| Snapshots management                | Supported                 |
| Pre/post command execution          | Supported                 |
| Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI | Supported                 |
| VM name-based policy assignment     | Supported                 |
| VM tag-based policy assignment      | Supported                 |
| Power-on VM after restore           | Not Supported (always on) |

{% hint style="info" %}
During the data export phase, the hypervisor may experience higher CPU usage
{% endhint %}

### OpenStack

**Supported backup strategies:** Disk attachment, Image transfer, CBT

<table data-full-width="false"><thead><tr><th width="273"></th><th width="159">Disk attachment</th><th width="157">CBT</th><th>SSH Transfer</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Supported versions</td><td>Queens, Rocky, Stein, Train, Ussuri, Victoria, Wallaby, Xena, Yoga, Zed, Antelope, Bobcat, Caracal</td><td>Queens, Rocky, Stein, Train, Ussuri, Victoria, Wallaby, Xena, Yoga, Zed, Antelope, Bobcat, Caracal</td><td>Queens, Rocky, Stein, Train, Ussuri, Victoria, Wallaby, Xena, Yoga, Zed, Antelope, Bobcat, Caracal</td></tr><tr><td>The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backups</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Access to hypervisor OS required</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Proxy VM required</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th width="273"></th><th>Disk attachment</th><th width="158">CBT</th><th>SSH Transfer</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Full backup</td><td>Supported *</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Incremental backup</td><td>Not supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Restore</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>File-level restore</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>VM disk exclusion</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Quiesced snapshots</td><td>Supported **</td><td>Supported **</td><td>Supported **</td></tr><tr><td>Snapshots management</td><td>Supported ***</td><td>Supported ***</td><td>Not supported</td></tr><tr><td>Pre/post command execution</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported ****</td></tr><tr><td>VM name-based policy assignment</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>VM tag-based policy assignment</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Power-on VM after restore</td><td>Not supported (always on)</td><td>Not supported (always on)</td><td>Not supported (always on)</td></tr></tbody></table>

*\* Ceph RBD volumes only*\
\&#xNAN;*\*\* Hypervisor dependent*\
\&#xNAN;*\*\*\* Without snapshot revert*\
\&#xNAN;*\*\*\*\* RAW/LVM disks only*

### Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager

**Supported backup strategies:** Disk attachment, Image transfer, CBT

<table data-full-width="false"><thead><tr><th width="273"></th><th width="159">Disk attachment</th><th width="157">Image transfer</th><th>CBT</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Supported versions</td><td>4.3, 4.4, 4.5</td><td>4.3, 4.4, 4.5</td><td>4.4, 4.5</td></tr><tr><td>The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backups</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Access to hypervisor OS required</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Proxy VM required</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th width="273"></th><th>Disk attachment</th><th width="158">Image Transfer</th><th>CBT</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Full backup</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Incremental backup</td><td>Not supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Restore</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>File-level restore</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>VM disk exclusion</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Quiesced snapshots</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Snapshots management</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Pre/post command execution</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported <strong>*</strong></td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>VM name-based policy assignment</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>VM tag-based policy assignment</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Power-on VM after restore</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr></tbody></table>

*\* Only for RAW disk types*

{% hint style="warning" %}
Direct LUN disks are not supported
{% endhint %}

### Oracle VM

**Supported backup strategies:** Export storage repository

| Supported versions                                                  | 3.4 |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------- | --- |
| The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backups | n/a |
| Access to hypervisor OS required                                    | No  |
| Proxy VM required                                                   | No  |

| Full backup                         | Supported     |
| ----------------------------------- | ------------- |
| Incremental backup                  | Not supported |
| Restore                             | Supported     |
| File-level restore                  | Supported     |
| VM disk exclusion                   | Supported     |
| Quiesced snapshots                  | Not supported |
| Snapshots management                | Not supported |
| Pre/post command execution          | Not supported |
| Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI | Supported     |
| VM name-based policy assignment     | Not supported |
| VM tag-based policy assignment      | Supported     |
| Power-on VM after restore           | Not Supported |

### oVirt

**Supported backup strategies:** Disk attachment, Image transfer, CBT

<table data-full-width="false"><thead><tr><th width="273"></th><th width="159">Disk attachment</th><th width="157">Image transfer</th><th>CBT</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Supported versions</td><td>4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5</td><td>4.3, 4.4, 4.5</td><td>4.4, 4.5</td></tr><tr><td>The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backups</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Access to hypervisor OS required</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Proxy VM required</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th width="273"></th><th>Disk attachment</th><th width="158">Image Transfer</th><th>CBT</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Full backup</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Incremental backup</td><td>Not supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Restore</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>File-level restore</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>VM disk exclusion</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Quiesced snapshots</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Snapshots management</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Pre/post command execution</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported <strong>*</strong></td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>VM name-based policy assignment</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>VM tag-based policy assignment</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Power-on VM after restore</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr></tbody></table>

*\* Only for RAW disk types*

### Red Hat Virtualization

**Supported backup strategies:** Disk attachment, Image transfer, CBT

<table data-full-width="false"><thead><tr><th width="273"></th><th width="159">Disk attachment</th><th width="157">Image transfer</th><th>CBT</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Supported versions</td><td>4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3</td><td>4.3, 4.4</td><td>4.4</td></tr><tr><td>The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backups</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Access to hypervisor OS required</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Proxy VM required</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th width="273"></th><th>Disk attachment</th><th width="158">Image Transfer</th><th>CBT</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Full backup</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Incremental backup</td><td>Not supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Restore</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>File-level restore</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>VM disk exclusion</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Quiesced snapshots</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Snapshots management</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Pre/post command execution</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported <strong>*</strong></td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>VM name-based policy assignment</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>VM tag-based policy assignment</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Power-on VM after restore</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr></tbody></table>

*\* Only for RAW disk types*

### SC//Platform

**Supported backup strategies:** Export storage domain, disk attachment

<table data-full-width="false"><thead><tr><th width="274"></th><th width="240">Export storage domain</th><th width="230">Disk attachment</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Supported versions</td><td>8.9</td><td>8.9</td></tr><tr><td>The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backups</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Access to hypervisor OS required</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Proxy VM required</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th width="273"></th><th width="239">Export storage repository</th><th>SSH transfer</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Full backup</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Incremental backup</td><td>Not supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Restore</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>File-level restore</td><td>Not supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>VM disk exclusion</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Quiesced snapshots</td><td>Not supported</td><td>Not supported</td></tr><tr><td>Snapshots management</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Pre/post command execution</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>VM name-based policy assignment</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>VM tag-based policy assignment</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Power-on VM after restore</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Verge

**Supported backup strategies:** CBT

| Supported versions                                                  | 4.13 |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---- |
| The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backups | No   |
| Access to hypervisor OS required                                    | No   |
| Proxy VM required                                                   | No   |

| Full backup                         | Supported     |
| ----------------------------------- | ------------- |
| Incremental backup                  | Supported     |
| Restore                             | Supported     |
| File-level restore                  | Supported     |
| VM disk exclusion                   | Supported     |
| Quiesced snapshots                  | Supported     |
| Snapshots management                | Not supported |
| Pre/post command execution          | Supported     |
| Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI | Supported     |
| VM name-based policy assignment     | Supported     |
| VM tag-based policy assignment      | Supported     |
| Power-on VM after restore           | Supported     |

### Virtuozzo

**Supported backup strategies:** Disk attachment

| Supported versions                                                  | 4.7, 5.0, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2 |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- |
| The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backups | Yes                                    |
| Access to hypervisor OS required                                    | No                                     |
| Proxy VM required                                                   | Yes                                    |

| Full backup                         | Supported                 |
| ----------------------------------- | ------------------------- |
| Incremental backup                  | Supported                 |
| Restore                             | Supported                 |
| File-level restore                  | Supported                 |
| VM disk exclusion                   | Supported                 |
| Quiesced snapshots                  | Supported \*              |
| Snapshots management                | Supported \*\*            |
| Pre/post command execution          | Supported                 |
| Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI | Supported                 |
| VM name-based policy assignment     | Supported                 |
| VM tag-based policy assignment      | Supported                 |
| Power-on VM after restore           | Not Supported (always on) |

*\* Hypervisor dependent*\
\&#xNAN;*\*\* Without snapshot revert*

### VMware vSphere/ESXi

**Supported backup strategies:** HotAdd, NBD

<table data-full-width="false"><thead><tr><th width="274"></th><th width="240">HotAdd</th><th width="230">NBD</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Supported versions</td><td>6.5, 6.7, 7.0, 8.0</td><td>6.5, 6.7, 7.0, 8.0</td></tr><tr><td>The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backups</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Access to hypervisor OS required</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Proxy VM required</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th width="273"></th><th width="239">HotAdd</th><th>NBD</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Full backup</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Incremental backup</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Restore</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>File-level restore</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>VM disk exclusion</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Quiesced snapshots</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Snapshots management</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Pre/post command execution</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>VM name-based policy assignment</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>VM tag-based policy assignment</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Power-on VM after restore</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr></tbody></table>

### XCP-ng

**Supported backup strategies:** Single image (XVA), CBT

<table data-full-width="false"><thead><tr><th width="274"></th><th width="240">Single image (XVA)</th><th width="230">CBT</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Supported versions</td><td>7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3</td><td>7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3</td></tr><tr><td>The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backups</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Access to hypervisor OS required</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Proxy VM required</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th width="273"></th><th width="239">Single image (XVA)</th><th>CBT</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Full backup</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Incremental backup</td><td>Supported *</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Restore</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>File-level restore</td><td>Not supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>VM disk exclusion</td><td>Not supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Quiesced snapshots</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Snapshots management</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Pre/post command execution</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI</td><td>Not supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>VM name-based policy assignment</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>VM tag-based policy assignment</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Power-on VM after restore</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr></tbody></table>

*\* Not supported when using a synthetic backup destination*

### XenServer (Citrix Hypervisor)

**Supported backup strategies:** Single image (XVA), CBT

<table data-full-width="false"><thead><tr><th width="274"></th><th width="240">Single image (XVA)</th><th width="230">CBT</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Supported versions</td><td>6.5, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2</td><td>6.5, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2</td></tr><tr><td>The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backups</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Access to hypervisor OS required</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Proxy VM required</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th width="273"></th><th width="239">Single image (XVA)</th><th>CBT</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Full backup</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Incremental backup</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported *</td></tr><tr><td>Restore</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>File-level restore</td><td>Not supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>VM disk exclusion</td><td>Not supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Quiesced snapshots</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Snapshots management</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Pre/post command execution</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI</td><td>Not supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>VM name-based policy assignment</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>VM tag-based policy assignment</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Power-on VM after restore</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr></tbody></table>

*\* Requires XenServer 7.3 or higher*

## Containers

### Kubernetes

**Supported backup strategies:** Helper pod, Ceph RBD

<table data-full-width="false"><thead><tr><th width="274"></th><th width="240">Helper pod</th><th width="230">Ceph RBD</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Minimal version</td><td>1.10</td><td>1.10</td></tr><tr><td>The last snapshot is kept on the system for incremental backups</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Access to OS required</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Proxy VM required</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th width="273"></th><th width="239">Helper pod</th><th>Ceph RBD</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Full backup</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Incremental backup</td><td>Not supportd</td><td>Supported *</td></tr><tr><td>Restore</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>File-level restore</td><td>Not supported</td><td>Supported *</td></tr><tr><td>Volume exclusion</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Quiesced snapshots</td><td>Supported **</td><td>Supported **</td></tr><tr><td>Snapshots management</td><td>Not supported</td><td>Not supported</td></tr><tr><td>Pre/post command execution</td><td>Supported ***</td><td>Supported ***</td></tr><tr><td>Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI</td><td>Not supported</td><td>Supported *</td></tr><tr><td>Name-based policy assignment</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Tag-based policy assignment</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Power-on after restore</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>StatefulSet</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr></tbody></table>

*\* When using Ceph RBD as Persistent Volume*

*\*\* Deployment pause*

*\*\*\* Only 'post'*

### Proxmox VE

**Supported backup strategies:** Export storage repository

| Supported versions                                                  | 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.3, 6.4, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2 |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backups | Yes                                                                                 |
| Access to hypervisor OS required                                    | No                                                                                  |
| Proxy VM required                                                   | Yes                                                                                 |

| Full backup                         | Supported    |
| ----------------------------------- | ------------ |
| Incremental backup                  | Supported    |
| Restore                             | Supported    |
| File-level restore                  | Supported    |
| VM disk exclusion                   | Supported    |
| Quiesced snapshots                  | Supported    |
| Snapshots management                | Supported    |
| Pre/post command execution          | Supported    |
| Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI | Supported    |
| VM name-based policy assignment     | Supported    |
| VM tag-based policy assignment      | Supported \* |
| Power-on after restore              | Supported    |

*\* When using Prism Central*

### Red Hat OpenShift

**Supported backup strategies:** Helper pod, Ceph RBD

<table data-full-width="false"><thead><tr><th width="274"></th><th width="240">Helper pod</th><th width="230">Ceph RBD</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Minimal version</td><td>4.10</td><td>4.10</td></tr><tr><td>The last snapshot is kept on the system for incremental backups</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Access to OS required</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Proxy VM required</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th width="273"></th><th width="239">Helper pod</th><th>Ceph RBD</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Full backup</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Incremental backup</td><td>Not supportd</td><td>Supported *</td></tr><tr><td>Restore</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>File-level restore</td><td>Not supported</td><td>Supported *</td></tr><tr><td>Volume exclusion</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Quiesced snapshots</td><td>Supported **</td><td>Supported **</td></tr><tr><td>Snapshots management</td><td>Not supported</td><td>Not supported</td></tr><tr><td>Pre/post command execution</td><td>Supported ***</td><td>Supported ***</td></tr><tr><td>Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI</td><td>Not supported</td><td>Supported *</td></tr><tr><td>Name-based policy assignment</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Tag-based policy assignment</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Power-on after restore</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>StatfuSet</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr></tbody></table>

*\* When using Ceph RBD as Persistent Volume*

*\*\* Deployment pause*

*\*\*\* Only 'post'*

## Cloud

### **Amazon EC2**

**Supported backup strategies:** Disk attachment, CBT

<table data-full-width="false"><thead><tr><th width="274"></th><th width="240">Disk attachement</th><th width="230">CBT</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backups</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Access to hypervisor OS required</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Proxy VM required</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th width="273"></th><th width="239">Disk attachement</th><th>CBT</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Full backup</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Incremental backup</td><td>Not supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Restore</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>File-level restore</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>VM disk exclusion</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Quiesced snapshots</td><td>Not supported</td><td>Not supported</td></tr><tr><td>Snapshots management</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Pre/post command execution</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>VM name-based policy assignment</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>VM tag-based policy assignment</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Power-on VM after restore</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Microsoft Azure

**Supported backup strategies:** Disk attachment, CBT

<table data-full-width="false"><thead><tr><th width="274"></th><th width="240">Disk attachement</th><th width="230">CBT</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backups</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Access to hypervisor OS required</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Proxy VM required</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th width="273"></th><th width="239">Disk attachement</th><th>CBT</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Full backup</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Incremental backup</td><td>Not supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Restore</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>File-level restore</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>VM disk exclusion</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Quiesced snapshots</td><td>Not supported</td><td>Not supported</td></tr><tr><td>Snapshots management</td><td>Not supported</td><td>Not supported</td></tr><tr><td>Pre/post command execution</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>VM name-based policy assignment</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>VM tag-based policy assignment</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Power-on VM after restore</td><td>Not supported (always on)</td><td>Not supported (always on)</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Microsoft 365

#### Mailbox messages

| Full backup                | Supported |
| -------------------------- | --------- |
| Incremental backup         | Supported |
| Restore                    | Supported |
| Single item restore        | Supported |
| Restore to another path    | Supported |
| Restore to another account | Supported |
| Local restore (raw data)   | Supported |
| Restore to PST             | Supported |

#### Mailbox messages archive

| Full backup                | Supported |
| -------------------------- | --------- |
| Incremental backup         | Supported |
| Restore                    | Supported |
| Single item restore        | Supported |
| Restore to another path    | Supported |
| Restore to another account | Supported |
| Local restore (raw data)   | Supported |
| Restore to PST             | Supported |

#### Contacts

| Full backup                | Supported     |
| -------------------------- | ------------- |
| Incremental backup         | Supported     |
| Restore                    | Supported     |
| Single item restore        | Supported     |
| Restore to another path    | Supported     |
| Restore to another account | Supported     |
| Local restore (raw data)   | Supported     |
| Restore to PST             | Not supported |

#### Calendars

| Full backup                 | Supported     |
| --------------------------- | ------------- |
| Incremental backup          | Supported     |
| Restore                     | Supported     |
| Single item restore         | Supported     |
| Restore to another calendar | Supported     |
| Restore to another account  | Supported     |
| Local restore (raw data)    | Supported     |
| Restore to PST              | Not supported |

#### OneDrive for Business

| Full backup                | Supported |
| -------------------------- | --------- |
| Incremental backup         | Supported |
| Restore                    | Supported |
| Single item restore        | Supported |
| Restore to another path    | Supported |
| Restore to another account | Supported |
| Local restore (raw data)   | Supported |

#### Sharepoint sites

| Full backup              | Supported     |
| ------------------------ | ------------- |
| Incremental backup       | Supported     |
| Restore                  | Supported     |
| Single item restore      | Supported     |
| Restore to another path  | Supported     |
| Restore to another site  | Not supported |
| Local restore (raw data) | Supported     |

#### Sharepoint pages

| Full backup              | Supported     |
| ------------------------ | ------------- |
| Incremental backup       | Supported     |
| Restore                  | Supported     |
| Single item restore      | Supported     |
| Restore to another path  | Supported     |
| Restore to another site  | Not supported |
| Local restore (raw data) | Supported     |

#### Sharepoint list items

| Full backup              | Supported     |
| ------------------------ | ------------- |
| Incremental backup       | Supported     |
| Restore                  | Supported     |
| Single item restore      | Supported     |
| Restore to another path  | Supported     |
| Restore to another site  | Not supported |
| Local restore (raw data) | Supported     |

#### Sharepoint document libraries

| Full backup              | Supported     |
| ------------------------ | ------------- |
| Incremental backup       | Supported     |
| Restore                  | Supported     |
| Single item restore      | Supported     |
| Restore to another path  | Supported     |
| Restore to another site  | Not supported |
| Local restore (raw data) | Supported     |

#### Teams channel

| Full backup                      | Supported     |
| -------------------------------- | ------------- |
| Incremental backup               | Supported     |
| Restore                          | Supported     |
| Single item restore              | Not supported |
| Restore to another team          | Not supported |
| Local restore (messeges history) | Supported     |

#### Teams 1on1 chat

| Full backup                      | Supported     |
| -------------------------------- | ------------- |
| Incremental backup               | Supported     |
| Restore                          | Supported     |
| Single item restore              | Not supported |
| Restore to another team          | Not supported |
| Local restore (messeges history) | Supported     |

#### Teams files

| Full backup              | Supported     |
| ------------------------ | ------------- |
| Incremental backup       | Supported     |
| Restore                  | Supported     |
| Single item restore      | Supported     |
| Restore to another team  | Not supported |
| Local restore (raw data) | Supported     |

Storware Backup and Recovery uses [Microsoft Teams Export API](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/export-teams-content) to export Teams data.

Utilizing the Microsoft Teams Export API generates [additional costs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/teams-licenses#modelb-requirements) for Microsoft tenant.

## Storage Providers

### File system

**Source type:** Any POSIX-compliant file system mounted on the node.

| Full backup                       | Supported                                  |
| --------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| Incremental backup                | Supported (file modification time or size) |
| Restore                           | Supported                                  |
| Single item restore               | Supported                                  |
| Access to files backup over iSCSI | Supported                                  |
| Name-based policy assignment      | Not supported                              |

### Ceph RBD

**Source type:** RBD Volume (RBD Export/RBD-NBD).

Requires Red Hat Ceph Storage version 4.0 or newer or Ceph v14.2.0 Nautilus or newer

| Full backup                       | Supported                 |
| --------------------------------- | ------------------------- |
| Incremental backup                | Supported (RBD snap-diff) |
| Restore                           | Supported                 |
| Single item restore               | Supported                 |
| Access to files backup over iSCSI | Supported                 |
| Name-based policy assignment      | Supported                 |

### Nutanix Files (AFS)

**Source type**: NFS and Samba shares

| Full backup                       | Supported           |
| --------------------------------- | ------------------- |
| Incremental backup                | Supported (CFT API) |
| Restore                           | Supported           |
| Single item restore               | Supported           |
| Access to files backup over iSCSI | Supported           |
| Name-based policy assignment      | Supported           |

### Nutanix Volume Groups

**Source type:** Disk attachment

| Full backup                       | Supported           |
| --------------------------------- | ------------------- |
| Incremental backup                | Supported (CBT API) |
| Restore                           | Supported           |
| Single item restore               | Supported           |
| Snapshot management               | Supported           |
| Access to files backup over iSCSI | Supported           |
| Name-based policy assignment      | Supported           |

### Ceph RBD

**Source type:** RBD Volume (RBD Export/RBD-NBD).

Requires Red Hat Ceph Storage version 4.0 or newer or Ceph v14.2.0 Nautilus or newer

| Full backup                       | Supported                 |
| --------------------------------- | ------------------------- |
| Incremental backup                | Supported (RBD snap-diff) |
| Restore                           | Supported                 |
| Single item restore               | Supported                 |
| Access to files backup over iSCSI | Supported                 |
| Name-based policy assignment      | Supported                 |

## Filesystem backup (OS Agent)

<table data-full-width="false"><thead><tr><th width="274"></th><th width="240">Windows</th><th width="230">Linux</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Supported operating systems</td><td>Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022</td><td>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8/9, CentOS 9 Stream, Ubuntu 23.10</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table data-full-width="false"><thead><tr><th width="274"></th><th width="240">Windows</th><th width="230">Linux</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Full backup</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Incremental backup</td><td>Supported</td><td>Supported</td></tr><tr><td>Maximum number of protected objects per instance</td><td>5 million</td><td>5 million</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Backup destinations

### Filesystem

#### Generic filesystem

| Supported version          | n/a           |
| -------------------------- | ------------- |
| Syntetic backup            | Not supported |
| Random Access              | Supported     |
| Deduplication              | Supported \*  |
| Encryption                 | Supported     |
| Pre/post command execution | Supported     |

*\* When using VDO*

#### XFS filesystem

| Supported version          | Linux 4.15 and newer, xfsprogs 4.17 and newer |
| -------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| Syntetic backup            | Supported                                     |
| Random Access              | Supported                                     |
| Deduplication              | Supported \*                                  |
| Encryption                 | Not supported                                 |
| Pre/post command execution | Supported                                     |

*\* When using VDO*

#### DD Boost (Dell Data Domain)

| Supported version          | DD OS 7.0 and newer |
| -------------------------- | ------------------- |
| Syntetic backup            | Supported           |
| Random Access              | Supported           |
| Deduplication              | Supported           |
| Encryption                 | Supported           |
| Pre/post command execution | Supported           |

#### isoLayer (XFS based)

| Supported version          | n/a           |
| -------------------------- | ------------- |
| Syntetic backup            | Supported     |
| Random Access              | Supported     |
| Deduplication              | Not supported |
| Encryption                 | Not supported |
| Pre/post command execution | Supported     |

### Object storages

#### Amazon S3/S3-comatible

| Syntetic backup            | Not supported |
| -------------------------- | ------------- |
| Random Access              | Not supported |
| Deduplication              | n/a           |
| Encryption                 | Supported     |
| Pre/post command execution | Supported     |

#### Impossible Cloud

| Syntetic backup            | Not supported |
| -------------------------- | ------------- |
| Random Access              | Not supported |
| Deduplication              | n/a           |
| Encryption                 | Supported     |
| Pre/post command execution | Supported     |

#### Google Cloud Storage

| Syntetic backup            | Not supported |
| -------------------------- | ------------- |
| Random Access              | Not supported |
| Deduplication              | n/a           |
| Encryption                 | Supported     |
| Pre/post command execution | Supported     |

#### Microsoft Azure Blob Storage

| Syntetic backup            | Not supported |
| -------------------------- | ------------- |
| Random Access              | Not supported |
| Deduplication              | n/a           |
| Encryption                 | Supported     |
| Pre/post command execution | Supported     |

#### OpenStack Swift

| Syntetic backup            | Not supported |
| -------------------------- | ------------- |
| Random Access              | Not supported |
| Deduplication              | n/a           |
| Encryption                 | Supported     |
| Pre/post command execution | Supported     |

### Enterprise backup providers

#### Dell Avamar

| Supported version          | 7.5 and never      |
| -------------------------- | ------------------ |
| Syntetic backup            | Not supported      |
| Random Access              | Not supported      |
| Deduplication              | Supported          |
| Encryption                 | Provider dependent |
| Pre/post command execution | Supported          |

#### Dell Networker

| Supported version          | 9.0                |
| -------------------------- | ------------------ |
| Syntetic backup            | Not supported      |
| Random Access              | Not supported      |
| Deduplication              | Supported          |
| Encryption                 | Provider dependent |
| Pre/post command execution | Supported          |

#### IBM Spectrum Protect

| Supported version          | 7.1.5 and never    |
| -------------------------- | ------------------ |
| Syntetic backup            | Not supported      |
| Random Access              | Not supported      |
| Deduplication              | Supported          |
| Encryption                 | Provider dependent |
| Pre/post command execution | Supported          |

#### Veritas Netbackup

| Supported version          | 7.5 or newer       |
| -------------------------- | ------------------ |
| Syntetic backup            | Not supported      |
| Random Access              | Not supported      |
| Deduplication              | Supported          |
| Encryption                 | Provider dependent |
| Pre/post command execution | Supported          |

#### OpenText Data Protector

| Supported version          | 11.0 or newer      |
| -------------------------- | ------------------ |
| Syntetic backup            | Not supported      |
| Random Access              | Not supported      |
| Deduplication              | Supported          |
| Encryption                 | Provider dependent |
| Pre/post command execution | Supported          |

### Tape Libraries

Storware Backup and Recovery provides native support for tape devices. The support is fully integrated into the product. Storware Backup and Recovery supports Linear Tape-Open (LTO) tape libraries.

## Integration plugins

| Red Hat Virtualization UI plugin              | oVirt we admin 4.3 and newer |
| --------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- |
| oVirt UI Plugin                               | oVirt we admin 4.3 and newer |
| Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager UI Plugin | oVirt we admin 4.3 and newer |
| OpenStack UI Plugin                           | Horizon 17.0.0 and never     |