Supported platforms requirements

VMware vCenter/ESXi

HotAdd

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

Source	Destination	Ports	Description
Node	vCenter/ESXi host	443/tcp	API access
Node	ESXi hosts	902/tcp	NBD transfer

Source

Destination

Ports

Description

Node

vCenter/ESXi host

443/tcp

API access

Node

ESXi hosts

902/tcp

NBD transfer

NBD

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

Source	Destination	Ports	Description
Node	vCenter/ESXi host	443/tcp	API access
Node	ESXi hosts	902/tcp	NBD transfer

Source

Destination

Ports

Description

Node

vCenter/ESXi host

443/tcp

API access

Node

ESXi hosts

902/tcp

NBD transfer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

Node

Hypervisor

22/tcp

SSH access

Hypervisor

Node

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

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

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

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

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

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

Source

Destination

Ports

Description

Node

SC//Platform manager

443/tcp

API access

Huawei FusionCompute

Connection URL: https://MANAGER_HOST:8443

Source	Destination	Ports	Description
Node	Huawei FusionCompute VRM	8443/tcp	API access
Node	SC//Platform hosts	445/tcp	SMB transfer
SC//Platform hosts	Node	445/tcp	SMB transfer

Source

Destination

Ports

Description

Node

Huawei FusionCompute VRM

8443/tcp

API access

Node

SC//Platform hosts

445/tcp

SMB transfer

SC//Platform hosts

Node

445/tcp

SMB transfer

Microsoft 365

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

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

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.

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## VMware vCenter/ESXi

HotAdd

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

Source	Destination	Ports	Description
Node	vCenter/ESXi host	443/tcp	API access
Node	ESXi hosts	902/tcp	NBD transfer

Source

Destination

Ports

Description

Node

vCenter/ESXi host

443/tcp

API access

Node

ESXi hosts

902/tcp

NBD transfer

NBD

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

Source	Destination	Ports	Description
Node	vCenter/ESXi host	443/tcp	API access
Node	ESXi hosts	902/tcp	NBD transfer

Source

Destination

Ports

Description

Node

vCenter/ESXi host

443/tcp

API access

Node

ESXi hosts

902/tcp

NBD transfer

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:

Microsoft Vistual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x64) package-11.0.61030 (https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?pid=1452)
Microsoft Vistual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x86) package-11.0.61030 (https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?pid=1452)
Microsoft Vistual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (x64) package-14.20.27508 (https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x86.exe)
Microsoft Vistual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (x86) package-14.20.27508 (https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe)
.NET Framework 4.7.2

Windows 8 (32-bit, 64-bit)

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

Microsoft Vistual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x64) package-11.0.61030 (https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?pid=1452)
Microsoft Vistual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x86) package-11.0.61030 (https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?pid=1452)
Microsoft Vistual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (x64) package-14.20.27508 (https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x86.exe)
Microsoft Vistual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (x86) package-14.20.27508 (https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe)
.NET Framework 4.8

Windows 8.1 (32-bit, 64-bit)

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

Microsoft Vistual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x64) package-11.0.61030 (https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?pid=1452)
Microsoft Vistual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x86) package-11.0.61030 (https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?pid=1452)
Microsoft Vistual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (x64) package-14.20.27508 (https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x86.exe)
Microsoft Vistual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (x86) package-14.20.27508 (https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe)
.NET Framework 4.8

Windows 10 (32-bit, 64-bit)

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

Microsoft Vistual C++ 2010 x64 Redistributable package-10.0.40219 (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26999)
Microsoft Vistual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x64) package-11.0.61030 (https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?pid=1452)
Microsoft Vistual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x86) package-11.0.61030 (https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?pid=1452)
Microsoft Vistual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (x64) package-14.20.27508 (https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x86.exe)
.NET Framework 4.8

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