Additional Prerequisites for Installing the Catalogic DPX Client on Linux

Some Linux distributions that are listed in the Catalogic DPX Compatibility Guide support the Block Data Protection in addition to the file-level protection. Review the following additional prerequisites before installing the Catalogic DPX Client on Linux to enable the Block Data Protection:

• The storage volume to install the Catalogic DPX Client for Linux must be part of an LVM group.

• The physical extent (PE) of the LVM volume group to install the Catalogic DPX Client for Linux must have free PE of at least 10%.

Tip. Enable the Block Data Protection option so that you can use the block-level snapshot technology which backed up only updated blocks. The Block Data Protection may reduce backup time, transmission loads, CPU impacts, and storage requirements.

If you opt out for this option, Catalogic DPX protects data by using the file-level backup instead.

• Do not attempt to install the Catalogic DPX Client for Linux on FreeBSD with the Linux emulation.