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IBM Storage Defender Data Resiliency Service: Resource requirements

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Abstract

This document details the IBM Storage Defender Data Resiliency Service supported resource requirements.


Content

IBM Storage Defender Data Resiliency Service is a managed platform that provides cyber-resiliency capabilities for the management of storage and backup systems and resources.

A resource in the context of IBM Storage Defender is a volume or data resource that can be grouped into a recovery group contains data relevant to data resiliency.
Note: In the IBM Storage Defender user interface, you can find the resources for:     
- Volumes under Data Resiliency Service > Storage systems> Volumes     
- Data resources under Data Resiliency Service > Backup systems> Data resources


 

IBM Storage Data Resiliency Service supports the following volume types:

  • Dell PowerMax volumes
  • IBM Storage FlashSystem volumes
  • Pure Storage FlashArray volumes

To integrate volumes to IBM Storage Defender Data Resiliency Service, see the minimum requirements for the corresponding storage systems listed in IBM Storage Defender Data Resiliency Service: Source requirements.


 

IBM Storage Data Resiliency Service supports the following data resources types:


 

Note: IBM Storage Defender support for third-party operating systems, applications, services, and hardware depend on the respective vendor. If a third-party product or version moves into extended support, self-service support, or end-of-life, IBM Storage Defender supports the product or version at the same level as the vendor. See also IBM Support General Guidelines and Limitations - IBM support for software on unsupported operating systems.


 

VMware virtual machine

To integrate VMware virtual machine data resources to IBM Storage Defender Data Resiliency Service, the following VMware levels are supported:

Virtualization Platform
VMware vSphere 7.0, and 7.0.x levels
VMware vSphere 8.0, and 8.0.x levels


 

Oracle Database

To integrate Oracle database data resources to IBM Storage Defender Data Resiliency Service, the following Oracle databases are supported:

  • Oracle database protected by IBM Storage Defender Data Protect:

    Windows x64 Software Requirements
    Database versionOperating systems
    Oracle Database 19c, Enterprise Edition     
    Oracle Database 21c, Enterprise Edition    		Microsoft Windows server 2019     
    Microsoft Windows server 2022 (beginning with 2.0.15)

    Linux x86_x64 Software Requirements
    Database versionOperating systems
    Oracle Database 19c, Enterprise Edition     
    Oracle Database 21c, Enterprise Edition    		Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 8.0
    Restrictions
    • Oracle Database running on physical (bare metal) server is not supported.
    • Databases must be in ARCHIVELOG mode.     
      IBM Storage Defender Data Protect cannot protect databases that are running in NOARCHIVELOG mode.
    • The Size (GB) for an individual data resource displayed in DRS user interface>Backup systems>Data resources is not tied to individual databases, but represents the total of all databases that exist in the protection group at the time of backup. It reflects the total amount of data written after the current backup job has completed.     
       
    Limitations
    • IBM Storage Defender Data Resiliency Service currently does not import the Data Protect inventory related to Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC).     
       

  • Oracle database protected by IBM Storage Protect:

    Windows x64 Software Requirements
    Database versionOperating systems
    Oracle Database 19c, Enterprise Edition     
    Oracle Database 21c, Enterprise Edition    		Microsoft Windows server 2019     
    Microsoft Windows server 2022

    Linux x86_x64 Software Requirements
    Database versionOperating systems
    Oracle Database 19c, Enterprise Edition     
    Oracle Database 21c, Enterprise Edition    		Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 8.0     
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 9.0

    For information of the supported Database versions and operating systems on Data Protection for Oracle, see Requirements Documents: IBM Storage Protect for Databases.     
    Note: In the connection manager user interface under data source type, the product "IBM Storage Protect for Databases: Data Protection for Oracle" is displayed as "IBM Storage Protect for Oracle"

    Restrictions
    • Oracle Database must be protected by IBM Storage Protect and IBM Storage Protect for Oracle.
    • Oracle backups created by Oracle's Recovery Manager (RMAN) must use the default tagging (TAGYYYYMMDDTHHMMSS).      
      This default tagging allows the grouping for recovery points, for example TAG20250601T192314.
    • To use the Ansible application it is required that on the system running the Oracle database server (target system):
      • The Secure Shell (SSH) service must be installed and enabled.  It must be configured to listen on the standard port 22 for SSH connection.
        • Linux: The Secure Shell (SSH) service is usually already installed and is running by default on the standard port 22 for SSH connections.
        • Windows: The Secure Shell (SSH) service need to be installed, and is used only for password authentication. Also ensure that the Open SSH server need to be installed and enabled, see Get started with OpenSSH for Windows.
        • On both Linux and Windows, enable Secure File Transfer protocol (SFTP) subsystem for Secure Shell (SSH).
      • Python 3.8 and later is installed as default python version, see Python 3 Support.
    • For the Oracle database servers on Linux, the etc/oratab file needs to exist on machines where Oracle database instance runs and be valid.     
      The etc/oratab file contains the Oracle database instance identifiers Oracle_SID and their corresponding ORACLE_HOME directory.


 

SAP Hana database

To integrate SAP HANA database data resources to IBM Storage Defender Data Resiliency Service, the following SAP HANA databases are supported:

  • SAP HANA database protected by IBM Storage Defender Data Protect:

    Linux x86_x64 Software Requirements
    Database versionOperating systems
    SAP HANA 2.0 SPS 07, Enterprise EditionRed Hat Enterprise Linux Server 8.0     
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 9.0
    Restrictions
    • SAP HANA Database running on physical (bare metal) server is not supported.
    • The Size (GB) for an individual data resource displayed in DRS user interface>Backup systems>Data resources is not tied to individual databases, but represents the total of all databases that exist in the host's protection group at the time of backup. It reflects the total amount of data written after the current backup job has completed.     
       

  • SAP HANA database protected by IBM Storage Protect:

    Linux x86_x64 Software Requirements
    Database versionOperating systems
    SAP HANA 2.0 SPS 07, Enterprise EditionRed Hat Enterprise Linux Server 8.0     
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 9.0     

    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12     
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15

    For information of the supported Database versions and operating systems on Data Protection for SAP HANA, see Hardware and Software Requirements: Version 8.1.11 IBM Spectrum Protect™ for Enterprise Resource Planning.     
    Note: In the connection manager user interface under data source type, the product "IBM Spectrum Protect™ for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP): Data Protection for SAP HANA" is displayed as "IBM Storage Protect for SAP HANA"

    Restrictions
    • SAP HANA Database must be protected by IBM Storage Protect and IBM Storage Protect for SAP HANA. The Data Resiliency Service automatically imports the database inventory from IBM Storage Protect.
    • For IBM Storage Protect for SAP HANA provide the root certificate in pem format for SYSTEMDB for a secure Transport Layer Security (TLS) connection using OpenSSL. It should be located on the SAP HANA server in the $SECUDIR directory (see Server Certificate Authentication).
    • Data Resiliency Service supports the connection with SAP HANA system database only. The SAP HANA tenant databases are currently not supported.       
       
    Limitations
    • Data Resiliency Service has the ability to search only through the current available backups for the backup instance. Data Resiliency Service has no insight knowledge (through this agent) to the policies and schedules from the IBM Storage Protect server.


 

IBM Db2 database

To integrate IBM Db2 database data resources to IBM Storage Defender Data Resiliency Service, the following IBM Db2 databases are supported:

Linux x86_x64 Software Requirements
Database versionOperating systems
IBM Db2 10.5     
IBM Db2 11.1     
IBM Db2 11.5		Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0     
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 8.0     

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12     
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
Restrictions
  • Only Single Instance DB2 is currently supported.
  • The Size (GB) for an individual data resource displayed in DRS user interface>Backup systems>Data resources is not tied to individual databases, but represents the total of all databases that exist in the host's protection group at the time of backup. It reflects the total amount of data written after the current backup job has completed.


 

Microsoft Active Directory domain controller

To integrate Microsoft Active Directory domain controller data resources to IBM Storage Defender Data Resiliency Service, the following Microsoft Active Directory services are supported:

Windows x64 Software Requirements
Database versionOperating systems
Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)Microsoft Windows server 2016     
Microsoft Windows server 2019     
Microsoft Windows server 2022
Restrictions
  • Active Directory must be protected by IBM Storage Defender Data Protect.
  • Recovery for Active Directory is not supported.


 

IBM Fusion application

To integrate IBM Fusion application data resources to IBM Storage Defender Data Resiliency Service, see the minimum requirements for IBM Fusion listed in IBM Storage Defender Data Resiliency Service: Source requirements.



 

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Modified date:
10 November 2025

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