SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)

Review the following table and notes to ensure that you are using the supported version of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server:

Available features for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-5, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-5

Catalogic DPX Master Server

Device or SAN Device Server

File-level Backup

Block-level Backup

  • Block backup, IA mapping, selective restore, and volume restore are supported.

  • Instant Virtualization is not supported.

BMR

NDMP Proxy

Cluster

Supported File Systems for Block Backup

EXT

XFS

  • DPX file-level backup is supported with most OS-supported file systems. Extended file system attributes are supported with EXT4/3/2 and XFS. File-level backup for XFS file system is not supported for partitions above 1 TB; use block-level backup technology to back up XFS partitions more than 1 TB.

  • XFS BLI support requires V7.2 or later. 64-bit inodes are not supported.

Available features for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-3

Catalogic DPX Master Server

Device or SAN Device Server

File-level Backup

Block-level Backup

  • Block backup, IA mapping, selective restore, and volume restore are supported.

  • Instant Virtualization is not supported.

  • BMR is supported.

BMR

  • The physical disk size on the target machine must be less than 2 TB.

  • Not compatible with devices using multipath.

NDMP Proxy

Cluster

Supported File Systems for Block Backup

EXT

XFS

  • DPX file-level backup is supported with most OS-supported file systems. Extended file system attributes are supported with EXT4/3/2 and XFS. File-level backup for XFS file system is not supported for partitions above 1 TB; use block-level backup technology to back up XFS partitions more than 1 TB.

  • XFS BLI support requires V7.2 or later. 64-bit inodes are not supported.

Available features for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SP1

Catalogic DPX Master Server

Device or SAN Device Server

File-level Backup

Block-level Backup

  • Block backup, IA mapping, selective restore, and volume restore are supported.

  • Instant Virtualization is not supported.

BMR

NDMP Proxy

Cluster

Supported File Systems for Block Backup

EXT

XFS

  • DPX file-level backup is supported with most OS-supported file systems. Extended file system attributes are supported with EXT4/3/2 and XFS. File-level backup for XFS file system is not supported for partitions above 1 TB; use block-level backup technology to back up XFS partitions more than 1 TB.

  • XFS BLI support requires V7.2 or later. 64-bit inodes are not supported.

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