File-level restore environment requirements

A file-level restore operation requires a Microsoft Windows system and a Linux system that function as mount proxy systems.

Windows mount proxy system requirements

The following applications must be installed and configured on the Windows mount proxy system:
  • One of the following Microsoft Windows 64-bit operating systems:
    • 64-bit Microsoft Windows 2008 SP 1, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, Storage, Storage R2, Small Business, and Essential Business editions
    • 64-bit Microsoft Windows 2008 R2, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, Storage, Storage R2, Small Business, and Essential Business editions
    • 64-bit Microsoft Windows 2012 Server
  • Tivoli® Storage Manager backup-archive client Version 7.1.1.
  • Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments Version 7.1.1: Tivoli Storage Manager recovery agent.
  • Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments Version 7.1.1: Data Protection for VMware vSphere GUI.
  • Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator 2.08.

    The iSCSI service must be running during the virtual machine disk mount operation and the file-level restore operation. By default, the iSCSI service is started manually. If the system where this service is running restarts, the iSCSI service must be restarted manually.

Linux mount proxy system requirements

The following applications must be installed and configured on the Linux mount proxy system:
  • One of the following Linux 64-bit operating systems:
    • 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Desktop, Advanced Platform Server
    • 64-bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, Desktop, Server
  • Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive client Version 7.1.1.
  • iSCSI Initiator 6.2 for Linux.

    The iSCSI service must be running during the virtual machine disk mount operation and the file-level restore operation. By default, the iSCSI service is started manually. If the system where this service is running restarts, the iSCSI service must be restarted manually.

Guest virtual machines on Linux

All Linux guest operating systems are supported if the Linux mount proxy system is able to mount the file systems and expose them into the original virtual machine through NFS. Data Protection for VMware

Linux
The following Linux file systems and volume managers are supported:
  • Standard Linux partitions
  • LVM2
  • RAID

    When a Linux RedHat system mounts a Linux system with RAID devices, and part of the RAID volumes is missing, no error message displays to warn of this issue. This issue typically occurs when either one or more disks were excluded during a virtual machine backup or a device is corrupted.

  • All standard Linux file system types (with or without LVM). For example:
    • ext2/ext3/ext4
    • ReiserFS
    • XFS
    • Btfrs
    Linux file system types that require extra software are not supported. VxFS and GPFS are examples of such unsupported file types.

Guest virtual machines on Windows

All Windows guest operating systems are supported if the Tivoli Storage Manager recovery agent can mount their disks and expose them into the original virtual machine through CIFS. Data Protection for VMware

The following Windows disk types and layouts are supported:
  • MBR partitions
  • GPT partitions
  • basic disks
  • dynamic disks (including mirrored, striped, and RAID)
  • FAT
  • NTFS
  • ReFS