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Version: DPX 4.9

NetApp Support

Catalogic DPX supports NetApp storage systems, running Data ONTAP. DPX supports the following features with NetApp:

  • Block backup
  • NetApp OSSV backup
  • SnapVault management

Table 17. Available features and requirements for protecting NetApp solutions​

Data ONTAP VersionsNetApp SoftwareSupported AgentsRequirements
9.7, 9.6, 9.5, 9.4, 9.3, 9.2, 9.1, 9.0[8]; 8.3.0 or later,
8.2.3 or later [1]		Clustered Data ONTAP (CDOT)• Catalogic DPX Agentless [9]
• Catalogic DPX Agent for Windows [6]
• Catalogic DPX Agent for Linux [7,9]		• FlexClone license is required
• iSCSI license is required
• NFS license is required only for DPX Agent for Windows
8.2.0 or later, 8.1.0 or later,
8.0.1 or later,
7.3.1 or later [1,2,3]		Data ONTAP 7-mode• Catalogic DPX Agentless [5,9]
• Catalogic DPX Agent for Microsoft Windows and Linux [9]
• NetApp OSSV Agent for Oracle Solaris and IBM AIX [4]
• Data ONTAP SnapVault Primary to Secondary (controller to controller) [4]		• SnapVault Secondary license is required
• FlexClone license is required
• iSCSI license is required

Notes:

  1. Compression is supported for Data ONTAP 8.0.1P4 or later; NetApp’s Advanced Single Instance Storage (A-SIS) deduplication is supported for Data ONTAP 7.3.1 or later.
  2. NetApp ONTAP Edge-T is supported as a data protection target.
  3. vFiler use (MultiStore licensing) for NDMP and Block backup is only supported for Data ONTAP 8.2.1 and later.
  4. SnapVault support is limited to 7-mode. SnapVault backup between 7-mode and Clustered Data ONTAP is not supported.
  5. DPX Agentless supports Data ONTAP 8.1 and later.
  6. Backup of Oracle on Windows to a NetApp CDOT target is not supported.
  7. Uses iSCSI transport protocol. Support for remote locations is limited.
  8. Supported with compatibility mode only. DPX does not support new features specifically introduced in ONTAP 9.x release.
  9. BMR recovery for machines using GPT disk is now supported for Linux. Instant Virtualization and Full Virtualization for machines using GPT disk are now supported for Linux.