Support Matrix

Backup Destination Support

Filesystem

Backup ProviderSupported versionRandom AccessDeduplicationEncryptionPre/post access command execution

Filesystem

N/A

✅ (built-in VDO)

Filesystem (synthetic, XFS)

Linux kernel 4.15+, xfsprogs 4.17+

✅ (built-in VDO)

isoLayer (synthetic, XFS)

N/A

PowerProtect DD

DD OS 7.x

Huawei OceanProtect

1.2.0+

Object storage

Backup ProviderSupported versionRandom AccessDeduplicationEncryptionPre/post access command execution

Amazon S3

Current

N/A

S3 compatible

Current

N/A

Cloudian S3

Current

N/A

Alibaba Cloud OSS

Current

N/A

Nutanix Objects

Current

N/A

MS Azure Blob Storage

Current

N/A

OpenStack Swift

API v2

N/A

Scality Ring

6.4+

N/A

Provider dependent

Enterprise backup providers

Backup ProviderSupported versionRandom AccessDeduplicationEncryptionPre/post access command execution

Dell EMC Avamar

7.5+

Provider dependent

Dell EMC Networker

9+

Provider dependent

IBM Spectrum Protect

7.1.5+

Provider dependent

Veritas Netbackup

7.5+

Provider dependent

Micro Focus Data Protector

11+

Provider dependent

Tape Pools (Technical Preview)

Storware supports Linear Tape-Open (LTO) tape libraries.

Tape library can't be shared with other software.

If you want share tape library then create separate partition of the tape library for Storware.

Tape library can be connected by:

  • Fibre Channel (FC)

  • Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)

  • SCSI

  • iSCSI

Virtualization Platforms - features and requirements

Virtual Machines

VMware vSphere/ESXi

HotAddNBD

Minimum version

6.5+

6.5+

Status

In operation (preferred)

In operation

Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups

No

No

Hypervisor OS access needed

No

No

Proxy VM needed

Yes

No

Key caveats

only dependent disks are supported

only dependent disks are supported

FeatureNBD & HotAdd

Incremental backup

File-level restore

VM disk exclusion

Snapshot management

Quiesced snapshot

Hypervisor dependent

Pre/post snapshot command execution

Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI

Name-based policy assignment

Tag-based policy assignment

Available space for snapshot check

Hypervisor dependent

Power-on VM after restore

Microsoft Hyper-V

2016+

Minimum version

Windows Server 2016+, supported virtual machine configuration versions = 6.2 and higher

Status

In operation

Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups

yes

Hypervisor OS access needed

No

Proxy VM needed

no

Feature2016+

Incremental backup

File-level restore

VM disk exclusion

Snapshot management

Quiesced snapshot

Pre/post snapshot command execution

Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI

Name-based policy assignment

Tag-based policy assignment

Available space for snapshot check

Hypervisor dependent

Power-on VM after restore

Azure Stack HCI

20H2, 21H2, 22H2

Minimum version

Windows Server 2019+, supported virtual machine configuration versions = 6.2 and higher

Status

In operation (preferred)

Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups

yes

Hypervisor OS access needed

No

Proxy VM needed

no

Feature20H2, 21H2, 22H2

Incremental backup

File-level restore

VM disk exclusion

Snapshot management

Quiesced snapshot

Pre/post snapshot command execution

Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI

Name-based policy assignment

Tag-based policy assignment

Available space for snapshot check

Hypervisor dependent

Power-on VM after restore

Nutanix AHV

Disk-attachment

Minimum version

5.5+ (Intel-only)

Status

In operation

Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups

yes

Hypervisor OS access needed

no

Proxy VM needed

yes

FeatureDisk-attachment

Incremental backup

File-level restore

VM disk exclusion

Snapshot management

Quiesced snapshot

Pre/post snapshot command execution

Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI

Name-based policy assignment

Tag-based policy assignment

✅ (when using Prism Central)

Available space for snapshot check

Hypervisor dependent

Power-on VM after restore

Note:

Backup of VMs with vTPM enabled is not supported.

Red Hat Virtualization

Disk-attachmentDisk Image TransferSSH TransferChanged-Block Tracking

Minimum version

4.0+

4.3+

4.3+

4.4+

Status

In operation

In operation

Deprecated (for hosts 4.5.0+)

In operation (preferred)

Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups

no

yes

yes

no

Hypervisor OS access needed

no

no

yes

no

Proxy VM needed

yes

no

no

no

Key caveats

full backup only

disk attachment process may be slow

data transfer via Manager (<4.4.3)

access to the hypervisor needed

incremental backup require QCOW2 disk format

Note: Direct LUN disks are not supported.

FeatureDisk-attachmentDisk Image TransferSSH TransferChanged-Block Tracking

Incremental backup

File-level restore

VM disk exclusion

Snapshot management

Quiesced snapshot

Pre/post snapshot command execution

Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI

✅ (RAW-only)

✅ (RAW-only)

Name-based policy assignment

Tag-based policy assignment

Available space for snapshot check

Power-on VM after restore

oVirt

Disk-attachmentDisk Image TransferSSH TransferChanged-Block Tracking

Minimum version

4.0+

4.3+

4.3+

4.4+

Status

In operation

In operation

Deprecated (for hosts 4.5.0+)

In operation (preferred)

Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups

no

yes

yes

no

Hypervisor OS access needed

no

no

yes

no

Proxy VM needed

yes

no

no

no

Key Caveats

full backup only

disk attachment process may be slow

data transfer via Manager (<4.4.3)

access to the hypervisor needed

incremental backup require QCOW2 disk format

Note: Direct LUN disks are not supported.

FeatureDisk-attachmentDisk Image TransferSSH TransferChanged-Block Tracking

Incremental backup

File-level restore

VM disk exclusion

Snapshot management

Quiesced snapshot

Pre/post snapshot command execution

Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI

✅ (RAW-only)

✅ (RAW-only)

Name-based policy assignment

Tag-based policy assignment

Available space for snapshot check

Power-on VM after restore

Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager

Disk-attachmentDisk Image TransferSSH TransferChanged-Block Tracking

Minimum version

4.3+

4.3+

4.3+

4.4+

Status

In operation

In operation

Deprecated (for hosts 4.5.0+)

In operation (preferred)

Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups

no

yes

yes

no

Hypervisor OS access needed

no

no

yes

no

Proxy VM needed

yes

no

no

no

Key Caveats

full backup only

disk attachment process may be slow

data transfer via Manager (<4.4.3)

access to he hypervisor needed

incremental backup require QCOW2 disk format

Note: Direct LUN disks are not supported.

FeatureDisk-attachmentDisk Image TransferSSH TransferChanged-Block Tracking

Incremental backup

File-level restore

VM disk exclusion

Snapshot management

Quiesced snapshot

Pre/post snapshot command execution

Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI

✅ (RAW-only)

✅ (RAW-only)

Name-based policy assignment

Tag-based policy assignment

Available space for snapshot check

Power-on VM after restore

Proxmox VE

Export storage repositorySSH Transfer

Minimum version

5.2+

5.2+

Status

In operation

In operation (preferred)

Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups

yes

yes

Hypervisor OS access needed

yes

yes

Proxy VM needed

no

no

Key Caveats

using single image export

file-level restore requires additional image extraction

only QCOW2 based disks supported

synthetic backup destination is not supported

FeatureExport storage repositorySSH Transfer

Incremental backup

File-level restore

VM disk exclusion

Snapshot management

Quiesced snapshot

Pre/post snapshot command execution

Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI

Name-based policy assignment

Tag-based policy assignment

Available space for snapshot check

Hypervisor dependent

Power-on VM after restore

KVM/Xen

SSH Transfer

Minimum version

QEMU 2.1+ (qcow2-based VMs need libvirt with block commit feature), libvirt

Status

In operation (preferred)

Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups

yes

Hypervisor OS access needed

yes

Proxy VM needed

no

VM storage formats

QCOW2/RAW file, Ceph RBD volume, LVM volume, LVM-thin volume

FeatureSSH Transfer

Incremental backup

✅ (unavailable for LVM disks)

File-level restore

VM disk exclusion

Snapshot management

Quiesced snapshot

Hypervisor dependent

Pre/post snapshot command execution

Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI

Name-based policy assignment

Tag-based policy assignment

Available space for snapshot check

Hypervisor dependent

Power-on VM after restore

OpenStack

Disk-attachmentDisk-attachment CBTSSH Transfer

Minimum version

Queens

Queens

Queens, QEMU 2.1+ (qcow2-based VMs need libvirt with block commit feature)

Status

In operation (preferred)

In operation (preferred)

In operation

Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups

yes

no

yes

Hypervisor OS access needed

no

no

yes

Proxy VM needed

yes

yes

no

Key Caveats

incremental backups only for Ceph RBD-based VMs, requires access to ceph monitors for incremental backup only

higher CPU overhead during export

only QCOW2 based disks supported and Ceph RBD-based VMs, requires access to ceph monitors

FeatureDisk-attachmentDisk-attachment CBTSSH Transfer

Incremental backup

✅ (Ceph RBD volumes only)

File-level restore

VM disk exclusion

Snapshot management

✅ (without reversion)

✅ (without reversion)

Quiesced snapshot

Hypervisor dependent

Hypervisor dependent

Hypervisor dependent

Pre/post snapshot command execution

Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI

✅ (RAW file/LVM only)

Name-based policy assignment

Tag-based policy assignment

Available space for snapshot check

Hypervisor dependent

Hypervisor dependent

Hypervisor dependent

Power-on VM after restore

❌ (always on)

❌ (always on)

❌ (always on)

Virtuozzo

SSH Transfer

Minimum version

4.7, QEMU 2.1+ (qcow2-based VMs need libvirt with block commit feature)

Status

In operation

Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups

yes

Hypervisor OS access needed

yes

Proxy VM needed

no

Key Caveats

Only QCOW2 based disks supported

FeatureSSH Transfer

Incremental backup

File-level restore

VM disk exclusion

Snapshot management

Quiesced snapshot

Hypervisor dependent

Pre/post snapshot command execution

Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI

✅ (RAW file/LVM only)

Name-based policy assignment

Tag-based policy assignment

Available space for snapshot check

Hypervisor dependent

Power-on VM after restore

❌ (always on)

OpenNebula

Disk-attachment CBT

Minimum version

6.6.0

Status

In operation (preferred)

Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups

no

Hypervisor OS access needed

no

Proxy VM needed

yes

Key Caveats

higher CPU overhead during export

FeatureDisk-attachment CBT

Incremental backup

File-level restore

VM disk exclusion

Snapshot management

Quiesced snapshot

❌ (hypervisor-dependent)

Pre/post snapshot command execution

Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI

Name-based policy assignment

Tag-based policy assignment

Available space for snapshot check

❌ (hypervisor-dependent)

Power-on VM after restore

❌ (always on)

Oracle VM

Export storage repository

Minimum version

3.4+

Status

In operation (preferred)

Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups

N/A

Hypervisor OS access needed

no

Proxy VM needed

no

FeatureExport storage repository

Incremental backup

File-level restore

VM disk exclusion

Snapshot management

Quiesced snapshot

Pre/post snapshot command execution

Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI

Name-based policy assignment

Tag-based policy assignment

Available space for snapshot check

Hypervisor dependent

Power-on VM after restore

Citrix Hypervisor (XenServer)

Single image (XVA)Changed-block Tracking

Minimum version

6.5+

6.5+ (incremental backup: 7.3+)

Status

In operation

In operation (preferred)

Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups

yes

yes

Hypervisor OS access needed

no

no

Proxy VM needed

no

no

Key Caveats

file-level restore not supported

incremental backups may require Citrix XenServer license

FeatureSingle image (XVA)Changed-block Tracking

Incremental backup

File-level restore

VM disk exclusion

Snapshot management

Quiesced snapshot

Pre/post snapshot command execution

Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI

Name-based policy assignment

Tag-based policy assignment

Available space for snapshot check

Power-on VM after restore

XCP-ng

Single image (XVA)Changed-block Tracking

Minimum version

7.4+

7.4+

Status

In operation

In operation (preferred)

Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups

yes

yes

Hypervisor OS access needed

no

no

Proxy VM needed

no

no

Key Caveats

file-level restore not supported

FeatureSingle image (XVA)Changed-block Tracking

Incremental backup

✅ (unavailable when backup destination is of synthetic type)

File-level restore

VM disk exclusion

Snapshot management

Quiesced snapshot

Pre/post snapshot command execution

Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI

Name-based policy assignment

Tag-based policy assignment

Available space for snapshot check

Power-on VM after restore

Huawei FusionCompute

Changed Block Tracking

Minimum version

8.0

Status

In operation

Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups

yes

Hypervisor OS access needed

no

Proxy VM needed

no

FeatureChanged Block Tracking

Incremental backup

File-level restore

VM disk exclusion

Snapshot management

Quiesced snapshot

Pre/post snapshot command execution

Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI

Name-based policy assignment

Tag-based policy assignment

Available space for snapshot check

Power-on VM after restore

SC//Platform

Export Storage DomainDisk-attachment

Minimum version

8.9.x

8.9.x

Status

In operation

In operation (preferred)

Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups

no

yes

Hypervisor OS access needed

no

no

Proxy VM needed

no

yes

FeatureExport Storage DomainDisk-attachment

Incremental backup

File-level restore

VM disk exclusion

Snapshot management

Quiesced snapshot

Pre/post snapshot command execution

Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI

Name-based policy assignment

Tag-based policy assignment

Available space for snapshot check

Power-on VM after restore

Containers - features and requirements

Kubernetes

Helper pod/Ceph RBD

Minimum version

1.10+

Status

In operation (preferred)

Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups

Yes

Hypervisor OS access needed

no

Proxy VM needed

no

FeatureHelper pod/Ceph RBD

Incremental backup

✅ (when using Ceph RBD as PV)

File-level restore

✅ (when using Ceph RBD as PV)

VM disk exclusion

Snapshot management

Quiesced snapshot

✅ (optional deployment pause)

Pre/post snapshot command execution

✅ (post export)

Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI

✅ (when using Ceph RBD as PV)

Name-based policy assignment

Tag-based policy assignment

Available space for snapshot check

N/A

Power-on VM after restore

StatefulSets support

Red Hat OpenShift

Helper pod/Ceph RBD

Minimum version

4+

Status

In operation (preferred)

Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups

Yes

Hypervisor OS access needed

no

Proxy VM needed

no

FeatureHelper pod/Ceph RBD

Incremental backup

✅ (when using Ceph RBD as PV)

OpenShift Virtualization

File-level restore

✅ (when using Ceph RBD as PV)

VM disk exclusion

Snapshot management

Quiesced snapshot

✅ (optional deployment pause)

Pre/post snapshot command execution

✅ (post export)

Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI

✅ (when using Ceph RBD as PV)

Name-based policy assignment

Tag-based policy assignment

Available space for snapshot check

N/A

Power-on VM after restore

StatefulSets support

Proxmox VE

Export storage repository

Minimum version

5+

Status

In operation (preferred)

Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups

No

Hypervisor OS access needed

yes

Proxy VM needed

no

FeatureExport storage repository

Incremental backup

File-level restore

VM disk exclusion

Snapshot management

Quiesced snapshot

Pre/post snapshot command execution

Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI

Name-based policy assignment

Tag-based policy assignment

Available space for snapshot check

Hypervisor dependent

Power-on VM after restore

Cloud - features and requirements

Microsoft 365

Storware Backup & Recovery server supports backups and restores of Microsoft 365 services.

Below you will find detailed information about what Microsoft 365 services can be protected by Storware Backup & Recovery server and what restore capabilities it holds:

BackupItem level restoreM365 restoreRestore to another accountRestore to a different pathRestore deleted elementsRestore with overwritingDownload***

Mailbox

Calendar

Contact

Archive

OneDrive for Business

Sites

Pages

List items

Document Libraries

Teams Channel

Teams 1on1

Teams Files

Please also check supported templates and limitations in protection of Microsoft 365.

Note: Go to the Platform Requirements section to learn about platform requirements for Storware Backup & Recovery server.

Amazon EC2

Disk attachment

Minimum version

N/A

Status

In operation (preferred)

Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups

no

Hypervisor OS access needed

no

Proxy VM needed

yes

FeatureDisk attachmentDisk attachment CBT

Incremental backup

File-level restore

VM disk exclusion

Snapshot management

Quiesced snapshot

Pre/post snapshot command execution

Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI

Name-based policy assignment

Tag-based policy assignment

Available space for snapshot check

Power-on VM after restore

GCP GCE

Disk attachment

Minimum version

N/A

Status

In operation (preferred)

Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups

no

Hypervisor OS access needed

no

Proxy VM needed

yes

FeatureDisk attachmentDisk attachment CBT

Incremental backup

File-level restore

VM disk exclusion

Snapshot management

Quiesced snapshot

Pre/post snapshot command execution

Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI

Name-based policy assignment

Tag-based policy assignment

Available space for snapshot check

Power-on VM after restore

❌ (always on)

❌ (always on)

Azure Cloud

Disk attachment

Minimum version

N/A

Status

In operation (preferred)

Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups

no

Hypervisor OS access needed

no

Proxy VM needed

yes

FeatureDisk attachmentDisk attachment CBT

Incremental backup

File-level restore

VM disk exclusion

Snapshot management

Quiesced snapshot

Pre/post snapshot command execution

Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI

Name-based policy assignment

Tag-based policy assignment

Available space for snapshot check

Power-on VM after restore

❌ (always on)

❌ (always on)

OS Agent - features and requirements

Minimum version

N/A

Status

In operation (preferred)

Last snapshot kept in provider for inc. backups

N/A

Source type

any POSIX-compliant file system mounted on the node

FeatureMounted file system

Incremental backup

Incremental backup change source

file scan (file modification time/size)

File-level restore

Snapshot management

Pre/post snapshot command execution

Backups sharable over iSCSI

Name-based policy assignment

Storage Providers - features and requirements

File system

Mounted file system

Minimum version

N/A

Status

In operation (preferred)

Last snapshot kept in provider for inc. backups

N/A

Source type

any POSIX-compliant file system mounted on the node

FeatureMounted file system

Incremental backup

Incremental backup change source

file scan (file modification time/size)

File-level restore

Snapshot management

Pre/post snapshot command execution

Backups sharable over iSCSI

Name-based policy assignment

Nutanix Files (AFS)

File shares with CFT

Minimum version

N/A

Status

In operation (preferred)

Last snapshot kept in provider for inc. backups

N/A

Source type

NFS and SMB shares

FeatureFile shares with CFT

Incremental backup

Incremental backup change source

CFT API

File-level restore

Snapshot management

Pre/post snapshot command execution

Backups sharable over iSCSI

Name-based policy assignment

Ceph RBD

RBD export/RBD-NBD

Minimum version

Red Hat Ceph Storage 4.0+, Ceph nautilus+

Status

In operation (preferred)

Last snapshot kept in provider for inc. backups

Yes

Source type

RBD volume

FeatureBase

Incremental backup

Incremental backup change source

RBD snap-diff

File-level restore

Snapshot management

Pre/post snapshot command execution

Backups sharable over iSCSI

Name-based policy assignment

Nutanix Volume Groups

Disk-attachment

Minimum version

N/A

Status

In operation (preferred)

Last snapshot kept in provider for inc. backups

Yes

Source type

Volume group

FeatureDisk-attachment

Incremental backup

Incremental backup change source

CBT API

File-level restore

Snapshot management

Pre/post snapshot command execution

Backups sharable over iSCSI

Name-based policy assignment

Endpoints feature Support

Operating system"Cross-device" recoverySource deduplication & compressionFile versioning"Right-click" restoreData encryption

Windows 7 (32-bit, 64- bit)

Windows 8 (32-bit, 64- bit)

Windows 8.1 (32-bit, 64- bit)

Windows 10 (32-bit, 64- bit)

Note: Storware Backup & Recovery Endpoints client for macOS system endpoints is available, but it is released as a technical preview. Please contact the Storware support team for more information.

Note: Go to the Sizing Guide in Storware Endpoints chapter to learn how to size the server platform depending on the number of protected endpoints.

Integration Plugins

PluginMinimum version

Red Hat Virtualization UI Plugin

oVirt web admin 4.3

oVirt UI Plugin

oVirt web admin 4.3

Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager UI Plugin

oVirt web admin 4.3

OpenStack UI Plugin

Horizon 17.0.0

Conditions / Exclusion

File-level-restore: When backing up CentOS 8 with a disk with the GPT partition scheme, you can use file-level restore only on the Storware Backup & Recovery node, which also runs on CentOS 8 operating system.

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