Support Matrix
Backup Destination Support
Filesystem
Filesystem (synthetic, XFS)
Linux kernel 4.15+, xfsprogs 4.17+
✅
✅ (built-in VDO)
❌
✅
Catalogic vStor
4.10.0+
✅
✅
✅
✅
isoLayer (synthetic, XFS)
N/A
✅
❌
❌
✅
Huawei OceanProtect
1.2.0+
✅
✅
✅
✅
Object storage
Amazon S3
Current
❌
N/A
✅
✅
S3 compatible
Current
❌
N/A
✅
✅
Cloudian S3
Current
❌
N/A
✅
✅
Alibaba Cloud OSS
Current
❌
N/A
✅
✅
Nutanix Objects
Current
❌
N/A
✅
✅
MS Azure Blob Storage
Current
❌
N/A
✅
✅
OpenStack Swift
API v2
❌
N/A
❌
✅
Scality Ring
6.4+
❌
N/A
Provider dependent
✅
Tape Pools (Technical Preview)
vPlus supports Linear Tape-Open (LTO) tape libraries.
Tape library can't be shared with other software.
If you want share tape library then create separate partition of the tape library for vPlus.
Tape library can be connected by:
Fibre Channel (FC)
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
SCSI
iSCSI
Virtualization Platforms - features and requirements
Virtual Machines
Azure Stack HCI
Minimum version
Windows Server 2019+, supported virtual machine configuration versions = 6.2 and higher
Status
In operation (preferred)
Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups
yes
Hypervisor OS access needed
No
Proxy VM needed
no
Incremental backup
✅
File-level restore
✅
VM disk exclusion
✅
Snapshot management
✅
Quiesced snapshot
✅
Pre/post snapshot command execution
✅
Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI
✅
Name-based policy assignment
✅
Tag-based policy assignment
❌
Available space for snapshot check
Hypervisor dependent
Power-on VM after restore
✅
Nutanix AHV
Minimum version
5.5+ (Intel-only)
Status
In operation
Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups
yes
Hypervisor OS access needed
no
Proxy VM needed
yes
Incremental backup
✅
File-level restore
✅
VM disk exclusion
✅
Snapshot management
✅
Quiesced snapshot
✅
Pre/post snapshot command execution
✅
Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI
✅
Name-based policy assignment
✅
Tag-based policy assignment
✅ (when using Prism Central)
Available space for snapshot check
Hypervisor dependent
Power-on VM after restore
✅
Attention! Backup of VMs with vTPM enabled is not supported.
Red Hat Virtualization
Minimum version
4.0+
4.3+
4.3+
4.4+
Status
In operation
In operation
Deprecated (for hosts 4.5.0+)
In operation (preferred)
Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups
no
yes
yes
no
Hypervisor OS access needed
no
no
yes
no
Proxy VM needed
yes
no
no
no
Key caveats
full backup only
disk attachment process may be slow
data transfer via Manager (<4.4.3)
access to the hypervisor needed
incremental backup require QCOW2 disk format
Attention! Direct LUN disks are not supported.
Incremental backup
❌
✅
✅
✅
File-level restore
✅
✅
✅
✅
VM disk exclusion
✅
✅
✅
✅
Snapshot management
✅
✅
✅
✅
Quiesced snapshot
✅
✅
✅
✅
Pre/post snapshot command execution
✅
✅
✅
✅
Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI
✅
✅ (RAW-only)
✅ (RAW-only)
✅
Name-based policy assignment
✅
✅
✅
✅
Tag-based policy assignment
✅
✅
✅
✅
Available space for snapshot check
✅
✅
✅
✅
Power-on VM after restore
✅
✅
✅
✅
oVirt
Minimum version
4.0+
4.3+
4.3+
4.4+
Status
In operation
In operation
Deprecated (for hosts 4.5.0+)
In operation (preferred)
Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups
no
yes
yes
no
Hypervisor OS access needed
no
no
yes
no
Proxy VM needed
yes
no
no
no
Key Caveats
full backup only
disk attachment process may be slow
data transfer via Manager (<4.4.3)
access to the hypervisor needed
incremental backup require QCOW2 disk format
Attention! Direct LUN disks are not supported.
Incremental backup
❌
✅
✅
✅
File-level restore
✅
✅
✅
✅
VM disk exclusion
✅
✅
✅
✅
Snapshot management
✅
✅
✅
✅
Quiesced snapshot
✅
✅
✅
✅
Pre/post snapshot command execution
✅
✅
✅
✅
Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI
✅
✅ (RAW-only)
✅ (RAW-only)
✅
Name-based policy assignment
✅
✅
✅
✅
Tag-based policy assignment
✅
✅
✅
✅
Available space for snapshot check
✅
✅
✅
✅
Power-on VM after restore
✅
✅
✅
✅
Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager
Minimum version
4.3+
4.3+
4.3+
4.4+
Status
In operation
In operation
Deprecated (for hosts 4.5.0+)
In operation (preferred)
Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups
no
yes
yes
no
Hypervisor OS access needed
no
no
yes
no
Proxy VM needed
yes
no
no
no
Key Caveats
full backup only
disk attachment process may be slow
data transfer via Manager (<4.4.3)
access to he hypervisor needed
incremental backup require QCOW2 disk format
Attention! Direct LUN disks are not supported.
Incremental backup
❌
✅
✅
✅
File-level restore
✅
✅
✅
✅
VM disk exclusion
✅
✅
✅
✅
Snapshot management
✅
✅
✅
✅
Quiesced snapshot
✅
✅
✅
✅
Pre/post snapshot command execution
✅
✅
✅
✅
Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI
✅
✅ (RAW-only)
✅ (RAW-only)
✅
Name-based policy assignment
✅
✅
✅
✅
Tag-based policy assignment
✅
✅
✅
✅
Available space for snapshot check
✅
✅
✅
✅
Power-on VM after restore
✅
✅
✅
✅
Proxmox VE
Minimum version
5.2+
5.2+
Status
In operation
In operation (preferred)
Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups
yes
yes
Hypervisor OS access needed
yes
yes
Proxy VM needed
no
no
Key Caveats
using single image export
file-level restore requires additional image extraction
only QCOW2 based disks supported
synthetic backup destination is not supported
Incremental backup
❌
✅
File-level restore
✅
✅
VM disk exclusion
❌
✅
Snapshot management
✅
✅
Quiesced snapshot
✅
✅
Pre/post snapshot command execution
✅
✅
Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI
❌
✅
Name-based policy assignment
✅
✅
Tag-based policy assignment
❌
❌
Available space for snapshot check
Hypervisor dependent
✅
Power-on VM after restore
✅
✅
KVM/Xen
Minimum version
QEMU 2.1+ (qcow2-based VMs need libvirt with block commit feature), libvirt
Status
In operation (preferred)
Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups
yes
Hypervisor OS access needed
yes
Proxy VM needed
no
VM storage formats
QCOW2/RAW file, Ceph RBD volume, LVM volume, LVM-thin volume
Incremental backup
✅ (unavailable for LVM disks)
File-level restore
✅
VM disk exclusion
✅
Snapshot management
❌
Quiesced snapshot
Hypervisor dependent
Pre/post snapshot command execution
✅
Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI
✅
Name-based policy assignment
✅
Tag-based policy assignment
❌
Available space for snapshot check
Hypervisor dependent
Power-on VM after restore
✅
OpenStack
Minimum version
Queens
Queens
Queens, QEMU 2.1+ (qcow2-based VMs need libvirt with block commit feature)
Status
In operation (preferred)
In operation (preferred)
In operation
Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups
yes
no
yes
Hypervisor OS access needed
no
no
yes
Proxy VM needed
yes
yes
no
Key Caveats
incremental backups only for Ceph RBD-based VMs, requires access to ceph monitors for incremental backup only
higher CPU overhead during export
only QCOW2 based disks supported and Ceph RBD-based VMs, requires access to ceph monitors
Incremental backup
✅ (Ceph RBD volumes only)
✅
✅
File-level restore
✅
✅
✅
VM disk exclusion
✅
✅
✅
Snapshot management
✅ (without reversion)
✅ (without reversion)
❌
Quiesced snapshot
Hypervisor dependent
Hypervisor dependent
Hypervisor dependent
Pre/post snapshot command execution
✅
✅
✅
Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI
✅
✅
✅ (RAW file/LVM only)
Name-based policy assignment
✅
✅
✅
Tag-based policy assignment
✅
✅
✅
Available space for snapshot check
Hypervisor dependent
Hypervisor dependent
Hypervisor dependent
Power-on VM after restore
❌ (always on)
❌ (always on)
❌ (always on)
Virtuozzo
Minimum version
4.7, QEMU 2.1+ (qcow2-based VMs need libvirt with block commit feature)
Status
In operation
Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups
yes
Hypervisor OS access needed
yes
Proxy VM needed
no
Key Caveats
Only QCOW2 based disks supported
Incremental backup
✅
File-level restore
✅
VM disk exclusion
✅
Snapshot management
❌
Quiesced snapshot
Hypervisor dependent
Pre/post snapshot command execution
✅
Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI
✅ (RAW file/LVM only)
Name-based policy assignment
✅
Tag-based policy assignment
✅
Available space for snapshot check
Hypervisor dependent
Power-on VM after restore
❌ (always on)
OpenNebula
Minimum version
6.6.0
Status
In operation (preferred)
Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups
no
Hypervisor OS access needed
no
Proxy VM needed
yes
Key Caveats
higher CPU overhead during export
Incremental backup
✅
File-level restore
✅
VM disk exclusion
✅
Snapshot management
✅
Quiesced snapshot
❌ (hypervisor-dependent)
Pre/post snapshot command execution
✅
Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI
✅
Name-based policy assignment
✅
Tag-based policy assignment
✅
Available space for snapshot check
❌ (hypervisor-dependent)
Power-on VM after restore
❌ (always on)
Oracle VM
Minimum version
3.4+
Status
In operation (preferred)
Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups
N/A
Hypervisor OS access needed
no
Proxy VM needed
no
Incremental backup
❌
File-level restore
✅
VM disk exclusion
✅
Snapshot management
❌
Quiesced snapshot
❌
Pre/post snapshot command execution
❌
Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI
✅
Name-based policy assignment
✅
Tag-based policy assignment
❌
Available space for snapshot check
Hypervisor dependent
Power-on VM after restore
❌
Citrix Hypervisor (XenServer)
Minimum version
6.5+
6.5+ (incremental backup: 7.3+)
Status
In operation
In operation (preferred)
Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups
yes
yes
Hypervisor OS access needed
no
no
Proxy VM needed
no
no
Key Caveats
file-level restore not supported
incremental backups may require Citrix XenServer license
Incremental backup
✅
✅
File-level restore
❌
✅
VM disk exclusion
❌
✅
Snapshot management
✅
✅
Quiesced snapshot
✅
✅
Pre/post snapshot command execution
✅
✅
Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI
❌
✅
Name-based policy assignment
✅
✅
Tag-based policy assignment
✅
✅
Available space for snapshot check
✅
✅
Power-on VM after restore
✅
✅
XCP-ng
Minimum version
7.4+
7.4+
Status
In operation
In operation (preferred)
Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups
yes
yes
Hypervisor OS access needed
no
no
Proxy VM needed
no
no
Key Caveats
file-level restore not supported
Incremental backup
✅ (unavailable when backup destination is of synthetic type)
✅
File-level restore
❌
✅
VM disk exclusion
❌
✅
Snapshot management
✅
✅
Quiesced snapshot
✅
✅
Pre/post snapshot command execution
✅
✅
Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI
❌
✅
Name-based policy assignment
✅
✅
Tag-based policy assignment
✅
✅
Available space for snapshot check
✅
✅
Power-on VM after restore
✅
✅
Huawei FusionCompute
Minimum version
8.0
Status
In operation
Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups
yes
Hypervisor OS access needed
no
Proxy VM needed
no
Incremental backup
✅
File-level restore
✅
VM disk exclusion
✅
Snapshot management
✅
Quiesced snapshot
❌
Pre/post snapshot command execution
✅
Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI
✅
Name-based policy assignment
✅
Tag-based policy assignment
❌
Available space for snapshot check
❌
Power-on VM after restore
❌
SC//Platform
Minimum version
8.9.x
8.9.x
Status
In operation
In operation (preferred)
Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups
no
yes
Hypervisor OS access needed
no
no
Proxy VM needed
no
yes
Incremental backup
❌
✅
File-level restore
❌
✅
VM disk exclusion
✅
✅
Snapshot management
✅
✅
Quiesced snapshot
❌
❌
Pre/post snapshot command execution
✅
✅
Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI
✅
✅
Name-based policy assignment
✅
✅
Tag-based policy assignment
✅
✅
Available space for snapshot check
❌
❌
Power-on VM after restore
✅
✅
Containers - features and requirements
Kubernetes
Minimum version
1.10+
Status
In operation (preferred)
Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups
Yes
Hypervisor OS access needed
no
Proxy VM needed
no
Incremental backup
✅ (when using Ceph RBD as PV)
File-level restore
✅ (when using Ceph RBD as PV)
VM disk exclusion
✅
Snapshot management
❌
Quiesced snapshot
✅ (optional deployment pause)
Pre/post snapshot command execution
✅ (post export)
Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI
✅ (when using Ceph RBD as PV)
Name-based policy assignment
✅
Tag-based policy assignment
✅
Available space for snapshot check
N/A
Power-on VM after restore
✅
StatefulSets support
✅
Red Hat OpenShift
Minimum version
4+
Status
In operation (preferred)
Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups
Yes
Hypervisor OS access needed
no
Proxy VM needed
no
Incremental backup
✅ (when using Ceph RBD as PV)
OpenShift Virtualization
✅
File-level restore
✅ (when using Ceph RBD as PV)
VM disk exclusion
✅
Snapshot management
❌
Quiesced snapshot
✅ (optional deployment pause)
Pre/post snapshot command execution
✅ (post export)
Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI
✅ (when using Ceph RBD as PV)
Name-based policy assignment
✅
Tag-based policy assignment
✅
Available space for snapshot check
N/A
Power-on VM after restore
✅
StatefulSets support
✅
Proxmox VE (Containers - features and requirements)
Minimum version
5+
Status
In operation (preferred)
Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups
No
Hypervisor OS access needed
yes
Proxy VM needed
no
Incremental backup
❌
File-level restore
❌
VM disk exclusion
✅
Snapshot management
✅
Quiesced snapshot
❌
Pre/post snapshot command execution
✅
Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI
❌
Name-based policy assignment
✅
Tag-based policy assignment
❌
Available space for snapshot check
Hypervisor dependent
Power-on VM after restore
✅
Cloud - features and requirements
Microsoft 365
vPlus server supports backups and restores of Microsoft 365 services.
Below you will find detailed information about what Microsoft 365 services can be protected by vPlus server and what restore capabilities it holds:
Mailbox
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
Calendar
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
Contact
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
Archive
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
OneDrive for Business
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
✅
Sites
✅
✅
✅
❌
✅
✅
✅
✅
Pages
✅
✅
✅
❌
✅
✅
✅
✅
List items
✅
✅
✅
❌
✅
✅
✅
✅
Document Libraries
✅
✅
✅
❌
✅
✅
✅
✅
Teams Channel
✅
❌
✅
❌
❌
✅
❌
✅
Teams 1on1
✅
❌
✅
❌
❌
✅
❌
✅
Teams Files
✅
✅
✅
❌
✅
✅
✅
✅
Note. Please also check supported templates and limitations in protection of Microsoft 365.
Note. Go to the Platform Requirements section to learn about platform requirements for vPlus server.
Amazon EC2
Minimum version
N/A
Status
In operation (preferred)
Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups
no
Hypervisor OS access needed
no
Proxy VM needed
yes
Incremental backup
❌
✅
File-level restore
✅
✅
VM disk exclusion
✅
✅
Snapshot management
✅
✅
Quiesced snapshot
❌
❌
Pre/post snapshot command execution
✅
✅
Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI
✅
✅
Name-based policy assignment
✅
✅
Tag-based policy assignment
✅
✅
Available space for snapshot check
❌
❌
Power-on VM after restore
✅
✅
GCP GCE
Minimum version
N/A
Status
In operation (preferred)
Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups
no
Hypervisor OS access needed
no
Proxy VM needed
yes
Incremental backup
❌
✅
File-level restore
✅
✅
VM disk exclusion
✅
✅
Snapshot management
✅
✅
Quiesced snapshot
❌
❌
Pre/post snapshot command execution
✅
✅
Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI
✅
✅
Name-based policy assignment
✅
✅
Tag-based policy assignment
✅
✅
Available space for snapshot check
❌
❌
Power-on VM after restore
❌ (always on)
❌ (always on)
Azure Cloud
Minimum version
N/A
Status
In operation (preferred)
Last snapshot kept on hypervisor for inc. backups
no
Hypervisor OS access needed
no
Proxy VM needed
yes
Incremental backup
❌
✅
File-level restore
✅
✅
VM disk exclusion
✅
✅
Snapshot management
❌
❌
Quiesced snapshot
❌
❌
Pre/post snapshot command execution
✅
✅
Disk backups can be shared over iSCSI
✅
✅
Name-based policy assignment
✅
✅
Tag-based policy assignment
✅
✅
Available space for snapshot check
❌
❌
Power-on VM after restore
❌ (always on)
❌ (always on)
Storage Providers - features and requirements
File system
Minimum version
N/A
Status
In operation (preferred)
Last snapshot kept in provider for inc. backups
N/A
Source type
any POSIX-compliant file system mounted on the node
Incremental backup
✅
Incremental backup change source
file scan (file modification time/size)
File-level restore
✅
Snapshot management
❌
Pre/post snapshot command execution
✅
Backups sharable over iSCSI
✅
Name-based policy assignment
❌
Nutanix Files (AFS)
Minimum version
N/A
Status
In operation (preferred)
Last snapshot kept in provider for inc. backups
N/A
Source type
NFS and SMB shares
Incremental backup
✅
Incremental backup change source
CFT API
File-level restore
✅
Snapshot management
❌
Pre/post snapshot command execution
✅
Backups sharable over iSCSI
✅
Name-based policy assignment
✅
Ceph RBD
Minimum version
Red Hat Ceph Storage 4.0+, Ceph nautilus+
Status
In operation (preferred)
Last snapshot kept in provider for inc. backups
Yes
Source type
RBD volume
Incremental backup
✅
Incremental backup change source
RBD snap-diff
File-level restore
✅
Snapshot management
✅
Pre/post snapshot command execution
✅
Backups sharable over iSCSI
✅
Name-based policy assignment
✅
Nutanix Volume Groups
Minimum version
N/A
Status
In operation (preferred)
Last snapshot kept in provider for inc. backups
Yes
Source type
Volume group
Incremental backup
✅
Incremental backup change source
CBT API
File-level restore
✅
Snapshot management
✅
Pre/post snapshot command execution
✅
Backups sharable over iSCSI
✅
Name-based policy assignment
✅
File-level-restore: When backing up CentOS 8 with a disk with the GPT partition scheme, you can use file-level restore only on the vPlus node, which also runs on CentOS 8 operating system.
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