Supported platforms requirements

VMware vCenter/ESXi

Connection URL: https://VCENTER_HOST or https://ESXI_HOST

Source	Destination	Ports	Description
Node	VMware vCenter/ESXi	443/tcp	API access
Node	VMware ESXi	902/tcp	HotAdd/NBD
Node	VMware vCenter/ESXi	445/tcp	Instant Restore (NFS)

Nutanix AHV

Disk attachment

Connection URL: https://PRISM_HOST:9440/api/nutanix/v3 (Prism Central or Prism Elements)

Note: when connecting via Prism Central, the same credentials will be used to access all Prism Elements

Source	Destination	Ports	Description
Node	Prism Elements (and optionally Prism Central if used)	9440/tcp	API access to the Nutanix manager

OpenStack

Disk attachment

Connection URL: https://KEYSTONE_HOST:5000/v3

Source	Destination	Ports	Description
Node	Keystone, Nova, Glance, Cinder	ports that were defined in endpoints for OpenStack services	API access to the OpenStack management services - using endpoint type that has been specified in hypervisor manager details
Node	Ceph monitors	3300/tcp, 6789/tcp	if Ceph RBD is used as the backend storage - used to collect changed-blocks lists from Ceph

SSH transfer

Connection URL: https://KEYSTONE_HOST:5000/v3

Note: you also must provide SSH credentials to all hypervisors that have been detected during inventory sync

Source	Destination	Ports	Description
Node	Hypervisor	22/tcp	SSH access
Hypervisor	Node	netcat port range defined in node configuration - by default 16000-16999/tcp	optional netcat access for data transfer
Node	Ceph monitors	3300/tcp, 6789/tcp, 10809/tcp	if Ceph RBD is used as the backend storage - used for data transfer over NBD

Virtuozzo

SSH transfer

Connection URL: https://KEYSTONE_HOST:5000/v3

Note: you also must provide SSH credentials to all hypervisors that have been detected during inventory sync

Source	Destination	Ports	Description
Node	Hypervisor	22/tcp	SSH access
Hypervisor	Node	netcat port range defined in node configuration - by default 16000-16999/tcp	optional netcat access for data transfer
Node	Ceph monitors	3300/tcp, 6789/tcp, 10809/tcp	if Ceph RBD is used as the backend storage - used for data transfer over NBD

OpenNebula

Disk attachment

Connection URL: https://MANAGER_HOST

Source	Destination	Ports	Description
Node	Manager Host	XML-RPC API port - 2633/tcp by default	API access to the OpenNebula management services

oVirt/RHV/OLVM

Disk attachment

Connection URL: https://MANAGER_HOST/ovirt-engine/api

Source	Destination	Ports	Description
Node	oVirt/RHV/OLVM manager	443/tcp	oVirt/RHV/OLVM API access

Disk Image Transfer

Connection URL: https://MANAGER_HOST/ovirt-engine/api

Source	Destination	Ports	Description
Node	oVirt/RHV/OLVM manager	443/tcp	oVirt/RHV/OLVM API access
Node	oVirt/RHV/OLVM hypervisor	54322/tcp	oVirt/RHV/OLVM ImageIO services - for data transfer (primary source)
Node	oVirt/RHV/OLVM manager	54323/tcp	oVirt/RHV/OLVM ImageIO services - for data transfer (fallback to ImageIO Proxy)

SSH Transfer

Connection URL: https://MANAGER_HOST/ovirt-engine/api

Note: you also must provide SSH credentials to all hypervisors that have been detected during inventory sync

Source	Destination	Ports	Description
Node	oVirt/RHV/OLVM manager	443/tcp	oVirt/RHV/OLVM API access
Node	oVirt/RHV/OLVM hypervisor	22/tcp	SSH access for data transfer
oVirt/RHV/OLVM hypervisor	Node	netcat port range defined in node configuration - by default 16000-16999/tcp	optional netcat access for data transfer

Change-Block Tracking

Connection URL: https://MANAGER_HOST/ovirt-engine/api

Source	Destination	Ports	Description
Node	oVirt/RHV/OLVM manager	443/tcp	oVirt/RHV/OLVM API access
Node	oVirt/RHV/OLVM hypervisor	54322/tcp	oVirt/RHV/OLVM ImageIO services - for data transfer
Node	oVirt/RHV/OLVM manager	54323/tcp	oVirt/RHV/OLVM ImageIO services - for data transfer

Citrix XenServer/xcp-ng

Note: all hosts in the pool must be defined

Single image (XVA-based)

Source	Destination	Ports	Description
Node	Hypervisor	443/tcp	API access (for data transfer management IP is used, unless transfer NIC parameter is configured in hypervisor details)

Changed-Block Tracking

Source	Destination	Ports	Description
Node	Hypervisor	443/tcp	API access (for data transfer management IP is used, unless transfer NIC parameter is configured in hypervisor details)
Node	Hypervisor	10809/tcp	NBD access (data transfer IP is returned by hypervisor)

Proxmox VE

Export storage repository

Source	Destination	Ports	Description
Node	Hypervisor	22/tcp	SSH access
Hypervisor	Node	If Node is hosting staging space: 111/tcp, 111/UDP, 2049/tcp, 2049/UDP, ports specified in /etc/sysconfig/nfs - variables MOUNTD_PORT (TCP and UDP), STATD_PORT (TCP and UDP), LOCKD_TCPPORT (TCP), LOCKD_UDPPORT (UDP), otherwise please check the documentation of your NFS storage provider	if staging space (export storage domain) is hosted on the Node - NFS access
Node and hypervisor	shared NFS storage	check the documentation of your NFS storage provider	if staging space (export storage domain) is hosted on the shared storage - NFS access

Kubernetes

Connection URL: https://API_HOST:6443

Source	Destination	Ports	Description
Node	Kubernetes API host	22/tcp	SSH access
Node	Kubernetes API host	6443/tcp	API access

Openshift

Connection URL: https://API_HOST:6443

Source	Destination	Ports	Description
Node	Kubernetes API host	6443/tcp	API access
Node	Openshift Workers	2049/tcp, 2049/udp	NFS connection
Openshift Workers	Node	2049/tcp, 2049/udp	NFS connection
Node	Openshift Workers	30000-32767/tcp	access to service exposed by Storware Backup & Recovery plugin

Hyper-V

Source	Destination	Ports	Description
Node	Storware Backup & Recovery Agent	50881/tcp for http connection, 50882/tcp for https connection	Storware Backup & Recovery Agent access and data transfer, firewall rules are added automatically during agent installation

Azure Stack HCI

Source	Destination	Ports	Description
Node	Storware Backup & Recovery Agent	50881/tcp for http connection, 50882/tcp for https connection	Storware Backup & Recovery Agent access and data transfer, firewall rules are added automatically during agent installation

SC//Platform

Export Storage Domain

Connection URL: https://MANAGER_HOST

Source	Destination	Ports	Description
Node	SC//Platform manager	443/tcp	API access
Node	SC//Platform hosts	445/tcp	SMB transfer
SC//Platform hosts	Node	445/tcp	SMB transfer

Disk Attachment

Connection URL: https://MANAGER_HOST

Source	Destination	Ports	Description
Node	SC//Platform manager	443/tcp	API access

Microsoft 365

Source	Destination	Ports	Description
Node	Microsoft 365	443/tcp	Microsoft 365 API access

You can find more detailed descriptions of Office 365 URLs and IP address ranges on this page.

To successfully synchronize M365 user account, it must fulfill following requirements:

• has an email,

• is not filtered by location, country or office location (user filter in UI),

• field user type is set to Member,

• has a license or is a shared mailbox.

OS Agent

Source	Destination	Ports	Description
OS Agent	Node	15900/tcp	Node - OS Agent communication

Security Requirements

User Permissions

User vprotect must be a member of group "disk".

Sudo privileges are required for the following commands:

Storware Backup & Recovery Node:

• /usr/bin/targetcli

• /usr/sbin/exportfs

• /usr/sbin/kpartx

• /usr/sbin/dmsetup

• /usr/bin/qemu-nbd

• /usr/bin/guestmount

• /usr/bin/fusermount

• /bin/mount

• /bin/umount

• /usr/sbin/parted

• /usr/sbin/nbd-client

• /usr/bin/tee

• /opt/vprotect/scripts/vs/privileged.sh

• /usr/bin/yum

• /usr/sbin/mkfs.xfs

• /usr/sbin/fstrim

• /usr/sbin/xfs_growfs

• /usr/bin/docker

• /usr/bin/rbd

• /usr/bin/chown

• /usr/sbin/nvme

• /bin/cp

• /sbin/depmod

• /usr/sbin/modprobe

• /bin/bash

• /usr/local/sbin/nbd-client

• /bin/make

Storware Backup & Recovery server:

• /opt/vprotect/scripts/application/vp_license.sh

• /bin/umount

• /bin/mount

SELinux

PERMISSIVE - currently it interferes with the mountable backups (file-level restore) mechanism. Optionally can be changed to ENFORCING if the file-level restore is not required.