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Supported Hardware Storage Arrays

Updated

For information and compatibility check on supported snapshot engines, see IntelliSnap Support Matrix in interactive view.

In V11 SP15, the names of the array vendors and engines are updated in both the Commvault software and the documentation. For more information, see Array Vendor Names and Engine Names.

Commvault Systems, Inc. tests major versions and some minor versions of firmware, so the best practice is to use the supported versions listed in this topic. If you encounter a problem with a minor version during an IntelliSnap operation, contact Commvault Systems, Inc..

IntelliSnap backup is designed to work in conjunction with the following storage arrays that provide snapshot functionality for data protection operations:

Vendor

Snapshot

Version or Firmware

Licensing

Software

Protocol

Notes/Caveats

Amazon

EBS Snapshot

None

None

None

None
  • Supported for Linux file system, Oracle agents, SAP HANA agents, SAP for Oracle agents, and Virtual Server Agent for Amazon.

Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP

Snapshot

ONTAP 9.14.1, 9.13.1, 9.12.1, 9.11.1

  • CIFS, NFS

  • iSCSI

  • If the volume of the file server that contains the LUN has a SnapMirror Synchronous (SM-S) relationship configured, then IntelliSnap operations on that LUN are not supported.

  • NetApp Open Replication with SnapMirror Cloud is not supported.

  • The storage array is a NetApp OEM partner and uses NetApp Snap engine.

Azure NetApp Files

Snapshot
  • NFS v3 and v4.1 protocol

SAP HANA requires the NFSv4.1 protocol according to Microsoft and SAP requirements.

Cisco HyperFlex

Snapshot

  • HXDP 5.0.2g

  • HXDP 5.0.1b

  • HXDP 4.5.2a

  • HXDP 4.5.1a

  • HXDP 4.0.2a

  • HXDP 4.0.1b

  • HXDP 3.5.2a

  • HXDP 3.0.1e

None
  • In the guest VM, install the most recent VM tool

NFS 3

  • Cisco HyperFlex array does not support IntelliSnap backups of independent disks, RDM disks, or shared disks.

  • The reconciliation operation is not supported.

DataCore SANsymphony-V

Snapshot

Clone

  • SANsymphony -V version 10.0 PSP3 and later

  • SANsymphony-V version 9.0 PSP4 Update 4 and later

Microsoft .net framework 4.7 or later

  • Fibre Channel

  • iSCSI
  • Supported on Windows(x64), Hyper-V, and VMware.

Dell EMC Isilon/PowerScale

Snapshot

OneFS 9.8 through 7.0

SnapshotIQ License

  • CIFS, NFS

  • NDMP

  • The support for the CIFS/NFS protocols is for network share backups only.

  • The revert operation is not supported.

Dell PowerStore

Snapshot

  • PowerStore T 1.0.2, 1.0.4

  • PowerStore 2.1.1, 2.0.1, 2.0.0

  • PowerStore 4.0, 3.6, 3.5.0.1, 3.2.0.0, 3.0.0.1

None

None

  • Fibre Channel

  • iSCSI

  • NFS

None

Dell PowerFlex

Snapshot

  • VR2_6.10000.123

  • R3_6.100.102

  • R3_5.1300.111

  • R2_0.11000.0

None

ScaleIO Data Client (SDC) drivers on the client computer and proxy computer where snapshots are mounted.

ETH/IB

  • Supported on Windows(x64), Hyper-V, and VMware.

  • Commvault software does not support hardware snap revert for the versions - R3_6.100.102 and R3_5.1300.111.

Dell EMC Storage Center (DSM)

Snapshot using DSM

  • 7.5.1, Dell EMC Storage Manager 2020 R1 build 20.1.1.716

  • 7.4.2, Dell EMC Storage Manager 2019 R1 build 19.1.579

  • 7.3.2.48 Dell EMC Storage Manager (DSM) 2018 R1.10 build 18.1.10.171

  • 7.2.11.4, Dell EMC Storage Manager 2016 R3.20 build 16.3.20.22

  • Data Instant Replay (snapshots)

  • Remote Instant Replay (replication)

  • Live Volume

Dell EMC Storage Manager: Dell EMC Storage Manager client, Dell EMC Storage Manager data collector, and Dell EMC Storage Manager Server

  • Fibre Channel

  • iSCSI

  • Supported on Windows, Linux, VMware, and Hyper-V.

  • The replication feature is not supported.

  • Compellent Live Volume supported with DSM.

  • The Microsoft Hyper-V agent is not supported with the metro cluster configuration.

Dell EMC Unity

Snapshot

Firmware: 5.4, 5.3.1, 5.2.0, 5.1.2.0.5.007, 5.0.6.0.5.008, 5.0.3, 5.0.2.0.5.009, 4.5.1, 4.4.0, 4.3.1, 4.2.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.0

Models:

  • Unity 600/500/400/300

  • Unity 650F/550F/450F/350F

  • Unity VSA

Enterprise license

  • CIFS, NFS

  • Fibre Channel

  • LUN over iSCSI

  • NDMP

  • Dell EMC Unity does not support the revert operations.

  • Support for the CIFS protocol and the NFS protocol is for network share backups only.

  • NDMP: Snapshot cataloging and live browse operations are supported only if the Linux/UNIX shares (NFS) option or the Multiprotocol Shares (SMB and NFS) option is selected while creating the File System in the Dell EMC Unity Filer. Browsing from a backup copy is supported for File Systems created using NFS, SMB, or multiprotocol.

Dell EMC VBLOCK/VxBLOCK

VxBLOCK 1000

None

None

Refer to the specific storage array support section for Snapshot and Protocol information.

Dell EMC PowerMAX VMAX All Flash/ VMAX3

Dell EMC TimeFinder SnapVX

Dell EMC TimeFinder VP Snap

Dell EMC TimeFinder Clone

PowerMAX

VMAX All Flash

VMAX3

TimeFinder SnapVX

TimeFinder VP Snap

TimeFinder Clone

Solutions Enabler Licensing

  • For the TimeFinder SnapVX(SYMCLI) engine, Solutions Enabler 10.0.0.5, 9.x on client and proxy computers or on Remote MA

  • For the TimeFinder SnapVX engine, Solutions Enabler 9.x on SMI-S server

  • For the TimeFinder VP Snap and TimeFinder Clone engines, Solutions Enabler 9.x on client and proxy computers or on Remote MA and Solution enabler 9.x on SMI-S server

  • Fibre Channel

  • iSCSI for TimeFinder SnapVX only

  • FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet)*

Dell EMC VMAX

Dell EMC TimeFinder VP Snap

Dell EMC TimeFinder Clone

Dell EMC TimeFinder Snap

Dell EMC TimeFinder BCV

VMAX

TimeFinder VP Snap

TimeFinder Clone

TimeFinder Snap

TimeFinder Mirror

Solutions Enabler Licensing

  • For the TimeFinder SnapVX(SYMCLI), Solutions Enabler 10.0.0.5, 9.x on client and proxy computers or on Remote MA.

  • For the TimeFinder SnapVX, Solutions Enabler 9.x or 8.x on the SMI-S server.

  • For the TimeFinder VP Snap, TimeFinder Snap, TimeFinder Clone and TimeFinder BCV engines, Solutions Enabler 9.x, 8.x or 7.6.2.8 on client and proxy computers.

  • Fibre Channel

  • FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet)*

  • Remote SymApi Server is not supported.

  • Client Components (SYMCLI) are required only during the initial one-time configuration. Base Components (with SYMAPI) are required for all snapshot operations.

  • SYMCLI and SYMAPI do not need to be installed on source host when Remote Snap MA is configured for VMAX.

Dell EMC Symmetrix

Dell EMC TimeFinder Clone

Dell EMC TimeFinder Snap

Dell EMC TimeFinder BCV

DMX3 and later

Licenses for:

TimeFinder Clone

TimeFinder Snap

TimeFinder Mirror

Solutions Enabler Licensing

Solutions Enabler 6.4 or later on client and proxy computers

  • Fibre Channel

  • FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet)*

  • Remote SymApi Server is not supported.

  • Client Components (SYMCLI) are required only during the initial one-time configuration. Base Components (with SYMAPI) are required for all snapshot operations.

  • SYMCLI and SYMAPI do not need to be installed on source host when Remote Snap MA is configured for VMAX.

Dell EMC VNX

SnapView Snap

SnapView Clone

VNX Snapshots

VNX 7500, 5700, 5500, 5300, 5100

VNX 8000, 7600, 5800, 5600, 5400, 5200

VNX OE for Block Version 05.32 and later is required for VNX Snapshots

VNX Local Protection Suite

Solutions Enabler 7.6.2, on client and proxy computers

Navisphere CLI on client and proxy computers (only required for VNX snapshots)

Navisphere/Unisphere Host Agent on Client and Proxy

  • Fibre Channel

  • iSCSI

  • VMware with NFS datastores are supported. Client Components (SYMCLI) are required only during the initial one-time configuration. Base Components (with SYMAPI) are required for all snapshot operations.

  • For configuring a VNX array, refer to the step-by-step instructions provided for EMC CLARiiON.

  • Hyper-V and UNIX are supported through Field Certification* for VNX 8000, 7600, 5800, 5600, 5400, 5200.

  • Solutions Enabler 7.6.2 is the only supported version.

Dell EMC VNX / CLARiiON

SnapView Snap

SnapView Clone

  • CX500 / CX700

  • CX4-120 - CX4-960

  • CX3-10 - CX3-80

VNX Local Protection Suite

Solutions Enabler 7.6.2, on client and proxy computers

Navisphere Host Agent on client and proxy computers

  • Fibre Channel

  • FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet)*

  • Client Components (SYMCLI) are required only during the initial one-time configuration. Base Components (with SYMAPI) are required for all snapshot operations.

  • Solutions Enabler 7.6.2 is the only supported version.

Dell EMC VNX / Celerra

SnapSure Snap

DART 5.5 and later

SnapSure Snap License

Solutions Enabler Licensing

Solutions Enabler 6.5.1 or later, except Solutions Enabler 8.x, on client and proxy computers

Navisphere CLI on client and proxy computers

  • NFS

  • NDMP

  • CIFS

Dell EMC VPLEX

Snapshot

Clone

GeoSynchrony® 6.2, 6.1.0.1, 6.0

Metro node 8.0, 7.1

On the client or on the Remote Snap MA:

Python 3.11.4, 3.9.11, 3.9.6, 3.9.2, 3.8.1, 3.6.4, 2.7, 2.6

On UNIX: openssl-devel package

Fibre Channel

Considerations for the EMC VPLEX Storage Array

Dell EMC XtremIO

Snapshot

  • XMS versions 6.3.3-8, 6.3.0-62, 6.0.2-17, 4.2.1 Build 8, 4.2.0

  • Cluster versions 4.0.2 Build 80, 4.0.15-24

  • For the XtremIO X2 Model:

    • XMS version 6.3.3-8, 6.2.0-85 Build 85, 6.0.2-17, 6.0.1-30 Build 30

    • Cluster version 6.3.3-8_X2, 6.3.0-62_X2, 6.2.0-85_X2, 6.0.2-17, 6.0.1-27_X2

  • Fibre Channel

  • iSCSI

Dell EqualLogic

Snapshot

Clone

9.1.3, 8.0.x, 7.1.x, 7.0.x, 6.0.x, 5.0.8

Included

None (CHAP not supported)
  • iSCSI

  • Supported on Red Hat Linux 7.0, 6.7 - 6.0, 5.8 - 5.5.

  • Supported on CentOS 7.0, 6.7 - 6.0, 5.8 - 5.5.

  • Supported on Windows 2008 and later.

  • Boot from SAN volumes is not supported.

Fujitsu ETERNUS AF / DX

SnapOPC Snap

EC Clone

SnapOPC+ Snap

  • ETERNUS AF S3 V11L20-0000, and later

  • ETERNUS AF S3 series – 650, 250, 150

  • ETERNUS AF S2 V10L80-2000, and later

  • ETERNUS AF S2 series – 650, 250

  • ETERNUS AF V10L60-0000, and later

  • ETERNUS AF series – 650, 250

  • ETERNUS DX S5 V11L20-0000, and later

  • ETERNUS DX S5 series – 900, 600, 500, 200, 100, 60

  • ETERNUS DX S4 V10L80-2000, and later

  • ETERNUS DX S4 series – 600, 500, 200, 100, 60

  • ETERNUS DX S4 V11L20-0000, and later

  • ETERNUS DX S4 series – 8900

  • ETERNUS DX S3 V10L60-0000, and later

  • ETERNUS DX S3 series – 8900, 8700, 600, 500, 200F, 200, 100, 60

  • ETERNUS DX S2 V10L63-0000, and later

  • ETERNUS DX S2 series – 8700, 440, 410, 90, 80

Local Copy

Thin Provisioning

None

  • Fibre Channel

  • iSCSI

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS AC/AX/HX Series

Snapshot

Cluster-Mode:

  • ONTAP / Data ONTAP

  • ONTAP 9.15.1, 9.14.1, 9.13.1, 9.12.1, 9.11.1, 9.10.1, 9.9.1, 9.8, 9.7

  • FlexClone

  • SnapRestore

  • SnapVault or SnapMirror for replication, installation on the primary storage array and on the secondary storage array

  • For SnapMirrorCloud Replication: SnapMirror Cloud and S3 SnapMirror licenses

  • CIFS, NFS

  • Fibre Channel

  • FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet)*

  • iSCSI

  • NDMP

  • Supported on HP-UX running on Intel Itanium processors using Fibre Channel.

  • For ONTAP 9.7 and later, if the volume of the file server that contains the LUN has a SnapMirror Synchronous (SM-S) relationship configured, then IntelliSnap operations on that LUN are not supported.

  • The storage array is a NetApp OEM partner and uses NetApp Snap engine.

Google Cloud Platform

Snapshot

None

None

None

None

Hitachi NAS

Snapshot

15.1, 14.9, 14.8, 14.7, 14.6, 14.5, 14.4, 14.3, 14.2, 13.9, 13.8, 13.7, 13.6, 13.5, 13.4, 13.3, 13.2, 13.0, 12.7

REST API Version 7.0, 4.0

CIFS, NFS

For Hitachi NAS versions 13.2.x and later, use the in-built metro server.

For Hitachi NAS earlier versions than 13.2.x , install an external metro server version 4.0.

  • CIFS, NFS

  • NDMP
  • The support for the CIFS/NFS protocols is for network share backups only.

Hitachi Vantara VSP using CCI Engine

ShadowImage (SI)

Thin Image (TI)

  • VSP 5600H, 5600, 5500H, 5500, 5200H, 5200, 5100H, 5100

  • VSP E Series

  • VSP F900, F700, F370, F350

  • VSP G900, G700, G370, G350

  • VSP G1500*, G1000, G800, G400, G200

  • VSP One Block

For information on HTI and HTIA snapshot support, see system requirements.

  • Thin Image

  • ShadowImage

RAID Manager (01-29-03/05 and later) installed on client and proxy.

For VSM, use RAID Manager (01-32-03/01 and later) installed on client and proxy.

Fibre Channel

  • SI and TI of replicated volumes, Dynamic Provisioned volumes (DP-VOL) and External volumes (ELUN) are also supported.

  • Hitachi Vantara VSP using CCI supports multi-array configuration.

  • On Hitachi Vantara VSP G Series, mixed pools Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning (HDP) can contain Thin Image snapshots.

Hitachi Vantara VSP using Targetless CCI Engine

Thin Image (TI)

Hitachi Vantara version 80-02-23 or later

Licenses for Thin Image

RAID Manager 01-33-xx/xx or later installed on client and proxy

Fibre Channel

  • Supports Windows agent and VMware agent.

  • No support for replication.

  • No support for snapshot of clone.

HPE Alletra 5000 Series

Snap and Replicate
  • 6.1.x

Included

None

  • Fibre Channel

  • iSCSI

HPE Alletra 6000 Series

Snap and Replicate
  • 6.1.x, 6.0.x

Included

None

  • Fibre Channel

  • iSCSI

HPE Alletra 9000 Series

Snapshot and Clone

  • 9.6.1*

  • 9.5.21

  • 9.5.18

  • 9.5.15

  • 9.5.7**

  • 9.3.3

*If you have upgraded to HPE Alletra 9000 Series 9.6.1 version, ensure to set the SMIS Server Port to 5989 and enable Use secure connection to SMIS Server snapshot configurations. For more information, see snapshot configuration properties.

Virtual Copy

None

  • Fibre Channel

  • iSCSI (firmware versions 9.5.15 and above)

  • The storage array uses the HPE 3PAR StoreServ Snap engine.

  • HPE Alletra 9000 Series versions 9.5.4 and 9.5.3 are not supported.

HPE GreenLake for Block, powered by Alletra MP

Snapshot and Clone

  • 10.4.0**

  • 10.3.0

  • 10.2.0*

*Supports only Linux and VMWare systems with iSCSI protocol.

**Replication for this array version is not supported by Commvault due to the behavioral changes done by HPE in virtual volume sets and RCG.

Virtual Copy

None

  • Fibre Channel

  • iSCSI
  • The storage array uses the HPE 3PAR StoreServ Snap engine.

HPE Primera

Snapshot and Clone

  • 4.6.1*

  • 4.5.15.9

  • 4.5.7.8**

  • 4.4.1.7

  • 4.3.3.2

  • 4.2.1

  • 4.0.1.3+1 (snapshot only)

*If you have upgraded to HPE Primera 4.6.1 version, ensure to set the SMIS Server Port to 5989 and enable Use secure connection to SMIS Server snapshot configurations. For more information, see snapshot configuration properties.

Virtual Copy

None

  • Fibre Channel

  • iSCSI

  • The storage array uses the HPE 3PAR StoreServ Snap engine.

  • HPE Primera versions 4.5.4 and 4.5.3 are not supported.

HPE 3PAR StoreServ

Snapshot and Clone

  • 3.3.2.159(MU1)

  • 3.3.1.648 (MU5)

  • 3.3.1.410 (MU2)+P30, P32, 3.3.1.269 (MU1)+P08, P14, P17

  • 3.2.2.709(MU6), 3.2.2.390 (EMU2), 3.2.2 (MU4), 3.2.2, 3.2.1 (MU3), 3.2.1 (MU2)

  • 3.1.2 (MU3)

  • 2.3.1 (MU4)

Virtual Copy

Thin Provisioning (4096G) license is required when Thin Provisioning is enabled for cloning

None

  • Fibre Channel

  • iSCSI

HPE EVA

EVA Business Copy Snapshot and Clone

HPE EVA

HPE Business Copy EVA feature

HPE SMI-S EVA on Server

Command View Version 10.3 , 9.3, or 9.1

  • Fibre Channel

  • iSCSI
  • HPE EVA clone does not support revert operations.

HPE XP 12000

(Hitachi Vantara OEM)

  • Copy-on-Write

  • Business Copy

XP 24000 – 12000

  • Copy-on-Write (COW)

  • Business Copy

  • HPE StorageWorks Command View Advanced Edition Agent (Device Manager 7.1.1 or later), installed on client and proxy computers

  • HPE StorageWorks Command View Advanced Edition Server (Device Manager 7.1.1 or later,) installed on any computer

  • HPE StorageWorks RAID Manager, installed on client and proxy computers

  • Fibre Channel

  • FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet)*
  • The Virtual Machine HotAdd feature is not supported.

HPE XP P9500

(Hitachi Vantara OEM)

  • Fast Snap

  • Business Copy

HPE XP P9500 70-06-58-00/00

  • Fast Snap

  • Business Copy

HPE RAID Manager 01.41.05 or later

  • Fibre Channel

  • FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet)*

HPE XP7/XP8

(Hitachi Vantara OEM)

  • Fast Snap

  • Business Copy

HPE XP8:

  • 90-09-25-00/00

  • 90-09-21-00/00

  • 90-04-02-00/00

HPE XP7:

  • 80-06-85-00/00

  • 80-06-65-00/00

  • Fast Snap

  • Business Copy

HPE RAID Manager 01.41.05 or later

  • Fibre Channel

  • FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet)*

HPE Nimble Storage

Snap and Replicate

6.1.x, 6.0.x, 5.2.x, 5.1.x, 5.0.x, 4.x, 3.x

Nimble CS-Series, AF-Series, and HF-Series

Included

None

  • Fibre Channel

  • iSCSI

HPE Nimble dHCI

Snap and Replicate

5.2.x

Nimble AF-Series, and HF-Series

Included

None
  • iSCSI

Huawei OceanStor Convergent series

Snapshot

Clone

Huawei OceanStor V3 Convergent Storage -

V300R006C50, V300R006C30, V300R006C20, V300R006C10

Huawei OceanStor V5 Convergent Storage - V500R007

Huawei OceanStor Hybrid Flash Storage 6.1

HyperSnap

HyperClone

Smart Thin (optional for Thin Clone)

None

  • Fibre Channel

  • iSCSI

  • CIFS, NFS

Huawei OceanStor Dorado Series

Snapshot

Huawei OceanStor Dorado V6 – 6.1

Huawei OceanStor Dorado V3 - V300R001C00

Note

Huawei OceanStor Dorado V6 HyperMetro Cluster only supports Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, SAP HANA, VMware, Windows File System, and Unix File System agents.

HyperSnap

None

  • Fibre Channel

  • iSCSI

  • V6 only: CIFS, NFS

IBM N-Series

Snapshot

  • For 7-Mode:

    ONTAP 7.3.5 and later 7.3.x subversion

    ONTAP 8.2, 8.1, 8.0 including subversions

  • For Cluster-Mode:

    ONTAP 8.3, 8.2P3 (and later patch level) including subversions

    Cluster-Mode ONTAP 8.2.1 NFS configurations require 8.2.1P1 and later patch level with fix for NetApp BURT 806823

    ONTAP 9.15.1, 9.14.1, 9.13.1, 9.12.1, 9.11.1, 9.10.1, 9.9.1, 9.8, 9.7, 9.6, 9.5, 9.4, 9.3, 9.2, 9.1, 9.0

  • FlexClone

  • SnapRestore

  • SnapVault or SnapMirror for replication, installation on the primary storage array and on the secondary storage array

  • Operations Manager, Provisioning Manager, and Protection Manager licenses are required for OnCommand Unified Manager

  • For SnapMirrorCloud Replication: SnapMirror Cloud and S3 SnapMirror licenses

  • CIFS, NFS

  • Fibre Channel

  • FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet)*

  • iSCSI

  • NDMP

  • Supported on HP-UX running on Intel Itanium processors using Fibre Channel.

  • The storage array is a NetApp OEM partner and uses NetApp Snap engine.

IBM FlashSystem

FlashCopy

Space-efficient Flash Copy

  • Supported models: V9000, V7000, V5200, V5100

  • Supported versions: 8.7.0.0, 8.6.2.1, 8.6.0.2, 8.5.0.11, 8.5.0.7, 8.5.0.5, 8.4.0.2, 8.3.1.1, 8.2.1.8, 8.1.1.0, 7.8.1.3, 7.8.0.2, 7.8.1.1*, 7.7.0.2, 7.6.1.4, 7.6.0.3, 7.5.0.2, 7.4.1.2, 7.4.0.7*, 7.4.0.6*, 7.4.0.4*, 7.4.0.2, 7.3.0.11*, 7.3.0.9, 7.3.0.4 till 6.1.0.7

Note

Starting IBM FlashSystem firmware version 8.6.2.x onwards, IBM has deprecated the use of SMI-S. Hence, if you have upgraded your firmware version to 8.6.2.1 or above, IntelliSnap operations will run using the REST API by default. The lower firmware versions will still use the SMI-S and opening REST API Port 7443 from Client/Proxy to the array is necessary as a prerequisite.

FlashCopy

None

  • Fibre Channel

  • iSCSI
  • For the SAP HANA agent, there is support for the IBM Power PC (Little Endian) platform.

IBM XIV

Snap

XIV, A9000, and A9000R

Included

IBM XCLI 4.3 on client and proxy computers

For models A9000 and A9000R, the IBM XCLI 5.1 and 5.0 versions are supported.

  • Fibre Channel

  • iSCSI

  • For the SAP HANA agent, there is support for the IBM Power PC (Little Endian) platform.

  • Supported on Windows 2012 R2 cluster.

INFINIDAT

Snapshot

Version 7.3.x, 7.1.x, 7.0.x, 6.0.x, 5.5.x, 5.0.x, 4.0.x, 2.2.x–3.0.x

Included

None

  • Fibre Channel

  • iSCSI

  • NFS with firmware version 6.0.x

Lenovo DE Series

PiT (Point-in-time)

08.62.00.02

Snapshot

SMI-S 11.62

  • Fibre Channel

  • iSCSI

PiT snap creation is not supported for the volumes involved in replication.

Lenovo DM Series

Snapshot

Cluster-Mode:

  • ONTAP / Data ONTAP

  • ONTAP 9.15.1, 9.14.1, 9.13.1, 9.12.1, 9.11.1, 9.10.1, 9.9.1, 9.8, 9.7

  • FlexClone

  • SnapRestore

  • SnapVault or SnapMirror for replication, installation on the primary storage array and on the secondary storage array

  • For SnapMirrorCloud Replication: SnapMirror Cloud and S3 SnapMirror licenses

  • CIFS, NFS

  • Fibre Channel

  • FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet)*

  • iSCSI

  • NDMP

  • Supported on HP-UX running on Intel Itanium processors using Fibre Channel.

  • For ONTAP 9.7 and later, if the volume of the file server that contains the LUN has a SnapMirror Synchronous (SM-S) relationship configured, then IntelliSnap operations on that LUN are not supported.

  • The storage array is a NetApp OEM partner and uses NetApp Snap engine.

Microsoft Azure

Snapshot

None

None

None

None
  • Supported for the following agents: SAP Oracle, SAP HANA, and SQL Server.

NEC (Deprecated)

Snapshot (NEC DynamicSnapVolume) and Replication (NEC DynamicDataReplication)

NEC M-Series with Storage Control Software version 087C

None

NEC Storage Manager version 9.3.006 on the client computer
  • Fibre Channel

NetApp

Snapshot

For 7-Mode:

Product

  • ONTAP / Data ONTAP

    ONTAP versions

  • ONTAP 7.3.5 and later 7.3.x subversion

  • ONTAP 8.2, 8.1, and 8.0 including subversions

For Cluster-Mode:

Product

  • ONTAP / Data ONTAP

  • Cloud Volumes ONTAP

  • ONTAP Select

    ONTAP versions

  • ONTAP 8.3 and 8.2P3 (and later patch level) including subversions

  • Cluster-Mode ONTAP 8.2.1 NFS configurations require 8.2.1P1 and later patch level with fix for NetApp BURT 806823

  • ONTAP 9.15.1, 9.14.1, 9.13.1, 9.12.1, 9.11.1, 9.10.1, 9.9.1, 9.8, 9.7, 9.6, 9.5, 9.4, 9.3, 9.2, 9.1, and 9.0

  • FlexClone

  • SnapRestore

  • SnapVault or SnapMirror for replication, installation on the primary storage array and on the secondary storage array

  • For SnapMirrorCloud Replication: SnapMirror Cloud and S3 SnapMirror licenses

  • For SnapLock Enterprise and Tamperproof: SnapLock Enterprise license

  • CIFS, NFS

  • Fibre Channel

  • FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet)*

  • iSCSI

  • NDMP

NetApp E-Series (LSI arrays)

  • PiT(Point-in-time)

  • Snapshot (Deprecated)

  • VolumeCopy (Deprecated)

  • Dell MD Series – 3220(i), 3200(i), 3000(i)

  • IBM DS - 5300, 5100, 5020, 4800, 4700–4500, 4400, 4300, 4200, 4100, 3950, 3524, 3512–3400, 3300, 3200

  • NetApp E-Series E5712

  • NetApp E-Series E5500

  • SGI IS – 5xxx, 4xxx, 400, 350, 220

  • SGI TP – 9500(s), 9400(s), 9300(s)

  • Sun - FLX280, FLX240, FLX210, 9176, 6780, 65xx, 61xx, 25xx

  • Snapshot

  • VolumeCopy

  • Legacy license for LSI Snapshot engine with NetApp E-series/LSI arrays

  • Rest API versions

  • LSI SMI-S server versions 11.71, 11.52, 11.50, 11.42, 11.40, 10.34, 10.32.0G00.002, 10.30.0G00.009, 10.10.6054

  • Fibre Channel

  • iSCSI

  • VolumeCopy is not supported for Hyper-V.

  • Snapshot and VolumeCopy do not support revert operations.

  • Fibre Channel is not supported with SMI-S version 10.30.

  • VolumeCopy is not supported for versions 11.52, 11.42, 11.40.

  • PiT snap creation is not supported for the volumes involved in replication.

NetApp SolidFire

Snapshot

NetApp SolidFire Element OS 12.3, 12.2, 11.8, 11.7, 11.3, 11.1.0.72, 10.3, 10.0.0.282, 9.3, 8.0.1.2

NetApp HCI with Element OS 12.3, 12.2, 11.8, 11.7, 11.3, 11.1.0.72, 10.3

REST API Version 7.0

None

None

  • Fibre Channel

  • iSCSI

  • Supported on Linux, Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware, and Windows(x64) platforms.

  • For the Linux platform, the iSCSI support is only on Red Hat Linux 7.x-5.5 and CentOS 7.x-5.5.

  • For UNIX File System agent and database agents, NetApp SolidFire is supported only on the Linux OS.

Nutanix

Snapshot

Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisor: AOS 5.20, 5.19, 5.17, 5.15, 5.11, 5.10.x, 5.9.x, 5.5.x, 5.1.x, 5.0, 4.7, 4.6.x, 4.5.x

Nutanix AHV hypervisor: AOS 6.0, 5.20, 5.19, 5.18x, 5.17.x, 5.15, 5.11, 5.10.x, 5.9.x, 5.6.x, 5.5.x, 5.1.x, 5.0, 4.7, 4.6.x, 4.5.x

VMware hypervisor: AOS 5.20, 5.19, 5.18x, 5.17.x, 5.15, 5.11, 5.10, 5.8.x, 5.9.x, 5.5.x, 5.1.x, 5.0, 4.7, 4.6.x, 4.6, 4.5.x

None

None

  • NFS for VMware

  • SMB3 for Hyper-V

  • IntelliSnap backup of single virtual machines hosted on multiple data stores is not supported.

  • For streaming backups of VMs from a container that has the Nutanix Metro Availability feature enabled, use the NBD transport mode.

  • If the MediaAgent used by the backup copy operation to mount snapshots goes down permanently, then those snapshots are left behind and there is no cleanup request sent from any other MediaAgent.

  • For Nutanix VMWare:

    • If performing container level hardware snapshots, use a Nutanix Snapshot as a Snap engine.

    • If performing VM level hardware snapshots, use Nutanix VM Snap as an engine.

Oracle ZFS (Deprecated)

Snapshot

Snapshot ZS3-4, ZS3-2 with minimum firmware versions

7x20 (2011.1.4.2 for non-VMware & 2013.1.0.1 for VMware)

Separate cloning license per controller or node

None

  • Fibre Channel

  • iSCSI
  • Supported on Windows (x64), Linux, Solaris, VMware, and Hyper-V.

Pure

Snapshot

  • Product

    • Pure Storage FlashArray

    • Cloud Block Store

  • Purity version 6.5.2*, 6.4.3, 6.3.6, 6.2.14, 6.1.10, 6.1.3, 5.3.10, 5.3.8, 5.3.6, 5.3.2, 5.2.3, 5.1.6, 5.1.1, 5.0.1, 4.10.9, 4.10.7, 4.9.6, 4.8.10, 4.8.7, 4.7.5, 4.6.11, 4.5.5, 4.1.1

  • REST API version 1.4

*To avoid snapshot creation on the temporary volumes that gets created as part of Commvault snap operations, disable the snapshot schedule on the pgroup-auto protection group.

None

None

  • Fibre Channel

  • iSCSI
  • For any of the Purity ActiveCluster releases from 5.0.5 to 5.0.0, when the source volume is externally deleted on the array and a snapshot of the source volume is mounted inside a pod, the source volume and the snapshot mount clone are deleted.

Silk

Snapshot

6.0.60.56, 5.8.4.14

None

  • Fibre Channel

  • iSCSI

  • Supported on the Windows, Linux, AIX, and VMware systems.

  • The Silk engine does not support the mapping of snapshots to a host computer that is part of a host group. Make sure that the host computer that is used during snapshot mapping is not be part of any host group.

Tintri VMstore

Snapshot

  • 4.6.2.1-11182.55325.24595

  • 4.3.2.4-9170.48932.21603

  • REST API version v310

None

None
  • NFS 3.0

Western Digital IntelliFlash

Snapshot

  • NFS for the VMware agent:

    • INTELLIFLASH 3.11.0, 3.10.0, 3.9.1, 3.7

    • REST API 2.5, 2.4, 2.3, 2.1

    • NFS 4.0–2.0

  • For all other agents:

    • INTELLIFLASH 3.11.0, 3.10.0, 3.9.1, 3.7, 3.5

    • REST API 2.5, 2.4, 2.3, 2.1, 2.0

None

None

  • Fibre channel

  • iSCSI

  • NFS 2.0 -4.0 for the VMware agent

*Supported through Field Certification. Contact your Software Provider or Professional Services to see if the specific FCoE can be supported.

**Replication for this version of array is pending validation by Commvault.

Notes

  • Do not install the Commvault software on the same volume that you are protecting with the IntelliSnap backup feature.

  • Subclients must contain LUNs (Logical Unit Number) from the same storage array. You can configure subclients with LUNs from multiple storage arrays of the same vendor for NetApp, Pure Storage FlashArray, and Hitachi Vantara VSP running the Hitachi Vantara CCI engine. Do not use this configuration on other storage vendors.

  • NetApp storage arrays support LUNs from multiple NetApp storage arrays, if the subclients are on the same filer operating system. For example, LUNs from 7-Mode and LUNs from Cluster-Mode cannot be part of the same subclient.

  • Commvault software supports IntelliSnap backups of subclients that have LUNs from multiple Hitachi Vantara VSP storage arrays that use Hitachi Vantara CCI engines.

  • Migrated LUNs from IBM XIV are supported. For other storage arrays, contact the vendor for information.

  • Most capabilities of Data ONTAP 7-Mode apply to Cluster-Mode, but cascaded replication of primary to snapvault to snapmirror on a single policy is not supported.

  • Dynamic Disks on Window Operating Systems are not supported.

  • When performing IntelliSnap backup for a Windows MSCS Cluster, a separate proxy server (external to the cluster nodes) must be used for mount, backup, and restore operations as disk signature conflicts might occur if these operations are performed from one of the servers in the cluster.

  • Booting from SAN volumes is not supported.

  • The IntelliSnap feature is not supported for VMware data stores created using local disks. The data stores should be created from LUNs.

  • NAS attached tape libraries are not supported for IntelliSnap operations.

  • The backup copy operation is not supported on a client computer that is upgraded to a version higher than its associated MediaAgent. For example, there is no support for backup copy operations if the client runs version 10 and the MediaAgent runs version 11.

  • IntelliSnap backups of Raw Device Map (RDM) disks (passthrough disks for Hyper-V) are supported for all agents, but the Virtual Server Agent only provides support for VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines:

    • For VMware, see Include RDMs and Independent Disks in IntelliSnap Backup Operations.

    • Hyper-V backups include passthrough disks if the following conditions are met:

      • The virtual machine has a File System agent or another supported agent installed on it and uses that agent for IntelliSnap backups.

      • The client computer (physical or virtual) is configured to mount snapshots using the iSCSI initiator, or the physical proxy server is configured to mount snapshots over Fibre Channel.

      • The passthrough disk on the virtual machine is attached using a virtual Fibre Channel adapter.

  • For VMware VMs, the host of the virtual computer must have ESX server version 5.0 or later.

  • RDM disks are not supported by the Hitachi Vantara HDvM engine or on Linux for the Dell EqualLogic array.

  • Revert operation is not supported for LUNs configured as RDMs for the NetApp storage array.

  • For NetApp arrays and arrays that use the NetApp Snap engine, if you are using AIX, HP-UX, or Solaris clients or access nodes, the following conditions apply:

    • For ONTAP versions earlier than 9.11.1, snapshot and other operations are not supported. However, you can configure and use a Windows or Linux-based remote MediaAgents or proxy access node to perform those operations.
    • For ONTAP versions 9.11.1 or later:

For information and compatibility check on supported snapshot engines, see IntelliSnap Support Matrix in interactive view.

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