Supported software
Physical servers
Applicable to both file-based and volume-based backups.
For information on prerequisites and considerations, see Prerequisites and Considerations.
| Operating System | File System | CPU Architecture | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows Server 2022 Core Windows Server 2019 Core Windows Server 2016 Core |
NTFS | x64 | |
| Windows 10 Desktop Edition Windows 11 |
NTFS | x64 | |
| Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2008 R2 |
NTFS | x64 | IBM Cloud Supports Microsoft failover clusters that are compatible with these Windows Server versions. Windows Server 2008 R2 data contained in a volume larger than 2040 GB can be recovered via an alternate registered Physical Server running Windows Server 2012 or later. |
| RHEL 6.4, 6.7+, 7.0 - 7.9, 8.0 - 8.10, 9.0 - 9.4 | x64 |
* For RHEL 9.x instances, only file-based backup is supported (file recovery, indexing and IVM is not supported). * Only file-based backup is supported for Linux on PowerPC. * IBM Cloud Supports the little-endian architecture for PowerPC. |
Databases
| Database | Notes |
|---|---|
| Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Microsoft SQL Server Express 2019 Microsoft SQL Server Express 2017 Microsoft SQL Server Express 2016 |
* MS SQL Server 32-bit deployment is not supported with the agent-based approach. It is recommended to use the Native SQL dump to IBM Cloud® Backup and Recovery SMB for backups. * MS SQL Server 64-bit running on Windows 64-bit is supported. * SQL databases and logs residing on Clustered Shared Volumes (CSV) can be protected using IBM Cloud® Backup and Recovery’s VDI based backup method. * FILESTREAM databases can be protected using IBM Cloud Backup and Recovery's VDI and Volume based backup method. * Memory-optimized databases can be protected using IBM Cloud Backup and Recovery's VDI based backup method. Supported on the following Operating Systems: * Windows 2022 64-bit * Windows 2019 64-bit * Windows 2016 64-bit |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2019 | * Supported on Linux OS RHEL7.6 and higher versions. * Only VDI-based backups are currently supported on Linux OS. |
| Oracle Database | IBM Cloud Supports both physical and virtual servers for Oracle databases. The following lists the different operating systems and supported IBM Cloud Backup and Recovery versions. *Oracle versions 19c, 21c, 23ai on Rhel 8 and 9 |