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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

 7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Vanilla Kubernetes 1.36✔✔✔✔✔✔XXX
Vanilla Kubernetes 1.35✔✔✔✔✔✔XX✔
Vanilla Kubernetes 1.31 - 1.34✔✔✔✔✔✔XX✔
Vanilla Kubernetes 1.23 - 1.30✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Vanilla Kubernetes 1.14 - 1.21✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Red Hat OpenShift 4.22X✔XXXXXXX
Red Hat OpenShift 4.20, 4.21✔✔✔XX✔XXX
Red Hat OpenShift 4.19✔✔✔✔✔✔XX✔
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) 1.35✔✔✔XX✔XX✔
Rancher (RKE2) 1.34✔✔✔XX✔XX✔
Rancher (RKE2) 1.33XXX✔✔✔XX✔
Rancher (RKE2) 1.32✔✔✔✔✔✔XX✔
Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) 2.17.x✔✔✔✔X✔✔XX
Velero 1.15.0✔✔✔✔✔✔XXX
Velero 1.12.2XXXXXX✔XX
Velero 1.8.1✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Velero 1.4XXXXXXX✔✔

Note:

  • 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.
  • Red Hat OpenShift 4.20  is supported only from 7.3.2_p1 and 7.2.2_u2_p3.
  • Rancher 1.34 is supported only from 7.1.2_u6 and 7.2.2_u2_p2.
  • Rancher (RKE2) and Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) managed Kubernetes clusters are not listed as separate options during registration. These clusters are supported as upstream Kubernetes distributions. Select Mainline to proceed with the registration.



 

KubeVirt

 7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Red Hat OpenShift 4.22X✔XXXXXXX
Red Hat OpenShift 4.20, 4.21✔✔✔XXXXXX
Red Hat OpenShift 4.19✔✔✔✔✔XXXX
Red Hat OpenShift 4.17 - 4.18✔✔✔✔✔✔XXX

Note:

  • Red Hat OpenShift 4.17 and 4.18 are supported only from 7.2.2_u2.
  • Red Hat OpenShift 4.20 is supported only from 7.3.2_p1.
  • Red Hat OpenShift 4.21 is supported only from 7.3.2_p1.
  • Red Hat OpenShift 4.22 is supported only from 7.4_p2.

     

Microsoft Applications

Active Directory

 7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Windows Server 2025✔✔✔✔✔✔XX✔
Windows Server 2022✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Windows Server 2019✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Windows Server 2016✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔


 

Microsoft Exchange On-Prem

 7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Exchange Server 2019✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Exchange Server 2016✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Exchange Server SE 2025✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔


 

SQL Server

 7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
SQL Server 2025✔✔✔✔XXXXX
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

 7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔



 

S3-Compatible Storage

Note: The following S3-compatible storage systems for data protection has been qualified. However, any S3-compatible storage that adheres to the AWS S3 protocol is supported for data protection.

 7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Dell EMC ECS 3.8.1.2.140142.3df35ef5802✔✔✔✔✔✔XXX
Pure Storage Flashblade 3.3.7, 4.5.6✔✔✔✔✔✔XXX
Pure Storage Flashblade 4.8.1✔✔✔✔XXXXX
NetApp StorageGrid 11.9.0.3✔✔✔✔✔✔XXX
MinIO 20241107005220.0.0✔✔✔✔✔✔XXX
IBM Cloud Object Storage✔✔✔✔✔✔XXX



 

NAS

 7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Dell EMC Isilon 9.14.x✔✔✔X✔✔XXX
Dell EMC Isilon 9.13x✔✔✔✔✔✔XX✔
Dell EMC Isilon 9.10.x, 9.11.x, 9.12x✔✔✔✔✔✔XX✔
Dell EMC Isilon 9.9.x✔✔✔✔✔✔✔X✔
Dell EMC Isilon 9.8.xXXXXXXX✔✔
Dell EMC Isilon - 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 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✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
NetApp ONTAP Cluster-Mode - 9.18.x✔✔✔XX✔XX✔
Pure Storage FlashBlade - 2.2.4+, 3.0+, 3.2.x, 4.1.x, 4.4.x✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Pure Storage FlashBlade - 4.5.x✔✔✔✔✔✔XX✔
Pure Storage FlashBlade - 4.8.1✔✔✔✔XXXXX
Elastifile EFS - 3.1.0.31+✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
IBM GPFS - 4.2.x, 5.0.x, 5.1.x✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Nutanix files: FSM and Files Server 5.1.1, Files Manager 5.1✔✔✔✔XXXXX
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

 7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Apache Cassandra 5.0✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Apache Cassandra 4.1✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Apache Cassandra 4.0✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Apache Cassandra 3.11XXXXXXX✔✔
Datastax Enterprise 6.9.0✔✔✔✔✔✔X✔✔
DataStax Enterprise 6.8.37✔✔✔✔✔✔✔XX
DataStax Enterprise 6.8✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
DataStax Enterprise 6.7XXXXXXX✔✔
DataStax Enterprise 5.1✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔

Note: DSE 6.9.0 is supported in 7.1.2_u3 and 7.2.2_u1.
 

Couchbase

 7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Couchbase 7.6.5XXXXX✔XX✔
Couchbase 7.2.6✔✔✔✔✔✔XXX
Couchbase 7.2✔✔✔✔✔✔✔XX
Couchbase 6.6XXXXXXX✔✔
Couchbase 6.5.1XXXXXXX✔✔
Couchbase 6.0XXXXXXX✔✔
Couchbase 5.5.2XXXXXXX✔✔

Note: Couchbase 7.6.5 is supported in 7.1.2_u4.
 

Hadoop

 7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Cloudera Data Platform (CDP - Private cloud base) 7.3.1✔✔✔✔✔XXXX
Cloudera Data Platform (CDP - Private cloud base) 7.1.9✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Cloudera Data Platform (CDP - Private cloud base) 7.1.7✔✔✔✔✔✔✔XX
Cloudera Data Platform (CDP - Private cloud base) 7.1.1 - 7.1.8XXXXXXX✔✔


 

MongoDB

 7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
MongoDB 8.0✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
MongoDB 7.0✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
MongoDB 5.0XXXXXX✔✔✔
MongoDB Ops Manager7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
8.0.10 - 8.0.23✔✔✔✔✔✔XXX

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

 

Oracle

Oracle adapter

Oracle Versions7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Oracle 23c, 21c, 19c, 18c, 12cR1, 12cR2, and 11gR2✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Oracle 26ai✔✔✔XX✔XX✔


 

Oracle SBT plug-in

Oracle Versions7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Oracle 23c, 21c, 19c, 18c, 12cR1, 12cR2, and 11gR2✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔

 



 

Physical

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

Linux

 7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
CentOS 6.x, 7.0-7.5, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.3, 9.0✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Debian 9.6, 10, 11.x,12.x✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Oracle Linux (OEL) 6.x, 7.0-7.8, 8.0 - 8.10, 9.0 - 9.7✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Oracle Linux (OEL) 10.1✔✔✔✔X✔XX✔
RHEL 6.4, 6.7+, 7.0 - 7.9, 8.0 - 8.10, 9.0 - 9.7✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
RHEL 9.8✔✔✔XX✔XXX
RHEL 10.0-10.1✔✔✔✔✔XXXX
RHEL 10.2✔✔✔XX✔XXX
Rocky Linux 8.7 - 8.10, 9.0 - 9.7✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Alma Linux 8.10, 9.0 - 9.7✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
SLES 11 SP4, 12 SP3, SP4, and SP5, 15, 15 SP3, 15 SP4 , SP5, SP6, SP7✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
SLES 16✔✔✔✔X✔XX✔
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/Architecture✔✔✔✔✔XXXX
Linux on ARM (aarch64)✔✔✔✔XXXXX


 

Unix

 7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
AIX 7.3✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
AIX 7.2✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
AIX 7.1 TL3 SP0+✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
AIX 6.1 TL8 and TL9XXXXXX✔✔✔
Solaris 10, 11✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31)✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔


 

Windows

 7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
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 2008R2XXXX✔✔✔✔✔
Windows 10 Desktop Edition✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Windows 11✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔



 

Red Hat High Availability (Pacemaker) Cluster

Supported versions7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
2.x on RHEL 8.x✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔X
2.x on RHEL 9.x✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔X



 

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 versions7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
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

 7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
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 Category7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
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 x867.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
SAP HANA 2.0 SPS08 or earlier✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
RHEL 8+, 9+✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
RHEL 7.2+✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
SLES 12 SP2+, 15 SP1+✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Power Server (Little Endian only)7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
SAP HANA 2.0 SPS08 or earlier✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
RHEL 7.2+✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
SLES 12 SP2+✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
SLES 15 SP2+✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔


 

SAP S/4HANA

SAP S/4HANA 2021, 2022, and 2023 Versions7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
SAP HANA 2.0 SPS07
On-Premise
Public Edition		✔✔✔✔XXXXX
SAP HANA 2.0 SPS08
On-Premise
Public Edition		✔✔✔✔XXXXX



 


 

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

Oracle7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
11gR2✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
12cR1✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
18c✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
19c✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔



 

SAP Databases

SAP HANA

SAP HANA7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
SAP HANA 2.0 SPS08 or earlier✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔


 

SAP Sybase IQ

SAP Sybase IQ7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
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 IQ 16.1 SP05 PL14✔✔✔✔X✔XX✔


 

SAP Sybase ASE

SAP Sybase ASE7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
SAP Sybase ASE 16.0 SP03 PL09✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
SAP Sybase ASE 16.0 SP03 PL10✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
SAP Sybase ASE 16.0 SP03 PL11✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
SAP Sybase ASE 16.0 SP03 PL 14✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
SAP Sybase ASE 16.0 SP04✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
SAP Sybase ASE 16 SP04 PL03 HF1✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
SAP Sybase ASE 16 SP04 PL04✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
SAP Sybase ASE 16 SP04 PL05✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
SAP Sybase ASE 16 SP04 PL06✔✔✔✔✔✔✔X✔
SAP Sybase ASE 16 SP04 PL08✔✔✔XX✔XX✔
SAP Sybase ASE 16.1✔✔✔✔✔✔XX✔
SAP Sybase ASE 16.1 SP00 PL00X✔XXX✔XXX
SAP Sybase ASE 16.1 SP00 PL01✔XXXX✔XX✔
SAP Sybase ASE 16.1 SP00 PL02XX✔XX✔XX✔


 

SAP on Oracle

SAP on Oracle7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Oracle 11gR2✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Oracle 12cR1✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Oracle 12cR2✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Oracle 18c✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Oracle 19c✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔


 

SAP MaxDB

SAP MaxDB7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
MaxDB 7.9.10✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
MaxDB 7.9.10.12✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
MaxDB 7.9.11.5✔✔✔✔✔✔✔X✔

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

SAP on SQL Server

SAP on SQL Server7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
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 Db27.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
IBM DB2 10.5x✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
IBM DB2 11.1x✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
IBM DB2 11.5x✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
IBM DB2 12.1✔✔✔✔✔✔XX✔
IBM DB2 12.1.x✔✔✔XX✔XX✔



 

MySQL EE

MySQL EE7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
MySQL EE 8.0.x Commercial Edition✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔



 

CockroachDB

CockroachDB7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
CockroachDB 20.1✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
CockroachDB 20.2✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔



 

Percona MySQL

Percona MySQL7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
8.0.x✔✔✔✔✔XXXX
8.4.x✔✔✔✔✔XXXX
9.1.x✔✔✔✔✔XXXX



 

PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
18.x✔✔✔XX✔XXX
17.x✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
16.x✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
12.x, 13.x, 14.x, and 15.x✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
11.x✔✔✔✔✔✔✔XX
PostgreSQL EDB7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
11.x, 12.x, and 14.x✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
15.x✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
16.x✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
17.x✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔



 

Virtualization

Microsoft Hyper-V

 7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
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✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Azure Local 23H2✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔


 

Nutanix Acropolis

 7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
AOS 7.5.x✔✔✔✔✔✔XXX
AOS 7.3.x✔✔✔✔✔✔XX✔
AOS 7.1✔✔✔✔✔✔XXX
AOS 7.0.1✔✔✔✔✔✔XX✔
AOS 6.10.x✔✔✔✔✔✔✔X✔
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.
  • Instant Recovery is not supported with external storage.


 

Nutanix Prism Central

 7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Nutanix Prism Central✔✔✔✔✔✔XXX

Note: Nutanix Prism Central is available from 7.2.2_u2 release onwards.


 

Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)

 7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Nutanix Cloud Clusters AHV on AWS✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
Nutanix Cloud Clusters AHV on Azure✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
GCP✔✔✔✔✔✔XX✔


 

oVirt

 7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
OLVM 4.5✔✔✔✔✔XXXX


 

VMWare

vSphere7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
vSphere 9.1✔✔✔XXXXXX
vSphere 9.0✔✔✔✔✔✔XXX
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 6.5XXXXXX✔✔✔
vSAN + Data Protection7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
vSAN 9.0✔✔✔✔✔✔XXX
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 6.5XXXXXX✔✔✔
vSAN + File Support7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
vSAN 7.0 U1✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
vSAN 7.0✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
vSAN 6.7 U3✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
vSAN 6.5XXXXXX✔✔✔
VMware vCloud Director (vCD)7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
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 Version7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
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 Infrastructure7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
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.

 



 

OpenStack

SAN7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Canonical OpenStack (Sunbeam) 2024.1 LTS✔✔✔XXXXXX
Canonical OpenStack (Charmed) 2024.1✔✔✔XXXXXX
Platform9 Cloud Director 2025.10-180✔✔✔XXXXXX
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1, 18.0✔✔✔XXXXXX
Community OpenStack Wallaby
- Antelope
- Caracal
- Dalmatian
- Epoxy		✔✔✔XXXXXX

Note: 

  • OpenStack protection is provided as a third-party integration with Storware.
  • For supported OpenStack distributions, Storware features, backup strategies, and version details, refer to the Storware OpenStack documentation.
     



 

SAN

SAN7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
Pure Storage FlashArray 6.1.0 or later✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
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 Platforms

AWS

AWS Workloads7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
EBS Volume✔XXXXXXXX
EC2✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
S3 Bucket✔✔✔✔✔✔XXX
RDS for MySQL✔✔✔✔✔XXXX
RDS for PostgreSQL✔✔✔✔XXXXX
RDS for Oracle✔✔✔✔XXXXX
RDS for Microsoft SQL Server✔✔✔✔XXXXX
RDS Custom for Oracle✔✔✔✔✔XXXX
RDS Custom for SQL Server✔✔✔✔✔XXXX
Aurora MySQL✔✔✔✔✔XXXX
Aurora PostgreSQL✔✔✔✔XXXXX
DocumentDB✔✔✔✔XXXXX
DynamoDB✔✔✔✔XXXXX
RedShift Cluster✔✔✔✔XXXXX


 

Azure

Azure Workloads7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
VM✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
MySQL✔✔✔✔✔XXXX
Cosmos DB for Cassandra✔✔✔✔XXXXX
Cosmos DB for MongoDB✔✔✔✔XXXXX
Cosmos DB for NoSQL✔✔✔✔XXXXX
Cosmos DB for Table✔✔✔✔XXXXX
SQL Database✔✔✔✔XXXXX
SQL Managed Instance✔✔✔✔XXXXX
Table Storage✔✔✔✔XXXXX
PostgreSQL✔✔✔✔XXXXX
Blob Storage and Data Lock Storage✔✔✔✔XXXXX

 

GCP

GCP Workloads7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
VM✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
BigQuery✔✔✔✔✔XXXX
BigTable✔✔XXXXXXX
Spanner✔✔✔✔XXXXX
Firestore✔✔✔✔XXXXX
Cloud SQL for MySQL✔✔✔✔XXXXX
Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL✔✔✔✔XXXXX
Cloud SQL for AlloyDB PostgreSQL✔✔✔✔XXXXX
Cloud SQL for SQL Server✔✔✔✔XXXXX


 

OCI

Workloads7.4.17.4.07.3.27.3.17.3.07.2.27.2.17.2.07.1.2
OCI VM✔XXXXXXXX
OCI Bare Metal✔XXXXXXXX
OCI ExaCS✔XXXXXXXX


 



 

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