HP Data Protector A.06.1x Virtualization support matrix

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HP Data Protector A.06.1x

Virtualization support matrix

Version: 4.5 Date: August 2012

Note: The combinations of Data Protector Component + operating system and/or application versions

listed in this support matrix are only supported by Data Protector as long as the associated operating

system and/or application versions are supported by respective vendors.

Data Protector supports the following Virtualization Applications:

supported virtualization applications

Vendor

Supported application

VMware

 VMware Virtual Infrastructure (ESX 3.0.x, 3.5)

 VMware Virtual Infrastructure (ESXi3.5)

 VMware vSphere4 (ESX 4.0, ESXi4.0, ESX 4.1, ESXi 4.1)

Microsoft

 Microsoft Hyper-V

 Microsoft Hyper-V R2

 Microsoft Virtual Server

Hewlett-Packard

 HP Integrity Virtual Machines 1.5, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.1,4.2

Citrix

 Citrix XenServer 4.1, 5.0, 5.5, 5.6, 6.0

Sun

 Sun Solaris Zones : Solaris 10

Oracle

 Oracle VM 2.1.2, 2.1.5, 2.2.1

Red Hat

 RHEL 5.5 KVM

 RHEL 6.0 KVM

 RHEV 3.0

Includes support for Virtual Infrastructure components like vMotion, HA, DR.

Supported with Data Protector 6.11 only

Supported only for Media Agent, Disk Agent and Script based Disk Agent.

All guest operating systems supported by the respective vendors are supported with Data Protector as

long as they are listed as supported on physical hosts in the HP Data Protector A.06.1x Platform and

integration support matrix.

Following table lists various Data Protector Components supported on the Guest operating systems:

Supported components inside Virtual Machines

Virtualization Application

Supported Data Protector components

VMware :

 Cell Manager/Installation Server/Manager-of-Managers (MoM)

 Disk Agent

 Media Agent

 Graphical User Interface

 Online Extension Agents

 HP StorageWorks XP, SSEA Agent

 HP StorageWorks EVA, SMIS Agent

Microsoft Virtual Server

 Disk Agent

 Graphical User Interface

 Online Extension Agents

Microsoft Hyper-V / Hyper-V

 Cell Manager/Installation Server/Manager-of-Managers (MoM)

Summary of content (5 pages)

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HP Data Protector A.06.1x Virtualization support matrix Version: 4.5 Date: August 2012 Note: The combinations of Data Protector Component + operating system and/or application versions listed in this support matrix are only supported by Data Protector as long as the associated operating system and/or application versions are supported by respective vendors.
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R25     HP Integrity Virtual Machines (IVM)        Citrix XenServer     Solaris Zones   Disk Agent Media Agent Graphical User Interface Online Extension Agents1 Cell Manager/Installation Server Disk Agent Media Agent4 MoM Graphical User Interface Online Extension Agents1 Disk Agent Media Agent Graphical User Interface Online Extension Agents1 Disk Agent (Global and Local Zones) Media Agent (Global Zone) Oracle Online Agent (Global and Local Zones)  Disk Agent Media Agent Oracle O
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VMware HP StorageWorks XP1 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (32-bit) SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (32-bit) (Physical host only) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 and 5.6 (64-bit)(x64) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 and 5.
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Data Protector also supports Virtualization Application specific features that enable snapshots for recovery and DR purposes.
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Virtual Environment Agent (vStorage API support for data protection)4  VMware vCenter Server 4.01 , 4.11, 2, 3  VMware vCenter Server 4.0, 4.1 VMware ESX 4.0, 4.1 and ESXi 4.0, 4.1 Windows Windows Windows Windows Windows Windows Windows Windows Windows 1 Supported with Data Protector 6.11 with following patches: DPWIN_00475, DPWIN_00467 2 Supported with Data Protector 6.11 with following site specific patch: SSPNT611_027. 3 Snapshot backup method is not supported.