Support Matrix

Backup Destination Support

Filesystem

Backup Provider
Supported version
Random Access
Deduplication
Encryption
Pre/post access command execution

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

Backup Provider
Supported version
Random Access
Deduplication
Encryption
Pre/post access command execution

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

20H2, 21H2, 22H2

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

Feature
20H2, 21H2, 22H2

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

Disk-attachment

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

Feature
Disk-attachment

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

Disk-attachment
Disk Image Transfer
SSH Transfer
Changed-Block Tracking

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.

Feature
Disk-attachment
Disk Image Transfer
SSH Transfer
Changed-Block Tracking

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

Disk-attachment
Disk Image Transfer
SSH Transfer
Changed-Block Tracking

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.

Feature
Disk-attachment
Disk Image Transfer
SSH Transfer
Changed-Block Tracking

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

Disk-attachment
Disk Image Transfer
SSH Transfer
Changed-Block Tracking

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.

Feature
Disk-attachment
Disk Image Transfer
SSH Transfer
Changed-Block Tracking

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

Export storage repository
SSH Transfer

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

Feature
Export storage repository
SSH Transfer

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

SSH Transfer

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

Feature
SSH Transfer

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

Disk-attachment
Disk-attachment CBT
SSH Transfer

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

Feature
Disk-attachment
Disk-attachment CBT
SSH Transfer

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

SSH Transfer

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

Feature
SSH Transfer

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

Disk-attachment CBT

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

Feature
Disk-attachment CBT

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

Export storage repository

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

Feature
Export storage repository

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)

Single image (XVA)
Changed-block Tracking

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

Feature
Single image (XVA)
Changed-block Tracking

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

Single image (XVA)
Changed-block Tracking

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

Feature
Single image (XVA)
Changed-block Tracking

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

Changed Block Tracking

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

Feature
Changed Block Tracking

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

Export Storage Domain
Disk-attachment

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

Feature
Export Storage Domain
Disk-attachment

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

Helper pod/Ceph RBD

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

Feature
Helper pod/Ceph RBD

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

Helper pod/Ceph RBD

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

Feature
Helper pod/Ceph RBD

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)

Export storage repository

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

Feature
Export storage repository

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:

Backup
Item level restore
M365 restore
Restore to another account
Restore to a different path
Restore deleted elements
Restore with overwriting
Download***

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

Disk attachment

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

Feature
Disk attachment
Disk attachment CBT

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

Disk attachment

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

Feature
Disk attachment
Disk attachment CBT

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

Disk attachment

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

Feature
Disk attachment
Disk attachment CBT

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

Mounted 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

Feature
Mounted file system

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)

File shares with CFT

Minimum version

N/A

Status

In operation (preferred)

Last snapshot kept in provider for inc. backups

N/A

Source type

NFS and SMB shares

Feature
File shares with CFT

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

RBD export/RBD-NBD

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

Feature
Base

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

Disk-attachment

Minimum version

N/A

Status

In operation (preferred)

Last snapshot kept in provider for inc. backups

Yes

Source type

Volume group

Feature
Disk-attachment

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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