vProtect Support Matrix

Backup Destination Support

Filesystem

Backup Provider	Supported version	Random Access	Deduplication	Encryption	Pre/post access command execution
Filesystem	N/A	✅	✅ (built-in VDO)	✅	✅
Filesystem (synthetic, XFS)	Linux kernel 4.15+, xfsprogs 4.17+	✅	✅ (built-in VDO)	❌	✅
PowerProtect DD	DD OS 7.x	✅	✅	✅	✅

Object storage

Backup Provider	Supported version	Random Access	Deduplication	Encryption	Pre/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 Provider	Supported version	Random Access	Deduplication	Encryption	Pre/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	✅

Virtualization Platforms - features and requirements

Virtual Machines

VMware vSphere/ESXi

	NBD & HotAdd
Minimum version	6.x+
Status	In operation (preferred)
Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups	yes
Hypervisor OS access needed	No
Proxy VM needed	no (optional for HotAdd backup)

Feature	NBD & HotAdd
Incremental backup	✅
File-level restore	✅
VM disk exclusion	✅
Snapshot management	✅
Quiesced snapshot	❌ (hypervisor-dependent)
Pre/post snapshot command execution	✅
Backup disks sharable 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 & 2019
Minimum version	Windows Server 2016+, 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

Feature	2016 & 2019
Incremental backup	✅
File-level restore	✅
VM disk exclusion	✅
Snapshot management	✅
Quiesced snapshot	❌ (hypervisor-dependent)
Pre/post snapshot command execution	✅
Backup disks sharable 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 (preferred)
Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups	yes
Hypervisor OS access needed	no
Proxy VM needed	yes

Feature	Disk-attachment
Incremental backup	✅
File-level restore	✅
VM disk exclusion	✅
Snapshot management	✅
Quiesced snapshot	✅
Pre/post snapshot command execution	✅
Backup disks sharable 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	✅

Red Hat Virtualization

	Export storage domain	Disk-attachment	Disk Image Transfer	SSH Transfer	Changed-Block Tracking
Minimum version	3.5.1+	4.0+	4.3+	4.3+	4.4+
Status	To be deprecated	In operation	In operation	In operation (preferred)	Technical preview
Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
Hypervisor OS access needed	no	no	no	yes	no
Proxy VM needed	no	yes	no	no	no
Key caveats	using old API v3 additional snapshot-cloning required	full backup only disk attachment process may be slow	data transfer via Manager	access to the hypervisor needed	using technical preview APIs

Feature	Export storage domain	Disk-attachment	Disk Image Transfer	SSH Transfer	Changed-Block Tracking
Incremental backup	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅
File-level restore	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
VM disk exclusion	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅
Snapshot management	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Quiesced snapshot	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Pre/post snapshot command execution	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Backup disks sharable 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

	Export storage domain	Disk-attachment	Disk Image Transfer	SSH Transfer	Changed-Block Tracking
Minimum version	3.5.1+	4.0+	4.3+	4.3+	4.4+
Status	To be deprecated	In operation	In operation	In operation (preferred)	Technical preview
Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
Hypervisor OS access needed	no	no	no	yes	no
Proxy VM needed	no	yes	no	no	no
Key Caveats	using old API v3 additional snapshot-cloning required	full backup only disk attachment process may be slow	data transfer via Manager	access to the hypervisor needed	using technical preview APIs

Feature	Export storage domain	Disk-attachment	Disk Image Transfer	SSH Transfer	Changed-Block Tracking
Incremental backup	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅
File-level restore	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
VM disk exclusion	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅
Snapshot management	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Quiesced snapshot	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Pre/post snapshot command execution	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Backup disks sharable 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-attachment	Disk Image Transfer	SSH Transfer
Minimum version	4.3+	4.3+	4.3+
Status	In operation	In operation	In operation (preferred)
Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups	yes	yes	yes
Hypervisor OS access needed	no	no	yes
Proxy VM needed	yes	no	no
Key Caveats	full backup only disk attachment process may be slow	data transfer via Manager	access to he hypervisor needed

Feature	Disk-attachment	Disk Image Transfer	SSH Transfer
Incremental backup	❌	✅	✅
File-level restore	✅	✅	✅
VM disk exclusion	✅	✅	✅
Snapshot management	✅	✅	✅
Quiesced snapshot	✅	✅	✅
Pre/post snapshot command execution	✅	✅	✅
Backup disks sharable 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 repository	SSH 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

Feature	Export storage repository	SSH Transfer
Incremental backup	❌	✅
File-level restore	✅	✅
VM disk exclusion	✅	✅
Snapshot management	✅	✅
Quiesced snapshot	✅	✅
Pre/post snapshot command execution	✅	✅
Backup disks sharable 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

Feature	SSH Transfer
Incremental backup	✅
File-level restore	✅
VM disk exclusion	✅
Snapshot management	❌
Quiesced snapshot	❌ (hypervisor-dependent)
Pre/post snapshot command execution	✅
Backup disks sharable over iSCSI	✅
Name-based policy assignment	✅
Tag-based policy assignment	❌
Available space for snapshot check	❌ (hypervisor-dependent)
Power-on VM after restore	✅

OpenStack

	Disk-attachment	SSH Transfer
Minimum version	Queens	Queens, QEMU 2.1+ (qcow2-based VMs need libvirt with block commit feature)
Status	In operation (preferred)	In operation
Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups	yes	yes
Hypervisor OS access needed	no	yes
Proxy VM needed	yes	no
Key Caveats	incremental backups only for Ceph RBD-based VMs	only QCOW2 based disks supported

Feature	Disk-attachment	SSH Transfer
Incremental backup	✅ (Ceph RBD volumes only)	✅
File-level restore	✅	✅
VM disk exclusion	✅	✅
Snapshot management	❌	❌
Quiesced snapshot	❌ (hypervisor-dependent)	❌ (hypervisor-dependent)
Pre/post snapshot command execution	✅	✅
Backup disks sharable over iSCSI	✅	✅ (RAW file/LVM only)
Name-based policy assignment	✅	✅
Tag-based policy assignment	❌	❌
Available space for snapshot check	❌ (hypervisor-dependent)	❌ (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

Feature	Export storage repository
Incremental backup	❌
File-level restore	✅
VM disk exclusion	✅
Snapshot management	❌
Quiesced snapshot	❌
Pre/post snapshot command execution	❌
Backup disks sharable 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

Feature	Single image (XVA)	Changed-block Tracking
Incremental backup	✅	✅
File-level restore	❌	✅
VM disk exclusion	❌	✅
Snapshot management	✅	✅
Quiesced snapshot	✅	✅
Pre/post snapshot command execution	✅	✅
Backup disks sharable 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

Feature	Single image (XVA)	Changed-block Tracking
Incremental backup	✅	✅
File-level restore	❌	✅
VM disk exclusion	❌	✅
Snapshot management	✅	✅
Quiesced snapshot	✅	✅
Pre/post snapshot command execution	✅	✅
Backup disks sharable 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

Feature	Changed Block Tracking
Incremental backup	✅
File-level restore	✅
VM disk exclusion	✅
Snapshot management	✅
Quiesced snapshot	❌
Pre/post snapshot command execution	✅
Backup disks sharable 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

Feature	Helper 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)
Backup disks sharable 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	✅

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

Feature	Helper 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)
Backup disks sharable 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	✅

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

Feature	Export storage repository
Incremental backup	❌
File-level restore	❌
VM disk exclusion	✅
Snapshot management	✅
Quiesced snapshot	❌
Pre/post snapshot command execution	✅
Backup disks sharable 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

AWS EC2

	Disk attachment
Minimum version	N/A
Status	In operation (preferred)
Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups	yes
Hypervisor OS access needed	no
Proxy VM needed	yes

Feature	Disk attachment
Incremental backup	❌
File-level restore	✅
VM disk exclusion	✅
Snapshot management	✅
Quiesced snapshot	❌
Pre/post snapshot command execution	✅
Backup disks sharable over iSCSI	✅
Name-based policy assignment	✅
Tag-based policy assignment	✅
Available space for snapshot check	❌
Power-on VM after restore	✅

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

Feature	Mounted 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

Feature	File 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

Feature	Base
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

Feature	Disk-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	✅

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 vProtect node, which also runs on CentOS 8 operating system.