PowerProtect Data Manager 19.9 Administration and User Guide

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Transparent snapshot data mover system requirements

The following software is required to automatically enable use of the Transparent Snapshot Data Mover (TSDM) for virtual machine data protection operations.

NOTE TSDM for virtual machine protection also requires that the protection policy is a performance optimized crash-consistent policy, with the quiescing and swap file exclusion options disabled.

Table 1. Software requirements
Software required	Version supported	Notes
vCenter Server	7.0 U3	vCenter and ESXi 7.0 U3 is the minimum version that is required to use TSDM, and is scheduled for release shortly after the availability of PowerProtect Data Manager 19.9. Until this version is available and installed in the environment, TSDM is not used for virtual machine protection policies.
ESXi Server	7.0 U3
PowerProtect Data Manager software	19.9 and later