Supported Platforms - VMware vSphere

Supported Platforms - VMware vSphere

BDRSuite supports backup for the following versions of VMware vSphere

Virtual InfrastructureVersion
Platform
  • VMware vSphere 8.X
  • VMware vSphere 7.X
  • VMware vSphere 6.X​
  • VMware vSphere 5.X
Hypervisor
  • ESXi 7.X
  • ESXi 6.X
  • ESXi 5.X
Management Server
  • vCenter Server 7.X
  • vCenter Server 6.X
  • vCenter Server 5.X

Following are the VM specifications and requirements supported by VMware vSphere

VM SpecificationRequirement
Virtual Hardware
  • The Virtual hardware of all types and versions are supported, which includes virtual disks larger than 2 TB and up to recent addition- 62TB VMDK
  • VMware does not support snapshotting VMs with disks engaged in SCSI bus sharing, such VMs are not supported by VMware Backup & Replication.
  • RDM virtual disks in physical mode, independent disks, and disks connected via in-guest iSCSI initiator are not supported and are skipped from processing automatically.
  • Network shares and mount points targeted to 3rd party storage devices are also skipped as these volumes/disks are not visible in the VM configuration file.
OS
  • All VMware-supported operating systems.
  • Application-Aware processing support from Microsoft Windows 2003 SP1 and later.
Software
  • VMware Tools(optional) are required for Application-Aware processing and File-level restore from Microsoft Windows guest OS.
  • All latest OS service packs and patches (required for Application-Aware processing)

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