SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
Review the following table and notes to ensure that you are using the supported version of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15SP2
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 [14, 15, 16]
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
Table 22a. Available features for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
| Catalogic DPX Master Server | ❌ | |
| Device or SAN Device Server | ✅ | |
| File-level Backup | ✅ | File-level backup supports most operating systems supported file systems. Extended file system attributes are supported for EXT3/4, ReiserFS, and XFS. Extended file system attributes are supported for Ext4 for V11 SP2 and later. |
| Block-level Backup | ✅ | LVM2 is required. Only the default uniprocessor or SMP kernel packages provided by the Linux vendor for the distribution are supported. |
| Open File Management | ❌ | Open file management is supported for block-level backup only. |
| Image Backup for Seeding | ❌ | |
| BMR | ❌ | |
| NDMP Proxy | ❌ | |
| Cluster Support | ❌ | |
| Supported File Systems for Block Backup | Ext4 | Extended file system attributes are supported. |
| Ext3 | Extended file system attributes are supported. | |
| ReiserFS | Extended file system attributes are supported. Block level support for Linux hosts using Linux Native Multipath. | |
| XFS | 64-bit INODES are not supported for the XFS filesystem. |
Table 22b. Available features for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
| Catalogic DPX Master Server | ❌ | |
| Device or SAN Device Server | ✅ | |
| File-level Backup | ✅ | File-level backup supports most operating systems supported file systems. Extended file system attributes are supported for EXT3/4, ReiserFS, and XFS. Extended file system attributes are supported for Ext4 for V11 SP2 and later. |
| Block-level Backup | ✅ | LVM2 is required. Only the default uniprocessor or SMP kernel packages provided by the Linux vendor for the distribution are supported. |
| Open File Management | ❌ | Open file management is supported for block-level backup only. |
| Image Backup for Seeding | ❌ | |
| BMR | ❌ | |
| NDMP Proxy | ❌ | |
| Cluster Support | ❌ | |
| Supported File Systems for Block Backup | Ext4 | Extended file system attributes are supported. |
| Ext3 | Extended file system attributes are supported. | |
| ReiserFS | Extended file system attributes are supported. Block level support for Linux hosts using Linux Native Multipath. | |
| XFS | 64-bit INODES are not supported for the XFS filesystem. |
Table 22c. Available features for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP
| Catalogic DPX Master Server | ❌ | |
| Device or SAN Device Server | ✅ | |
| File-level Backup | ✅ | File-level backup supports most operating systems supported file systems. Extended file system attributes are supported for EXT3/4, ReiserFS, and XFS. Extended file system attributes are supported for Ext4 for V11 SP2 and later. |
| Block-level Backup | ✅ | LVM2 is required. Only the default uniprocessor or SMP kernel packages provided by the Linux vendor for the distribution are supported. |
| Open File Management | ❌ | Open file management is supported for block-level backup only. |
| Image Backup for Seeding | ❌ | |
| BMR | ❌ | |
| NDMP Proxy | ❌ | |
| Cluster Support | ❌ | |
| Supported File Systems for Block Backup | Ext4 | Extended file system attributes are supported. |
| Ext3 | Extended file system attributes are supported. | |
| ReiserFS | Extended file system attributes are supported. Block level support for Linux hosts using Linux Native Multipath. | |
| XFS | 64-bit INODES are not supported for the XFS filesystem. |
Table 22d. Available features for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
| Catalogic DPX Master Server | ✅ | |
| Device or SAN Device Server | ✅ | |
| File-level Backup | ✅ | File-level backup supports most operating systems supported file systems. Extended file system attributes are supported for EXT3/4, ReiserFS, and XFS. Extended file system attributes are supported for Ext4 for V11 SP2 and later. |
| Block-level Backup | ✅ | LVM2 is required. Only the default uniprocessor or SMP kernel packages provided by the Linux vendor for the distribution are supported. |
| Open File Management | ✅ | |
| Image Backup for Seeding | ❌ | |
| BMR | ✅ | For BMR: a) Restoring to IDE or GPT disks on the target machine is not supported, however DPX 4.5.1 and later supports RHEL/Centos 7.3 and 7.4 using UEFI boot with GPT disk; b) Recovery to dissimilar hardware is supported but manual driver installation may be needed; d) The physical disk size on the target machine must be less than 2 TB; e) Linux BMR support when the whole system is on multipath device is not supported. BMR for Linux using UEFI boot is unsupported. |
| NDMP Proxy | ✅ | |
| Cluster Support | ❌ | |
| Supported File Systems for Block Backup | Ext4 | Extended file system attributes are supported. |
| Ext3 | Extended file system attributes are supported. | |
| ReiserFS | Extended file system attributes are supported. Block level support for Linux hosts using Linux Native Multipath. | |
| XFS | 64-bit INODES are not supported for the XFS filesystem. |
Table 22e. Available features for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
| Catalogic DPX Master Server | ✅ | |
| Device or SAN Device Server | ✅ | |
| File-level Backup | ✅ | File-level backup supports most operating systems supported file systems. Extended file system attributes are supported for EXT3/4, ReiserFS, and XFS. Extended file system attributes are supported for Ext4 for V11 SP2 and later. |
| Block-level Backup | ✅ | LVM2 is required. Only the default uniprocessor or SMP kernel packages provided by the Linux vendor for the distribution are supported. |
| Open File Management | ✅ | |
| Image Backup for Seeding | ✅ | Only base backup is supported (for seeding purpose). |
| BMR | ✅ | For BMR: a) Restoring to IDE or GPT disks on the target machine is not supported, however DPX 4.5.1 and later supports RHEL/Centos 7.3 and 7.4 using UEFI boot with GPT disk; b) Recovery to dissimilar hardware is supported but manual driver installation may be needed; d) The physical disk size on the target machine must be less than 2 TB; e) Linux BMR support when the whole system is on multipath device is not supported. BMR for Linux using UEFI boot is unsupported. |
| NDMP Proxy | ✅ | |
| Cluster Support | ❌ | |
| Supported File Systems for Block Backup | Ext4 | Extended file system attributes are supported. |
| Ext3 | Extended file system attributes are supported. | |
| ReiserFS | Extended file system attributes are supported. Block level support for Linux hosts using Linux Native Multipath. | |
| XFS | 64-bit INODES are not supported for the XFS filesystem. |
Table 22f. Available features for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
| Catalogic DPX Master Server | ✅ | |
| Device or SAN Device Server | ✅ | |
| File-level Backup | ✅ | File-level backup supports most operating systems supported file systems. Extended file system attributes are supported for EXT3/4, ReiserFS, and XFS. Extended file system attributes are supported for Ext4 for V11 SP2 and later. |
| Block-level Backup | ✅ | LVM2 is required. Only the default uniprocessor or SMP kernel packages provided by the Linux vendor for the distribution are supported. |
| Open File Management | ✅ | |
| Image Backup for Seeding | ❌ | |
| BMR | ❌ | |
| NDMP Proxy | ✅ | |
| Cluster Support | ❌ | |
| Supported File Systems for Block Backup | Ext4 | Extended file system attributes are supported. |
| Ext3 | Extended file system attributes are supported. | |
| ReiserFS | Extended file system attributes are supported. Block level support for Linux hosts using Linux Native Multipath. | |
| XFS | 64-bit INODES are not supported for the XFS filesystem. |
Table 22g. Available features for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
| Catalogic DPX Master Server | ✅ | When restoring from a Block Archive, only files and folders can be recovered. Bare metal recovery, instant virtualization, and full virtualization are not supported when restoring from Block Archive. |
| Device or SAN Device Server | ✅ | |
| File-level Backup | ✅ | File-level backup supports most operating systems supported file systems. Extended file system attributes are supported for EXT3/4, ReiserFS, and XFS. Extended file system attributes are supported for Ext4 for V11 SP2 and later. |
| Block-level Backup | ✅ | LVM2 is required. Only the default uniprocessor or SMP kernel packages provided by the Linux vendor for the distribution are supported. |
| Open File Management | ✅ | |
| Image Backup for Seeding | ❌ | |
| BMR | ❌ | |
| NDMP Proxy | ✅ | |
| Cluster Support | ❌ | |
| Supported File Systems for Block Backup | Ext4 | Extended file system attributes are supported. |
| Ext3 | Extended file system attributes are supported. | |
| ReiserFS | Extended file system attributes are supported. Block level support for Linux hosts using Linux Native Multipath. | |
| XFS | 64-bit INODES are not supported for the XFS filesystem. |
Table 22h. Available features for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
| Catalogic DPX Master Server | ✅ | Block level support for Linux hosts using UEFI boot is supported. |
| Device or SAN Device Server | ✅ | |
| File-level Backup | ✅ | File-level backup supports most operating systems supported file systems. Extended file system attributes are supported for EXT3/4, ReiserFS, and XFS. Extended file system attributes are supported for Ext4 for V11 SP2 and later. |
| Block-level Backup | ✅ | LVM2 is required. Only the default uniprocessor or SMP kernel packages provided by the Linux vendor for the distribution are supported. |
| Open File Management | ✅ | |
| Image Backup for Seeding | ✅ | Only base backup is supported (for seeding purpose). |
| BMR | ✅ | For BMR: a) Restoring to IDE or GPT disks on the target machine is not supported, however DPX 4.5.1 and later supports RHEL/Centos 7.3 and 7.4 using UEFI boot with GPT disk; b) Recovery to dissimilar hardware is supported but manual driver installation may be needed; d) The physical disk size on the target machine must be less than 2 TB; e) Linux BMR support when the whole system is on multipath device is not supported. BMR for Linux using UEFI boot is unsupported. |
| NDMP Proxy | ✅ | |
| Cluster Support | ❌ | |
| Supported File Systems for Block Backup | Ext3 | Extended file system attributes are supported. |
| ReiserFS | Extended file system attributes are supported. Block level support for Linux hosts using Linux Native Multipath. |
Table 22i. Available features for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
| Catalogic DPX Master Server | ✅ | |
| Device or SAN Device Server | ✅ | |
| File-level Backup | ✅ | File-level backup supports most operating systems supported file systems. Extended file system attributes are supported for EXT3/4, ReiserFS, and XFS. Extended file system attributes are supported for Ext4 for V11 SP2 and later. |
| Block-level Backup | ✅ | LVM2 is required. Only the default uniprocessor or SMP kernel packages provided by the Linux vendor for the distribution are supported. |
| Open File Management | ✅ | |
| Image Backup for Seeding | ✅ | Only base backup is supported (for seeding purpose). |
| BMR | ✅ | For BMR: a) Restoring to IDE or GPT disks on the target machine is not supported, however DPX 4.5.1 and later supports RHEL/Centos 7.3 and 7.4 using UEFI boot with GPT disk; b) Recovery to dissimilar hardware is supported but manual driver installation may be needed; d) The physical disk size on the target machine must be less than 2 TB; e) Linux BMR support when the whole system is on multipath device is not supported. BMR for Linux using UEFI boot is unsupported. |
| NDMP Proxy | ✅ | |
| Cluster Support | ❌ | |
| Supported File Systems for Block Backup | Ext3 | Extended file system attributes are supported. |
| ReiserFS | Extended file system attributes are supported. Block level support for Linux hosts using Linux Native Multipath. |