NDMP Agent: System Requirements

The following requirements are for the NDMP Agent.

File Server Operating System

The following table lists the supported File Server versions for each vendor:

Vendor	Supported File Server
Dell Compellent FS	5.0 to 7.0
Dell EMC VNX / Celerra	DARTOS 5.5, 5.6, 6.0
Dell EMC Unity	4.1 to 4.5
Dell EMC VNX and Dell EMC VNX2	7.0, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2
Dell EMC VNXe	2.0
Hitachi NAS (BlueArc)	Up to 13.5
Huawei OceanStor V3 Converged Storage	1.0
Huawei OceanStor V5 Converged Storage	1.0
Huawei OceanStor 9000 Storage	1.0
IBM N-Series	7-Mode: 7.0 to 8.2, including subversions Clustered Data ONTAP: 7.0 to 9.6, including subversions Visible as a NetApp client.
Dell EMC Isilon/PowerScale	7.0 through 8.2 The Dell EMC Isilon/PowerScale Backup Accelerator is supported for NDMP backups.
NetApp	Products 7-Mode: ONTAP / Data ONTAP C-Mode: ONTAP / Data ONTAP, Cloud Volumes ONTAP, ONTAP Select ONTAP versions 7-Mode: 7.0 to 8.2, including subversions Clustered Data ONTAP: 7.0 to 9.6, including subversions
NexentaStor	Version 5.0
Nexsan	UNITY 1.1
Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance	ak-2009.09.01.* 2010.02.09.* 2010.08.17.* 2011.04.24 2013.06.05.* The dump-pathnode setting must be set to yes*. dump-pathnode is required so that restores from incremental backups have the necessary information to complete. Consult Oracle documentation for instructions about enabling this setting.
Stratus	3.0

Hard Disk

No minimum disk space requirement for installing the software. All required components are installed automatically with the MediaAgent software. There is no separate software to install for NAS Clients. See System Requirements - MediaAgent for information on install information specific to the MediaAgent.

2% of the backup size in free disk space is required for the job results directory. For example, if the backup is 40 GB, then you must have 0.8 GB of free space for the job results directory.

256 MB of free disk space is required for log directory.

MediaAgent Operating System

Only MediaAgents with the following operating systems can be used when performing data protection operations with NDMP agent data:

AIX
HP-UX
Linux (except Itanium varieties)
Solaris
Windows

See System Requirements - MediaAgent for information on specific versions supported with these operating systems.

Miscellaneous

File Server

If media changers and/or tape drives are attached to the file server, all hardware (including the SAN networking hardware) must be of a type supported by the file server.

Microsoft Visual C++

The following Redistributable Package is installed automatically. Note that the Redistributable Package can co-exist with other versions of this software.

Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package

DISCLAIMER

Third-party maintenance (minor) releases or service packs that are supported by the Commvault software may not be listed in our System Requirements. When possible, Commvault provides information on any known issues related to these minor releases or service packs. In some cases, these minor releases or service packs affect how the Commvault software works. Commvault software may experience changes in functionality as the result of the third-party minor release or service pack. These changes are beyond the control of Commvault. Platforms that are supported in the current version of Commvault software may not be supported in earlier versions of the software. Contact your software provider to ensure that third-party minor releases or service packs are compatible with the Commvault software. Additional considerations regarding minimum requirements and End-of-Life policies from third-party vendors also apply.