CentOS Linux
Review the following table and notes to ensure that you are using the supported version of CentOS Linux:
Table 20a. Available features for CentOS Linux 8.2
Catalogic DPX Master Server | ❌ | |
Device or SAN Device Server | ✅ | |
File-level Backup | ✅ | |
Block-level Backup | ✅ | |
Java-based DPX Management UI | ❌ | |
Open File Management | ✅ | Open file management is supported for block-level backup only. |
Image Backup for Seeding | ❌ | |
BMR | ❌ | |
NDMP Proxy | ✅ | |
Cluster Support | ❌ | |
Supported File Systems for Block Backup | Ext3 | |
Ext4 | ||
XFS | XFS BLI support requires V7.2 or later; 64-bit inodes are not supported. |
Table 20b. Available features for CentOS Linux 8.1
Catalogic DPX Master Server | ❌ | |
Device or SAN Device Server | ✅ | |
File-level Backup | ✅ | |
Block-level Backup | ✅ | |
Java-based DPX Management UI | ❌ | |
Open File Management | ✅ | Open file management is supported for block-level backup only. |
Image Backup for Seeding | ❌ | |
BMR | ❌ | |
NDMP Proxy | ✅ | |
Cluster Support | ❌ | |
Supported File Systems for Block Backup | Ext3 | |
Ext4 | ||
XFS | XFS BLI support requires V7.2 or later; 64-bit inodes are not supported. |
Table 20c. Available features for CentOS Linux 8.0
Catalogic DPX Master Server | ❌ | |
Device or SAN Device Server | ✅ | |
File-level Backup | ✅ | |
Block-level Backup | ✅ | |
Java-based DPX Management UI | ❌ | |
Open File Management | ✅ | Open file management is supported for block-level backup only. |
Image Backup for Seeding | ❌ | |
BMR | ❌ | |
NDMP Proxy | ✅ | |
Cluster Support | ❌ | |
Supported File Systems for Block Backup | Ext3 | |
Ext4 | ||
XFS | XFS BLI support requires V7.2 or later; 64-bit inodes are not supported. |
Table 20d. Available features for CentOS Linux 7.9
Catalogic DPX Master Server | ✅ | |
Device or SAN Device Server | ✅ | |
File-level Backup | ✅ | |
Block-level Backup | ✅ | |
Java-based DPX Management UI | ❌ | |
Open File Management | ✅ | Open file management is supported for block-level backup only. |
Image Backup for Seeding | ❌ | |
BMR | ✅ | For BMR: a) Restoring to IDE or GPT disks on the target machine is not supported, however DPX 4.5.1 and later supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS Linux 7.3 and 7.4 using UEFI boot with GPT disk; b) Recovery to dissimilar hardware is supported but manual driver installation may be needed; d) The physical disk size on the target machine must be less than 2 TB; e) Linux BMR support when the whole system is on multipath device is not supported. BMR for Linux using UEFI boot is unsupported. |
NDMP Proxy | ✅ | |
Cluster Support | ❌ | |
Supported File Systems for Block Backup | Ext3 | |
Ext4 | ||
XFS | XFS BLI support requires V7.2 or later; 64-bit inodes are not supported. |
Table 20e. Available features for CentOS Linux 7.8
Catalogic DPX Master Server | ✅ | |
Device or SAN Device Server | ✅ | |
File-level Backup | ✅ | |
Block-level Backup | ✅ | |
Java-based DPX Management UI | ❌ | |
Open File Management | ✅ | Open file management is supported for block-level backup only. |
Image Backup for Seeding | ❌ | |
BMR | ✅ | For BMR: a) Restoring to IDE or GPT disks on the target machine is not supported, however DPX 4.5.1 and later supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS Linux 7.3 and 7.4 using UEFI boot with GPT disk; b) Recovery to dissimilar hardware is supported but manual driver installation may be needed; d) The physical disk size on the target machine must be less than 2 TB; e) Linux BMR support when the whole system is on multipath device is not supported. BMR for Linux using UEFI boot is unsupported. |
NDMP Proxy | ✅ | |
Cluster Support | ❌ | |
Supported File Systems for Block Backup | Ext3 | |
Ext4 | ||
XFS | XFS BLI support requires V7.2 or later; 64-bit inodes are not supported. |
Table 20f. Available features for CentOS Linux 7.7
Catalogic DPX Master Server | ✅ | |
Device or SAN Device Server | ✅ | |
File-level Backup | ✅ | |
Block-level Backup | ✅ | |
Java-based DPX Management UI | ❌ | |
Open File Management | ✅ | Open file management is supported for block-level backup only. |
Image Backup for Seeding | ❌ | |
BMR | ✅ | For BMR: a) Restoring to IDE or GPT disks on the target machine is not supported, however DPX 4.5.1 and later supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS Linux 7.3 and 7.4 using UEFI boot with GPT disk; b) Recovery to dissimilar hardware is supported but manual driver installation may be needed; d) The physical disk size on the target machine must be less than 2 TB; e) Linux BMR support when the whole system is on multipath device is not supported. BMR for Linux using UEFI boot is unsupported. |
NDMP Proxy | ✅ | |
Cluster Support | ❌ | |
Supported File Systems for Block Backup | Ext3 | |
Ext4 | ||
XFS | XFS BLI support requires V7.2 or later; 64-bit inodes are not supported. |
Table 20g. Available features for CentOS Linux 7.6
Catalogic DPX Master Server | ❌ | |
Device or SAN Device Server | ✅ | |
File-level Backup | ✅ | |
Block-level Backup | ✅ | |
Java-based DPX Management UI | ❌ | |
Open File Management | ✅ | Open file management is supported for block-level backup only. |
Image Backup for Seeding | ❌ | |
BMR | ✅ | For BMR: a) Restoring to IDE or GPT disks on the target machine is not supported, however DPX 4.5.1 and later supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS Linux 7.3 and 7.4 using UEFI boot with GPT disk; b) Recovery to dissimilar hardware is supported but manual driver installation may be needed; d) The physical disk size on the target machine must be less than 2 TB; e) Linux BMR support when the whole system is on multipath device is not supported. BMR for Linux using UEFI boot is unsupported. |
NDMP Proxy | ✅ | |
Cluster Support | ❌ | |
Supported File Systems for Block Backup | Ext3 | |
Ext4 | ||
XFS | XFS BLI support requires V7.2 or later; 64-bit inodes are not supported. |
Table 20h. Available features for CentOS Linux 7.5
Catalogic DPX Master Server | ❌ | |
Device or SAN Device Server | ✅ | |
File-level Backup | ✅ | |
Block-level Backup | ✅ | |
Java-based DPX Management UI | ✅ | |
Open File Management | ✅ | Open file management is supported for block-level backup only. |
Image Backup for Seeding | ❌ | |
BMR | ✅ | For BMR: a) Restoring to IDE or GPT disks on the target machine is not supported, however DPX 4.5.1 and later supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS Linux 7.3 and 7.4 using UEFI boot with GPT disk; b) Recovery to dissimilar hardware is supported but manual driver installation may be needed; d) The physical disk size on the target machine must be less than 2 TB; e) Linux BMR support when the whole system is on multipath device is not supported. BMR for Linux using UEFI boot is unsupported. |
NDMP Proxy | ✅ | |
Cluster Support | ❌ | |
Supported File Systems for Block Backup | Ext3 | |
Ext4 | ||
XFS | XFS BLI support requires V7.2 or later; 64-bit inodes are not supported. |
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