CentOS Linux

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

• CentOS Linux 8.2–8.3
• CentOS Linux 8.0–8.1
• CentOS Linux 7.7–7.9
• CentOS Linux 7.5–7.6

Available features for CentOS Linux 8.2–8.3

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	❌
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 CentOS Linux 8.0–8.1

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 CentOS Linux 7.7–7.9

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 CentOS Linux 7.5–7.6

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.