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Dell PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance 5.13.0.0 Software Compatibility Guide for DM5500

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The PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance requires the following for VMware:

Table 1. PlatformThis table lists the supported platform requirements for VMware.
Platform Platform Version Comments
Hypervisor Manager 6.7u1, 6.7u2, 6.7u3, 7.0, 7.0u1, 7.0u2, 7.0u3 Includes patch releases, for example: 7.0U1d, 7.0U3c.
VMC on AWS SDDC 1.16, 1.18, 1.20 Includes odd numbered optional releases.
VMC on Dell SDDC 1.16, 1.18, 1.20 Includes odd numbered optional releases.
Azure VMware Solutions (AVS) N/A N/A
Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE) N/A N/A
Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE) N/A N/A
NOTE:
  • Supported datastores: vVol, vSAN, VMFS, NFS.
  • Supported vSAN topologies: Standard Cluster, Stretched Cluster, Two-node Cluster, HCI Mesh.
  • PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance supports in-cloud services image protection in the respective environments. Protection from in-cloud to on-premises environments, or from on-premises to in-cloud environments, is not supported.
  • VMware has declared End of General Support for Hypervisor Manager 6.7. VMware fixes for these products are no longer provided (https://lifecycle.vmware.com/).
Table 2. HypervisorThis table lists the hypervisor requirements.
Platform Platform Version Comments
Hypervisor 6.5, 6.7u1, 6.7u2, 6.7u3, 7.0, 7.0u1, 7.0u2, 7.0u3 Includes patch releases, for example: 7.0U1d, 7.0U3c.
NOTE:

VMware has declared End of General Support for Hypervisor 6.5 and 6.7. VMware fixes for these products are no longer provided (https://lifecycle.vmware.com/).

Table 3. Management (Hypervisor Platform Plugin)This table lists the Management (Hypervisor Platform Plugin) requirements.
Platform Platform Version Comments
Hypervisor Platform 6.7u1, 6.7u2, 6.7u3, 7.0, 7.0u1, 7.0u2, 7.0u3 7.0 supported with Classic View.
Table 4. ServicesThis table lists the service requirements.
Platform Platform Version Comments
VMware Tools 10.x, 11.x, 12.x Version 11.1 and later is required to perform Microsoft SQL Server application-aware protection.
Open Services Tools 10.x, 11.x, 12.x For Linux platforms.
NOTE: All operating systems that are supported by VMware are supported.
Table 5. Transparent Snapshot Data Mover (TSDM)This table lists the TSDM requirements.
Platform Platform Version Comments
VMware Virtual Volumes (vVols) Hypervisor Platform 7.0 U3d (and above) N/A
CyberSense N/A https://www.indexengines.com/cs
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 4.4 (and above) Bill of Materials (BOM) contains Hypervisor Platform 7.0 U3c
Table 6. vRealize Data Protection ExtensionThis table lists the VCF (on VxRail) Management Protection requirements.
Platform Platform Version Comments
VMware vRealize Automation with Embedded vRealize Orchestrator (Standalone/Cluster) 8.5.x, 8.6.x, 8.7.x, 8.8.x, 8.9.x 7.0 supported with Classic View.
Table 7. VCF (on VxRail) Management ProtectionThis table lists the vRealize Data Protection Extension requirements.
Platform Platform Version Comments
VMware vRealize Automation with Embedded vRealize Orchestrator (Standalone/Cluster) 4.1.x, 4.2.x, 4.3.x, 4.4.x 7.0 supported with Classic View.
NOTE:
  • Includes VCF on vSAN Ready Nodes and VCF on VxRail.
  • Configure protection for VCF management components with the ppdm-vcf-component-protection.sh script that you obtain through the UI by clicking the gear icon > Downloads > VMware and then selecting VMware Cloud Formation (VCF) on VxRail.
Table 8. Services Application Aware Backup - SQL PlatformThis table lists the platform details.
Platform Platform Version Comments
VMware Hypervisor/Hypervisor Platform/Hypervisor Manager 6.5, 6.7, 7.0u1, 7.0u2, 7.0u3 N/A
Table 9. Services Application Aware Backup - SQLThis table lists the Services Application Aware Backup - SQL requirements.
Microsoft SQL Server Version MS SQL Server Bitness Windows OS Version [Hardware architecture-64 bit]
2014 Service Pack 3 (supported up to CU4) 32-bit, 64-bit 2012, 2012 R2, 2016
2016 Service Pack 3 64-bit 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019
2017 (supported up to CU30) 64-bit 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, 2022
2019 (supported up to CU17) 64-bit 2016, 2019, 2022
NOTE:
  • Clustered and cluster-less AAG Quorum supports file share witness only.
  • Services with multi-writer/shared disks are not supported.
  • VMware Tools: 11.x and later.
Table 10. Services File Level RecoveryThis table lists the Services File Level Recovery requirements.
Operating System Hardware Architecture OS Vendor Filesystems Search and Indexing
Windows 7 SP1 64-bit Microsoft NTFS Yes
Windows 8.1 64-bit Microsoft NTFS Yes
Windows 10 64-bit Microsoft NTFS Yes
Windows 11 64-bit Microsoft NTFS Yes
Windows 2008 R21 64-bit Microsoft NTFS Yes
Windows 2012 64-bit Microsoft NTFS, FAT32, ReFS Yes
Windows 2012 R21 64-bit Microsoft NTFS Yes
Windows 2016 64-bit Microsoft NTFS Yes
Windows 2019 64-bit Microsoft NTFS, FAT32, Dynamic Yes
Windows 2022 64-bit Microsoft NTFS, ReFS, Dynamic Yes2
CentOS 7.1, 7.4, 7.6, 7.8 X64 CentOS XFS Yes
CentOS 7.9 X64 CentOS XFS, BTRFS, EXT4 Yes
CentOS 8 Stream X64 CentOS XFS Yes
CentOS 9 Stream X64 CentOS XFS, EXT4 Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.4 - 7.8 X64 Red Hat XFS, EXT2/3/4 Yes
RHEL 7.9 X64 Red Hat XFS, EXT4, BTRFS3 Yes
RHEL 8.1 - 8.5 X64 Red Hat XFS, EXT2/3/4 Yes
RHEL 8.6 X64 Red Hat XFS, EXT4 Yes
RHEL 9 X64 Red Hat XFS, EXT4 Yes
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 SP5 X64 SUSE XFS, EXT4 Yes
SLES 15 X64 SUSE BTRFS3 Yes
SLES 15 SP3 X64 SUSE XFS Yes
SLES 15 SP4 X64 SUSE XFS, EXT4 , BTRFS3 Yes
Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 20.04 Server X64 Canonical EXT4, XFS Yes
Ubuntu 22.04 Server & Desktop X64 Canonical EXT4, XFS Yes
Debian 9.13 X64 Debian EXT4 Yes
Debian 10.12 X64 Debian EXT4 Yes
Debian 11.3 X64 Debian EXT4 Yes
Debian 12.0 X64 Debian EXT4 Yes
Oracle Linux 7.7 X64 Oracle XFS, EXT4 Yes
Oracle Linux 7.9 X64 Oracle XFS, EXT4, BTRFS3 Yes
Oracle Linux 8.3 - 8.4 X64 Oracle XFS, BTRFS3 Yes
Oracle Linux 8.5 - 8.6 X64 Oracle XFS, EXT4, BTRFS3 Yes
Oracle Linux 9.0 X64 Oracle XFS, EXT4 Yes
OpenSUSE Leap 15.3 X64 openSUSE EXT4 Yes
OpenSUSE Leap 15.4 X64 openSUSE EXT4, BTRFS3 Yes
Fedora Linux 35 - 37 X64 Fedora XFS Yes
NOTE: Indexing of LVM thin-pool logical volumes is not supported.

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