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Important Notes  
NetBackup 10.2 Installation and Upgrade Documentation Requires Corrections to Native Installer Sections on Primary Servers and Media Servers

Information for native installs and upgrades is incorrect in the NetBackup 10.2 Installation Guide and the NetBackup 10.2 Upgrade Guide. For upgrades using the native installer, some error messages are seen because of file conflicts. Please refer to https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.100055465 for details and corrections.

  
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Install Information
Get ready for a newer version of NetBackup (10.4)
Procedure Overview:
  
Compatibility between NetBackup versions for Primary(Master) Server,Media Server and Client
  • NetBackup does not support any scenario where a media server or client runs a software release update version that is higher than that of their Primary server except for single-dot or double-dot releases.
    For more information, refer to the NetBackup Release Notes and the NetBackup Upgrade Guide: NetBackup guides for Windows and UNIX, documents, download
    NetBackup Primary Server NetBackup Media Server NetBackup Client
    10.3.0.110.3.0.110.3.0.1, 10.3, 10.2, 10.1.1, 10.1, 10.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.3.0.110.310.3.0.1, 10.3, 10.2, 10.1.1, 10.1, 10.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.3.0.110.210.2, 10.1.1, 10.1, 10.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.3.0.110.1.110.1.1, 10.1, 10.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0,7.7.3
    10.3.0.110.110.1, 10.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.3.0.110.0.0.110.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.3.0.110.010.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.3.0.19.1.0.19.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.3.0.19.19.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.3.0.19.0.0.19.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.3.0.19.09.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.3.0.18.3.0.28.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.3.0.18.3.0.18.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.3.0.18.38.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.3.0.18.28.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.3.0.18.1.28.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.3.0.18.1.18.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.3.0.18.18.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.3.0.18.08.0, 7.7.3
    10.310.310.3, 10.2, 10.1.1, 10.1, 10.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.310.210.2, 10.1.1, 10.1, 10.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.310.1.110.1.1, 10.1, 10.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0,7.7.3
    10.310.110.1, 10.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.310.0.0.110.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.310.010.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.39.1.0.19.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.39.19.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.39.0.0.19.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.39.09.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.38.3.0.28.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.38.3.0.18.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.38.38.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.38.28.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.38.1.28.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.38.1.18.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.38.18.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.38.08.0, 7.7.3
    10.210.210.2, 10.1.1, 10.1, 10.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.210.1.110.1.1, 10.1, 10.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0,7.7.3
    10.210.110.1, 10.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.210.0.0.110.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.210.010.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.29.1.0.19.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.29.19.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.29.0.0.19.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.29.09.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.28.3.0.28.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.28.3.0.18.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.28.38.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.28.28.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.28.1.28.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.28.1.18.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.28.18.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.28.08.0, 7.7.3
    10.1.110.1.110.1.1, 10.1, 10.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.1.110.110.1, 10.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.1.110.0.0.110.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.1.110.010.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.1.19.1.0.19.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.1.19.19.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.1.19.0.0.19.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.1.19.09.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.1.18.3.0.28.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.1.18.3.0.18.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.1.18.38.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.1.18.28.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.1.18.1.28.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.1.18.1.18.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.1.18.18.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.1.18.08.0, 7.7.3
    10.110.110.1, 10.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.110.0.0.110.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.110.010.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.19.1.0.19.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.19.19.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.19.0.0.19.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.19.09.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.18.3.0.28.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.18.3.0.18.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.18.38.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.18.28.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.18.1.28.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.18.1.18.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.18.18.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.18.08.0, 7.7.3
    10.0.0.110.0.0.110.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.0.0.110.010.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.0.0.19.1.0.19.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.0.0.19.19.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.0.0.19.0.0.19.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.0.0.19.09.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.0.0.18.3.0.28.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.0.0.18.3.0.18.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.0.0.18.38.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.0.0.18.28.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.0.0.18.1.28.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.0.0.18.1.18.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.0.0.18.18.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.0.0.18.08.0, 7.7.3
    10.010.0.0.110.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.010.010.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.09.1.0.19.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.09.19.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.09.0.0.19.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.09.09.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.08.3.0.28.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.08.3.0.18.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.08.38.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.08.28.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.08.1.28.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.08.1.18.1.1, 8.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.08.18.1, 8.0, 7.7.3
    10.08.08.0, 7.7.3
  • Other general rules for compatibility:
    • OpsCenter/OpsCenter Analytics must always be running the same or higher Dot-Zero or Single-Dot or Double-Dot release as the primary servers in the environment.
    • All components (primary, media, client, console, and agent) on an individual system must be at the same version.
    • Backup images created under an older version of NetBackup will always be recoverable with a newer version of NetBackup
    • A new feature may not be functional until the primary, media and client are updated.
    • Administration Consoles cannot be at an earlier version than the NetBackup server version they connect to via the "change server" functionality in the console
  
Late Breaking News - Available Hot Fixes for Primary(Master) Server,Media Server and Client
Available hot fixes - for details and download information, consult the Update link in the table.

For more information about installation instructions, please review NetBackup 10.2 on Support site.
    Hot Fix Description Install Location
    UPD971796NetBackup Server / Enterprise Server 8.1.2 and later - Cloud Configuration Package (article 100033434)Primary(Master) Server, Media Server
    UPD934607NetBackup 18.0 WORM storage server (NetBackup 10.2) for Flex Application - Latest UpdatePrimary(Master) Server, Media Server, Client
    UPD606826NetBackup 10.2 Application for Flex - Latest UpdatePrimary(Master) Server, Media Server, Client
    UPD391605NetBackup 10.2 Hotfix - NetBackup 10.2 Security Package impacting NetBackup 10.2 Primary and Media Servers (ET4115056)Primary(Master) Server, Media Server, Client
    UPD473802NetBackup 10.2 - 10.2.0.1 - Anomaly Detection Extension PackagePrimary(Master) Server, Media Server, Client
    UPD399544Veritas NetBackup Server / Enterprise Server - Device Mappings Package for UNIX / Linux (article 100015983)Primary(Master) Server, Media Server
    UPD344759NetBackup Java Administration Console Language Pack (article 100033052) Java Administration Console
    UPD907533NetBackup 10.2 - MSDP Preferred EEB Bundle (Etrack 4114001)Primary(Master) Server, Media Server, Client
    UPD238422Bare Metal Restore Third-Party Products CD (3PPCD)Primary(Master) Server, Media Server, Client
    UPD482300NetBackup 10.2 Hotfix - Tapes being deassigned prematurely after upgrading to 10.2 (Etrack 4132888)Primary(Master) Server, Media Server, Client
    UPD162444NetBackup Primary Server Migration Tool 2.3.1Primary(Master) Server, Media Server, Client
    UPD714038NetBackup 8.1.2 - 10.1.1 - nbdb_unload performance impact when upgrading to NetBackup 10.2 or abovePrimary(Master) Server, Media Server, Client
NetBackup Documentation References:
  
Patches for Operating System for Primary(Master) Server,Media Server and Client
Required PatchesThere is no information found for this section.
  
NetBackup Appliances
  • NetBackup Appliances are Veritas-branded devices offering backup and deduplication solutions for enterprise environments in an appliance form factor. For more information, see the "NetBackup Appliances" page.
NetBackup 5200 Series (Primary/Media Server), 5300 Series (Media Server), Virtual, and Flex Appliances
  • The following tables list NetBackup 5200 Series, 5300 Series, and Virtual release versions, the Appliance models supported with each version, and the NetBackup Release version on which it is based.
  • There is also a table listing NetBackup Flex Appliance versions, the Appliance models supported with each version, and the Primary Server and Media Server versions supported with each version.
NetBackup 5300 Series - Supported Versions
    NetBackup 5300 Series Appliance Release Supported NetBackup Appliance Models Based on NetBackup Release
    5.35350, 534010.3
    5.1.15350, 534010.1.1
    5.05350, 5340, 533010.0
    4.15350, 5340, 53309.1
    4.05350, 5340, 53309.0
    3.3.0.15340, 53308.3.0.1
    3.25340, 53308.2
    3.1.25340, 53308.1.2
    3.1.15340, 53308.1.1
    3.15340, 53308.1
    3.053308.0
NetBackup 5200 Series - Supported Versions
    NetBackup 5200 Series Appliance Release Supported NetBackup Appliance Models Based on NetBackup Release
    5.35250, 524010.3
    5.1.15250, 524010.1.1
    5.05250, 524010.0
    4.15250, 52409.1
    4.05250, 52409.0
    3.3.0.15250, 52408.3.0.1
    3.25250 , 5240[1]8.2
    3.1.252408.1.2
    3.1.152408.1.1
    3.152408.1
    3.052408.0
Footnotes
  • 1. The Veritas 5250 Appliance requires a revised version of 3.2.
NetBackup Virtual Appliance - Supported Versions
    NetBackup Virtual Appliance Release Based on NetBackup Release Supported Platforms
    5.1.110.1.1vSphere 7.0
    5.010.0vSphere 6.7, 7.0, 7U1, 7U2
    4.19.1vSphere 6.5, 6.7, 7.0, 7U1
    4.09.0vSphere 6.0, 6.5, 6.7, 7.0
    3.3.0.18.3.0.1vSphere 6.0, 6.5, 6.7, 7.0
    3.28.2vSphere 6.0, 6.5, 6.7
    3.1.28.1.2vSphere 5.5, 6.0, 6.5
    3.1.18.1.1vSphere 5.5, 6.0, 6.5
    3.18.1vSphere 5.5, 6.0, 6.5
    3.08.0vSphere 5.5, 6.0
NetBackup Flex Appliance - Supported Versions
    NetBackup Flex Appliance Release Supported NetBackup Appliance Models Supported NetBackup Primary Server Versions Supported NetBackup Media Server Versions WORM (OST Target)
    4.05362 (Configuration A), 5360 (Configuration A, B, C), 5350 (Configuration A, B, C), 5340 (Configuration A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J), 5260 (Configuration A, B, C, D), 5250 (Configuration A, B, C, D, E, F), 515010.3.0.1, 10.3, 10.2.0.1, 10.2, 10.1.1, 10.1, 10.0.0.1, 10.010.3.0.1, 10.3, 10.2.0.1, 10.2, 10.1.1, 10.1, 10.0.0.1, 10.019.0.1, 19.0, 18.0.1, 18.0, 17.1, 17.0, 16.0.1, 16.0[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
    3.35360 (Configuration A, B, C), 5350 (Configuration A, B, C), 5340 (Configuration A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J), 5260 (Configuration A, B, C, D), 5250 (Configuration A, B, C, D, E, F), 515010.2.0.1, 10.2, 10.1.1, 10.1, 10.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.110.2.0.1, 10.2, 10.1.1, 10.1, 10.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.118.0.1, 18.0, 17.1, 17.0, 16.0.1, 16.0, 15.0.2, 15.0[9][10][1][2][3][4][5][6]
    3.25360 (Configuration A, B, C), 5350 (Configuration A, B, C), 5340 (Configuration A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J), 5260 (Configuration A, B, C, D) , 5250 (Configuration A, B, C, D, E, F), 515010.2.0.1, 10.2, 10.1.1, 10.1, 10.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.110.2.0.1, 10.2, 10.1.1, 10.1, 10.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.118.0.1, 18.0, 17.1, 17.0, 16.0.1, 16.0, 15.0.2, 15.0[9][10][1][2][3][4][5][6]
    3.15350 (Configuration A, B, C), 5340 (Configuration A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J), 5250 (Configuration A, B, C, D, E, F), 515010.2.0.1, 10.2, 10.1.1, 10.1, 10.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.110.2.0.1, 10.2, 10.1.1, 10.1, 10.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.118.0.1, 18.0, 17.1, 17.0, 16.0.1, 16.0, 15.0.2, 15.0[9][10][1][2][3][4][5][6]
    3.05350 (Configuration A, B, C), 5340 (Configuration A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J), 5250 (Configuration A, B, C, D, E, F), 515010.2, 10.1.1, 10.1, 10.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.110.2, 10.1.1, 10.1, 10.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.118.0, 17.1, 17.0, 16.0.1, 16.0, 15.0.2, 15.0[9][10][1][2][3][4][5]
    2.1.25350 (Configuration A, B, C), 5340 (Configuration A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J), 5250 (Configuration A, B, C, D, E, F), 515010.1, 10.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.110.1, 10.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.117.0, 16.0.1, 16.0, 15.0.2, 15.0, 14.0.1, 14.0, 13.0.2, 13.0.1.1[11][12][13][9][10][1][2][3]
    2.1.15350 (Configuration A, B, C), 5340 (Configuration A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J), 5250 (Configuration A, B, C, D, E, F), 515010.1, 10.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.110.1, 10.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.117.0, 16.0.1, 16.0, 15.0.2, 15.0, 14.0.1, 14.0, 13.0.2, 13.0.1.1[11][12][13][9][10][1][2][3]
    2.15350 (Configuration A, B, C), 5340 (Configuration A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J), 5250 (Configuration A, B, C, D, E, F), 515010.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.110.0.0.1, 10.0, 9.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.116.0.1, 16.0, 15.0.2, 15.0, 14.0.1, 14.0, 13.0.2, 13.0.1.1[11][12][13][9][10][1][2]
    2.0.15350 (Configuration A, B, C), 5340 (Configuration A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J), 5250 (Configuration A, B, C, D, E, F), 51509.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.19.1.0.1, 9.1, 9.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.115.0.2, 15.0, 14.0.1, 14.0, 13.0.2, 13.0.1.1[11][12][13][9][10]
    2.05340 (Configuration A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J), 51509.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.29.0.0.1, 9.0, 8.3.0.2, 8.3.0.1, 8.214.0.1, 14.0, 13.0.2, 13.0.1.1[11][12][13]
    1.3.15340 (Configuration A), 51508.3.0.1, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1[14]8.3.0.1, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1[14]Not supported
    1.35340 (Configuration A), 51508.3.0.1, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1[14]8.3.0.1, 8.2, 8.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1[14]Not supported
Footnotes
  • 1. WORM storage server version 16.0 requires NetBackup primary and media server version 10.0 or later.
  • 2. WORM storage server version 16.0.1 requires NetBackup primary and media server version 10.0.0.1 or later.
  • 3. WORM storage server version 17.0 requires NetBackup primary and media server version 10.1 or later.
  • 4. WORM storage server version 17.1 requires NetBackup primary and media server version 10.1.1 or later.
  • 5. WORM storage server version 18.0 requires NetBackup primary and media server version 10.2 or later.
  • 6. WORM storage server version 18.0.1 requires NetBackup primary and media server version 10.2.0.1 or later.
  • 7. WORM storage server version 19.0 requires NetBackup primary and media server version 10.3 or later.
  • 8. WORM storage server version 19.0.1 requires NetBackup primary and media server version 10.3.0.1 or later.
  • 9. WORM storage server version 15.0 requires NetBackup primary and media server version 9.1 or later.
  • 10. WORM storage server version 15.0.2 requires NetBackup primary and media server version 9.1.0.1 or later.
  • 11. WORM storage server version 13.0.2 requires NetBackup primary and media server version 8.3.0.2 or later.
  • 12. WORM storage server version 14.0 requires NetBackup primary and media server version 9.0 or later.
  • 13. WORM storage server version 14.0.1 requires NetBackup primary and media server version 9.0.0.1 or later.
  • 14. Veritas strongly recommends running NetBackup 8.2 or later with Flex Appliance.
Configuring Cloud Solutions with NetBackup Appliances
  • The table below shows when a NetBackup cloud configuration and device mappings RPM package is required for configuring cloud providers with NetBackup Appliances. "Included in release" means that version of the NetBackup Appliance software contains the information needed for configuring that cloud provider, so installing an RPM is not required.
  • Configuration for the cloud storage provider must be done using the Cloud Storage Configuration wizard in the NetBackup Administration Console. After this configuration is completed, you must manually create a backup policy for the deduplication (MSDP) pool catalog. For details, see the "NetBackup 52xx Appliance Initial Configuration Guide".
When to install a Cloud Configuration/Device Mappings RPM for NetBackup Appliance
    Cloud solution NetBackup Appliances running 5.0
    ACP CS3 (S3)Included in release
    Alibaba Cloud Object Storage Service (OSS) (S3)Included in release
    Amazon Glacier (S3)Included in release
    Amazon Glacier Deep Archive (S3)Included in release
    Amazon Glacier Instant Retrieval (IR) (S3)Included in release
    Amazon GovCloud Glacier (S3)Included in release
    Amazon GovCloud Glacier Deep Archive (S3)Included in release
    Amazon GovCloud Glacier Instant Retrieval (IR) (S3)Included in release
    Amazon GovCloud Simple Storage Service (S3)Included in release
    Amazon GovCloud Simple Storage Service - Infrequent Access (S3)Included in release
    Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)Included in release
    Amazon Simple Storage Service - Infrequent Access (S3)Included in release
    Amazon Simple Storage Service - OneZone-Infrequent Access (S3)Included in release
    AT&T Cloud Storage (S3)Included in release
    China Mobile CMCC Cloud Storage (S3)Included in release
    China Telecom OOS (S3)Included in release
    Chunghwa Telecom Hicloud S3 (S3)Included in release
    Cloudian HyperStore Object Storage (S3)Included in release
    Dell EMC Elastic Cloud Storage (S3)Included in release
    Dell EMC Isilon PowerScale series (S3)Included in release
    Deutsche Telekom Open Telekom Cloud (S3)Included in release
    Fujitsu ETERNUS CD10000 (S3)Included in release
    Google Cloud Storage - Multi-Regional (S3)Included in release
    Google Cloud Storage - Regional (S3)Included in release
    Google Cloud Storage Archive (S3)Included in release
    Google Cloud Storage Coldline (S3)Included in release
    Google Cloud Storage Nearline (S3)Included in release
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise Cloud Volumes (S3)Included in release
    Hitachi Vantara Content Platform (HCP) (S3)Included in release
    Hitachi Vantara HCP for Cloud Scale (S3)Included in release
    IBM Cloud Object Storage - Cold Vault (S3)Included in release
    IBM Cloud Object Storage - Private (S3)Included in release
    IBM Cloud Object Storage - Smart Tier (S3)Included in release
    IBM Cloud Object Storage - Standard (S3)Included in release
    IBM Cloud Object Storage - Vault (S3)Included in release
    Infoniqa SWISS3CLOUD (S3)Included in release
    Microsoft Azure (Azure)Included in release
    Microsoft Azure Germany (Azure)Included in release
    Microsoft Azure Government (Azure)Included in release
    NEC Cloud IaaS (S3)Included in release
    NEC HYDRAstor HS3 and HS8 (4th Gen), iStorage HS3 and HS8 (4th Gen) and NEC Storage HS3 and HS8 (4th Gen) (S3)Included in release
    NEC HYDRAstor HS3 and HS8 (5th Gen), iStorage HS3 and HS8 (5th Gen) and NEC Storage HS3 and HS8 (5th Gen) (S3)Included in release
    NetApp StorageGRID Webscale Object Storage (S3)Included in release
    NooBaa (S3)Included in release
    Nutanix Objects (S3)Included in release
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (S3)Included in release
    Orange Business Services Flexible Engine OBS (S3)Included in release
    Quantum Active Archive and ActiveScale Systems - Glacier (S3)Included in release
    Quantum Active Archive and ActiveScale Systems - Standard (S3)Included in release
    Red Hat Ceph Storage (S3)Included in release
    Scality RING Storage (S3)Included in release
    Seagate Lyve Cloud (S3)Included in release
    SUSE Enterprise Storage (S3)Included in release
    SwiftStack Object Storage (S3)Included in release
    Telefonica Open Cloud (S3)Included in release
    Tencent Cloud Object Storage (COS) - ARCHIVE (S3)Included in release
    Tencent Cloud Object Storage (COS) - DEEP ARCHIVE (S3)Included in release
    Tencent Cloud Object Storage (COS) - Archive (S3)Included in release
    Tencent Cloud Object Storage (COS) - Standard IA (S3)Included in release
    Veritas Alta Recovery Vault Amazon S3Included in release. WORM support requires the Emergency Engineering Binaries in this bundle: Veritas Alta Recovery Vault for NetBackup 10.0
    Veritas Alta Recovery Vault Amazon GovCloudIncluded in release. WORM support requires the Emergency Engineering Binaries in this bundle: Veritas Alta Recovery Vault for NetBackup 10.0
    Veritas Alta Recovery Vault AzureIncluded in release
    Veritas Alta Recovery Vault Azure GovernmentIncluded in release
    Veritas Access (S3)Included in release
    Veritas Access 3340/3350 Appliance (S3)Included in release
    Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage (S3)Included in release
NetBackup 5200 Series, 5300 Series, and Virtual Appliance Supported Functionality
NetBackup 5200 Series, 5300 Series, and Virtual Appliances - Supported Functionality
    Functionality Minimum 5.0 or later Appliance Release Supported Appliance Models Notes
    NetBackup Primary/Media Server5.05200 Series, VirtualThe Primary Server role is only supported on 5200 Series and Virtual Appliances. Key Management Service (KMS) and NetBackup Access Control (NBAC) are not supported when the Appliance is configured as a Primary Server.
    NetBackup Media Server5.05200 Series, 5300 Series, VirtualThe Primary Server in the NetBackup domain must be running a version of NetBackup equal to or newer than the NetBackup version on which the appliance is based.
    NetBackup CloudCatalyst Appliance  This role is not supported with version 4.0 and later.
    Accelerator (for files and folders)5.05200 Series, 5300 Series, Virtual 
    Accelerator with NDMP5.05200 Series, 5300 Series, VirtualSupported with Dell EMC Isilon Scale-Out NAS filers, and NetApp AFF, FAS, and V series filers.

    When using this feature with a NetBackup Virtual Appliance, monitor the /dev/mapper/system-log partition to ensure it does not exceed 50% of capacity, and manage log files to increase remaining partition capacity. For information on managing accelerator track log files, see "About the track log for Accelerator for NDMP" .

    For more information on this feature, see the "About NetBackup Accelerator for NDMP" .
    Accelerator with VMware-type policies5.05200 Series, 5300 Series, Virtual 
    Auto Image Replication to MSDP/5200 Series or 5300 Series over Ethernet5.05200 Series, 5300 Series, Virtual 
    Auto Image Replication to MSDP/5200 Series or 5300 Series over Fibre Channel (FC)5.05200 Series, 5300 Series 
    Client Deduplication / Client Direct over Ethernet5.05200 Series, 5300 Series, VirtualVeritas allows NetBackup Clients to write data directly to NetBackup Storage Server Appliances. The client hosts the deduplication plug-in that deduplicates the backup data. The plug-in sends only unique segments to the Storage Server, reducing network traffic and distributing CPU load. For the list of supported clients, see the "Deduplication Supported Operating Systems" section of the "NetBackup 10.0 - 10.x.x Operating System Software Compatibility List" .

    Data Immutability/WORM is supported with Client Direct with NetBackup Appliances running version 4.1 and later.
    Copilot for Oracle5.05200 Series, 5300 Series, VirtualFor more information on this feature, see the "NetBackup Copilot for Oracle Configuration Guide" .
    Fibre Transport Media Server5.05200 Series, 5300 SeriesSupported with 8 Gb HBAs in NetBackup 5240, 5250, 5330, and 5340 Appliances.

    Supported with 16 Gb HBAs in NetBackup 5240, 5250, 5340, and 5350 Appliances.
    FIPS-compliant encryption5.05200 Series, 5300 Series, VirtualFIPS-compliant encryption, as defined by the Federal Information Processing Standards 140-2, can be enabled from the NetBackup Shell Menu. For more information, see the "NetBackup Appliance Security Guide" .
    Granular Recovery Technology (GRT)5.05200 Series, 5300 Series, Virtual 
    Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) with VMware-type policies5.05200 Series, 5300 Series, VirtualSupport for VMware-type backup policies with Application Protection options enabled for Exchange or SharePoint.
    Instant Data Access5.05200 Series, 5300 SeriesThis feature allows you to create an Instant Access VM from a NetBackup backup image. The VM is available almost instantaneously, achieving a near-zero recovery time objective. NetBackup mounts the VM snapshot directly on the backup storage device to allow your ESXi host or cluster to treat the snapshot as a normal VM. For more information, see the "NetBackup Web UI VMware Administrator's Guide" .
    Instant Recovery for VMware5.05200 Series, 5300 Series, VirtualSupport for restoring virtual machines with Instant Recovery is described in the "NetBackup for VMware Administrator's Guide" .

    For details on supported platforms for instant recovery restore hosts, see "Support for NetBackup 7.7.x, 8.x, and 9.x in virtual environments" .
    iSCSI Initator - Hardware-assisted with TCP Offload Engine (TOE) card5.05240 (Configuration H), 5340 (Configurations A, B, C, D, and E)Supports backup of VMware virtual machines using VADP with SAN transport.

    For more information on this feature, see the "NetBackup Appliance iSCSI Guide" and the "NetBackup for VMware Administrator's Guide" .
    Key Management Service (KMS)5.05200 Series, 5300 SeriesKMS is supported with Appliances configured as either a Primary or a Media Server. With a NetBackupCLI administrator account in the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu, an Appliance Primary Server can administrate KMS with tape devices connected to itself or another NetBackup Appliance. Regenerating the data encryption key is the only supported method of recovering KMS on an Appliance Primary Server.
    NetBackup Access Control (NBAC)5.05200 Series, 5300 SeriesSupported when the Appliance is configured as a Media Server only.

    Not supported when the Appliance is configured as a Primary Server.
    NDMP5.05200 Series, 5300 Series, VirtualSupported NDMP solutions are listed in the NDMP devices Vendor Compatibility section.
    NetBackup Cluster  There are no plans to support this feature.
    NetBackup OpenStorage Cloud and Third-Party Plug-in Support5.05200 Series, 5300 Series, VirtualSupported plug-ins are listed in the "Support with NetBackup Appliance" tables shown in the OST Cloud and OST Storage Servers Vendor Compatibility sections.


    For instructions on installing vendor plug-in packages on NetBackup Appliances, see "About OpenStorage plugin installation" .
    NFSv45.05200 Series, 5300 Series, VirtualAll shares exported by the appliance can be mounted using NFSv4, including system shares and backup shares such as Universal shares and Copilot shares.
    OpsCenter5.05200 Series, 5300 Series, Virtual 
    OpsCenter Managed Server5.05200 Series, 5300 Series, Virtual 
    Optimized Duplication (Opt_Dup) over Ethernet5.05200 Series, 5300 Series, VirtualSupported from 5200/5300 Series/Virtual to 5200/5300 Series/Virtual (MSDP to MSDP).
    Optimized Duplication (Opt_Dup) over Fibre Channel (FC)5.05200 Series, 5300 SeriesSupported from 5200/5300 Series to 5200/5300 Series (MSDP to MSDP)
    Optimized Synthetics (Opt_Synth)5.05200 Series, 5300 Series, Virtual 
    Tape Drive Support5.05200 Series, 5300 SeriesSupported tape drives are listed in the "Support with NetBackup Appliance" tables shown in the Tape Drives Vendor Compatibility section. Shared Storage Option (SSO) is supported.
    Tape Library Support5.05200 Series, 5300 SeriesSupported tape libraries are listed with the notes "This library is also supported with NetBackup 5200 Series and 5300 Series Appliances" and "This library is also supported with the NetBackup 5240 Series Appliance with a SAS tape-out adapter" in the Tape Libraries Vendor Compatibility section. Use the NetBackup Device Configuration Wizard within the NetBackup Adminstration Console to configure robots and tape drives on the NetBackup Appliance.
    Universal Shares5.05200 Series, 5300 SeriesFor more information on configuring Universal Shares, see Manage > Storage > Universal Shares
    Virtual Tape Library (VTL) Support5.05200 Series, 5300 SeriesSupported VTLs are listed in the "Support with NetBackup Appliance" tables shown in the Virtual Tape Libraries Vendor Compatibility section. Use the NetBackup Device Configuration Wizard within the NetBackup Adminstration Console to configure VTLs and emulated tape drives on the NetBackup Appliance.
  
NetBackup Self Service
  • Veritas NetBackup Self Service offers large enterprises and service providers a single store front for all backup and recovery service offerings. Customers and business users can perform self-service backup and restore operations using intuitive, custom-designed interface themes. A single instance supports the registration of multiple tenants or business units to allow secure separation between clients. Codeless, visually-designed forms and process workflows cater to most self-service needs. Service Level Agreement (SLA) measurement, notification, chargeback, and reporting make it easy to manage the service.
  • NetBackup Self Service OS Platform Compatibility

    NetBackup Self Service Versions Supported Platforms Supported Databases
    NetBackup Self Service 10.3Windows Server 2022
    Windows Server 2019
    Windows Server 2016
    Windows Server 2012 R2
    		Microsoft SQL Server 2019
    Microsoft SQL Server 2017
    Microsoft SQL Server 2016
    Microsoft SQL Server 2014
    Azure SQL database
    Microsoft SQL Server on Amazon RDS
    NetBackup Self Service 10.2Windows Server 2022
    Windows Server 2019
    Windows Server 2016
    Windows Server 2012 R2
    		Microsoft SQL Server 2019
    Microsoft SQL Server 2017
    Microsoft SQL Server 2016
    Microsoft SQL Server 2014
    Azure SQL database
    Microsoft SQL Server on Amazon RDS
    NetBackup Self Service 10.1.1Windows Server 2022
    Windows Server 2019
    Windows Server 2016
    Windows Server 2012 R2
    		Microsoft SQL Server 2019
    Microsoft SQL Server 2017
    Microsoft SQL Server 2016
    Microsoft SQL Server 2014
    Azure SQL database
    Microsoft SQL Server on Amazon RDS
    NetBackup Self Service 10.1Windows Server 2022
    Windows Server 2019
    Windows Server 2016
    Windows Server 2012 R2
    		Microsoft SQL Server 2019
    Microsoft SQL Server 2017
    Microsoft SQL Server 2016
    Microsoft SQL Server 2014
    Azure SQL database
    Microsoft SQL Server on Amazon RDS
    NetBackup Self Service 10.0Windows Server 2019
    Windows Server 2016
    Windows Server 2012 R2
    		Microsoft SQL Server 2019
    Microsoft SQL Server 2017
    Microsoft SQL Server 2016
    Microsoft SQL Server 2014
    Azure SQL database
    Microsoft SQL Server on Amazon RDS
  • NetBackup Primary Server Compatibility

    • NetBackup Self Service does not require the NetBackup client software to be installed on the Web server or SQL server, However it is recommended to have the NetBackup Client software Installed.
    • The primary server version remains restricted to the NetBackup client version or later versions incase the NetBackup Client software is installed on the Web Server or SQL server.
    • NetBackup 9.1 does not support protection of cloud assets.
    NetBackup Self Service Versions NetBackup Versions Appliance Versions
    NetBackup Self Service 10.3NetBackup 10.3
    NetBackup 10.2
    NetBackup 10.1.1
    NetBackup 10.1
    NetBackup 10.0
    NetBackup 9.1
    NetBackup 9.0.0.1
    NetBackup 9.0
    NetBackup 8.3.0.1
    NetBackup 8.3
    NetBackup 8.2
    NetBackup 8.1.2
    NetBackup 8.1.1
    NetBackup 8.1
    NetBackup 8.0
    		NetBackup Appliance 4.0

    NetBackup Appliance 3.3.0.1
    NetBackup Appliance 3.2
    NetBackup Appliance 3.1.2
    NetBackup Appliance 3.1.1
    NetBackup Appliance 3.1
    NetBackup Appliance 3.0

    NetBackup Virtual Appliance 3.0

    FlexScale 3.1
    FlexScale 3.0
    FlexScale 2.1
    FlexScale 1.3.1
    NetBackup Self Service 10.2NetBackup 10.2
    NetBackup 10.1.1
    NetBackup 10.1
    NetBackup 10.0
    NetBackup 9.1
    NetBackup 9.0.0.1
    NetBackup 9.0
    NetBackup 8.3.0.1
    NetBackup 8.3
    NetBackup 8.2
    NetBackup 8.1.2
    NetBackup 8.1.1
    NetBackup 8.1
    NetBackup 8.0
    		NetBackup Appliance 4.0

    NetBackup Appliance 3.3.0.1
    NetBackup Appliance 3.2
    NetBackup Appliance 3.1.2
    NetBackup Appliance 3.1.1
    NetBackup Appliance 3.1
    NetBackup Appliance 3.0

    NetBackup Virtual Appliance 3.0

    FlexScale 3.1
    FlexScale 3.0
    FlexScale 2.1
    FlexScale 1.3.1
    NetBackup Self Service 10.1.1NetBackup 10.1.1
    NetBackup 10.1
    NetBackup 10.0
    NetBackup 9.1
    NetBackup 9.0.0.1
    NetBackup 9.0
    NetBackup 8.3.0.1
    NetBackup 8.3
    NetBackup 8.2
    NetBackup 8.1.2
    NetBackup 8.1.1
    NetBackup 8.1
    NetBackup 8.0
    		NetBackup Appliance 4.0

    NetBackup Appliance 3.3.0.1
    NetBackup Appliance 3.2
    NetBackup Appliance 3.1.2
    NetBackup Appliance 3.1.1
    NetBackup Appliance 3.1
    NetBackup Appliance 3.0

    NetBackup Virtual Appliance 3.0

    FlexScale 3.1
    FlexScale 3.0
    FlexScale 2.1
    FlexScale 1.3.1
    NetBackup Self Service 10.1NetBackup 10.1
    NetBackup 10.0
    NetBackup 9.1
    NetBackup 9.0.0.1
    NetBackup 9.0
    NetBackup 8.3.0.1
    NetBackup 8.3
    NetBackup 8.2
    NetBackup 8.1.2
    NetBackup 8.1.1
    NetBackup 8.1
    NetBackup 8.0
    		NetBackup Appliance 4.0

    NetBackup Appliance 3.3.0.1
    NetBackup Appliance 3.2
    NetBackup Appliance 3.1.2
    NetBackup Appliance 3.1.1
    NetBackup Appliance 3.1
    NetBackup Appliance 3.0

    NetBackup Virtual Appliance 3.0

    FlexScale 3.0
    FlexScale 2.1
    FlexScale 1.3.1
    NetBackup Self Service 10.0NetBackup 10.0
    NetBackup 9.1
    NetBackup 9.0.0.1
    NetBackup 9.0
    NetBackup 8.3.0.1
    NetBackup 8.3
    NetBackup 8.2
    NetBackup 8.1.2
    NetBackup 8.1.1
    NetBackup 8.1
    NetBackup 8.0
    		NetBackup Appliance 4.0

    NetBackup Appliance 3.3.0.1
    NetBackup Appliance 3.2
    NetBackup Appliance 3.1.2
    NetBackup Appliance 3.1.1
    NetBackup Appliance 3.1
    NetBackup Appliance 3.0

    NetBackup Virtual Appliance 3.0

    FlexScale 3.0
    FlexScale 2.1
    FlexScale 1.3.1
  • VMware vCloud Director Compatibility

    • The NetBackup primary server must also support the vCloud Director version
    Self Service Versions vCloud Director Versions
    NetBackup Self Service 10.2, 10.1.1, 10.1, 10.05.5, 5.6, 8.0, 8.10, 8.20, 9.0, 9.1, 9.5, , 9.7 , 10.0 , 10.1 , 10.2 , 10.3 , 10.4
    [1][1][1][1][1][1][1]
    NetBackup Self Service 10.310.4
    [1]
    NetBackup Self Service 10.3.0.110.5
    [1]
Footnotes
  • 1. VMware vCloud Director 9.5 and later requires VMware vCenter servers versions 6.5 and later .
  • NetBackup Self Service Supported Web Browsers

    • Microsoft Edge
    • Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Google Chrome
    • Apple Safari [not recommended]
  
Software Compatibility List (SCL) for Primary(Master) Server and Media Server
  • NetBackup is supported on all editions (Advanced, Base, DC, etc.) and on all vendor GA updates (n.1, n.2, etc.) or service packs (SP1, SP2, etc.) unless stated otherwise in the tables below.
    IBM POWER 8/9 platform is supported only with Little Endian hardware architecture.

    For Red Hat Security Enhanced Linux considerations refer to SELinux interaction with NetBackup
Red Hat Enterprise Linux - NetBackup Server
    OS CPU Architecture OS Bits NetBackup Primary Server NetBackup Media Server NetBackup Bits NBAC OpsCenter Server OpsCenter Managed Server NDMP Minimum NetBackup Level
    Enterprise Linux 8[1]x86-6464YY64YYYY10.0
Footnotes
  
System Requirements for Primary(Master) Server
NetBackup Binary Size
    Approximate binary size of the NetBackup server software (includes client software) for an initial install.
    OS - All Versions CPU Architecture 32-bit server 64-bit server Notes
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Serverx86-64 10466 MB 
Primary(Master) Server Minimum Physical Memory Requirement
    OS/Version CPU Architecture Minimum Memory Requirement
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8x86-6416 GB
File Descriptor and File Size Requirements
    The number of file descriptors for the Primary(Master) Server must be set to at least 8000. See 'ulimit -n' output value.
    The file size limit for the Primary(Master) Server must be set to unlimited. See 'ulimit -f' output value.
Operating System Tuning Requirements
    The following semaphore values can impact performance of the Server.
    The recommended semaphore values are as follows:
    SEMMSLSEMMNSSEMOPMSEMMNI
    300307200321024
Catalog Maintenance Disk Space Requirement
    This system requirement only applies to upgrades from one major, minor or release update (single or double dot) version to another, not an initial install.

    Database rebuilds are likely to occur in each major, minor (single-dot), and release update (double-dot) version of NetBackup. Therefore, before upgrading to NetBackup major, minor, or release update, you must ensure that you have an amount of free disk space available that is equal to or greater than the size of the NetBackup database. That means for default installations, you are required to have that amount of free space on the file system containing the /usr/openv/db/data directory. If you have changed the location of some of the files in this directory, free space is required in those locations equal to or greater than the size of the files in those locations. For specific information for your environment, use the SORT data collector to generate a custom report. Refer to the NetBackup 10.2 Administrator's Guide, Volume I for more information about storing NBDB database files in alternate locations.

    NOTE: This free disk space requirement assumes that you have already performed the best practice of completing a successful catalog backup before you begin the upgrade.
Temporary Disk Space Requirement for Install or Upgrade
    After downloading the software, temporary disk space is required for the installation process. You may designate where this temporary space is located via use of environment variables, NB_TMPDIR or TMPDIR. NB_TMPDIR is used if set, TMPDIR next if set, otherwise /tmp. You will need approximately 688 MBs of temporary disk space during the install.

    If using Live Update, you will need 4.5 GBs of temporary disk space. The location of the temporary disk space is designated in the 'workdir' setting in the /usr/openv/netbackup/nblu.conf file with /tmp being the default.
Web Server User Account Requirement
    Beginning with NetBackup 8.0, the primary(master) server includes an active web server to support critical backup operations. A user account must be setup for it. Consult Tomcat setup for details on setting up this account.
Valid Characters in Host Names Requirement
    NetBackup requires host names to comply with RFC-1123, meaning only ASCII characters "a" thru "z", case insensitive, and digits "0" thru "9" and the hyphen character.
CPU Cores Recommendation
    Beginning with NetBackup 8.1, it is recommended that the primary(master) server host have 4 CPU cores.
  
System Requirements for Media Server
NetBackup Binary Size
    Approximate binary size of the NetBackup server software (includes client software) for an initial install.
    OS - All Versions CPU Architecture 32-bit server 64-bit server Notes
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Serverx86-64 10466 MB 
Media Server Minimum Physical Memory Requirement
    OS/Version CPU Architecture Minimum Memory Requirement
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8x86-644 GB
File Descriptor and File Size Requirements
    The number of file descriptors for the Media Server must be set to at least 8000. See 'ulimit -n' output value.
    The file size limit for the Media Server must be set to unlimited. See 'ulimit -f' output value.
Operating System Tuning Requirements
    The following semaphore values can impact performance of the Server.
    The recommended semaphore values are as follows:
    SEMMSLSEMMNSSEMOPMSEMMNI
    300307200321024
Temporary Disk Space Requirement for Install or Upgrade
    After downloading the software, temporary disk space is required for the installation process. You may designate where this temporary space is located via use of environment variables, NB_TMPDIR or TMPDIR. NB_TMPDIR is used if set, TMPDIR next if set, otherwise /tmp. You will need approximately 688 MBs of temporary disk space during the install.

    If using Live Update, you will need 4.5 GBs of temporary disk space. The location of the temporary disk space is designated in the 'workdir' setting in the /usr/openv/netbackup/nblu.conf file with /tmp being the default.
Valid Characters in Host Names Requirement
    NetBackup requires host names to comply with RFC-1123, meaning only ASCII characters "a" thru "z", case insensitive, and digits "0" thru "9" and the hyphen character.
  
Browser Requirements for NetBackup Web UI for Primary(Master) Server
  
NetBackup for Kubernetes for Primary(Master) Server
  • For support with NetBackup for Kubernetes, the solution must be listed in the Container Storage Interface (CSI) driver here: Kubernetes Container Storage Interface (CSI) Documentation
    Supported on x86-64 architecture Kubernetes nodes only.

    Prior to NetBackup 10.1.1

    To support snapshot operations, the solution's CSI driver must list Snapshot in the Other Features column and must support apiVersion: snapshot.storage.k8s.io/v1
    To support Backup from snapshot operation, the solution's CSI driver must list Raw Block and Snapshot in the Other Features column.
  • NetBackup 10.1.1 and onwards

    NetBackup supports both Block and File mode volumes for Snapshot and Backup from snapshot operations. The solution’s CSI driver must list Snapshot in the Other Features column, and must support apiVersion: snapshot.storage.k8s.io/v1
  • Supported Storage Vendors:

    - Dell EMC
    - Google Compute Engine
    - Hitachi Vantara
    - Hewlett Packard Enterprise
    - IBM / Red Hat
    - Infinidat
    - NetApp
    - Nexenta
    - Nutanix
    - Portworx
    - Pure Storage
    - Veritas
    - VMware
    - Zadara
Kubernetes Compatibility
    NetBackup Versions Supported Kubernetes API Versions
    10.3
    		1.29, 1.28, 1.27, 1.26, 1.25, 1.24, 1.23, 1.22
    10.2.0.1
    		1.29, 1.28, 1.27, 1.26, 1.25, 1.24, 1.23, 1.22, 1.21
    10.2
    		1.29, 1.28, 1.27, 1.26, 1.25, 1.24, 1.23, 1.22, 1.21
    10.1.1
    		1.29, 1.28, 1.27, 1.26, 1.25, 1.24, 1.23, 1.22, 1.21
    10.1
    		1.29, 1.28, 1.27, 1.26, 1.25, 1.24, 1.23, 1.22, 1.21
    10.0
    		1.29, 1.28, 1.27, 1.26, 1.25, 1.24, 1.23, 1.22, 1.21
  
Virtual Systems Compatibility for Primary(Master) Server,Media Server and Client
  • This Statement of Support for NetBackup in a Virtual Environment document describes the extent of support for NetBackup within a virtual environment. Ideally, every NetBackup configuration supported in a traditional physical environment would also be supported in any virtual environment without qualification. While that is our mission, it is not always possible.

    Therefore, the purpose of this document is to:
    • Clarify differences between NetBackup support in physical vs. virtual environments
    • Describe general guidelines for support in virtual environments.
    • Describe impact upon specific NetBackup components: clients, servers, options, etc.
    • Provide references to related information.
VMware Compatibility
  • • NetBackup supports all minor patch releases (like: EP, U1x) unless otherwise noted.
    • Software Defined Data-Center(SDDC) environments which includes NSX, NSX-T or other networking technologies are transparent to NetBackup and are supported.
    • VMware Cloud on AWS (VMC), Oracle Cloud VMware Solution (OCVS) and VMware Cloud Foundation on Dell EMC VxRail is supported with vSphere versions listed in below table.
    • NetBackup 10.0 and later versions support VMware Virtual Volumes (VVols)
    • NetBackup supports all triple-dot versions of VMware vCloud Director, unless otherwise noted.
    • VMware HyperScale Partner- Azure VMware solution is supported.
    • Single File Recovery (agent-based and agentless) is supported for Windows guest virtual machines with Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) and NTFS file system.
    NetBackup Versions VDDK Versions vSphere Versions vCloud Director Versions Backup/Restore Host Versions
    10.28.0vSphere 8.0 U2, 8.0 U1, 8.0
    vSphere 7.0 U3, 7.0 U2, 7.0 U1, 7.0
    vSphere 6.7 U3, 6.7 U2, 6.7 U1, 6.7
    VMware vSAN 8.0 U2, 8.0 U1, 8.0, 7.0 U3, 7.0 U2, 7.0 U1, 7.0

    Refer VMware VDDK release notes URL below for additional information on supported vCenter and ESXi versions.
    		Service Provider Versions: 10.4, 10.3, 10.2
    		All 64 bit only:
    Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.0, 8.6, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1, 7.9
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15SP1, 12SP5
    CentOS 7.9, Ubuntu 18.04
  • • NetBackup does not support the vCloud Director 10 feature called "Automatic discovery and import of vCenter VMs."
  • Note the following:
    • The EEB required for Instant Access with VMware vSphere 8.0, 8.0 U1, 8.0 U2 on NetBackup 10.1 and VMware vSphere 7.0 U1, 7.0 U2, 7.0 U3 on NetBackup 10.0 can be obtained from Veritas Technical Support.
    • Support for vSphere 8.0 U2 with Hardware version 20 and below starts from NetBackup 10.1.
    • VMware version information can also be obtained from the VMware Product Interoperability Matrix and is subject to change by VMware. For the latest information, see the following: Product Interoperability Matrix.
    • NetBackup supports installation of the backup host in a virtual machine (VMware "hotadd"). The guest operating systems that NetBackup supports for hotadd are the same as the above.
    • For the Linux VMware backup host or restore host, locales other than UTF-8 are not supported.
Hyper-V Servers Compatibility
  • Hyper-V is supported on Microsoft Windows Server Editions which are compatible with NetBackup Client. Refer to Operating System Compatibility table for details.
    Hyper-V Servers Compatibility - Reference Article: TECH127089 Statement of Support for NetBackup in a Virtual Environment: Support for NetBackup 7.7.x, 8.x, 9.x, and 10.x in virtual environments
    Note:
    • NetBackup Client must be installed on the Hyper-V server
    • Primary and Media Server platform support as supported by the appropriate NBU release
    NetBackup Versions Hyper-V Server Versions System Center Virtual Machine Manager Versions Comments
    10.2
    		Hyper-V Server 2022
    Hyper-V Server 2019
    Hyper-V Server 2016
    Hyper-V Server 2012 R2
    Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 U1
    Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 U2
    Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 U3
    Hyper-V Server 2012
    		NetBackup Add-In and Hyper-V Intelligent Policy for
    • SCVMM 2022
    • SCVMM 2019
    • SCVMM 2016
    		• Hyper-V Intelligent Policy supported only for Hyper-V Server 2019, Hyper-V Server 2016, Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 (and associated updates)
    • VHD and VHDX support
  • File-level recovery from a Hyper-V backup is not supported in case of following scenarios.
     • Any guest OS volume that resides on a 4Kn virtual disk (VHDX file).
     • Files in guest OS that reside on REFS or NTFS deduplicated volume.

    WMI backup features and limitations:
     • WMI method is supported for Windows Server 2016 and above.
     • Requires a VM configuration version later than 5.
     • VMs can be hosted on either the NTFS, ReFS, Windows Storage Spaces, Storage Spaces Direct or SMB 3.0 file shares.
     • WMI backup method does not support backup or restore of user-created checkpoints of the VM.
     • Faster Hyper-V backup and recovery feature requires block-level incremental to be enabled and can only be saved to deduplication storage unit.

    VSS backup limitations:
     • VMs must reside on the NTFS file system (ReFS or NTFS Deduplication is not supported).
     • Block-level incremental backup is not supported.
     • Backing up VM's residing on SMB 3.0 file shares is not supported.

    Hyper-V Limitations
     • Backup of a Hyper-V guest OS that use VHD Sets or shared VHDX file is not supported.
     • Hyper-V Server on windows Server Semi-Annual Channel builds are supported with partial functionality.
       Refer technote for additional details NetBackup support for Windows Server Semi-Annual Channel
Nutanix AOS versions and backup host
  • Supported Nutanix AOS versions and backup host operating systems
    NetBackup for Nutanix AHV protects Nutanix AHV virtual machines by integrating with Nutanix APIs for Data Protection.
    All minor versions of Nutanix AOS are supported unless specifically noted in the table below.
    NetBackup Versions Nutanix AOS Versions Backup/Restore Host Versions Notes
    10.2
    		6.6
    6.5
    5.20
    		NetBackup 10.0 and later versions supported x86-64 platforms of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Windows Server will work as backup hosts.
    		"Hypervisor” policy type to be used for protecting Nutanix AHV on supported AOS versions
  • Note the following:
    • With NetBackup 10.0, BigData policy cannot be used to protect Nutanix AHV VMs. Refer: Veritas NetBackup™ for Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) Administrator's Guide
    • To backup other hypervisors like VMware ESX or a Hyper-V on a Nutanix Acropolis cluster, please see VMware ESX or a Hyper-V SCL for support matrix. To backup VMware ESX or a Hyper-V on a Nutanix Acropolis cluster, use a VMware policy or a Hyper-V, respectively.
    • NetBackup supports installation of the backup host in a virtual machine.
    • English only AHV is supported.
    • Backups are Crash And Application Consistent.
    • AHV Community Edition is not supported.
    • Backup of VMs having volume groups is not supported.
    • Backup and recovery of the entire virtual machine for all guest operating systems is supported.
    • NetBackup 9.1 and later versions support file and folder recovery.
Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager Compatibility
  • Supported Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager Version
    • NetBackup currently supports only x86-64 editions of Oracle Linux KVM servers.
    • Configuration for Oracle Linux Virtualization is the same as Red Hat Virtualization as both use the oVirt framework. To back up and restore virtual machines that run on OLVM, configure a hypervisor for Red Hat Virtualization by referring "NetBackup™ Web UI Red Hat Virtualization Administrator's Guide".
    NetBackup Versions Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager Version
    10.24.4, 4.5
  • Note:
    • VMs in suspended state cannot be protected.
    • NetBackup 10.0 supported x86-64 platforms of Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server will work as backup hosts.
    • Cinder storage is currently not supported.
    • Pass through disk cannot be backed up by RHV agent. Please install NetBackup client inside the VM to protect data on such disks.
    • NetBackup Accelerator is not supported.
    • Only crash consistent backup are supported.
    • Only Full VM backups are supported. File Level Recovery is not supported.
    • For KVM 4.4 unable to remove the older snapshots from the Oracle manager when the disk is in a locked state and error “A NetBackup snapshot of the virtual machine exist” is seen in job detailed status. Please contact Oracle support, if this error occurs.
Kubernetes Compatibility
    NetBackup Versions Supported Kubernetes API Versions
    10.2
    		1.29, 1.28, 1.27, 1.26, 1.25, 1.24, 1.23, 1.22, 1.21
Continuous Data Protection for VMware
VMware vRealize Compatibility
    Veritas NetBackup plug-in for VMWare vRealize Version VMWare vRealize Orchestrator Versions NetBackup Versions
    2.28.5
    		NetBackup 10.2, 10.1.1
    2.18.5
    		NetBackup 10.2, 10.1.1
    2.08.4
    8.3    		NetBackup 10.2, 10.1.1, 10.0
  • Note:
    • NetBackup 10.0 and later versions support Backup Now for VMWare VM, AWS VM and AWS Volumes
    • NetBackup 10.0 and later versions support API Key Authentication in addition to standard Authentication.
Azure Stack HUB
  • Supported Azure Stack versions and backup host operating systems
    NetBackup protects Azure Stack virtual machines by integrating with Azure Stack APIs for Data Protection.
    All minor versions of Azure Stack are supported unless specifically noted in the table below.
    NetBackup support restore unmanaged disk format in managed disk formats.
    Backups are crash consistence.
    NetBackup Versions Azure Stack HUB Versions
    10.22206
    2108
    2102
Azure Stack HCI
  • Azure Stack HCI is protected by WMI method from NetBackup Policy Type Hyper-V.
    Cluster Configuration NetBackup Versions Notes
    Microsoft Azure Stack HCI - 22H2, 21H210.2, 10.1.1, 10.1, 10.0 
  
Cluster Compatibility for Primary(Master) Server
  • This Software Compatibility List (SCL) document contains information for Veritas NetBackup 10.0 through 10.x.x. It covers NetBackup Server (which includes Enterprise Server and Server), Client, Bare Metal Restore (BMR), Clustered Primary Server Compatibility and Storage Stacks, Deduplication, File System Compatibility, NetBackup OpsCenter, NetBackup Access Control (NBAC), SAN Media Server/SAN Client/FT Media Server, Virtual System Compatibility and NetBackup Self Service Support. It is divided into bookmarks on the left that can be expanded.
  • For information about certain NetBackup features, functionality, 3rd-party product integration, Veritas product integration, applications, databases, and OS platforms that Veritas intends to replace with newer and improved functionality, or in some cases, discontinue without replacement, please see the widget titled "NetBackup Future Platform and Feature Plans" atSORT for NetBackup Users
Clustered Primary Server Compatibility
  • See NetBackup High Availability Administrator's GuideNetBackup Documentation Landing Pagefor details. Cluster compatibility is only listed for NetBackup Components that are cluster aware. NetBackup clients and agents are supported in cluster environments but are not cluster aware.

    All MR’s are supported if the specific Major/GA release is already supported.

    For Linux distributions shown in the tables below, NetBackup is supported on all "editions" and on all vendor GA updates (n.1, n.2, etc.) or service packs (SP1, SP2, etc.) unless otherwise footnoted in this document or in the NetBackup OS Compatibility List.

    For information about certain NetBackup features, functionality, 3rd-party product integration, Veritas product integration, applications, databases, and OS platforms that Veritas intends to replace with newer and improved functionality, or in some cases, discontinue without replacement, please see the widget titled "NetBackup Future Platform and Feature Plans" atSORT for NetBackup Users
    Cluster Type Version OS CPU Architecture Supported NetBackup Version
    VCS (InfoScale)[1]8.0.2Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.9x86-6410.3
    VCS (InfoScale)[1]8.0.2Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.8x86-6410.3
    VCS (InfoScale)8.0.2Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.8x86-6410.2
    VCS (InfoScale)8.0.2Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.6x86-6410.2
    VCS (InfoScale)8.0.2Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.9x86-6410.1.1
    VCS (InfoScale)8.0.2Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.8x86-6410.1.1
    VCS (InfoScale)[1]8.0Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.8x86-6410.3
    VCS (InfoScale)[1]8.0Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.6x86-6410.3
    VCS (InfoScale)8.0Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.8x86-6410.2
    VCS (InfoScale)8.0Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.7x86-6410.2
    VCS (InfoScale)8.0Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.6x86-6410.2
    VCS (InfoScale)8.0Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.8x86-6410.1.1
    VCS (InfoScale)8.0Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.7x86-6410.1.1
    VCS (InfoScale)8.0Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.8x86-6410.1
    VCS (InfoScale)8.0Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.6x86-6410.1
    VCS (InfoScale)8.0Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.6x86-6410.1.1
    VCS (InfoScale)8.0Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.6x86-6410.0
    VCS (InfoScale)8.0Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.4x86-6410.0
    VCS (InfoScale)8.0Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.5x86-6410.0
    VCS (InfoScale)[1]7.4.2Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.8x86-6410.3
    VCS (InfoScale)[1]7.4.2Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.6x86-6410.3
    VCS (InfoScale)7.4.2Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.6x86-6410.2
    VCS (InfoScale)7.4.2Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.6x86-6410.1
    VCS (InfoScale)7.4.2Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.8x86-6410.1.1
    VCS (InfoScale)7.4.2Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.8x86-6410.0
    VCS (InfoScale)7.4.2Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.8x86-6410.2
    VCS (InfoScale)7.4.2Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.7x86-6410.1.1
    VCS (InfoScale)7.4.2Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.6x86-6410.1.1
    VCS (InfoScale)7.4.2Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.5x86-6410.1
    VCS (InfoScale)7.4.2Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.7x86-6410.0
    VCS (InfoScale)7.4.2Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.6x86-6410.0
    VCS (InfoScale)7.4.2Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.3x86-6410.0
    VCS (InfoScale)7.4.2Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.2x86-6410.0
Footnotes
Clustered Primary Server Storage Stacks
  • The table below captures the NetBackup clustering solution supported volume manager on shared disk. For example, when configuring NetBackup on a Linux OS VCS cluster, the only supported volume manager for the shared disk used by NetBackup is VxVM.

    Note that the table below does not include OS versions. Please see the preceding table for specific OS version support.

    NetBackup support of the FlashBackup policy with Storage Foundation 6 volume manager is scheduled for a future NetBackup release.

    NetBackup support of Storage Foundation 6 features of Deduplication and Compression is scheduled for a future NetBackup release.
  
Bare Metal Restore (BMR) Support for Primary(Master) Server
  • General Information
  
Deduplication Supported Operating Systems for Media Server
  • Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2022" it is implied that Essentials Edition, Standard Edition, and Datacenter Edition are supported.
    Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2019" it is implied that Essentials Edition, Standard Edition, and Datacenter Edition are supported.
    Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2016" it is implied that Essentials Edition, Standard Edition, and Datacenter Edition are supported.
    Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2012", or "Windows Server 2012 R2" it is implied that Foundation Edition, Essentials Edition, Standard Edition, and Datacenter Edition are supported.
  • Media Server Deduplication (MSDP) is supported in an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) environment on any cloud platform that meets minimum requirements.
    OS CPU Architecture Media Server Dedupe Minimum NetBackup Level
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8x86-64Yes10.0
  
Descriptions of Disk Storage Unit Types for Media Server
  • NetBackup permits the creation of an unlimited number of disk storage units. The types of storage units are described in the table below.
Disk Storage Unit Types
BasicDisk
  • A BasicDisk type storage unit consists of a directory on a locally-attached disk or a network-attached disk that is exposed as a file system to a NetBackup media server. NetBackup stores backup data in the specified directory.
BasicDisk - Considerations
    Subject Notes
    Configuration considerations1. Do not include the same volume or file system in multiple BasicDisk storage units.

    2. BasicDisk storage units cannot be used in a storage lifecycle policy.
AdvancedDisk
  • An AdvancedDisk type storage unit is used for a dedicated disk that is directly attached to a NetBackup media server. AdvancedDisk is available only when the Data Protection Optimization Option is licensed. NetBackup assumes exclusive ownership of the disk resources that comprise an AdvancedDisk disk pool. If the resources are shared with other users, NetBackup cannot manage disk pool capacity or storage lifecycle policies correctly. For AdvancedDisk, the NetBackup media servers function as both data movers and storage servers. For more information on configuring AdvancedDisk, see the "NetBackup AdvancedDisk Storage Solutions Guide".
AdvancedDisk - Considerations
    Subject Notes
    Support assumptions1. Veritas NetBackup has an open support policy for AdvancedDisk storage units. The storage must be seen as local disk by the NetBackup Media Server, regardless of connection method (SCSI, Fibre Channel, iSCSI, etc), to be supported as an AdvancedDisk storage unit.

    Please note: Due to the open support policy, and the range of 3rd party storage solutions, it is the responsibility of the customer to ensure that the chosen storage solution meets the specific performance needs in the specific production environment. Veritas NetBackup features that are performance-dependent, such as Granular Restore Technology (GRT) are not supported with AdvancedDisk storage units.

    Hybrid storage solutions, with a mix of both local (LAN or FC) and WAN (remote or cloud) based storage tiers, have become available. Thorough testing of these storage solutions, when used as AdvancedDisk storage units, needs to be completed by the customer, to the customer's satisfaction, particularly in the area of restore operations, to ensure that timeouts do not occur. Some specific hybrid storage solutions have been tested as NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage units, in Veritas labs, with joint effort and in cooperation with Veritas storage partners. Resulting white papers and reference materials will appear here:

    - Microsoft Azure StorSimple: "Configure StorSimple with Veritas NetBackup"

    All-flash storage solutions are included in the AdvancedDisk open support policy. Some specific all-flash storage solutions have been tested as NetBackup AdvancedDisk storage units, in Veritas labs, with joint effort and in cooperation with Veritas storage partners. Examples are:

    - Pure Storage FlashBlade

    - Violin Systems Flash Storage Platform

    2. Veritas InfoScale Foundation and Storage Foundation are supported with NetBackup AdvancedDisk. For information on disk arrays that are supported with the InfoScale Foundation or Storage Foundation version you're running, please see "Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools (SORT)" .

    3. AdvancedDisk functionality is subject to all functional limitations as imposed either by the operating system or by the underlying file system.

    Configuration considerations1. For UNIX NetBackup Media Servers, AdvancedDisk requires that all LSUs (Logical Storage Units) are active mount points within the UNIX host. Using the NFS automount feature is not recommended with AdvancedDisk.

    2. Access to NFS storage requires NetBackup daemons to run as root. The NFS server exporting the file system must be configured to allow root access to the file system.

    3. To ensure support, the disk array must be combined with interconnect hardware that is supported by the disk array manufacturer and the operating system vendor. Refer to the respective vendor's support lists for this information.

    4. When installing and configuring HBA drivers it is recommended that the array vendor-qualified HBA drivers be used as opposed to the general HBA drivers that are released for each operating system. These array vendor-qualified HBA drivers are typically found in a separate section of the HBA vendor or array vendor's website, often separated by array model.

    5. Performance may vary depending on the array hardware used.
OpenStorage
  • An OpenStorage type storage unit is used for disk storage, usually provided by a third party vendor. The actual name of the disk type depends on the vendor. OpenStorage is available only when the OpenStorage Disk Option is licensed. The storage is integrated into NetBackup through an API. The storage vendor partners with Veritas to integrate the storage into NetBackup. The storage host is the storage server. The NetBackup media servers function as the data movers. The storage vendor's plug-in must be installed on each media server that functions as a data mover. The logon credentials to the storage server must be configured on each media server. For more information on configuring OpenStorage, see the "NetBackup OpenStorage Solutions Guide for Disk".
PureDisk
  • A PureDisk disk type storage unit is used for deduplicated data for Media Server Deduplication Pools (MSDP) storage pools.
Media Server Deduplication Pool (MSDP)
  • When a Media Server Deduplication Pool is configured, NetBackup deduplicates the data and hosts the storage. MSDP is available only when the NetBackup Data Protection Optimization Option is licensed.
  • The following all-flash storage solutions have been tested as NetBackup MSDP storage in Veritas labs, with joint effort and in cooperation with Veritas storage partners, and are supported with the following limitations:
    Storage Solution Notes
    Pure Storage FlashBlade- Requires Purity//FB 3.0.2 or later running NFS version 3.

    - Requires Flex 5340 Appliance version 1.3 or later.

    - Requires Flex NetBackup Images version 8.2 or later.

    - Requires Flex Add-Ons for NetBackup 8.2: "NetBackup 8.2 Hotfix - MSDP EEB Bundle (Etrack 3981133)" and Flex add-on netfs.

    - Maximum aggregate size of MSDP pool supported with this device is 250 TB.

    - NetBackup Client-side deduplication is supported.

    - NetBackup Accelerator (for files and folders) is supported.

    - NetBackup Auto Image Replication (A.I.R.) is supported.

    - Not supported with Veritas Instant Access, Instant Recovery, and Universal Shares.

  • Veritas reserves the right to approve customer scenarios on a case-by-case basis prior to confirming support.
  
Cloud Configuration Files for Media Server
  • The latest version of this file is included in NetBackup release updates and is also available for download independently on the Veritas support site. This file is updated whenever new cloud provider support is needed, independent of NetBackup release updates. This file is cumulative, so the most recent version contains all support added in earlier versions. The column "NetBackup version" indicates the NetBackup Primary Server version that the Cloud Configuration package requires for installation.
Cloud Configuration File Packages
    Cloud Configuration Package version NetBackup version URL Providers added
    2.11.8Media Server: 8.0 or laterMedia Server: "Cloud Configuration Package"Added support for regions in AWS Recovery Vault:
    - Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)
    - Asia Pacific (Melbourne)
    - Europe (Spain)
    - Europe (Zurich)
    - Israel (Tel Aviv)
    - Middle East (UAE)
    2.11.6Media Server: 8.0 or laterMedia Server: Use the most recent version above.Added support:
    - Amazon GovCloud - Glacier Instant Retrieval (IR)
    2.11.5Media Server: 8.0 or laterMedia Server: Use the most recent version above.Added support:
    - Cold tier - Microsoft Azure and Azure Government
    2.11.4Media Server: 8.0 or laterMedia Server: Use the most recent version above.Added support:
    - iTernity iCAS (S3) - S3 Object Lock
    2.11.3Media Server: 8.0 or laterMedia Server: Use the most recent version above.Added support:
    - Impossible Cloud (S3) - S3 Object Lock
    - Google (S3) - Europe West 10 (Berlin) region
    - Google (S3) - Middle East Central 2 (Dammam) region
    2.11.2Media Server: 8.0 or laterMedia Server: Use the most recent version above.Added support:
    - Amazon (S3) - Israel (Tel Aviv) region
    2.11.1Media Server: 8.0 or laterMedia Server: Use the most recent version above.Added support:
    - Cloud Object Store Protection (COSP) - Quantum ActiveScale Systems (S3)
    2.10.12Media Server: 8.0 or laterMedia Server: Use the most recent version above.Added support:
    - SandStone MOS (S3)
    2.10.11Media Server: 8.0 or laterMedia Server: Use the most recent version above.Added support:
    - Cloud Object Store Protection (COSP) - STACKIT Object Storage (S3)
    2.10.10Media Server: 8.0 or laterMedia Server: Use the most recent version above.Added support:
    - Pure Storage FlashBlade (S3)
    2.10.9Media Server: 8.0 or laterMedia Server: Use the most recent version above.Added support:
    - NetApp ONTAP S3
    - Iron Mountain Iron Cloud SOS (S3)
    - Impossible Cloud (S3)
    - Amazon (S3) - Asia Pacific (Melbourne) region
    - Amazon (S3) - Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) region
    - Amazon (S3) - EU (Zurich) region
    - Amazon (S3) - EU (Spain) region
    - Google (S3) - Europe West 12 (Turin) region
    - Google (S3) - Middle East Central 1 (Doha) region
    2.10.8Media Server: 8.0 or laterMedia Server: Use the most recent version above.Added support:
    - VAST Data (S3)
    2.10.7Media Server: 8.0 or laterMedia Server: Use the most recent version above.Added earlier support not included in NetBackup 10.2 release:
    - Amazon Glacier Instant Retrieval (IR)
    - Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage (S3)
    - DataCore Swarm (S3)
    - iTernity iCAS FS (S3)
    - Quantum ActiveScale Glacier Storage Class
    - Spectra Vail (S3)
    - STACKIT Object Storage (S3)
    - NEC Cloud IaaS Object Storage N2 (S3)
    - Amazon (S3) - Asia Pacific (Jakarta) region
    - Amazon (S3) – ME (UAE) region
    - Google (S3) - Asia South2 (Delhi) region
    - Google (S3) - Australia-Southeast2 (Melbourne) region
    - Google (S3) - EU West8 (Milan) region
    - Google (S3) - EU West9 (Paris) region
    - Google (S3) - EU Southwest1 (Madrid) region
    - Google (S3) - North America Northeast2 (Toronto) region
    - Google (S3) - US East5 (Columbus) region
    - Google (S3) - US South1 (Dallas) region
    - Wasabi (S3) - AP Southeast 1 (Singapore) region
    - Wasabi (S3) - AP Southeast 2 (Sydney) region
    - Wasabi (S3) - EU Central 2 (Frankfurt) region
    - Wasabi (S3) - CA Central 1 (Toronto) region
    - Wasabi (S3) - EU West 2 (Paris) region
    2.10.6Media Server: 8.0 or laterMedia Server: Use the most recent version above.Added support:
    - STACKIT Object Storage (S3)
    - Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage (S3)
    - NEC Cloud IaaS Object Storage (N2) (S3)
    2.10.5Media Server: 8.0 or laterMedia Server: Use the most recent version above.Added support:
    - Spectra Logic Vail (S3)
    - DataCore Swarm (S3)
    - Google (S3) - Middle East West1 (Tel Aviv) region

    Added earlier support not included in NetBackup 10.1.1 release:
    - Amazon Glacier Instant Retrieval (IR)
    - iTernity iCAS FS (S3)
    - Amazon (S3) - Asia Pacific (Jakarta) region
    - Amazon (S3) - Middle East (UAE) region
    - Google (S3) - Asia South2 (Delhi) region
    - Google (S3) - Australia-Southeast2 (Melbourne) region
    - Google (S3) - EU West8 (Milan) region
    - Google (S3) - EU West9 (Paris) region
    - Google (S3) - EU Southwest1 (Madrid) region
    - Google (S3) - US East5 (Columbus) region
    - Google (S3) - US South1 (Dallas) region
    - Google (S3) - North America Northeast2 (Toronto) region
    - Wasabi (S3) - EU West 2 (Paris) region
    - Wasabi (S3) - AP Southeast 1 (Singapore) region
    - Wasabi (S3) - AP Southeast 2 (Sydney) region
    - Wasabi (S3) - EU Central 2 (Frankfurt) region
    - Wasabi (S3) - CA Central 1 (Toronto) region
    2.10.4Media Server: 8.0 or laterMedia Server: Use the most recent version above.Added support:
    - Google (S3) - EU West8 (Milan) region
    2.10.3Media Server: 8.0 or laterMedia Server: Use the most recent version above.Added support:
    - Veritas NetBackup Recovery Vault AWS Glacier Deep Archive
    2.10.2Media Server: 8.0 or laterMedia Server: Use the most recent version above.Added support:
    - Amazon (S3) - Middle East (UAE) region
    2.10.1Media Server: 8.0 or laterMedia Server: Use the most recent version above.Added support:
    Added earlier support not included in NetBackup 10.1 release:
    - Amazon Glacier Instant Retrieval (IR)
    - iTernity iCAS FS (S3)
    - Amazon (S3) - Asia Pacific (Jakarta) region
    - Google (S3) - Asia South2 (Delhi) region
    - Google (S3) - Australia-Southeast2 (Melbourne) region
    - Google (S3) - EU West9 (Paris) region
    - Google (S3) - EU Southwest1 (Madrid) region
    - Google (S3) - US East5 (Columbus) region
    - Google (S3) - US South1 (Dallas) region
    - Google (S3) - North America Northeast2 (Toronto) region
    - Wasabi (S3) - EU-West-2 (Paris) region
    - Wasabi (S3) - AP Southeast 1 (Singapore) region
    - Wasabi (S3) - AP Southeast 2 (Sydney) region
    - Wasabi (S3) - EU Central 2 (Frankfurt) region
    - Wasabi (S3) - CA Central 1 (Toronto) region
    2.9.5Media Server: 8.0 or laterMedia Server: Use the most recent version above.Added support:
    - Cloudian HyperStore - S3 Object Lock
    2.9.4 Media Server: 8.0 or later Media Server: Use the most recent version above.Added support:
    - Google (S3) - US East5 (Columbus) region
    - Google (S3) - US South1 (Dallas) region
    - iTernity iCAS FS (S3)
    2.9.3 Media Server: 8.0 or later Media Server: Use the most recent version above.Added support:
    - Google (S3) - EU Southwest1 (Madrid) region
    - Google (S3) - EU West9 (Paris) region
    - Wasabi (S3) - AP Southeast 1 (Singapore) region
    2.9.2 Media Server: 8.0 or later Media Server: Use the most recent version above.Added support:
    - Wasabi (S3) - AP Southeast 2 (Sydney) region
    - Wasabi (S3) - EU Central 2 (Frankfurt) region
    - Wasabi (S3) - CA Central 1 (Toronto) region
    2.9.1 Media Server: 8.0 or later Media Server: Use the most recent version above.Added support:
    Added earlier support not included in NetBackup 10.0 release:
    - Amazon Glacier Instant Retrieval (IR)
    - Amazon GovCloud - Glacier Instant Retrieval (IR)
    - Amazon (S3) - Asia Pacific (Jakarta) region
    - Google (S3) - Asia South2 (Delhi) region
    - Google (S3) - Australia-Southeast2 (Melbourne) region
    - Google (S3) - NorthAmerica Northeast2 (Toronto) region
    - Quantum Active Archive and ActiveScale Systems - Standard (S3)
    - Quantum Active Archive and ActiveScale Systems - Glacier (S3)
    - Wasabi (S3) - EU-West-2 (Paris) region
Cloud Configuration File Versions released with NetBackup and NetBackup Appliances
    NetBackup / NetBackup Appliance version Cloud Configuration File version
    10.32.11.0
    10.22.10.0
    10.1.12.10.0
    10.12.10.0
    10.02.9.0
  
OST Secondary Storage Solutions - General Information for Media Server
  
Cloud Storage Solutions for Media Server
  • NetBackup Cloud Storage plug-ins enable Veritas NetBackup to access Cloud Storage Solutions. Either the storage vendor or Veritas provides a software plug-in, which is installed on each NetBackup Media Server that is connected to the cloud solution.
  • NetBackup Cloud support information is listed in the tables below, organized by vendor. These tables provide information on supported versions of plug-ins and functionality, and other important notes about the hardware and its compatibility.
Cloud Storage - Considerations
    Subject Notes
    Support assumptionsFor details on supported operating systems, please refer to the "NetBackup 10.0 - 10.x.x Operating System Software Compatibility List" .
    1. In the vendor compatibility tables below, the column "NetBackup Version Containing Plug-in" indicates the NetBackup version (10.0 or later) at which that cloud storage solution was first supported.
    2. Community-distributed Ceph solutions are supported when using the Red Hat string. Since these solutions rely on the community, support for any issues encountered may be delayed or unavailable, depending on the nature of the issue.
    3. NetBackup supports AWS Outposts. For more information, please refer Veritas Tested and Validated for AWS Outposts
    Configuration considerations1. NetBackup is configured to trust a number of well-known public Certificate Authorities (CA) related to Cloud storage. However, there are instances where, for internal purposes, you may need to add your own self-signed CA certificate. For information on adding a self-signed CA certificate, please refer to "Cloud Storage Configuration: How To Add a Self-Signed CA Certificate" .
    2. NetBackup-provided Cloud connectors are not supported with IPv6, unless noted otherwise. Configuring these plug-ins with IPv6 may result in unpredictable behavior.
Cloud Storage - Supported Cloud Technology Methods
  • NetBackup supports Cloud-based storage providers using a variety of technology methods, described below.
    Contents (for details click on the checkbox)
    S3 StorageMicrosoft Azure StorageOST
    Advanced Disk TargetsVTL
Support for Workloads with Image Sharing in Cloud
  • Image Sharing in Cloud is supported with MSDP Direct Cloud Tiering. Workload support is listed in the tables below.
Support for Image Sharing using MSDP Direct Cloud Tiering
  • Image sharing using MSDP Direct Cloud Tiering is supported with any of the S3 cloud providers listed in the Vendor Compatibility tables below, and with Microsoft Azure Blob storage.
  • MSDP Direct Cloud Tiering is supported with NetBackup 8.3 and later.
Image Sharing in Cloud - Supported Workloads
    Workload NetBackup 10.0 (or later) Start of Support Notes
    Basic backups of files and folders10.0 
    Bare Metal Restore (BMR)Not supportedDuplication of images is supported. Restores can be done from another NetBackup media server.
    DB210.0 
    Enterprise Vault10.0 
    Hadoop10.0 
    Hbase10.0 
    Hyper-V10.0 
    Informix10.0 
    Lotus Notes10.0 
    MariaDB10.0 
    Microsoft Exchange Server10.0 
    Microsoft SharePoint10.0 
    Microsoft SQL Server10.0 
    MySQL10.0 
    NDMP10.0 
    NutanixNot supportedDuplication of images is supported. Restores can be done from another NetBackup media server.
    OpenStackNot supportedDuplication of images is supported. Restores can be done from another NetBackup media server.
    Oracle10.0 
    Postgres10.0 
    RHV10.0 
    SAPNot supportedDuplication of images is supported. Restores can be done from another NetBackup media server.
    Sybase10.0 
    VMware10.0 
Cloud Storage - Vendor Compatibility
    Contents (for details click on the checkbox)
    ACPAlibabaAmazon
    AT&TBackblazeBeijing XSKY
    China MobileChina TelecomChunghwa Telecom
    CloudianDataCoreDell EMC
    Dell EMC IsilonDeutsche TelekomFujitsu
    GoogleHewlett Packard EnterpriseHitachi Vantara
    IBMImpossible CloudInfoniqa
    Iron MountainiTernityMicrosoft
    NECNetAppNooBaa
    NutanixOracleOrange Business Services
    Pure StorageQuantumRed Hat
    SandStoneScalitySeagate
    Spectra LogicSTACKITSUSE
    SwiftStackTencentVAST Data
    VeritasWasabi
  
OST Storage Servers for Media Server
  • OpenStorage Servers are intelligent storage devices that interface to NetBackup Media Servers via the Veritas OpenStorage (OST) API. The vendor supplying the Storage Server appliance provides a software plug-in, which is installed on each NetBackup Media Server that is attached to the OpenStorage Server.
  • OST Storage Servers support information is listed below, organized by vendor. Under each vendor there are separate tables showing compatibility with NetBackup Appliances and with Linux/Windows operating systems. The tables provide information on supported versions of plug-ins and functionality, and other important notes about the hardware and its compatibility. OST functionality is available on all supported NetBackup Media Server platforms. If you do not see OST support for your desired Storage Server appliance / Media Server OS platform, please contact that Storage Server appliance vendor to request OST support for that platform. Please see the Veritas NetBackup Administrator's Guide for more information on how to use OST.
OST Storage Servers - Considerations
    Subject Notes
    Support assumptionsFor details on supported operating systems, please refer to the "NetBackup 10.0 - 10.x.x Operating System Software Compatibility List" .
    1. All OpenStorage Servers are compatible with the NetBackup Data Protection Optimization Option features (Storage Lifecycle Policies, Intelligent Disk Capacity Management and Media Server Load Balancing) and the SAN Client (currently supported only with Solaris SPARC and Linux x64 media servers).
    2. Where support is shown for NetBackup 5200 Series or 5300 Series Appliances it means that the OST solution is supported on appliances running versions 3.2 or later, unless noted otherwise.
    3. Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2012 Datacenter" it also means that the other editions of Windows Server 2012, Windows Storage Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 are supported.
    4. Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2016 Datacenter" it also means that the other editions of Windows Server 2016 and Windows Storage Server 2016 are supported.
    5. Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2019 Datacenter" it also means that the other editions of Windows Server 2019 are supported.
    6. Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2022 Datacenter" it also means that the other editions of Windows Server 2022 are supported.
    7. CentOS and Oracle Linux are not supported with OpenStorage, unless noted otherwise.
    8. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 support requires SP3 or later.
    Vendor support considerations1. Veritas and OpenStorage server vendors have mutually agreed to support NetBackup customers with OST solutions. Veritas and most OST server vendors are members of TSANet.
    2. Veritas qualifies OpenStorage plug-ins for use with NetBackup. The qualified plug-ins are maintained by the party that writes and distributes the plug-ins. Features Veritas Partners implement behind the OST API, that operate independently and are transparent to NetBackup and the OpenStorage API (for example, replication between storage servers, deduplication on the storage server, deduplication-aware plug-ins, data transport mechanisms between the media server and the storage server), are not specifically qualified by Veritas. Partner-specific features designed to interoperate in the NetBackup environment as part of the total solution are the maintenance responsibility of the partner. Check the partner's compatibility list to ensure support of the feature with NetBackup and to ensure that your infrastructure (that is, hardware and network) meets the partner's recommended sizing considerations for the feature.
    3. Check the device manufacturer's compatibility list to verify the minimum version of Storage Server software required for your Storage Server family member, that the Storage Server software version you are running is compatible with the plug-in version, and that the storage server software version supports the OpenStorage functionality you are running.
    4. Minor versions of the plug-ins listed in the tables below are also supported. (Example: Version "2.0" means versions 2.0.1, 2.0.2, etc. are also supported. Version "3" means versions 3.1, 3.2, etc. are also supported.)
    Configuration considerations1. The Data Interface column in the tables below describes the supported data path between the media server running the vendor's OST plug-in and the OST storage server.
    2. The Veritas NetBackup OpenStorage Optimized Duplication feature takes advantage of the replication capabilities built into many storage servers and cloud solutions by allowing images replicated by the storage servers or cloud solutions to be registered as duplicated copies in the NetBackup catalog. This feature requires at least one NetBackup Media Server with connectivity to both the source storage server or cloud solution and the destination storage server or cloud solution. Optimized Duplication cannot be performed across NetBackup domains.
    3. A Logical Storage Unit (LSU) must be configured to only one NetBackup domain. Media servers from more than one NetBackup domain configured to the same LSU is not supported.
    Operational considerations1. Storage Servers that do not automatically increase the size of LSUs may take advantage of the LSU spanning feature. For information about spanning volumes on OpenStorage disk pools, see the Veritas NetBackup OpenStorage Solutions Guide for Disk.
    2. The NetBackup Accelerator, Accelerator with NDMP, and Accelerator with VMware-type policies features are not supported with spanned LSUs.
OST Storage Servers - Supported Functionality
  • The following table lists NetBackup OpenStorage functionality and indicates the NetBackup 10.x version at which that functionality was first supported. For detailed descriptions of OpenStorage functionality, see the "NetBackup OpenStorage Solutions Guide for Disk".
  • To see which OST functionality is supported with your OpenStorage solution, refer to the "Supported OpenStorage Functionality" column in the Vendor Compatibility tables below.
    OpenStorage Functionality Abbreviation NetBackup Start of Support Notes
    Accelerator (for files and folders)Accelerator10.0If your storage server shows support for Accelerator in the tables below, Veritas recommends updating your device mappings file to the current version to ensure this functionality is enabled.

    If you are running Accelerator-enabled backups of Windows clients whose file systems contain hard linked files, see "Accelerator enabled backups of Windows hard linked files to OpenStorage disk storage may cause bptm to crash" .

    Accelerator is not supported with spanned Logical Storage Units (LSU).
    Accelerator with NDMPAccel_NDMP10.0Supported with Dell EMC Isilon Scale-Out NAS filers, and NetApp AFF, FAS, and V series filers.

    For more information on this feature, see the "About NetBackup Accelerator for NDMP" .

    Accelerator with NDMP is not supported with spanned LSUs.
    Accelerator with Hyper-V-type policiesAccel_Hyper-V10.0If your storage server shows support for Accelerator with Hyper-V in the tables below, Veritas recommends updating your device mappings file to the current version to ensure this functionality is enabled.

    Accelerator with Hyper-V-type policies is not supported with spanned LSUs.

    Accelerator with Hyper-V-type policies is not supported with shared virtual disks and VHD sets.

    Accelerator with Hyper-V-type policies support requires Hyper-V Server 2016 or later.

    For more information on this feature, see the "Veritas NetBackup for Hyper-V Administrator's Guide" .
    Accelerator with VMware-type policiesAccel_VMware10.0If your storage server shows support for Accelerator with VMware in the tables below, Veritas recommends updating your device mappings file to the current version to ensure this functionality is enabled.

    Accelerator with VMware-type policies is not supported with spanned LSUs.

    For more information on this feature, see the "Veritas NetBackup for VMware Administrator's Guide" .
    Auto Image ReplicationA.I.R.10.0For more information on configuring Auto Image Replication, see "About the storage lifecycle policies required for Auto Image Replication" .

    Veritas recommends replicating images from NetBackup 8.0 or later storage servers to target storage servers running the same NetBackup version. Replicating images between NetBackup 8.0 or later storage servers and NetBackup 7.x storage servers is supported, however, due to differences in encryption and fingerprinting methods, the additional processing required may cause performance issues and causes the replicated image data to be unencrypted while in transit.

    In configurations running both A.I.R. and Targeted A.I.R., Veritas recommends setting the Storage Lifecycle Policies parameter "Auto create A.I.R. import SLP" to "No" and creating non-Targeted A.I.R. import policies only where desired.

    Only one media server should be configured to each target Logical Storage Unit (LSU).

    Each source and target storage server should have its credentials configured in only one NetBackup domain.
    Targeted Auto Image ReplicationTargeted_A.I.R.10.0If your storage server shows support for Targeted A.I.R. in the tables below, Veritas recommends updating your device mappings file to the current version to ensure this functionality is enabled.

    Veritas recommends replicating images from NetBackup 8.0 or later storage servers to target storage servers running the same NetBackup version. Replicating images between NetBackup 8.0 or later storage servers and NetBackup 7.x storage servers is supported, however, due to differences in encryption and fingerprinting methods, the additional processing required may cause performance issues and causes the replicated image data to be unencrypted while in transit.

    In configurations running both A.I.R. and Targeted A.I.R., Veritas recommends setting the Storage Lifecycle Policies parameter "Auto create A.I.R. import SLP" to "No" and creating non-Targeted A.I.R. import policies only where desired.

    Only one media server should be configured to each target Logical Storage Unit (LSU).

    Each source and target storage server should have its credentials configured in only one NetBackup domain.

    When support for Targeted A.I.R. is shown in the tables below, all replication topologies are supported, unless noted otherwise.
    Direct Copy to dedicated tape drivesDirect_Copy10.0 
    Direct Copy to shared tape drivesDirect_Copy_Shared10.0 
    Granular Recovery TechnologyGranular_Recovery10.0Support for the Veritas NetBackup OpenStorage Granular Recovery Technology feature is described in "Granular Restore Technology (GRT) support for NetBackup with PureDisk (PDDO/PDDE)" and "Granular Restore Technology (GRT) support for NetBackup with 3rd-party OpenStorage Secondary Storage Solutions" .
    Granular Recovery Technology with VMware-type policiesGRT_VMware10.0Support for VMware-type backup policies with Application Protection options enabled for Exchange or SharePoint. Support for the Veritas NetBackup OpenStorage Granular Recovery Technology feature is described in "Granular Restore Technology (GRT) support for NetBackup with PureDisk (PDDO/PDDE)" and "Granular Restore Technology (GRT) support for NetBackup with 3rd-party OpenStorage Secondary Storage Solutions" .
    Immutable Data / WORMWORM10.0When support for immutable data/WORM (Write Once Read Many) is shown in the tables below, basic backup/restore, duplication, A.I.R. and Targeted A.I.R. using WORM are supported.

    Data Immutability/WORM is supported with Client Direct with NetBackup 9.1 and later.
    Instant Recovery for VMwareIR_VMware10.0Support for restoring virtual machines with Instant Recovery is described in the "Veritas NetBackup for VMware Administrator's Guide" . For details on supported platforms for instant recovery restore hosts, see "Support for NetBackup 7.7.x, 8.x, and 9.x in virtual environments" .
    NetBackup Encryption Key Management ServiceKMS10.0In the OST Cloud vendor tables, KMS indicates that the cloud provider supports using NetBackup KMS to encrypt backups to cloud targets. In the OST Storage Servers vendor tables, KMS indicates that the plug-in supports NetBackup KMS with Direct Copy to Tape functionality.
    Optimized DuplicationOpt_Dup10.0Optimized Duplication transfers data in 256 KB chunks.
    Optimized Duplication (Whole Image Copy)WI_Opt_Dup10.0Whole image Optimized Duplication uses the storage unit's Maximum fragment size to transfer an entire NetBackup image fragment in a single operation.
    Optimized SyntheticsOpt_Synth10.0Storage Lifecycle Policies are not supported in policies that use the multiple copy synthetic backups method. For details, see "Storage lifecycle policies are not supported in policies that use the multiple copy synthetic backups method" .
OST Storage Servers - Links to Vendor Sites
  • More information on NetBackup OpenStorage solutions is available at the following OST Storage Server vendors' websites.
OST Storage Servers - Vendor Compatibility
    Contents (for details click on the checkbox)
    Dell EMC Data DomainExaGridFujitsu
    Hewlett Packard EnterpriseInfinidatNEC
    Quantum
  
Virtual Tape Libraries Compatibility List for Media Server
  • Virtual tape device support information is listed below, organized by vendor. Under each vendor there are separate tables showing compatibility with NetBackup Appliances and with Linux/Windows operating systems. The tables provide information on supported versions of software, inquiry string (vendor ID + product ID), and other important notes about the hardware and its compatibility.
Virtual Tape Libraries/Drives - Considerations
    Subject Notes
    Support assumptionsFor details on supported operating systems, please refer to the "NetBackup 10.0 - 10.x.x Operating System Software Compatibility List" .
    1. Virtual tape device software versions are no longer listed in this section. Veritas recommends using the most recent version of software available when you configure the VTL with NetBackup. When a minimum VTL software version is required, it will be listed in a footnote. If a VTL software version is causing a problem, Veritas will work with the hardware vendor to resolve the problem. Veritas and most hardware vendors listed are members of TSAnet.
    2. Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2012 Datacenter" it also means that the other editions of Windows Server 2012, Windows Storage Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 are supported.
    3. Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2016 Datacenter" it also means that the other editions of Windows Server 2016 and Windows Storage Server 2016 are supported.
    4. Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2019 Datacenter" it also means that the other editions of Windows Server 2019 are supported.
    5. Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2022 Datacenter" it also means that the other editions of Windows Server 2022 are supported.
    6. Where support is shown for "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 on x86-64" it also means that CentOS 7 and Oracle Linux 7 are supported.
    7. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 support requires SP3 or later.
    Vendor support considerations1. Check the device manufacturer's compatibility list to verify OS platform support for the version of software running on your VTL.
    2. Check the device manufacturer's compatibility list to verify the minimum version of VTL software required for your VTL family member.
    3. The list of attributes for each drive emulation is based on the most recent version of Virtual tape device software tested. Check with the device manufacturer to determine when support for a specific attribute was added.
    Configuration considerations1. The virtual library must be configured with the unique VTL inquiry string as listed. Using the inquiry string to emulate a real library model is not supported even if the real device is supported with NetBackup.
    2. Only the virtual tape drive emulations listed with each virtual library are supported. Other virtual tape drive emulations are not supported even if the real device being emulated is supported with NetBackup. Conversely, a virtual tape drive emulation listed as supported in this section does not mean the physical model is also supported.
    3. Veritas recommends the use of SCSI Persistent Reserve (SPR) whenever all the hardware in your device path supports it. Refer to the NetBackup Administrator's Guide for more information on SPR and the types of configurations where SPR may be more effective than the default SPC-2 SCSI reserve and release method.
    4. NetBackup NDMP Direct Copy with VTL enables NDMP tape duplication to physical tape libraries. For more information on this feature, see "About NDMP DirectCopy" .
    OS library and tape driver considerations1. Refer to the Tape Drives section of this document for information on supported tape drivers.
    Operational considerations1. Filling up the available disk space on a virtual device may cause unpredictable behavior of the device. Working with the device vendor may be required to recover from errors that result from a full disk.
    2. NetBackup NDMP Direct Copy with VTL Copying virtual media to physical media or a 2nd virtual media is not supported by Veritas; any support for this must come from the VTL vendor providing the capability. If the VTL copies virtual media to physical media (or a 2nd VTL), NetBackup is not aware of the physical media or 2nd virtual media and may not be able to recover that data directly from it.
    3. When NetBackup expires a virtual volume, the virtual device is not aware that the data is no longer needed. Because of this, the virtual device may appear to be much closer to capacity than it really is. When NetBackup subsequently begins writing to that virtual volume at the beginning of the volume, the virtual library will then be aware that the rest of the data is no longer needed and can free up the disk space.
Virtual Tape Libraries/Drives - Tape Drive Emulation Attributes
  • The following table lists attributes supported with Virtual Tape Libraries and indicates the NetBackup version (9.0 or later) at which that attribute was first supported.
    Attribute Abbreviation NetBackup 10.0 (or later) Start of Support
    NDMP Direct Copy with VTL, physical tape drives used with this feature must be dedicated to the VTL.DirCpy_Ded10.0
    NDMP Direct Copy with VTL, physical tape drives used with this feature can be shared using NetBackup Shared Storage Option (SSO).DirCpy_Shr10.0
    SCSI ReservationSResv10.0
    SCSI Persistent ReservationSPR10.0
    Write Once, Read ManyWORM10.0
    NetBackup Encryption Key Management ServiceKMS10.0
    Append-only modeAppend10.0
Virtual Tape Libraries/Drives - NetBackup Robot Types
TLD - Tape Library DLT
    Operating System NetBackup 10.0 (or later) Start of Support
    NDMP10.0
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux on x86-6410.0
Virtual Tape Libraries/Drives - Vendor Compatibility
    Contents (for details click on the checkbox)
    Dell EMC Data Domain
  
NDMP Devices Compatibility List for Media Server
  • NDMP device support information is listed below, organized by vendor. The tables provide information on the versions of software tested, supported connection methods and functionality, and other important notes about the hardware and its compatibility.
  • Minor ("double-dot") or patch versions of the software listed in the tables below are also supported. (Example: "v5.0" means versions v5.0.1, v5.0.2, etc. are also supported.)
  • Direct Access Restore (DAR) and Directory Direct Access Restore (DDAR) are supported, unless noted otherwise.
  • NetBackup Appliances and NetBackup Virtual Appliances are supported with the NDMP solutions listed in the tables below. For more information on supported appliance versions, see the "Supported Functionality" subsection under "NetBackup Appliances".
  • IPv6 support is shown in the tables below.
  • 64-bit inode numbers are supported.
NDMP Devices - Connection Methods
  • The following table describes the supported NDMP connection methods.
    Connection Method Description
    Direct-attachData travels from disk to a tape device on the same NDMP host, or from disk to tape device on a SAN. Backup data is NOT sent over local network. NOTE: The tape drives must be in NDMP-type storage units.
    RemoteData travels from the NDMP host, across the local network to a NetBackup media server, to a storage unit connected to the NetBackup media server.
    3-wayData travels from disk on an NDMP host to a tape device on another NDMP host. Backup data is sent over the local network. NOTE: The tape drives must be in NDMP-type storage units.
NDMP Devices - Vendor Compatibility
    Contents (for details click on the checkbox)
    Dell EMCDell EMC Data DomainDell EMC Isilon
    FujitsuHitachi VantaraHuawei
    ImationLenovoNEC
    NetAppNexentaOracle
    Stratus Technologies
  
Tape Libraries Compatibility List for Media Server
  • Tape library support information is listed below. This information is organized by vendor and provides information on the inquiry string (vendor ID + product ID), the method(s) of controlling the robot, and any other important notes about the hardware and its compatibility.
Tape Libraries - Considerations
    Subject Notes
    Support assumptionsFor details on supported operating systems, please refer to the "NetBackup 10.0 - 10.x.x Operating System Software Compatibility List" .
    1. The tables in this section show robotic support only, not tape drive support. Refer to the Tape Drives section of this document to ensure that the specific drive used in the library is supported on the desired OS platform(s). The library vendor must also support the library and drive combination.
    2. Firmware versions are not listed in this section. Veritas recommends using the most recent version of firmware available when you configure the library with NetBackup. When a minimum firmware version is required, it will be listed in the Notes column. If a firmware version is causing a problem, Veritas will work with the hardware vendor to resolve the problem. Veritas and most hardware vendors listed are members of TSANet.
    3. ACS robots are supported with NetBackup Enterprise Server only. ACS robots are not supported with NetBackup Server.
    4. For ACS robots the "Inquiry String" column is intentionally left blank.
    5. Where support is shown for "Red Hat Enterprise Linux" it also means that CentOS and Oracle Linux are supported.
    6. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 support requires SP3 or later.
    7. SAS Tape Libraries are not supported on NetBackup 5x50 and later series appliances.
    Configuration considerations1. Library partitioning is supported unless noted otherwise.
    2. Library expansion modules are supported unless noted otherwise.
    3. Configuring persistent robotic paths for Linux media servers is supported with NetBackup 8.3 and later. To enable this functionality, you can download a Linux rules file from the Veritas Support Downloads Center . When the downloaded rules file is installed in the specified directory, NetBackup uses /dev/tape/by-path type paths that persist across SAN interruptions. If this rules file is not present, NetBackup continues to use the /dev/sg type paths.
Tape Libraries - NetBackup Robot Types
  • These tables list operating system platform support for each NetBackup robotic daemon type. For more information about configuring robot types, see the "NetBackup Device Configuration Guide".
    Contents (for details click on the checkbox)
    ACS - Oracle Automated Cartridge System - Supported Operating SystemsACS - Oracle Automated Cartridge System - Supported Drive TypesACS - Oracle Automated Cartridge System - Supported Media Types
    TLD - Tape Library DLT - Supported Operating Systems
Tape Libraries - Legend
  • The following table describes terms and symbols used in the Tape Libraries - Vendor Compatibility tables.
Tape Libraries - Legend
    Value Meaning
    Multi LUNThe device is a Multi-LUN based library.
    SCSI IDThe device is a SCSI ID based library.
    ^Character used to denote a space in the INQUIRY STRING.
Tape Libraries - Vendor Compatibility
    Contents (for details click on the checkbox)
    Dell EMCFujitsuH3C
    Hewlett Packard EnterpriseHitachi VantaraIBM
    NECOracleOverland Storage
    QualstarQuantumSpectra Logic
    Tandberg
  
Tape Drives Compatibility List for Media Server
  • Tape drive support information is listed below, organized by vendor. Under each vendor there are separate tables showing compatibility with NetBackup Appliances and with Linux/Windows operating systems. These tables provide information on the operating system versions supported by the drive, inquiry string (vendor ID + product ID), and other important notes about the hardware and its compatibility.
Tape Drives - Considerations
    Subject Notes
    Support assumptionsFor details on supported operating systems, please refer to the "NetBackup 10.0 - 10.x.x Operating System Software Compatibility List" .
    1. To ensure support, a device (both drive and library where applicable) must be supported by Veritas, the device manufacturer, and the operating system vendor.
    2. Firmware versions are not listed in this section. Veritas recommends using the most recent version of firmware available when you configure the drive with NetBackup. When a minimum firmware version is required, it will be listed in the footnotes. If a firmware version is causing a problem, Veritas will work with the hardware vendor to resolve the problem. Veritas and most hardware vendors listed are members of TSANet.
    3. Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2012 Datacenter" it also means that the other editions of Windows Server 2012, Windows Storage Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 are supported.
    4. Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2016 Datacenter" it also means that the other editions of Windows Server 2016 and Windows Storage Server 2016 are supported.
    5. Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2019 Datacenter" it also means that the other editions of Windows Server 2019 are supported.
    6. Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2022 Datacenter" it also means that the other editions of Windows Server 2022 are supported.
    7. Where support is shown for "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 on x86-64" it also means that CentOS 7 and Oracle Linux 7 are supported.
    8. The "ULTRIUM-TD" and the "ULT3580-TD" inquiry strings are interchangeable (both are supported), unless noted otherwise. The "ULTRIUM-HH" and the "ULT3580-HH" inquiry strings are interchangeable (both are supported), unless noted otherwise.
    9. Backup Exec Tape Reader is not supported in NetBackup 8.0 and later releases.
    10. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 support requires SP3 or later.
    11. SAS Tapes drives are not supported on NetBackup 5x50 and later series appliances.
    Vendor support considerations1. The list of attributes for each tape drive is based on the most recent drive testing. Check with the device manufacturer to determine the firmware version at which support for a specific attribute was added.
    Configuration considerations1. Veritas recommends the use of SCSI Persistent Reserve (SPR) whenever all the hardware in your device path supports it. Refer to the NetBackup Administrator's Guide for more information on SPR and the types of configurations where SPR may be more effective than the default SPC-2 SCSI reserve and release method.
    2. Only tape drives listed in the tables below are supported. Other tape drive models are not supported even if the Virtual Tape Library section shows an emulated version of the drive is supported with NetBackup.
    3. For Solaris 10, Veritas recommends running Update 6 (137137-09 for SPARC, 137138-09 for x64) or later.
    OS tape driver considerations1. Except where noted, Veritas recommends the use of the operating system's native tape drivers.
    Operational considerations1. Tape Alert functionality is supported by all drives, unless noted otherwise.
    2. NetBackup supports LTO-7 Type M media, also known as M8 cartridges (LTO-7 cartridges formatted to a new LTO-8 standard, increasing their native capacity), in the following manner:
    - M8 cartridges are supported with LTO-8 tape drives.
    - M8 cartridges pre-formatted by the media vendor are supported.
    - LTO-7 cartridges with an M8 barcode formatted as M8 using hardware vendors' software tools or tape library firmware features (automatic or manual) are supported.
    - NetBackup does not have the ability to convert LTO-7 cartridges with an M8 barcode to M8 format.
    - For more information on M8 media (for example, formatting methods, supported barcodes, other technical information), please consult the vendor's documentation.
    3. Uninitialized LTO-9 media is not supported with NetBackup. LTO-9 media must run a one-time characterization/optimization step to calibrate the tape before it can be used for backup. This process can take from 12 minutes to 2 hours. If a NetBackup job is assigned a brand new, uninitialized LTO-9 tape cartridge, the mount may time out and mark the assigned tape drive down.

    To avoid this scenario, you must initialize new LTO-9 cartridges before putting them into a NetBackup volume pool to use for backup.
    For more information on LTO-9 media initialization and mitigation solutions, consult the following vendor sites:
    "HPE StoreOpen Software Linux and Mac 3.5 User Guide - LTO-9 Media Initialization"
    "HPE StoreOpen Software 3.5 for Microsoft Windows User Guide - LTO-9 Media Initialization"
    "Oracle StorageTek SL150 Modular Tape Library - Library Support of LTO9 Tape Calibration"
    "Overland Tandberg NEO XL-Series LTO-9 New Media Initialization Technical Brief"
    "Quantum LTO-9 Media - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)"
    "Spectra Logic - LTO-9 Initialization for Media / LTO-9 Certified Media"
Tape Drives - Attributes
  • The following table lists attributes supported with Tape Drives and indicates the NetBackup version (10.0 or later) at which that attribute was first supported.
    Attribute Abbreviation NetBackup Release Supported
    SCSI ReservationSResv10.0
    SCSI Persistent ReservationSPR10.0
    Write Once, Read ManyWORM10.0
    NetBackup Encryption Key Management ServiceKMS10.0
    Append-only modeAppend10.0
Tape Drives - Vendor Compatibility
    Contents (for details click on the checkbox)
    Dell EMCHewlett Packard EnterpriseIBM
    Quantum
  
Fibre Transport Media Server HBAs Compatibility List for Media Server
  • This section lists Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs) that have been tested and are supported with the NetBackup Fibre Transport (FT) feature in a Fibre Transport Media Server. This information is organized by vendor and provides information on what operating systems have been tested with each Fibre Channel HBA model. The NetBackup Fibre Transport feature requires loading the FT HBA with firmware contained on the NetBackup distribution media, so only the HBAs listed below will work with this feature.
Fibre Transport Media Server - Considerations
    Subject Notes
    Support assumptions1. A NetBackup SAN Client supports all HBAs (host bus adapters), unless noted otherwise, and is used in conjunction with a NetBackup Fibre Transport Media Server. The HBA support model for NetBackup SAN Client is an "OPEN" model. All host bus adapters (HBA), switches, bridges, and routers are supported in a SAN environment, unless noted otherwise. This means that if a Fibre Channel component is causing a problem, Veritas will work with the component vendor in an attempt to resolve the problem, but resolution is not guaranteed. Veritas and most hardware vendors listed are members of TSANet.
    2. SAN Client is not supported over Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) using converged network adapters (CNA).
    Vendor support considerations1. The SAN Client feature is compatible with the Sun SPARC Enterprise M-Series server architecture, but with limited functionality with regard to Fibre Transport Media Server deployment:
    - Support is limited to a maximum of one target mode Fibre Channel HBA in an M-Series server.
    - Quad-port target mode Fibre Channel HBAs are not supported in an M-Series server.
    2. Hitachi Vantara-branded HBAs are not supported with NetBackup SAN Client.
    3. When configuring an FT Media Server with an Broadcom/Emulex 16 Gb HBA, disconnect or remove any other 4 Gb HBAs in the server, even if the 4 Gb HBAs are not being used for NetBackup. For more information, see The presence of 4Gb Host Bus Adapter (HBA)s on a Fibre Transport Media Server (FTMS) may cause a system crash
Fibre Transport Media Server - Supported Platforms
  • Linux FT Media Servers are supported on the platforms listed in the following table along with the NetBackup version (10.0 or later) at which the platform was first supported. Other RHEL and SLES versions are not supported as an FT Media Server.
    Operating System Supported Versions Minimum NetBackup (10.0 or later) release supported Notes
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 on x86-64Update 610.1.1Marvell Qlogic 4 Gb HBAs (QLE2400 series) are not supported.

    Marvell Qlogic QLE2692 16 Gb and QLE2562 8 Gb HBAs are supported.

    Broadcom/Emulex LPe35000/LPe31000 series HBAs are supported.

    Emulex LPe31000 series and LPe35000 series HBAs require firmware version 12.8.614.17.
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 on x86-64Update 610.3Marvell Qlogic QLE2770 and QLE2772 32 Gb HBAs are supported.
Fibre Transport Media Server - Vendor Compatibility
    Contents (for details click on the checkbox)
    Marvell QLogic
  
Encryption and Security Solutions for Media Server
  • Encryption and security solution support information is listed below, organized by solution type.
NetBackup Key Management Service (KMS)
  • The NetBackup Key Management Service (KMS) feature is intended to support any tape drive with built-in hardware encryption capability that conforms to the SCSI T10 encryption standard. Each drive model listed in the following table has been tested in Veritas labs to verify that it works with NetBackup correctly, so Veritas recommends using only listed drives with the KMS feature. Refer to the Tape Drives section in this document for the list of platforms and interfaces on which each of the following drives is supported.
  • Note: KMS is supported on any tape library supported by NetBackup, provided the library vendor supports that library with any of the encryption-capable drives listed in the table below.
NetBackup KMS - Supported Devices
    Manufacturer Model Notes
    Dell EMCPowerVault LTO4-120 
    Dell EMCPowerVault LTO5-140 
    Dell EMCPowerVault LTO-6 
    Dell EMCPowerVault LTO-6 HH 
    Dell EMCPowerVault LTO-7 
    Dell EMCPowerVault LTO-7 HH 
    Hewlett Packard EnterpriseUltrium 1760 LTO4 
    Hewlett Packard EnterpriseUltrium 1840 LTO4 
    Hewlett Packard EnterpriseUltrium 3000 LTO5 
    Hewlett Packard EnterpriseUltrium 3280 LTO5 
    Hewlett Packard EnterpriseUltrium 6250 LTO6 
    Hewlett Packard EnterpriseUltrium 6650 LTO6 
    Hewlett Packard EnterpriseUltrium 15000 LTO7 
    Hewlett Packard EnterpriseUltrium 15750 LTO7 
    Hewlett Packard EnterpriseUltrium 30750 LTO8 
    IBMSystem Storage TS1040 Ultrium 4Requires firmware version 7BG2 or later.
    IBMSystem Storage TS1050 Ultrium 5 
    IBMSystem Storage TS1060 Ultrium 6 
    IBMSystem Storage TS1070 Ultrium 7 
    IBMSystem Storage TS1120 (3592 Model E05)Requires firmware version 1C15 or later.
    IBMSystem Storage TS1130 (3592 Model E06)Requires firmware version 2480 or later.
    IBMSystem Storage TS1140 (3592 Model E07) 
    IBMSystem Storage TS1150 (3592 Model E08) 
    IBMSystem Storage TS1155 (3592 Model 55F) 
    IBMSystem Storage TS2240 Ultrium 4 Half Height 
    IBMSystem Storage TS2250 Ultrium 5 Half Height 
    IBMSystem Storage TS2260 Ultrium 6 Half Height 
    IBMSystem Storage TS2270 Ultrium 7 Half Height 
    IBMSystem Storage TS2280 Ultrium 8 Half Height 
    IBMSystem Storage TS2340 Ultrium 4Requires firmware version 7BG2 or later.
    IBMSystem Storage TS2350 Ultrium 5 
    IBMSystem Storage TS2360 Ultrium 6 
    IBMSystem Storage TS2370 Ultrium 7 
    IBMSystem Storage TS2380 Ultrium 8 
    IBMUltrium 4 (OEM)Requires firmware version 7BG2 or later.
    IBMUltrium 4 Half Height (OEM) 
    IBMUltrium 5 (OEM) 
    IBMUltrium 5 Half Height (OEM) 
    IBMUltrium 6 (OEM) 
    IBMUltrium 6 Half Height (OEM) 
    IBMUltrium 7 (OEM) 
    IBMUltrium 7 Half Height (OEM) 
    IBMUltrium 8 (OEM) 
    IBMUltrium 8 Half Height (OEM) 
    Oracle StorageTekT10000BRequires firmware version 1.41.211 or later.
    Oracle StorageTekT10000CRequires firmware version 1.53.311 or later. The drive needs manual setup including obtaining the data path key management (DPKM) encryption license from Oracle.
    Oracle StorageTekT10000D 
    QuantumLTO-4 HHRequires firmware version 2190 or later.
    QuantumLTO-5 FH 
    QuantumLTO-5 HH 
    QuantumLTO-6 HH 
    QuantumLTO-7 HH 
    QuantumLTO-8 HH 
    TandbergHH LTO 5 
External Key Management Services using KMIP
  • External Key Management Services (EKMS) servers using KMIP are supported with NetBackup 8.3 and later.

    If an external KMS system requests a key deactivation date to be specified, ensure this key deactivation date is set beyond the expiration time of the longest backup image.

    A deactivated key may be utilized for decryption purposes, however some KMS vendors may completely disable a deactivated key. NetBackup read/restore operations would fail in such circumstances; consult your KMS vendor to help transition the key to a deactivated state prior to facilitating data recovery.
External KMS - Considerations
    Subject Notes
    Configuration considerations1. EKMS is supported with AdvancedDisk, Cloud, MSDP, MSDP Direct Cloud Tiering, and Tape storage solutions supported by NetBackup.
    2. The EKMS server must be KMIP-based.
    3. NetBackup uses Symmetric Key objects stored on the EKMS server for data encryption.
    4. The EKMS server must use PEM formatted certificate-based authentication.
    5. The NetBackup primary server should be able to establish an outbound connection to the KMIP port on the EKMS server.
External KMS - Supported Devices
    Manufacturer Model EKMS server software version KMIP version supported
    FortanixData Security Manager (DSM)4.21.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
    HashiCorpVault Enterprise KMIP Secrets Engine1.13.9, 1.14.5, 1.15.11.4
    IBMSecurity Key Lifecycle Manager (SKLM)2.61.0, 1.1, 1.2
    IBMSecurity Key Lifecycle Manager (SKLM)3.01.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.0
    IBMSecurity Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager (GKLM)4.11.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.0, 2.1
    OracleKey Vault12.1, 18.1, 18.21.0, 1.1
    ThalesCipherTrust Manager K170, K170v, K470, K5701.81.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
    ThalesCipherTrust Manager K170, K170v, K470, K5702.51.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
    ThalesCipherTrust Manager K170, K170v, K470, K5702.71.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
    ThalesCipherTrust Manager K170, K170v, K470, K5702.81.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
    ThalesCipherTrust Manager K170, K170v, K470, K5702.91.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
    ThalesGemalto-SafeNet KeySecure K150, K150v8.111.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
    ThalesVormetric Data Security Manager (DSM)6.41.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.0
    UtimacoEnterprise Secure Key Manager5.21.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.0
KMS - Supported Devices for NetBackup Sheltered Harbor solution
External KMS:
  • NetBackup Sheltered Harbor solution requires cryptographic operations like encrypt, decrypt, sign and verify to be supported on EKMS server to perform secure vaulting. Below are the EKMS servers NetBackup sheltered Harbor solution supports.
    Manufacturer Model EKMS server software version KMIP version supported
    ThalesCipherTrust Manager K170, K170v, K470, K5702.51.2, 1.3, 1.4
    ThalesCipherTrust Manager K170, K170v, K470, K5702.71.2, 1.3, 1.4
    ThalesCipherTrust Manager K170, K170v, K470, K5702.81.2, 1.3, 1.4
    ThalesCipherTrust Manager K170, K170v, K470, K5702.91.2, 1.3, 1.4
    UtimacoEnterprise Secure Key Manager5.21.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.0
Cloud based KMS:
  • NetBackup sheltered Harbor solution supports Microsoft Azure Key Vault as a cloud based key management server.
Single Sign-On using SAML
Single Sign-On using SAML - Considerations
    Subject Notes
    Configuration considerations1. To use SSO, you must have a SAML 2.0 compliant identity provider configured in your environment.
    2. Only one Active Directory (AD) or LDAP domain is supported for each primary server domain. This feature is not available for local domain users.
    3. Configuration of the Identity Provider (IDP) requires the NetBackup APIs or the NetBackup command nbidpcmd.
    4. API keys are used to authenticate a user or a group and cannot be used with SAML-authenticated users or groups.
    5. Global logout is not supported.
Single Sign-On with SAML - Supported Solutions
External Credential Management System
  • External Credential Management System (ECMS) are supported with NetBackup 10.2 and later.
External CMS - Considerations
    Subject Notes
    Configuration considerations1. CyberArk deployment supported with Central Credential Provider (CCP).
    2. While configuring the external CMS server for example, CyberArk server, user can use the DNS hostname or IPV4 address. However, it is recommended to use the DNS hostname for connecting to the host. CyberArk configuration fails if IPV6 address is used.
    3. The ECMS server must use PEM formatted certificate-based authentication.
    4. The NetBackup primary server should be able to establish an outbound connection to the ECMS server port on the ECMS server.
    5. Supports Microsoft SQL server workload.
    6. NetBackup 10.3 onwards supports MySQL server and PostgreSQL server workloads.
External CMS - Supported Devices
    Manufacturer ECMS server software version Minimum NetBackup version supported
    CyberArk8.0, 10.2, 12.610.2
  
Third Party Encryption Solutions for Media Server
  • Support information for vendor-supplied encryption solutions is listed below, organized by vendor. Under each vendor there is a table showing tested solutions, firmware versions tested with that solution, and other important notes about the solution and its compatibility.
  • The firmware listed in these tables is the firmware that has been tested. Firmware versions newer than those listed are also supported.
  • Support for specific storage devices such as tape drives, libraries, and virtual devices is not listed in this section. NetBackup will support any hardware that is supported both by the encryption provider and Veritas. Please refer to the other sections of this document for Veritas' support of these storage devices.
  • Please Note:
  • The firmware listed on this page is the firmware that has been tested. All firmware versions newer than what is listed are also supported.
Third-Party Encryption Solutions - Vendor Compatibility
    Contents (for details click on the checkbox)
    BrocadeCisco SystemsDecru
    FujitsuHewlett Packard EnterpriseIBM
    NECQuantumSafeNet
    Sun StorageTekThales (NeoScale)
  
SAN Media Server/SAN Client/FT Media Server for Media Server and Client
  • • Unless otherwise noted the minimum NetBackup level for SAN Client support is NetBackup 6.5 GA.
  • SAN style backups via SAN Media Server
  • SAN media servers are NetBackup media servers that back up their own data. SAN media servers cannot back up data that resides on other clients. SAN media servers are useful for certain situations. For example, a SAN media server is useful if the data volume consumes so much network bandwidth that it affects your network negatively.
    • Enables LAN-free data protection with high performance access to shared resources.
    • Can share tape resources with NetBackup Primary and Media Servers.
    • Can only back itself up, not other clients.
    • Software is installed stand-alone on each cluster node and linked to the virtual host via an application cluster.
    • When you define a backup policy for a SAN media server, add only the SAN media server as the client.
    • The NetBackup Shared Storage Option is able to use NetBackup SAN media servers.
    • There is no platform restriction regarding SAN Media Servers - any Media Server can be a SAN Media Server. The only difference is in the license authentication mechanism. Application and DB Agents are supported with the SAN Media Server.
  • SAN style backups via SAN Client
  • A NetBackup SAN client is a NetBackup client on which the Fiber Transport service is activated. The SAN client is similar to the SAN media server that is used for the Shared Storage Option; it backs up its own data. However, the SAN client is based on the smaller NetBackup client installation package, so it has fewer administration requirements and uses fewer system resources.
    • It connects to a NetBackup media server over Fiber Channel.
    • The NetBackup SAN Client Fiber Transport Service manages the connectivity and the data transfers for the FT pipe on the SAN clients. The SAN client FT service also discovers FT target mode devices on the NetBackup media servers and notifies the FT Service Manager about them.
    • Requires SAN connectivity with a Media Server running Fiber Transport Services (reference additional information below in regards to the FT Media Server).

    SAN client does not support the following types of backup:
    • SharePoint
    • Enterprise Vault
    • Exchange DAG or CCR backups through a passive node of an Exchange cluster
    • All other application and database agents are supported with the SAN Client.

    Note: SAN client does support the use of FlashBackup but all restores from FlashBackup backups will use the LAN connection, not the SAN connection.
  • SAN client and NetBackup Deduplication
  • • SAN Client is a NetBackup optional feature that provides high speed backups and restores of NetBackup clients. Fiber Transport is the name of the NetBackup high-speed data transport method that is part of the SAN Client feature. The backup and restore traffic occur over a SAN.
    • SAN clients can be used with the deduplication option; however, the deduplication must occur on the media server, not the client. Configure the media server to be both a deduplication storage server (or load balancing server) and an FT media server. The SAN client backups are then sent over the SAN to the deduplication server/FT media server host. At that media server, the backup stream is deduplicated.
    • Do not enable client deduplication on SAN Clients. The data processing for deduplication is incompatible with the high-speed transport method of Fiber Transport. Client-side deduplication relies on two-way communication over the LAN with the media server. A SAN client streams the data to the FT media server at a high rate over the SAN.
  • FT Media Server
  • A NetBackup FT media server is a NetBackup media server on which the Fiber Transport services are activated. NetBackup FT media servers accept connections from SAN clients and send data to the storage units. The host bus adapters (HBAs) that accept connections from the SAN clients use a special NetBackup target mode driver to process FT traffic. The media server FT service controls data flow, processes SCSI commands, and manages data buffers for the server side of the FT pipe. It also manages the target mode driver for the host bus adaptors.
  
Infrastructure Used for Testing for Media Server
  • The NetBackup Shared Storage Option (SSO) hardware support model for Storage Area Network (SAN) components is an open model. In other words, all Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) converged network adapters (CNA), Fibre Channel (FC) host bus adapters (HBA), switches, bridges, and routers are supported in a SAN environment. This means that if a FCoE or FC component is causing a problem, Veritas will work with the component vendor in an attempt to resolve the problem, but resolution is not guaranteed. Veritas and most hardware vendors listed are members of TSANet.
Infrastructure - Considerations
    Subject Notes
    Vendor support considerations1. To ensure compatibility, the device manufacturers and the operating system vendor must support the combination of SAN components.
CNAs
  • This list of SAN components represents equipment that has been used during NetBackup qualification testing of devices listed in previous sections of this document. It is not intended to be a list of supported components.
CNAs - Considerations
    Subject Notes
    Support assumptionsFor details on supported operating systems, please refer to the "NetBackup 10.0 - 10.x.x Operating System Software Compatibility List" .
    1. Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2012 Datacenter" it also means that the other editions of Windows Server 2012, Windows Storage Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 are supported.
    2. Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2016 Datacenter" it also means that the other editions of Windows Server 2016 and Windows Storage Server 2016 are supported.
    3. Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2019 Datacenter" it also means that the other editions of Windows Server 2019 are supported.
    4. Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2022 Datacenter" it also means that the other editions of Windows Server 2022 are supported.
    5. Where support is shown for "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 on x86-64" it also means that CentOS 7 and Oracle Linux 7 are supported.
    6. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 support requires SP3 or later.
    Vendor support considerations1. Consult the hardware vendor's web site for current firmware and driver updates (where applicable).
    Configuration considerations1. All like CNAs within a SAN should use the same firmware, BIOS and driver revision as recommended by CNA vendors.
HBAs
  • This list of SAN components represents equipment that has been used during NetBackup qualification testing of devices listed in previous sections of this document. It is not intended to be a list of supported components.
HBAs - Considerations
    Subject Notes
    Support assumptionsFor details on supported operating systems, please refer to the "NetBackup 10.0 - 10.x.x Operating System Software Compatibility List" .
    1. Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2012 Datacenter" it also means that the other editions of Windows Server 2012, Windows Storage Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 are supported.
    2. Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2016 Datacenter" it also means that the other editions of Windows Server 2016 and Windows Storage Server 2016 are supported.
    3. Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2019 Datacenter" it also means that the other editions of Windows Server 2019 are supported.
    4. Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2022 Datacenter" it also means that the other editions of Windows Server 2022 are supported.
    5. Where support is shown for "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 on x86-64" it also means that CentOS 7 and Oracle Linux 7 are supported.
    6. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 support requires SP3 or later.
    Vendor support considerations1. All like HBAs within a SAN should use the same firmware, BIOS and driver revision as recommended by HBA vendors.
    2. Consult the hardware vendor's web site for current firmware and driver updates (where applicable).
Bridges/Routers
  • This list of SAN components represents equipment that has been used during NetBackup qualification testing of devices listed in previous sections of this document. It is not intended to be a list of supported components.
Infrastructure - Considerations
    Subject Notes
    Vendor support considerations1. To ensure compatibility, the device manufacturers and the operating system vendor must support the combination of SAN components.
    2. Consult the hardware vendor's web site for current firmware.
Infrastructure - Routers/Bridges Used In Testing
    Contents (for details click on the checkbox)
    Bridges/Routers
Switches
  • This list of SAN components represents equipment that has been used during NetBackup qualification testing of devices listed in previous sections of this document. It is not intended to be a list of supported components.
Infrastructure - Considerations
    Subject Notes
    Vendor support considerations1. To ensure compatibility, the device manufacturers and the operating system vendor must support the combination of SAN components.
    2. Consult the hardware vendor's web site for current firmware.
Infrastructure - Switches Used In Testing
    Contents (for details click on the checkbox)
    Switches
  
Devices Retiring Soon for Media Server
  • The devices in this section will not be listed in the Hardware Compatibility List for the next major NetBackup release after NetBackup 10.0. Many of these devices are end-of-life products that are no longer supported by the manufacturer.
Virtual Tape Libraries
    Manufacturer Device
    QuantumDXi6700 Series, DXi8500 Series
Tape Libraries
    Manufacturer Device
    QuantumScalar i40, Scalar i40/i80 series, Scalar i80
ExaGrid
ExaGrid - Support with NetBackup Appliance
    Storage Server Family Plug-in Data Interface IPv6 Supported OpenStorage Functionality 5200 Series 5300 Series
    EX series10.0EthernetNoA.I.R., Granular_Recovery, GRT_VMware, IR_VMware, Opt_Dup, Opt_SynthYesYes
    EX seriesV11.4.0EthernetNoA.I.R., Granular_Recovery, GRT_VMware, IR_VMware, Opt_Dup, Opt_SynthYesYes
ExaGrid - Support with Windows / Linux
    Storage Server Family Plug-in Data Interface IPv6 Supported OpenStorage Functionality Windows Server 2012 x64 Windows Server 2016 x64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux on x86-64
    EX series10.0EthernetNoA.I.R., Accelerator, Accel_Hyper-V, Accel_NDMP, Accel_VMware, Granular_Recovery, GRT_VMware, IR_VMware, Opt_Dup, Opt_SynthDatacenterDatacenter7
    EX seriesV11.4.0EthernetNoA.I.R., Accelerator, Accel_Hyper-V, Accel_NDMP, Accel_VMware, Granular_Recovery, GRT_VMware, IR_VMware, Opt_Dup, Opt_SynthDatacenterDatacenter7
  
Software Compatibility List (SCL) for Client
  • NetBackup is supported on all editions (Advanced, Base, DC, etc.) and on all vendor GA updates (n.1, n.2, etc.) or service packs (SP1, SP2, etc.) unless stated otherwise in the tables below.
    IBM POWER 8/9 platform is supported only with Little Endian hardware architecture.

    For Red Hat Security Enhanced Linux considerations refer to SELinux interaction with NetBackup
Red Hat Enterprise Linux - NetBackup Client
    OS CPU Architecture OS Bits NetBackup Client NetBackup Bits NBAC SAN Client Minimum NetBackup Level
    Enterprise Linux 8[1]x86-6464Y64YY10.0
Footnotes
  
System Requirements for Client
NetBackup Binary Size
    Approximate binary size of the NetBackup client software for an initial install.
    OS - All Versions CPU Architecture 32-bit client 64-bit client Notes
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Serverx86-64 1570 MB 
Temporary Disk Space Requirement for Install or Upgrade
    After downloading the software, temporary disk space is required for the installation process on almost all platforms. For local installs or remote (push) installs using the rsh or ssh method, you may designate where this temporary space is located via use of environment variables, NB_TMPDIR or TMPDIR on the client. NB_TMPDIR is used if set, TMPDIR next if set, otherwise /tmp. For ftp or sftp remote installs, the client software is moved to /tmp on the client and during the install environment variables NB_TMPDIR or TMPDIR are used as mentioned previously. For details, consult the Installation Guide.

    For local installs, you will need approximately 688 MBs of temporary disk space during the install.

    For remote installs, you will need approximately 1934 MBs for placement of the client software and, then, for the install.

    If using Live Update, you will need 4.5 GBs of temporary disk space. The location of the temporary disk space is designated in the 'workdir' setting in the /usr/openv/netbackup/nblu.conf file with /tmp being the default.
Valid Characters in Host Names Requirement
    NetBackup requires host names to comply with RFC-1123, meaning only ASCII characters "a" thru "z", case insensitive, and digits "0" thru "9" and the hyphen character.
  
Bare Metal Restore File System/Volume Manager Support for Client
  • Listed in the table below are the available File Systems and Logical Volume Managers compatible with Bare Metal Restore 10.0 through 10.x. Support is conditional according to the published notes corresponding to the individual OS platforms.

    The table below contains scenarios that have been thoroughly tested with NetBackup. Due to the number of combinations, it is not possible to test all combinations for compatibility. If a particular scenario is not listed, it may work fine, but has not been explicitly tested by Veritas.

    OS File Systems Volume Managers Striping, Mirroring, RAID Notes
    Red Hat 8 (x64)EXT2, EXT3, EXT4, XFS, VFATNative Partitioning, Native LVMStriping, Mirroring, MultiDevices all layouts1. Support for Linux multidevices is limited, and BMR may not restore some configurations exactly. Recovery of Persistent Devices are not supported
    2. If the root file system is created on a Linux multidevice, when performing a dissimilar disk restore you must map the root file system and retain the original level (for example, if the original level is RAID-1 the mapped file system must also be RAID-1). If the level is changed, the kernel may panic and the system may not recover.
    3. Supports recovery of non-root filesystems via Linux Native Multi-pathing.
    4. Supports recovery of EFI machines along with GPT disks
  • Acronyms
    LDM - Logical Disk Manager
    LVM - Logical Volume Manager
    SFW - Storage Foundation for Windows
    SRT - Shared Resource Tool
    SVM - Solaris Volume Manager
    VxFS - Veritas File System
    VxVM - Veritas Volume Manager
  
Client Selections for Backup Policies for Client
  • The information in the Client Selection column of the table below is the client type that should be selected when installing NetBackup as a client on the Operating System/Version and Architecture listed in this table.
  • Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2008" or "Windows Server 2008 R2" it is implied that Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition, Datacenter Edition, and Web Edition are supported.
    Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2012" or "Windows Server 2012 R2" it is implied that Standard Edition, Datacenter Edition, Essentials Edition, and Foundation Edition are supported.
    Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2019" it is implied that Standard Edition, Datacenter Edition and Essentials Edition are supported.
    Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2022" it is implied that Standard Edition, Datacenter Edition and Essentials Edition are supported.
    OS CPU Architecture NetBackup 10.0 Client Selection
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8x86-64Linux,RedHat3.10.0
  
Deduplication Supported Operating Systems for Client
  • Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2022" it is implied that Essentials Edition, Standard Edition, and Datacenter Edition are supported.
    Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2019" it is implied that Essentials Edition, Standard Edition, and Datacenter Edition are supported.
    Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2016" it is implied that Essentials Edition, Standard Edition, and Datacenter Edition are supported.
    Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2012", or "Windows Server 2012 R2" it is implied that Foundation Edition, Essentials Edition, Standard Edition, and Datacenter Edition are supported.
  • Media Server Deduplication (MSDP) is supported in an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) environment on any cloud platform that meets minimum requirements.
    OS CPU Architecture Client Deduplication Minimum NetBackup Level
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8x86-64Yes10.0
  
Database and Application Agent Compatibility for Client
  • This Software Compatibility List (SCL) document describes the supported database and application agents for Veritas NetBackup 10.0 through 10.x
  • Database and application patch support: Major versions of database software have been qualified in Veritas Labs and are listed in the tables below. NetBackup supports minor versions, service packs, and patches of database software unless otherwise noted.
  • Linux support: For Linux distributions shown in the tables below, NetBackup is supported on all "editions" and on all vendor GA updates (n.1, n.2, etc.) or service packs (SP1, SP2, etc.) unless otherwise noted in this document or in the NetBackup OS Compatibility List,NetBackup compatibility lists
  • Database Appliances: 3rd party database hardware appliances are supported if the appliance OS/architecture and database software are listed in the Veritas NetBackup OS compatibility listNetBackup compatibility listsand in the Database and Application Agent compatibility list (this document). For example, some Oracle Exadata and Exalogic models are supported based upon this support statement. Please consult the vendor documentation to identify the embedded software versions.
  • End of life information: More information is available about certain NetBackup features, functionality, 3rd-party product integration, Veritas product integration, applications, databases, and OS platforms that Veritas intends to replace with newer and improved functionality, or in some cases, discontinue without replacement. Please see the SORT widget titled "NetBackup Future Platform and Feature Plans" atSORT for NetBackup Users
Database Agents
  • The sections below contain information that is related to specific database agents and OS platforms.
  • SAP
    The NetBackup SAP Agent protects SAP Oracle environments by integrating with SAP BR*Tools. SAP BR*Tools may have a separate version from the SAP Kernel. Reference Technical Solution 51094 for detailsHow to determine what version of BRTools for SAP is installed
    SAP environments based on Microsoft SQL or DB2 databases are supported via the NetBackup Microsoft SQL and DB2 agents respectively.
    SAP supports Oracle and MAX-DB base environments.
    Contents (for details click on the checkbox)
    Apache CassandraDataStax CassandraHCL Domino
    IBM DB2IBM InformixMariaDB
    MongoDBMySQLOracle Database
    PostgreSQLSAP ASESAP HANA
    SAP MaxDBSAP OracleSQLite
    XBSA Extensible Client
  
Snapshot Client - General Information for Client
  • This section contains Snapshot Client compatibility information for Veritas NetBackup 10.0 - 10.x.x. It covers NetBackup Server (which includes Enterprise Server and Server), Client, and Snapshot Client.
  • Veritas supports standard unaltered kernel/Operating System levels. Should an issue arise on a revised kernel, Operating System, or virtual system environment, Veritas support may request the recreation of the problem with the standard operating environment distribution.
  • Veritas InfoScale / Storage Foundation Compatibility
  • Veritas InfoScale/Storage Foundation file system and volume manager are supported as the Snapshot Client stack based on Operating System requirements of the InfoScale/Storage Foundation product. For specific OS compatibility information regarding InfoScale/Storage Foundation, please see "Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools (SORT)".
  • FlashBackup policy limitation: The NetBackup FlashBackup policy is not supported on Veritas File System (VxFS) layout versions 8 and beyond, versions 7 and earlier are supported.
  • Third-Party Products
  • When a problem may be related to product(s) from a third-party vendor with whom Veritas has a cooperative or collaborative relationship on such product(s), then Veritas will work with that vendor in an attempt to resolve the problem, but resolution is not guaranteed. When Veritas does not have such a support relationship in place with the third-party vendor, or when the vendor ceases to support such product(s), then our ability to support Veritas Licensed Software operating with such vendor's product(s) may be limited, affected, or prevented (and such third party product(s) may cease to be part of Veritas-supported configuration(s)). Veritas support may be limited by the hardware or software vendor due to their support lifecycle. Should a vendor announce End of Support for a product, Veritas support may be limited.
  • Oracle Agent Support
  • Oracle ASM Environment is not supported.
Snapshot Client - Considerations
    Subject Notes
    Support assumptionsFor details on supported operating systems, please refer to the "NetBackup 10.0 - 10.x.x Operating System Software Compatibility List" .

    1. Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2012 Datacenter" it also means that the other editions of Windows Server 2012, Windows Storage Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 are supported.
    2. Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2016 Datacenter" it also means that the other editions of Windows Server 2016 and Windows Storage Server 2016 are supported.
    3. Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2019 Datacenter" it also means that the other editions of Windows Server 2019 are supported.
    4. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 support requires SP3 or later.
  
Snapshot Client - Array-based Snapshot Methods for Client
  
Snapshot Client - Software-based Snapshot Methods for Client
  
Encryption and Security Solutions for Client
  • NetBackup Client Encryption is compatible with all disk storage units (DSU), tape drives, tape libraries, and virtual tape libraries supported by NetBackup.
  • Note: Any DSU type supported by NetBackup can be used with client encryption, although encryption prevents deduplication by Media Server Dedupe, OpenStorage devices, or VTLs.
  • NetBackup Client Encryption is supported on all NetBackup client platforms except OpenVMS, and is not supported with BMR or SAN client.
Symantec Security Information Manager
  • NetBackup Client is supported with Symantec Security Information Manager (SSIM) v4.8 and later.
  
File System Compatibility for Client
  • NetBackup supports backing up file data on all POSIX compliant file systems. The table below represents the platform configurations that have been tested for compatibility with ACLs and other extended attributes. Unless otherwise noted in the table below, ACLs and other extended attributes are not supported.

    NetBackup has improved its integration with the Veritas File System (VxFS) product to ensure interoperability on all compatible VxFS versions. If you run a VxFS version that is older than VxFS 4.0 then you need to install new VxFS libraries on the client to back up the systems that run VxFS. You can search and download the appropriate VxFS libraries to your system from Patch Central on the Veritas Support Web site. See: Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools

    Note :
    • For Linux Operating Systems, the backup and restore of extended attributes set by the chattr command on XFS, ZFS, BTRFS etc. is not supported
    • Cross platform restore of extended attributes is not supported.
    File System ACL Other Extended Attributes or Named Data Streams Notes / Exceptions
    Ext4, Ext3, Ext2, XFS, VxFSYesYes- Support for file system compression on VxFS requires Storage Foundation 6.0.1 or later. Please check Storage Foundation Release Notes for Operating System levels.
    - Flashbackup does not support Disk Layout Versions 8 or greater. Disk Layout Version 8 was introduced in VxFS 5.1
    - For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0, XFS Copy-On-Write feature and VxFS is not supported.
    Lustre 2.12.5YesYes 
    GFS2YesNo 
    GPFS 5.1.8, GPFS 5.1.5, GPFS 5.1.0, GPFS 5.0.4, GPFS 4.2, GPFS 4.1.1, GPFS 4.1YesYesGPFS metadata is supported in NetBackup (ACLs, EAs, StoragePools, and Replication).
    GPFS is not supported from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 as the default kernel version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 is 3.10.0-514.el7.x86_64 and these file system versions supports until kernel 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64
    During backup of migrated file data housed on GPFS, retrieval of that data will be triggered from storage.
    NetBackup version 9.0 enables support to skip premigrated and migrated filesystem data.
    Refer: GPFS migrated files being expanded during backups causing full filesystems
  
NetBackup OpsCenter Web Browser Requirements
    New versions of NetBackup OpsCenter will no longer be delivered after 10.0.0.1.
  
NetBackup OpsCenter Backup Product Support
    New versions of NetBackup OpsCenter will no longer be delivered after 10.0.0.1.
  
NetBackup OpsCenter Operating System Requirements
    New versions of NetBackup OpsCenter will no longer be delivered after 10.0.0.1.
  
NetBackup Administration Consoles
  • The NetBackup Java Administration Console is an interface to configure and manage NetBackup installed on the same machine. The interface can run on any NetBackup Java-capable system.

    The Backup Archive and Restore (BAR) console is an interface to the NetBackup client. The Backup, Archive, and Restore utility performs backups and archives for the system on which it is installed and restores for this system and other clients.

    For information on how to install the consoles mentioned above reference the NetBackup Installation Guides. And for information on usage reference the NetBackup Administrator's Guides.

    The table below is a list of the platforms that support the NetBackup-Java Administration Console and the Backup Archive and Restore Interface.
    Note: If a supported NetBackup client is not listed in the table below the client is supported for backup and restore, but it does not support any of the available graphical interfaces.
  • Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2012" or "Windows Server 2016" it is implied that Standard Edition, Datacenter Edition, Essentials Edition, and Foundation Edition are supported.
  • Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2019" it is implied that Standard Edition, Datacenter Edition, Essentials Edition are supported.
  • Where support is shown for "Windows Server 2022" it is implied that Standard Edition, Datacenter Edition, Essentials Edition are supported.
  • Administrative consoles for supported versions of NetBackup are included in the NetBackup installation packages.
    console versions are installed for all versions of NetBackup that are not beyond their End of Support Life (EOSL).
    For information on supported versions of NetBackup see SORT Enterprise Product End of Support Life (EOSL) Information
    OS CPU Architecture NetBackup-Java Administration Console Backup, Archive, and Restore Interface
    Redhat 8, 7x64YY
  
NetBackup Ransomware Protection – Malware Scanning
  • Supports MS-Windows and Standard policy type.
    Support for VMware policy type starts from NetBackup 10.1
    Support for NAS-Data-Protection policy type starts from NetBackup 10.2
    Support for Universal Share policy type and Cloud VMs (Azure, AWS, GCP) starts from NetBackup 10.3
    Supported with backup images that have been deduplicated with MSDP local storage and cloud object storage and is not supported with 3rd party deduplication devices (3rd party OST devices).
    NetBackup's Malware scanning in public-cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) requires a Cloud Recovery Server (CRS).
    Supported with Public-cloud-based storage. Private-cloud/On-prem S3 storage are supported.
    Malware Scanner Minimum Scanner Version Minimum Scan Hosts Version Minimum NetBackup Level
    NetBackup Malware Scanner1.0Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15, Windows Server 201610.0
    NetBackup Malware Scanner2.0[1]Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15, Windows Server 201610.1
    Symantec Protection Engine8.2Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15, Windows Server 201610.0
Footnotes
  • 1. NetBackup Malware Scanner 2.0 – Multithreading support available.
  
NetBackup in the Cloud
Core NetBackup Deployments in the Cloud
  • NetBackup supports cloud-based Primary Servers and Media Servers as part of extending data protection into workloads in the cloud. For more information, see the "360 Data Management" page.
Core NetBackup Deployments in the Cloud - Considerations
Core NetBackup Deployments in the Cloud - Links to Solution Information
  • NetBackup is supported on any cloud infrastructure environment that meets NetBackup's minimum resource requirements. Solution briefs have been created for the cloud infrastructures listed in the table below.
Core NetBackup Deployments in the Cloud - Deployment Templates
    Contents (for details click on the checkbox)
    AmazonGoogleMicrosoft
NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection
NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection - System Requirements
NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection - Considerations
    Subject Notes
    Support considerationsWith NetBackup 10.0, below supports have been added.
    1. Azure Gen2 Linux on Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04, RHEL 8.4, and RHEL 7.8.
    2. Azure Gen2 Windows on Windows 2019.

    From NetBackup 10.3.0.1 onwards, Amazon Linux 2 is supported as Asset Operating system for all Snapshot Manager Host Operating systems with Granular Recovery Support included.
    General considerationsWith NetBackup 10.1 onwards, NetBackup CloudPoint is renamed as NetBackup Snapshot Manager.
NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection - Snapshot Manager Host and Asset, GRT Compatibility
  • NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection is supported with the following operating systems and file systems:
  • Note: Before restoring applications or file systems from an OS version to a different OS version, refer to the OS vendor's and application vendor's compatibility lists to ensure support. Restoring a file system from a later version to an earlier version is not recommended.
NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection - Snapshot Manager Host and Asset, GRT Compatibility
    Snapshot Manager Host Operating System Asset Host Operating System NetBackup 10.0 (or later) Start of Support Granular Recovery Support
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.xRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2, 8.310.0No
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x, 8.2, 8.410.0Yes
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4Windows 2016, 201910.0Yes
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x, 8.2, 8.4, 8.610.1Yes
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6Windows 2016, 2019, 202210.1Yes
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x, 8.2, 8.4, 8.710.1.1Yes
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7Windows 2016, 2019, 202210.1.1Yes
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x, 8.2, 8.4, 8.6, 8.810.2Yes
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8Windows 2016, 2019, 202210.2Yes
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x, 8.2, 8.4, 8.6, 8.8, 8.910.2Yes
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9Windows 2016, 2019, 202210.2Yes
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x, 8.2, 8.4, 8.6, 9.010.1.1Yes
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x, 8.2, 8.4, 8.6, 9.0, 9.110.2Yes
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x, 8.2, 8.4, 8.6, 9.0, 9.1, 9.210.2Yes
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.3Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x, 8.2, 8.4, 8.6, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.310.2Yes
    Rocky Linux 9.2Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x, 8.2, 8.4, 8.6, 8.7, 9.010.1.1Yes
    Rocky Linux 9.0Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x, 8.2, 8.4, 8.6, 8.7, 9.010.1.1Yes
    Rocky Linux 8.9Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x, 8.2, 8.4, 8.6, 8.7, 9.010.2Yes
    Rocky Linux 8.8Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x, 8.2, 8.4, 8.6, 8.7, 9.010.1.1Yes
    Rocky Linux 8.6Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x, 8.2, 8.4, 8.6, 8.7, 9.010.1.1Yes
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.310.0Yes
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x, 8.2, 8.4, 8.6, 8.7, 9.010.2Yes
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x, 8.2, 8.4, 8.6, 8.7, 9.010.2Yes
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x, 8.2, 8.4, 8.6, 8.7, 9.010.1.1Yes
    Ubuntu 18.04 LTSRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2, 8.310.0No
    Ubuntu 20.04Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x, 8.2, 8.310.0Yes
    Ubuntu 22.04Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x, 8.2, 8.4, 8.6, 8.7, 9.010.1.1Yes
    Ubuntu 23.04Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x, 8.2, 8.4, 8.6, 8.7, 9.010.1.1Yes
NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection - Supported File Systems
  • NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection is supported with the following operating systems and file systems:
NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection - File system support
    Operating System Supported File Systems
    Linuxext3, ext4, xfs[1]
    WindowsNTFS
Footnotes
  • 1. ext2 snapshots are not application-consistent due to underlying OS limitations.
NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection - Supported Azure Kubernetes Service Versions
  • NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection is supported with the following versions of Azure Kubernetes Service: 1.21.x and later
NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection - High Level Feature Support
  • NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection high level feature support information is listed in the tables below, organized by vendor.
    Contents (for details click on the checkbox)
    NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection High Level Feature Support - Amazon Web ServicesNetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection High Level Feature Support - Google Cloud PlatformNetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection High Level Feature Support - Microsoft Azure
    NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection High Level Feature Support - Microsoft Azure Stack Hub
NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection - Restore Options from Snapshots
  • NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection support for snapshot restore options is listed in the tables below, organized by vendor.
    Contents (for details click on the checkbox)
    NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection Restore Options - Amazon Web ServicesNetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection Restore Options - Google Cloud PlatformNetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection Restore Options - Microsoft Azure
    NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection Restore Options - Microsoft Azure Stack Hub
NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection Replication Support Across Regions
  • NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection support for replication across regions is listed in the tables below, organized by cloud vendor.
    Contents (for details click on the checkbox)
    NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection Replication Support - Amazon Web Services
NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection Replication Support Across Accounts
  • NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection support for replication across accounts is listed in the tables below, organized by vendor.
    Contents (for details click on the checkbox)
    NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection Replication Support - Amazon Web Services
NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection Restore Options for Snapshots Replicated Across Regions
  • NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection support for restore options for snapshots replicated across regions is listed in the tables below, organized by vendor.
    Contents (for details click on the checkbox)
    NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection Replicated Snapshot Restore Support - Amazon Web Services
NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection Restore Options for Snapshots Replicated Across Accounts
  • NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection support for restore options for snapshots replicated across accounts is listed in the tables below, organized by vendor.
    Contents (for details click on the checkbox)
    NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection Replicated Snapshot Restore Support - Amazon Web Services
NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection Supported Regions
  • Region support for cloud providers is listed in the tables below, organized by provider.
NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection - Supported Regions
    Cloud Provider Supported Regions
    Amazon Web ServicesAfrica (Cape Town), Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Seoul), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), AWS GovCloud (US-East), AWS GovCloud (US-West), Canada (Central), China (Beijing), China (Ningxia), Europe (Frankfurt), Europe (Ireland), Europe (London), Europe (Milan), Europe (Paris), Middle East (Bahrain), South America (Sao Paulo), US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (N. California), US West (Oregon), Asia Pacific (Jakarta), Middle East (UAE) , Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Asia Pacific (Osaka), Europe (Zurich), Europe (Stockholm), Europe (Spain)[1][2]
    Google Cloud PlatformAsia-East1 (zones a, b, c), Asia-East2 (zones a, b, c), Asia-Northeast1 (zones a, b, c), Asia-Northeast2 (zones a, b, c), Asia-Northeast3 (zones a, b, c), Asia-South1 (zones a, b, c), Asia-Southeast1 (zones a, b, c), Asia-Southeast2 (zones a, b, c), Australia-Southeast1 (zones a, b, c), Europe-North1 (zones a, b, c), Europe-West1 (zones b, c, d), Europe-West2 (zones a, b, c), Europe-West3 (zones a, b, c), Europe-West4 (zones a, b, c), Europe-West6 (zones a, b, c), NorthAmerica-Northeast1 (zones a, b, c), SouthAmerica-East1 (zones a, b, c), US-Central1 (zones a, b, c, f), US-East1 (zones b, c, d), US-East4 (zones a, b, c), US-West1 (zones a, b, c), US-West2 (zones a, b, c), US-West3 (zones a, b, c), US-West4 (zones a,b,c), Asia-South2 (zones a, b, c), Australia-Southeast2 (zones a, b, c), Europe-Central2 (zones a, b, c), Europe-Southwest1 (zones a, b, c), Europe-West8 (zones a, b, c), Europe-West9 (zones a, b, c), NorthAmerica-Northeast2 (zones a, b, c), SouthAmerica-West1 (zones a, b, c) , US-East5 (zones a, b, c), US-South1 (zones a, b, c), ME-West1 (zones a, b, c)[3][4]
    Microsoft AzureCentral US, East US, East US 2, North Central US, South Central US, West US, West US 2, West Central US, Canada Central, Canada East, Brazil South, South Africa North, South Africa West, UAE Central, UAE North, Norway East, Norway West, North Europe, West Europe, France Central, France South, UK South, UK West, Switzerland North, Switzerland West, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia Central, Australia Central 2, Australia East, Australia Southeast, Central India, South India, West India, Japan West, Korea Central, Korea South, Germany North, Germany West Central, US Gov Arizona, US Gov Texas, US Gov Virginia, Central US EUAP, East US 2 EUAP, West US 3, Brazil Southeast, Sweden Central, Jio India West, Jio India Central, Japan East, US DoD Central, US DoD East, US Gov Iowa[5]
    Microsoft Azure Stack HubCustomer-deployed private regions
Footnotes
  • 1. Support for Asia Pacific (Jakarta) and Middle East (UAE) regions requires NetBackup 10.1 or later.
  • 2. Support for Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Asia Pacific (Osaka), Europe (Zurich), Europe (Stockholm) and Europe (Spain) regions requires NetBackup 10.1.1 or later.
  • 3. Support for Asia-South2, Australia-Southeast2, Europe-Central2, Europe-Southwest1, Europe-West8, Europe-West9, NorthAmerica-Northeast2 and SouthAmerica-West1 regions requires NetBackup 10.1 or later.
  • 4. Support for US-East5, US-South1 and ME-West1 regions requires NetBackup 10.1.1 or later.
  • 5. Support for Central US EUAP, East US 2 EUAP, West US 3, Brazil Southeast, Sweden Central, Jio India West, Jio India Central, Japan East, US DoD Central, US DoD East and US Gov Iowa regions requires NetBackup 10.1 or later.
NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection - Database Applications
  • NetBackup Snapshot Manager In-Cloud Data Protection support for database applications is listed in the tables below, organized by vendor.
    Contents (for details click on the checkbox)
    Microsoft SQLOracle
  
NetBackup Snapshot Manager
NetBackup Snapshot Manager - Considerations
    Subject Notes
    Vendor support considerations1. All storage configurations shown in the tables below were tested with drivers and firmware supported by the storage array vendors. Check with these vendors for minimum driver and firmware levels, specific driver and firmware support, support for the stated Veritas products, and other functional options.
    2. Veritas supports hardware products listed below that include virtualization capability, but Veritas does not support compatibility issues that can be attributed to the virtualization feature. Veritas requires any compatibility issue to be reproduced in a non-virtualization environment. If the issue is confirmed to be related to Veritas products, Veritas will support its software at the same level as when that software is not running with hardware virtualization products. Veritas will cooperate with virtualization vendors, and attempt to assist in the diagnosis of problems found between the virtualization and Veritas products.
    3. Minor ("double-dot") versions of the software listed in the tables below are also supported. (Example: "v5.0" means versions v5.0.1, v5.0.2, etc. are also supported.)
    General considerationsWith NetBackup 10.1 onwards, NetBackup CloudPoint is renamed as NetBackup Snapshot Manager.
    Consistency Group SnapshotsNetBackup Snapshot Manager support consistency group (CG) snapshots for SAN storage arrays wherever CG level snapshot is optimal and applicable. The supported hardware table below mentions whether NetBackup Snapshot Manager performs CG level snapshot for a particular storage array vendor or not.
    Storage Array ReplicationWith NetBackup 10.1 onwards, NetBackup Snapshot Manager can replicate the NAS storage array snapshots that are taken by NetBackup. You must upgrade the NetBackup primary server, media server, and clients to version 10.1 and above to use the replication capabilities. Refer to the "NetBackup™ Snapshot Manager for Data Center Administrator's guide" for more details about replication.
NetBackup Snapshot Manager - Vendor Compatibility
    Contents (for details click on the checkbox)
    Dell EMCFujitsuHewlett Packard Enterprise
    Hitachi VantaraIBMInfinidat
    LenovoNetAppNutanix
    Pure StorageQumulo
  
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Support for Workloads with Image Sharing in Cloud
  • Image Sharing in Cloud is supported with MSDP Direct Cloud Tiering. Workload support is listed in the tables below.
Support for Image Sharing using MSDP Direct Cloud Tiering
  • Image sharing using MSDP Direct Cloud Tiering is supported with any of the S3 cloud providers listed in the Vendor Compatibility tables below, and with Microsoft Azure Blob storage.
  • MSDP Direct Cloud Tiering is supported with NetBackup 8.3 and later.
Image Sharing in Cloud - Supported Workloads
    Workload NetBackup 10.0 (or later) Start of Support Notes
    Basic backups of files and folders10.0 
    Bare Metal Restore (BMR)Not supportedDuplication of images is supported. Restores can be done from another NetBackup media server.
    DB210.0 
    Enterprise Vault10.0 
    Hadoop10.0 
    Hbase10.0 
    Hyper-V10.0 
    Informix10.0 
    Lotus Notes10.0 
    MariaDB10.0 
    Microsoft Exchange Server10.0 
    Microsoft SharePoint10.0 
    Microsoft SQL Server10.0 
    MySQL10.0 
    NDMP10.0 
    NutanixNot supportedDuplication of images is supported. Restores can be done from another NetBackup media server.
    OpenStackNot supportedDuplication of images is supported. Restores can be done from another NetBackup media server.
    Oracle10.0 
    Postgres10.0 
    RHV10.0 
    SAPNot supportedDuplication of images is supported. Restores can be done from another NetBackup media server.
    Sybase10.0 
    VMware10.0 
  
Cloud Object Store Protection
  • With NetBackup 10.1 onwards, NetBackup can protect Azure Blob Storage and a wide variety of S3 API-compatible object stores like AWS S3, and Google Cloud Platform’s object store. You can deploy the NetBackup environment in the same cloud network as the object store, or outside of it.

    For more information about Cloud Object store protection, refer to the "NetBackup™ Web UI Cloud Object Store Administrator's Guide".

    Note: Cloud vendors may levy substantial charges for data egress for moving data out of their network. Check your cloud provider pricing for data-out before configuring a backup policy that transfers data out of one cloud to another cloud region or an on-premises data center.
Cloud Object Store Protection - Considerations
    Subject Notes
    Support assumptions1. For details on supported operating systems, please refer to the "NetBackup 10.0 - 10.x.x Operating System Software Compatibility List" .
    2. NetBackup-certified cloud regions support is listed in the vendor tables in the Cloud Storage Solutions section of this HCL.
    3. NetBackup-certified cloud object storage support is listed in the vendor tables in the Cloud Storage Solutions section of this HCL.
    Storage tier considerationsNetBackup does not allow configuring all storage tiers to be protected for Cloud Object store because reading data from some of these tiers is very costly. For example, archival tiers from public cloud providers are meant for write once usage and reading data for backup from these tiers incurs a very high cost. If you still need to protect any of these tiers, please contact Veritas support to enable backup of such storage tiers.
    Configuration considerationsNetBackup is configured to trust a number of well-known public Certificate Authorities (CA) related to Cloud storage. However, there are instances where, for internal purposes, you may need to add your own self-signed CA certificate. For information on adding a self-signed CA certificate, please refer to "Cloud Storage Configuration: How To Add a Self-Signed CA Certificate" .
Cloud Object Store Protection - Vendor Compatibility
    Cloud Object Store Supported Storage Tiers Minimum NetBackup version supported
    Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)STANDARD
    INTELLIGENT_TIERING
    STANDARD_IA
    ONEZONE_IA    		10.1
    Amazon GovCloudSTANDARD
    INTELLIGENT_TIERING
    STANDARD_IA
    ONEZONE_IA    		10.1
    Cloudian HyperStore Object StorageAll storage tiers10.1
    Google Cloud StorageSTANDARD
    NEARLINE
    COLDLINE    		10.1
    Microsoft Azure Storage ServiceHot
    Cool    		10.1
    Hitachi Vantara Content Platform (HCP) - WANAll storage tiers10.1
    Hitachi Vantara Content Platform (HCP) - LANAll storage tiers10.1
    Scality RING Storage - WANAll storage tiers10.1
    Scality RING Storage - LANAll storage tiers10.1
    StorageGRID Webscale Object StorageAll storage tiers10.1.1
    Red Hat CEPH StorageAll storage tiers10.1.1
    Dell EMC Elastic Cloud Storage[1]All storage tiers10.1
    STACKIT Object Storage[2]All storage tiers10.1
    Alibaba Cloud Object Storage Service (OSS)All storage tiers10.3
    NetApp ONTAP S3All storage tiers10.3
    Quantum ActiveScale Systems[3]Standard10.3
    Microsoft Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 ServiceHot
    Cool    		10.3
Footnotes
  • 1. Requires Cloud Configuration Package version 2.10.5 or later.
  • 2. Requires Cloud Configuration Package version 2.10.11 or later.
  • 3. Requires Cloud Configuration Package version 2.11.1 or later.
  
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End of Life (EOL) announcement and platforms no longer supported by NetBackup
  • The following Operating System and Application Versions/Architectures in the 10.x.x versions of NetBackup will be End of Life.
    Platform and Application Versions CPU Architecture OS Bits NetBackup Last NetBackup Release Supported
    HP-UXALL64Client10.0.0.1
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8ALL64ALL10.2.0.1
  
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