Oracle Linux

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

• Oracle Linux 8.2

• Oracle Linux 8.1

• Oracle Linux 8.0

• Oracle Linux 7.9

• Oracle Linux 7.8

• Oracle Linux 7.7

• Oracle Linux 7.6

• Oracle Linux 7.5

• Oracle Linux 7.4

• Oracle Linux 7.3

• Oracle Linux 7.2

• Oracle Linux 7.1

• Oracle Linux 6.9

• Oracle Linux 6.8

Table 21a. Available features for Oracle Linux 8.2

Catalogic DPX Master Server Block level support for Linux hosts using UEFI boot is supported.	❌
Device or SAN Device Server	❌
File-level Backup	✅	Extended file system attributes are supported. Only the default uniprocessor or SMP kernel packages provided by the Linux vendor for the distribution are supported.
Block-level Backup	✅	Block backup, IA mapping, and selective restore are supported.
Open File Management	✅	Open file management is supported for block-level backup only.
BMR	❌
NDMP Proxy	❌
VADP Proxy	❌

Table 21b. Available features for Oracle Linux 8.1

Catalogic DPX Master Server Block level support for Linux hosts using UEFI boot is supported.	✅
Device or SAN Device Server	✅
File-level Backup	✅	Extended file system attributes are supported. Only the default uniprocessor or SMP kernel packages provided by the Linux vendor for the distribution are supported.
Block-level Backup	✅
Open File Management	✅	Open file management is supported for block-level backup only.
BMR	❌
NDMP Proxy	❌
VADP Proxy	❌

Table 21c. Available features for Oracle Linux 8.0

Catalogic DPX Master Server Block level support for Linux hosts using UEFI boot is supported.	✅
Device or SAN Device Server	✅
File-level Backup	✅	Extended file system attributes are supported. Only the default uniprocessor or SMP kernel packages provided by the Linux vendor for the distribution are supported.
Block-level Backup	✅	Block backup, IA mapping, selective restore, and volume restore are supported.
Open File Management	✅	Open file management is supported for block-level backup only.
BMR	❌
NDMP Proxy	❌
VADP Proxy	❌

Table 21d. Available features for Oracle Linux 7.9

Catalogic DPX Master Server	❌
Device or SAN Device Server	❌
File-level Backup	✅	Extended file system attributes are supported. Only the default uniprocessor or SMP kernel packages provided by the Linux vendor for the distribution are supported.
Block-level Backup	✅	Block backup, IA mapping, selective restore, and Instant Virtualization are supported.
Open File Management	✅	Open file management is supported for block-level backup only.
BMR	❌
NDMP Proxy	❌
VADP Proxy	❌

Table 21e. Available features for Oracle Linux 7.8

Catalogic DPX Master Server	✅
Device or SAN Device Server	✅
File-level Backup	✅	Extended file system attributes are supported. Only the default uniprocessor or SMP kernel packages provided by the Linux vendor for the distribution are supported.
Block-level Backup	✅	Block backup, IA mapping, selective restore, volume restore, and Instant Virtualization are supported.
Open File Management	✅	Open file management is supported for block-level backup only.
BMR	✅
NDMP Proxy	❌
VADP Proxy	✅

Table 21f. Available features for Oracle Linux 7.7

Catalogic DPX Master Server	✅
Device or SAN Device Server	✅
File-level Backup	✅	Extended file system attributes are supported. Only the default uniprocessor or SMP kernel packages provided by the Linux vendor for the distribution are supported.
Block-level Backup	✅	Block backup, IA mapping, selective restore, volume restore, and Instant Virtualization are supported.
Open File Management	✅	Open file management is supported for block-level backup only.
BMR	❌
NDMP Proxy	✅
VADP Proxy	✅

Table 21g. Available features for Oracle Linux 7.6

Catalogic DPX Master Server	❌
Device or SAN Device Server	❌
File-level Backup	✅	Extended file system attributes are supported. Only the default uniprocessor or SMP kernel packages provided by the Linux vendor for the distribution are supported.
Block-level Backup	✅	Block backup, IA mapping, selective restore, volume restore, and Instant Virtualization are supported.
Open File Management	✅	Open file management is supported for block-level backup only.
BMR	❌
NDMP Proxy	✅
VADP Proxy	✅

Table 21h. Available features for Oracle Linux 7.5

Catalogic DPX Master Server	❌
Device or SAN Device Server	❌
File-level Backup	✅	Extended file system attributes are supported. Only the default uniprocessor or SMP kernel packages provided by the Linux vendor for the distribution are supported.
Block-level Backup	✅	Block backup, IA mapping, selective restore, volume restore, and Instant Virtualization are supported.
Open File Management	✅	Open file management is supported for block-level backup only.
BMR	❌
NDMP Proxy	✅
VADP Proxy	✅

Table 21i. Available features for Oracle Linux 7.4

Catalogic DPX Master Server	✅
Device or SAN Device Server	✅
File-level Backup	✅	Extended file system attributes are supported. Only the default uniprocessor or SMP kernel packages provided by the Linux vendor for the distribution are supported.
Block-level Backup	✅
Open File Management	✅	Open file management is supported for block-level backup only.
BMR	❌
NDMP Proxy	❌
VADP Proxy	❌

Table 21j. Available features for Oracle Linux 7.3

Catalogic DPX Master Server	✅
Device or SAN Device Server	✅
File-level Backup	✅	Extended file system attributes are supported. Only the default uniprocessor or SMP kernel packages provided by the Linux vendor for the distribution are supported.
Block-level Backup	✅
Open File Management	✅	Open file management is supported for block-level backup only.
BMR	❌
NDMP Proxy	❌
VADP Proxy	❌

Table 21k. Available features for Oracle Linux 7.2

Catalogic DPX Master Server	✅
Device or SAN Device Server	✅
File-level Backup	✅	Extended file system attributes are supported. Only the default uniprocessor or SMP kernel packages provided by the Linux vendor for the distribution are supported.
Block-level Backup	❌
Open File Management	✅	Open file management is supported for block-level backup only.
BMR	❌
NDMP Proxy	❌
VADP Proxy	❌

Table 21l. Available features for Oracle Linux 7.1

Catalogic DPX Master Server Block level support for Linux hosts using UEFI boot is supported. The libnsl library must be installed for DPX client support.	✅
Device or SAN Device Server	✅
File-level Backup	✅	Extended file system attributes are supported. Only the default uniprocessor or SMP kernel packages provided by the Linux vendor for the distribution are supported.
Block-level Backup	❌
Open File Management	✅	Open file management is supported for block-level backup only.
BMR	❌
NDMP Proxy	❌
VADP Proxy	❌

Table 21m. Available features for Oracle Linux 6.9

Catalogic DPX Master Server	✅
Device or SAN Device Server	✅
File-level Backup	✅	Extended file system attributes are supported. Only the default uniprocessor or SMP kernel packages provided by the Linux vendor for the distribution are supported.
Block-level Backup	❌
Open File Management	✅	Open file management is supported for block-level backup only.
BMR	❌
NDMP Proxy	❌
VADP Proxy	❌

Table 21n. Available features for Oracle Linux 6.8

Catalogic DPX Master Server	✅
Device or SAN Device Server	✅
File-level Backup	✅	Extended file system attributes are supported. Only the default uniprocessor or SMP kernel packages provided by the Linux vendor for the distribution are supported.
Block-level Backup	❌
Open File Management	✅	Open file management is supported for block-level backup only.
BMR	❌
NDMP Proxy	❌
VADP Proxy	❌