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  1. Overview
  2. Storware Backup and Recovery concepts

Support Matrix

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Last updated 11 hours ago

Virtualization Platforms

Azure Stack HCI

Supported backup strategies: Hyper-V Agent

Microsoft Hyper-v

Supported backup strategies: Hyper-V Agent

Nutanix AHV

Supported backup strategies: Disk attachment

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

Backup of virtual machines with vTPM enabled is not supported

Proxmox VE

Supported backup strategies: Export storage repositories, SSH transfer (preferred)

Export storage repository
SSH transfer (preferred)

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

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

Yes

Access to hypervisor OS required

Yes

Yes

Proxy VM required

Yes

No

Export storage repository
SSH transfer

Full backup

Supported

Supported

Incremental backup

Not supported

Supported

Restore

Supported

Supported

File-level restore

Supported

Supported

VM disk exclusion

Not supported

Supported

Quiesced snapshots

Supported

Supported

Snapshots management

Supported

Supported

Pre/post command execution

Supported

Supported

Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI

Not supported

Supported

VM name-based policy assignment

Supported

Supported

VM tag-based policy assignment

Not supported

Not supported

Power-on VM after restore

Supported

Supported

OpenNebula

Supported backup strategies: CBT

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)

During the data export phase, the hypervisor may experience higher CPU usage

OpenStack

Supported backup strategies: Disk attachment, Image transfer, CBT (preferred)

Disk attachment
CBT
SSH Transfer (preferred)

Supported versions

Queens, Rocky, Stein, Train, Ussuri, Victoria, Wallaby, Xena, Yoga, Zed, Antelope, Bobcat, Caracal

Queens, Rocky, Stein, Train, Ussuri, Victoria, Wallaby, Xena, Yoga, Zed, Antelope, Bobcat, Caracal

Queens, Rocky, Stein, Train, Ussuri, Victoria, Wallaby, Xena, Yoga, Zed, Antelope, Bobcat, Caracal

The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backups

Yes

No

Yes

Access to hypervisor OS required

No

No

Yes

Proxy VM required

Yes

Yes

No

Full backup

Supported

Supported

Supported

Incremental backup

Supported *

Supported

Supported *

Restore

Supported

Supported

Supported

File-level restore

Supported

Supported

Supported

VM disk exclusion

Supported

Supported

Supported

Quiesced snapshots

Supported **

Supported **

Supported **

Snapshots management

Supported ***

Supported ***

Not supported

Pre/post command execution

Supported

Supported

Supported

Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI

Supported

Supported

Supported ****

VM name-based policy assignment

Supported

Supported

Supported

VM tag-based policy assignment

Supported

Supported

Supported

Power-on VM after restore

Not supported (always on)

Not supported (always on)

Not supported (always on)

* Ceph RBD volumes only ** Hypervisor dependent *** Without snapshot revert **** RAW/LVM disks only

Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager

Supported backup strategies: Disk attachment, Image transfer, CBT (preferred)

Disk attachment
Image transfer
CBT

Supported versions

4.3, 4.4, 4.5

4.3, 4.4, 4.5

4.4, 4.5

The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backups

No

Yes

No

Access to hypervisor OS required

No

No

No

Proxy VM required

Yes

No

No

Full backup

Supported

Supported

Supported

Incremental backup

Not supported

Supported

Supported

Restore

Supported

Supported

Supported

File-level restore

Supported

Supported

Supported

VM disk exclusion

Supported

Supported

Supported

Quiesced snapshots

Supported

Supported

Supported

Snapshots management

Supported

Supported

Supported

Pre/post command execution

Supported

Supported

Supported

Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI

Supported

Supported *

Supported

VM name-based policy assignment

Supported

Supported

Supported

VM tag-based policy assignment

Supported

Supported

Supported

Power-on VM after restore

Supported

Supported

Supported

* Only for RAW disk types

Direct LUN disks are not supported

oVirt

Supported backup strategies: Disk attachment, Image transfer, CBT (preferred)

Disk attachment
Image transfer
CBT

Supported versions

4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5

4.3, 4.4, 4.5

4.4, 4.5

The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backups

No

Yes

No

Access to hypervisor OS required

No

No

No

Proxy VM required

Yes

No

No

Full backup

Supported

Supported

Supported

Incremental backup

Not supported

Supported

Supported

Restore

Supported

Supported

Supported

File-level restore

Supported

Supported

Supported

VM disk exclusion

Supported

Supported

Supported

Quiesced snapshots

Supported

Supported

Supported

Snapshots management

Supported

Supported

Supported

Pre/post command execution

Supported

Supported

Supported

Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI

Supported

Supported *

Supported

VM name-based policy assignment

Supported

Supported

Supported

VM tag-based policy assignment

Supported

Supported

Supported

Power-on VM after restore

Supported

Supported

Supported

* Only for RAW disk types

Red Hat Virtualization

Supported backup strategies: Disk attachment, Image transfer, CBT (preferred)

Disk attachment
Image transfer
CBT

Supported versions

4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

4.3, 4.4

4.4

The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backups

No

Yes

No

Access to hypervisor OS required

No

No

No

Proxy VM required

Yes

No

No

Full backup

Supported

Supported

Supported

Incremental backup

Not supported

Supported

Supported

Restore

Supported

Supported

Supported

File-level restore

Supported

Supported

Supported

VM disk exclusion

Supported

Supported

Supported

Quiesced snapshots

Supported

Supported

Supported

Snapshots management

Supported

Supported

Supported

Pre/post command execution

Supported

Supported

Supported

Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI

Supported

Supported *

Supported

VM name-based policy assignment

Supported

Supported

Supported

VM tag-based policy assignment

Supported

Supported

Supported

Power-on VM after restore

Supported

Supported

Supported

* Only for RAW disk types

SC//Platform

Supported backup strategies: Export storage domain, disk attachment (preferred)

Export storage domain
Disk attachment

Supported versions

8.9

8.9

The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backups

No

Yes

Access to hypervisor OS required

No

No

Proxy VM required

No

Yes

Full backup

Supported

Supported

Incremental backup

Not supported

Supported

Restore

Supported

Supported

File-level restore

Not supported

Supported

VM disk exclusion

Supported

Supported

Quiesced snapshots

Not supported

Not supported

Snapshots management

Supported

Supported

Pre/post command execution

Supported

Supported

Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI

Supported

Supported

VM name-based policy assignment

Supported

Supported

VM tag-based policy assignment

Supported

Supported

Power-on VM after restore

Supported

Supported

Verge

Supported backup strategies: CBT

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

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)

* Ceph RBD volumes only ** Hypervisor dependent *** Without snapshot revert

VMware vSphere/ESXi

Supported backup strategies: HotAdd (preferred), NBD

XCP-ng

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

Single image (XVA)
CBT

Supported versions

7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3

7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3

The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backups

Yes

Yes

Access to hypervisor OS required

No

Yes

Proxy VM required

No

No

Full backup

Supported

Supported

Incremental backup

Supported *

Supported

Restore

Supported

Supported

File-level restore

Not supported

Supported

VM disk exclusion

Not supported

Supported

Quiesced snapshots

Supported

Supported

Snapshots management

Supported

Supported

Pre/post command execution

Supported

Supported

Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI

Not supported

Supported

VM name-based policy assignment

Supported

Supported

VM tag-based policy assignment

Supported

Supported

Power-on VM after restore

Supported

Supported

* Not supported when using a synthetic backup destination

XenServer (Citrix Hypervisor)

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

Single image (XVA)
CBT

Supported versions

6.5, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2

6.5, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2

The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backups

Yes

Yes

Access to hypervisor OS required

No

Yes

Proxy VM required

No

No

Full backup

Supported

Supported

Incremental backup

Supported

Supported *

Restore

Supported

Supported

File-level restore

Not supported

Supported

VM disk exclusion

Not supported

Supported

Quiesced snapshots

Supported

Supported

Snapshots management

Supported

Supported

Pre/post command execution

Supported

Supported

Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI

Not supported

Supported

VM name-based policy assignment

Supported

Supported

VM tag-based policy assignment

Supported

Supported

Power-on VM after restore

Supported

Supported

* Requires XenServer 7.3 or higher

Containers

Kubernetes

Supported backup strategies: Helper pod, Ceph RBD

Helper pod
Ceph RBD

Minimal version

1.10

1.10

The last snapshot is kept on the system for incremental backups

Yes

Yes

Access to OS required

No

No

Proxy VM required

No

No

Full backup

Supported

Supported

Incremental backup

Not supportd

Supported *

Restore

Supported

Supported

File-level restore

Not supported

Supported *

Volume exclusion

Supported

Supported

Quiesced snapshots

Supported **

Supported **

Snapshots management

Not supported

Not supported

Pre/post command execution

Supported ***

Supported ***

Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI

Not supported

Supported *

Name-based policy assignment

Supported

Supported

Tag-based policy assignment

Supported

Supported

Power-on after restore

Supported

Supported

StatefulSet

Supported

Supported

* When using Ceph RBD as Persistent Volume

** Deployment pause

*** Only 'post'

Proxmox VE

Supported backup strategies: Export storage repository

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

Helper pod
Ceph RBD

Minimal version

4.10

4.10

The last snapshot is kept on the system for incremental backups

Yes

Yes

Access to OS required

No

No

Proxy VM required

No

No

Full backup

Supported

Supported

Incremental backup

Not supportd

Supported *

Restore

Supported

Supported

File-level restore

Not supported

Supported *

Volume exclusion

Supported

Supported

Quiesced snapshots

Supported **

Supported **

Snapshots management

Not supported

Not supported

Pre/post command execution

Supported ***

Supported ***

Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI

Not supported

Supported *

Name-based policy assignment

Supported

Supported

Tag-based policy assignment

Supported

Supported

Power-on after restore

Supported

Supported

StatfuSet

Supported

Supported

* When using Ceph RBD as Persistent Volume

** Deployment pause

*** Only 'post'

Cloud

Amazon EC2

Supported backup strategies: Disk attachment, CBT (preferred)

Disk attachement
CBT

The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backups

No

No

Access to hypervisor OS required

No

No

Proxy VM required

Yes

Yes

Full backup

Supported

Supported

Incremental backup

Not supported

Supported

Restore

Supported

Supported

File-level restore

Supported

Supported

VM disk exclusion

Supported

Supported

Quiesced snapshots

Not supported

Not supported

Snapshots management

Supported

Supported

Pre/post command execution

Supported

Supported

Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI

Supported

Supported

VM name-based policy assignment

Supported

Supported

VM tag-based policy assignment

Supported

Supported

Power-on VM after restore

Supported

Supported

Microsoft Azure

Supported backup strategies: Disk attachment, CBT (preferred)

Disk attachement
CBT

The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backups

No

No

Access to hypervisor OS required

No

No

Proxy VM required

Yes

Yes

Full backup

Supported

Supported

Incremental backup

Not supported

Supported

Restore

Supported

Supported

File-level restore

Supported

Supported

VM disk exclusion

Supported

Supported

Quiesced snapshots

Not supported

Not supported

Snapshots management

Not supported

Not supported

Pre/post command execution

Supported

Supported

Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI

Supported

Supported

VM name-based policy assignment

Supported

Supported

VM tag-based policy assignment

Supported

Supported

Power-on VM after restore

Not supported (always on)

Not supported (always on)

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

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)

Windows
Linux
macOS

Supported operating systems

Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8/9, CentOS 9 Stream, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04

macOS 13 (Ventura), macOS 14 (Sonoma), macOS 15 (Sequoia)

Windows
Linux
macOS

Full backup

Supported

Supported

Supported

Incremental backup

Supported

Supported

Supported

Maximum number of protected objects per instance

5 million

5 million

5 million

Backup destinations

Filesystem

Generic filesystem

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)

Syntetic backup

Supported

Random Access

Supported

Deduplication

Not supported

Encryption

Not supported

Pre/post command execution

Supported

Rubrik Managed Volumes

Supported version

CDM 8.0, 8.1

Syntetic backup

Not supported

Random Access

n/a

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 web admin 4.3 and newer

oVirt UI Plugin

oVirt web admin 4.3 and newer

Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager UI Plugin

oVirt web admin 4.3 and newer

OpenStack UI Plugin

Horizon 17.0.0 and never

Storware Backup and Recovery uses to export Teams data.

Utilizing the Microsoft Teams Export API generates for Microsoft tenant.

Microsoft Teams Export API
additional costs
HotAdd
NBD

Supported versions

6.5, 6.7, 7.0, 8.0

6.5, 6.7, 7.0, 8.0

The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backups

No

No

Access to hypervisor OS required

No

No

Proxy VM required

Yes

No

Full backup

Supported

Supported

Incremental backup

Supported

Supported

Restore

Supported

Supported

Cross-restore

Supported (to OpenStack)

Supported (to OpenStack)

File-level restore

Supported

Supported

VM disk exclusion

Supported

Supported

Quiesced snapshots

Supported

Supported

Snapshots management

Supported

Supported

Pre/post command execution

Supported

Supported

Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI

Supported

Supported

VM name-based policy assignment

Supported

Supported

VM tag-based policy assignment

Supported

Supported

Power-on VM after restore

Supported

Supported

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

Snapshots management

Supported

Pre/post command execut

Supported

Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI

Supported

VM name-based policy assignme

Supported

VM tag-based policy assignment

Not supported

Power-on VM after restore

Supported

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

Snapshots management

Supported

Pre/post command execut

Supported

Access to VM disk backup over iSCSI

Supported

VM name-based policy assignme

Supported

VM tag-based policy assignment

Not supported

Power-on VM after restore

Supported