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Supported platforms requirements

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

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

Export storage domain

Connection URL: https://RHV_MGR_HOST/ovirt-engine/api
Source
Destination
Ports
Description
Node
oVirt/RHV/OLVM manager
443/tcp
oVirt/RHV/OLVM API access
oVirt/RHV/OLVM host selected in export storage domain configuration
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 oVirt/RHV/OLVM host selected in export storage domain configuration
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

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

Oracle VM

Export storage domain

Connection URL: https://MANAGER_HOST:7002
Source
Destination
Ports
Description
Node
OVM manager
7002/tcp
OVM API 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 repository) 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 repository) is hosted on the shared storage - NFS access

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)

KVM/Xen stand-alone

SSH transfer

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

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

SSH transfer

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

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

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.

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.

Endpoints client support

KODO for Endpoints client can be installed on the following operating systems:
  • Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit
  • Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit
  • Microsoft Windows 8 32-bit
  • Microsoft Windows 8 64-bit
  • Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-bit
  • Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-bit
  • Microsoft Windows 10 32-bit
  • Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit

Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit)

The following packages need to be installed on the operating system:

Windows 8 (32-bit, 64-bit)

The following packages need to be installed on the operating system:

Windows 8.1 (32-bit, 64-bit)

The following packages need to be installed on the operating system:

Windows 10 (32-bit, 64-bit)

The following packages need to be installed on the operating system: