HP Data Protector 6.20 Virtualization Support Matrix
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integration agent or Virtual Environment integration agent is the appropriate way to backup virtual machines on ESX 4.x.
3
Support is available with the Data Protector patch bundle
DPUXBDL_00621/DPSOLBDL_00621/DPLNXBDL_00621/DPWINBDL_00621 on top of Data Protector 6.20.
4
Data Protector agents are supported only on a guest OS and not on ESXi 5.0 itself.
Data Protector 6.20 VMware Agent and Virtual Environment Agent platform support
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Data Protector component
VMware component Supported operating system
VMware Agent
ESX Console based snapshots ESX 3.0.x, 3.5, 4.0, 4.1
1
VMware Consolidated Backup 1.0.x, 1.1.x Windows Server 2003 (32-bit)
VMware Consolidated Backup 1.5.x Windows Server 2003 (32-bit)
Windows Server 2003 (64-bit) (x64)
Windows Server 2008 (32-bit)
Windows Server 2008 (64-bit) (x64)
VMware Virtual Center 2.0.x, 2.5.x Windows Server 2003 (32-bit)
VMware vCenter Server 4.0 Windows Server 2003 (32-bit)
Windows Server 2003 (64-bit) (x64)
VMware vCenter Server 4.1 Windows Server 2008 (64-bit) (x64)
Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit) (x64)
Virtual Environment Agent
(vStorage API support for Data
Protection)
2, 3
VMware vCenter Server 4.0, 4.1; Windows Server 2003 (32-bit)
VMware ESX 4.0, 4.1 and ESXi 4.0, 4.1 Windows Server 2003 (64-bit) (x64)
Windows Server 2008 (32-bit)
Windows Server 2008 (64-bit) (x64)
Windows Server 2008 R2 (64bit)(x64)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x (64-bit)(x64)
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (64-bit)(x64)
VMware vCenter Server 5.0
5
; Windows Server 2008 R2 (64bit)(x64)
VMware ESXi 5.0
5
and
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x (64-bit)(x64)
VMware vCenter Linux Virtual appliance
5
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (64-bit)(x64)
1
ESX console based snapshots are not supported
2
Virtual Environment Agent does not support IPv6. The functionality is only available with native Windows graphical user
interface.
3
Raw Disk Mappings is supported with VADP based backups in virtual mode but not supported in physical mode.
5
Support is available with the Data Protector patch bundle
DPUXBDL_00621/DPSOLBDL_00621/DPLNXBDL_00621/DPWINBDL_00621 on top of Data Protector 6.20.
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Data Protector VMware Agent and Virtual Environment Agent can backup and restore any guest Operating System that is
supported as guest Operating System by VMware.
Granular Recovery Extension for VMware vSphere
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Data Protector component
VMware component Supported operating system / version
Granular Recovery Extension
for VMware vSphere
VMware vCenter Server 4.0, 4.1 Windows Server 2003 (x64)
Windows Server 2008 (x64)
Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64)
VMware vCenter Server 5.0
2
Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64)
VMware Mount Proxy Windows Server 2003 R2 (x64)
Windows Server 2008 (x64)
Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64)
VMware ESX Server ESX 4.0, ESXi 4.0
ESX 4.1, ESXi 4.1
ESXi 5.0
2
1
Supported backup types for GRE are
- DP 6.2 based CBT full, incremental and differential backups
- DP 6.2 based Snapshot Image full, incremental and differential backups.
VCB Backups taken with DP version 6.11 and DP 6.20 VMware Legacy Agent cannot be used for GRE feature.
All versions of Windows guest operating systems with VMware tools version 4.x or later installed are supported.
2
Support is available with the Data Protector patch bundle
DPUXBDL_00621/DPSOLBDL_00621/DPLNXBDL_00621/DPWINBDL_00621 on top of Data Protector 6.20.