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IBM Storage Defender Data Protect: Third-Party Software Support Matrix

Detailed System Requirements


Abstract

This page details the IBM Storage Defender Data Protect support for third-party software versions.

Content

The versions specified in the following matrix include their respective minor release versions.
Example: Version 7.1.2 support is also applicable for 7.1.2a, 7.1.2b, and the latest 7.1.2x versions.

Legends:

  • Supported
  • X Not Supported.


Detailed information on the release of specific supported software can be found in the IBM Storage Defender documentation.

Notes:

  1. To find which Data Protect levels are in support and which reached EOS, see Data Protect levels support information.
  2. The Data Protect 7.1.2 level enables customers to migrate from CentOS 7.9 to RHEL 7.9. See also IBM Storage Defender: Data Protect 7.1.2 upgrade available.


 

Kubernetes Cluster

 7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Vanilla Kubernetes 1.31 - 1.34XX
Vanilla Kubernetes 1.23 - 1.30
Vanilla Kubernetes 1.14 - 1.21
Red Hat OpenShift 4.19XX
Red Hat OpenShift 4.4 - 4.18
VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKGm, multi-cloud version) 1.2.1
VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKGm, multi-cloud version) 1.3.0
VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKGm, multi-cloud version) 1.4.0
VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKGm, multi-cloud version) 1.5.3
VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKGm, multi-cloud version) 1.5.4
VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKGm, multi-cloud version) 1.6.0
VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKGm, multi-cloud version) 1.6.1
VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Service 1.19
Rancher (RKE2) 1.32XX
Velero 1.15.0XXX
Velero 1.12.2XXXX
Velero 1.8.1
Velero 1.4XXX

Note:

  • Vanilla Kubernetes 1.22 - 1.26 is an Early Access feature. Contact IBM Support to enable the features.
  • Red Hat OpenShift 4.15 is supported only from 7.1.2_u1_p2, and 7.1.2_u2.
  • Red Hat OpenShift 4.16 is supported only from 7.1.2_u2.
  • Red Hat OpenShift 4.19 is supported only from 7.1.2_u5, and 7.2.2_u1.



 

KubeVirt

 7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Red Hat OpenShift 4.17 - 4.18XXX



 

Microsoft Applications

Active Directory

 7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Windows Server 2025XX
Windows Server 2022
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2


 

Microsoft Exchange On-Prem

 7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Exchange Server 2019
Exchange Server 2016
Exchange Server SE 2025


 

SQL Server

 7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
SQL Server 2022
SQL Server 2019
SQL Server 2017
SQL Server 2016
SQL Server Express 2019
SQL Server Express 2017
SQL Server Express 2016


 

Microsoft SharePoint

 7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019



 

NAS

 7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Dell EMC Isilon 9.10.x, 9.11.xXX
Dell EMC Isilon 9.9.xX
Dell EMC Isilon 9.8.xXXX
Dell EMC Isilon - 9.0.x - 9.4.x, 9.5.x, 9.7.x
NetApp ONTAP Cluster-Mode - 8.2, 8.3, 9.3, 9.5 - 9.8, 9.9.1, 9.10.x, 9.11.x, 9.12.x, 9.13.x, 9.14.x, 9.15.x, 9.16.x, 9.17.x
Pure Storage FlashBlade - 2.2.4+, 3.0+, 3.2.x, 4.1.x, 4.4.x
Pure Storage FlashBlade - 4.5.xXX
Elastifile EFS - 3.1.0.31+
IBM GPFS - 4.2.x, 5.0.x, 5.1.x
Generic NAS
All vendors that are supporting NFS (v3) and SMB (v1+)
Generic NAS
All vendors that are supporting NFS (v4.1)



 

NoSQL and Hadoop

Cassandra

 7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Apache Cassandra 4.1
Apache Cassandra 4.0
Apache Cassandra 3.11XXX
Datastax Enterprise 6.9.0X
DataStax Enterprise 6.8.37XX
DataStax Enterprise 6.8
DataStax Enterprise 6.7XXX
DataStax Enterprise 5.1


 

Couchbase

 7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Couchbase 7.2.6XXX
Couchbase 7.2XX
Couchbase 7.1XX
Couchbase 7.0XX
Couchbase 6.6XXX
Couchbase 6.5.1XXX
Couchbase 6.0XXX
Couchbase 5.5.2XXX


 

Hadoop

 7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Cloudera Data Platform (CDP - Private cloud base) 7.1.1 - 7.1.8XXX
Cloudera Data Platform (CDP - Private cloud base) 7.1.7XX
Cloudera Data Platform (CDP - Private cloud base) 7.1.9


 

MongoDB

 7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
MongoDB 8.0
MongoDB 7.0
MongoDB 6.0
MongoDB 5.0XX
MongoDB Ops Manager7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
8.0.8, 8.0.10 - 8.0.16XXX

Note: MongoDB Ops Manager is supported only from 7.2.2_u2.

 

Oracle

Oracle adapter

Oracle Versions7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Oracle 23c, 21c, 19c, 18c, 12cR1, 12cR2, and 11gR2


 

Oracle SBT plug-in

Oracle Versions7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Oracle 23c, 21c, 19c, 18c, 12cR1, 12cR2, and 11gR2

 



 

Physical

Note: Applicable to both file-based and volume-based backups.
 

Linux

 7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
CentOS 6.x, 7.0-7.5, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.3, 9.0
Debian 9.6, 10, 12.x
Oracle Linux (OEL) 6.x, 7.0-7.8, 8.0 - 8.10, 9.0 - 9.6
RHEL 6.4, 6.7+, 7.0 - 7.9, 8.0 - 8.10, 9.0 - 9.6
RHEL 10XXXX
Rocky Linux 8.7 - 8.10, 9.0 - 9.6
Alma Linux 8.10, 9.0 - 9.6
SLES 11 SP4, 12 SP3, SP4, and SP5, 15, 15 SP3, 15 SP4 , SP5, SP6, SP7
openSUSE 15.1, 15.3, 15.4
Ubuntu 14.x, 16.x, 18.x, 19.x, 20.x, 22.04, 23.04, 24.04
Amazon Linux 2
Amazon Linux 2023
Linux PowerPC
Linux on z/ArchitectureXXXX


 

Unix

 7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
AIX 7.3
AIX 7.2
AIX 7.1 TL3 SP0+
AIX 6.1 TL8 and TL9XX
Solaris 10, 11
HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31)


 

Windows

 7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Windows Server 2025 (CORE)
Windows Server 2025
Windows Server 2022 (CORE)
Windows Server 2022
Windows Server 2019 (CORE)
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2016 (CORE)
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2
Windows Server 2008R2
Windows 10 Desktop Edition
Windows 11



 

Red Hat High Availability (Pacemaker) Cluster

Supported versions7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
2.x on RHEL 8.xX
2.x on RHEL 9.xX



 

BMR

Note:

  • Supported both, file-based and block-based backups, starting CoBMR version 9.3 and later.
  • Bare Metal Restore (BMR) is not supported for WSFC roles. However, BMR can be done on the Windows Servers, which are part of the Failover Cluster.
Supported versions7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
CBMR8.6
9.2
9.3
9.4
9.6
CoBMR9.3
9.4
9.5
9.6
9.6.5



 

QStar Archive Storage Manager

 7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
7.0.8061

Note: Supported QStar ASM 7.0.8061 installed on Windows Server 2016, 2019, and 2022.



 

SaaS Applications

Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 SolutionSolution Category7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Exchange OnlineUser Mailboxes
Group Mailboxes
Public Folder
OneDriveOneDrive
Sharepoint OnlineSite Collection
Hub Sites
Team Sites
MS TeamsMS Teams



 

SAP Applications

SAP HANA (Plug-in Using Remote adapter / SAP Tools)

Intel x867.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
SAP HANA 2.0 SPS07 or earlier
SAP HANA 2.0 SPS08
RHEL 8+, 9+
RHEL 7.2+
SLES 12 SP2+, 15 SP1+
Power Server (Little Endian only)7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
SAP HANA 2.0 SPS7 and later
RHEL 7.2+
SLES 12 SP2+


 

SAP on Oracle (BACKINT plug-in Using Remote Adapter / SAP BRTOOLS)

Oracle7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
11gR2
12cR1
18c
19c



 

SAP Databases

SAP HANA

SAP HANA7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
SAP HANA 2.0 SPS07 or earlier
SAP HANA 2.0 SPS08


 

SAP Sybase IQ

SAP Sybase IQ7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
SAP Sybase IQ 16.0 SP11 PL28
SAP Sybase IQ 16.1 SP03 PL9
SAP Sybase IQ 16.1 SP04 PL01
SAP Sybase IQ 16.1 SP04 PL09
SAP Sybase IQ 16.1 SP05 PL12


 

SAP Sybase ASE

SAP Sybase ASE7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
SAP Sybase ASE 16.0 SP03 PL11
SAP Sybase ASE 16.0 SP03 PL09
SAP Sybase ASE 16.0 SP03 PL10
SAP Sybase ASE 16.0 SP04


 

SAP on Oracle

SAP on Oracle7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Oracle 11gR2
Oracle 12cR1
Oracle 12cR2
Oracle 18c
Oracle 19c


 

SAP MaxDB

SAP MaxDB7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
MaxDB 7.9.10
MaxDB 7.9.10.12
MaxDB 7.9.11.5X

Note: SAP MaxDB version 7.9.11.5 is supported from 7.1.2_u2 and later.
 

SAP on SQL Server

SAP on SQL Server7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
SAP SQL Server 2022
SAP SQL Server 2019
SAP SQL Server 2017
SAP SQL Server 2016
SAP SQL Server 2014
SAP SQL Server Express 2019
SAP SQL Server Express 2017
SAP SQL Server Express 2016
SAP SQL Server Express 2014



 

IBM Db2

IBM Db27.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
IBM DB2 10.5x
IBM DB2 11.1x
IBM DB2 11.5x
IBM DB2 12.1xXX



 

MySQL EE

MySQL EE7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
MySQL EE 8.0.x Commercial Edition



 

CockroachDB

CockroachDB7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
CockroachDB 20.1
CockroachDB 20.2



 

Percona MySQL

Percona MySQL7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
8.0.xXXXX
8.4.xXXXX
9.1.xXXXX



 

PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
17
16
12.x, 13.x, 14.x, and 15.x
11.xXX
PostgreSQL EDB7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
11.x, 12.x, and 14.x
15
16
17



 

Virtualization

Microsoft Hyper-V

 7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Windows Server 2025 managed by SCVMM 2025
Windows Server 2019 managed by SCVMM 2019
Windows Server 2016 managed by SCVMM 2016
Windows Server 2012 R2 managed by SCVMM 2012 R2
Hyper-V 2025 standalone host or failover cluster
Hyper-V 2022 standalone host or failover cluster
Hyper-V 2019 standalone host or failover cluster
Hyper-V 2016 standalone host or failover cluster
Hyper-V 2012 R2 standalone host or failover cluster


 

Nutanix Acropolis

 7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
AOS 7.3.xXX
AOS 7.1XXX
AOS 7.0.1XX
AOS 6.10.xX
AOS 6.8
AOS 6.5.x
AOS 5.20
AOS 5.19.1
AOS 5.1.1, 5.5.3.1, 5.8.2, 5.10.x, 5.15, 5.16, 5.17.x, 5.18.1

Note: 

  • Dell PowerFlex as external storage is supported with AOS version 7.1.
  • Instant Recovery is not supported with Dell PowerFlex as external storage.


 

Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)

 7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Nutanix Cloud Clusters AHV on AWS
Nutanix Cloud Clusters AHV on Azure


 

VMWare

vSphere7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
vSphere 9.0XXX
vSphere 8.0, 8.0 U1, 8.0 U2, 8.0 U3
vSphere 7.0, 7.0 U1, 7.0 U2, 7.0 U3
vSphere 6.7
vSphere 6.5XX
vSAN + Data Protection7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
vSAN 9.0XXX
vSAN 8.0 U3
vSAN 8.0 U1
vSAN 8.0
vSAN 7.0 U3
vSAN 7.0 U1
vSAN 7.0
vSAN 6.7 U3
vSAN 6.5X
vSAN + File Support7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
vSAN 7.0 U1
vSAN 7.0
vSAN 6.7 U3
vSAN 6.5XX
VMware vCloud Director (vCD)7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
vCD 10.6.1
vCD 10.6
vCD 10.5.1
vCD 10.5
vCD 10.4.2
vCD 10.4.1
vCD 10.4
Snapshot Provider and Version7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Nutanix 5.15
NetApp ONTAP 9.x
Cisco HyperFlex 3.5+
Pure Storage FlashArray 4.10.9, 5.x, 6.x
Nimble Storage 5.0, 5.1, 5.2
IBM Storage FlashSystem
HPE Alletra 5000 6.1, 6.x
HPE Alletra 6000 6.x
VMware Cloud Infrastructure7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
VMware Cloud on AWS (VMC)
Azure VMware Solution (AVS)
Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE)

Note:
- VMware Cloud Infrastructure on AWS and Azure is an Early Access feature. Contact your  IBM Support to enable this feature.
- Contact IBM Support to enable vCD 10.6 for 7.1.2.
- vSAN 8.0 U3 is supported in 7.1.2_u3.
- vSphere/vCenter/ESXi 9 instances within VCF 9 are supported.

 

SAN

SAN7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Pure Storage FlashArray 6.x
Pure Storage FlashArray 4.10.9, 5.x
IBM Storage FlashSystem
- IBM Storage FlashSystem 5045 model
- IBM Storage FlashSystem 5200 model
- IBM Storage FlashSystem 5300 model
- IBM Storage FlashSystem 7300 model
- IBM Storage FlashSystem 9100 model
- IBM Storage FlashSystem 9200 model
- IBM Storage FlashSystem 9500 model
- IBM SAN Volume Controller SA2 and SV2 models
- IBM SAN Volume Controller SV3 model



 

Cloud Services

GCP

GCP Backup and Recovery7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Ubuntu 14.x, 16.x, 18.x, 20.x
RHEL 6.x, 7.x, 8.x
CentOS 6.x, 7.x, 8.x
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, 12
Debian 6.0.0-6.0.8, 7.0.0-7.8.0, 8.0.0
Fedora Server 19-21


 

AWS

AWS EC2 Backup and Recovery7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Ubuntu 14.x, 16.x, 18.x, 20.x
RHEL 6.x, 7.x, 8.x
CentOS 6.x, 7.x, 8.x
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, 12
Debian 6.0.0-6.0.8, 7.0.0-7.8.0, 8.0.0
Fedora Server 19-21
Failover from VMware to AWS7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Windows Server 2022
Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2022
Ubuntu 14.x, 16.x, 18.x, 20.x
RHEL 6.x, 7.x, 8.x
CentOS 6.x, 7.x, 8.x
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, 12
Debian 6.0.0-6.0.8, 7.0.0-7.8.0, 8.0.0
Fedora Server 19-21
Oracle Linux 5.x,6.x,7.x


 

Azure

Azure Backup and Recovery7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2  
Windows Server 2016  
Windows Server 2019  
Ubuntu 14.x, 16.x, 18.x, 20.x  
RHEL 6.x, 7.x, 8.x  
CentOS 6.x, 7.x, 8.x  
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, 12  
Debian 6.0.0-6.0.8, 7.0.0-7.8.0, 8.0.0  
Fedora Server 19-21  
Azure Backup and Recovery7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Windows Server 2022
Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2022
RHEL 6.x, 7.x, 8.x
CentOS 6.x, 7.x, 8.x


 

Azure Stack Hub

Azure Stack Hub versions7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
  • 2102
  • 2008
  • 2005


 

Cloud Spin

CloudSpin from Source to Destination7.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
VMware to AWS
VMware to Azure
HyperV to Azure


 



 

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Document Information

Modified date:
08 December 2025

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