HP Data Protector 6.20 Virtualization Support Matrix

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HP Data Protector 6.20

Virtualization Support Matrix

Version: 1.9

Date: August 2012

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

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

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

Data Protector supports the following virtualization applications:

Supported virtualization applications

Vendor

Supported application

VMware

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

 VMware vSphere 4 (ESX 4.0, ESX 4.1, ESXi4.0, ESXi4.1)

 VMware vSphere 5

2,3

(ESXi 5.0)

Microsoft

 Microsoft Hyper-V

 Microsoft Hyper-V R2

 Microsoft Virtual Server

Hewlett-Packard

 HP Integrity Virtual Machines 3.5, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 6.1

Citrix

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

Sun

 Sun Solaris Zones : Solaris 10

Oracle

 Oracle VM 2.1.2, 2.1.5, 2.2.1

Red Hat

 RHEL KVM 5.5, 6.0, 6.2

 RHEV 3.0

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

Support is available with the Data Protector patch bundle

DPUXBDL_00621/DPSOLBDL_00621/DPLNXBDL_00621/DPWINBDL_00621 on top of Data Protector 6.20.

Supports only the features available with vSphere 4.

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

Protector as long as they are listed as supported on physical hosts in the HP Data Protector

6.20 Platform and Integration Support Matrix.

Following table lists various Data Protector components supported on the guest operating

systems:

Supported components inside virtual machines

Virtualization application

Supported Data Protector components

VMware

 Cell Manager/Installation Server

 Manager of Managers

 Disk Agent

 Media Agent

 Graphical User Interface

 Online Extension Agents

 HP P9000 XP, SSEA Agent

 HP P6000 EVA, SMI-S Agent

 VSS Agent

Microsoft Virtual Server

 Disk Agent

Summary of content (6 pages)

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HP Data Protector 6.20 Virtualization Support Matrix Version: 1.9 Date: August 2012 Note: The combinations of Data Protector component + operating system and/or application versions listed in this support matrix are only supported by Data Protector as long as the associated operating system and/or application versions are supported by respective vendors.
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  Microsoft Hyper-V / Hyper-V R2        HP Integrity Virtual Machines (IVM)        Citrix XenServer     Solaris Zones    Oracle VM    Red Hat  Graphical User Interface Online Extension Agents2 Cell Manager/Installation Server Disk Agent Media Agent Graphical User Interface Online Extension Agents2 HP P6000 EVA, SMI-S Agent4 VSS Agent 5 Cell Manager/Installation Server Disk Agent Media Agent 6 Manager of Managers Graphical User Interface Online Extension Agents2 Disk A
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Array Family 1 Windows Server 2008 (32-bit) Windows Server 2008 (32-bit) (Physical host only) Windows Server 2008 (x64) Windows Server 2008 (x64) (Physical host only) Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64) (Physical host only) Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64) VMware HP P9000 XP Disk Array Family1 the HP Data Protector 6.20 Zero Downtime Backup and Instant Recovery Support Matrix for HP P6000 EVA Disk Array Family Using SMI-S Agent Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x (64-bit)(x64) 2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
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VMware HP P9000 XP Disk Array Family2 Microsoft Hyper-V / Hyper-V R2 HP P6000 EVA Disk Array Family Microsoft Hyper-V / Hyper-V R2 HP 3PAR3 Storage Systems Microsoft Hyper-V / Hyper-V R2 5.02.00 Windows 2003 (32-bit) Windows 2003 (32-bit) (Physical host only) 5.02.00 Windows 2003 (x64) Windows 2003 (x64) (Physical host only) 6.02.00 Windows 2008 (32-bit) Windows 2008 (32-bit) (Physical host only) 6.02.00 Windows 2008 (x64) Windows 2008 (x64) (Physical host only) 7.02.
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3 4 integration agent or Virtual Environment integration agent is the appropriate way to backup virtual machines on ESX 4.x. Support is available with the Data Protector patch bundle DPUXBDL_00621/DPSOLBDL_00621/DPLNXBDL_00621/DPWINBDL_00621 on top of Data Protector 6.20. Data Protector agents are supported only on a guest OS and not on ESXi 5.0 itself. Data Protector 6.
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