System Requirements for Laptop Backup on a Linux Computer

Verify that your environment meets the system requirements for the Laptop Backup feature running on a Linux computer.

Operating System

Important

Use the most recent version of the operating system that is listed. The Commvault software fully supports the most recent version of an operating system, until the vendor ends support. More recent versions of the Commvault software might not install on operating systems that are not supported by the vendor anymore. For information about the support lifecycle of an operating system, contact the vendor.

Linux

Operating system	Processor architecture
Debian 11.x and more recent releases	x86 x64 Compatible processors
Fedora 32 and more recent releases	x86 x64 Compatible processors
Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS 9.x	x86 x64 PowerPC ARM64 Compatible processors
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 15.x and more recent releases	s390x 64-bit, with 31-bit runtime libraries installed s390 31-bit
Ubuntu 8.04 to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	x86 x64 Compatible processors

Hard Drive

Component	Space required
Software	1 GB
Job results folder	5 GB
Log folder	3 GB

File Systems

The Laptop Backup feature supports the following file systems:

Linux File Systems That Are Supported

B-tree File System (Btrfs)
Fraunhofer FS (FhGFS or BeeGFS)
Extended 2 File System (ext2)
Extended 3 File System (ext3)
Extended 4 File System (ext4)
General Parallel File System (GPFS)
Global File System (GFS/GFS2)
GlusterFS File System (GlusterFS): Backups and restores run on the Gluster client
Lustre File System (Clustered File System)
Moose File System (MooseFS)
Oracle Cluster File System (OCFS2)
Oracle ASM Cluster File System (Oracle ACFS)
Panasas ActiveScale File System (PanFS)
Reiser File System (reiserfs)
VERITAS File System (VxFS)
VERITAS Cluster File System (VxCFS)
X9000 IBRIX File System (IBRIXFS) 6.x
'X' File System (XFS)

Volume Managers

Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) 5.0 or higher
Logical Volume Manager (LVM)

DISCLAIMER

Certain third-party software and service releases (together, "Releases") may not be supported by Commvault. You are solely responsible for ensuring Commvault’s products and services are compatible with any such Releases.