Alma Linux
Review the tables and notes below to ensure that you are using the supported version of Alma Linux:
Available features for Alma Linux 9.1–9.4
| 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 Alma Linux 9.0
| 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 |
Available features for Alma Linux 8.8–8.9
| 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 Alma Linux 8.7
| 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 Alma Linux 8.6
| 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. |
Available features for Alma Linux 8.5
| 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 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. |