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Version: DPX vPlus 7.3

Support Matrix

Virtualization Platforms

Huawei FusionCompute

Supported backup strategies: CBT

Supported versions8.0, 8,1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.5, 8.6
The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backupsYes
Access to hypervisor OS requiredNo
Proxy VM requiredNo
Full backupSupported
Incremental backupSupported
RestoreSupported
File-level restoreSupported
VM disk exclusionSupported
Quiesced snapshotsNot supported
Snapshots managementSupported
Pre/post command executionSupported
Access to VM disk backup over iSCSISupported
VM name-based policy assignmentSupported
VM tag-based policy assignmentNot supported
Power-on VM after restoreNot supported

KVM

Supported backup strategies: SSH transfer

Supported versionsQEMU 2.1 and higher
The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backupsYes
Access to hypervisor OS requiredYes
Proxy VM requiredNo
Full backupSupported
Incremental backupSupported *
RestoreSupported
File-level restoreSupported
VM disk exclusionSupported
Quiesced snapshotsSupported
Snapshots managementNot supported
Pre/post command executionSupported
Access to VM disk backup over iSCSISupported
VM name-based policy assignmentSupported
VM tag-based policy assignmentNot supported
Power-on VM after restoreSupported

* Not supported for LVM disks

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Supported VM storage formats: QCOW2/RAW, Ceph RBD volume, LVM volume, LVM-thin volume

Nutanix AHV

Supported backup strategies: Disk attachment

Supported versions5.5, 5.6, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 5.11, 5.15, 5.16, 5.17, 5,18, 5.19, 5.20, 6.0, 6.1, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8
The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backupsYes
Access to hypervisor OS requiredNo
Proxy VM requiredYes
Full backupSupported
Incremental backupSupported
RestoreSupported
File-level restoreSupported
VM disk exclusionSupported
Quiesced snapshotsSupported
Snapshots managementSupported
Pre/post command executionSupported
Access to VM disk backup over iSCSISupported
VM name-based policy assignmentSupported
VM tag-based policy assignmentSupported *
Power-on VM after restoreSupported

* When using Prism Central

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Backup of virtual machines with vTPM enabled is not supported

Proxmox VE

Supported backup strategies: Export storage repositories, SSH transfer

Export storage repositorySSH transfer
Supported versions5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.3, 6.4, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, 8.25.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.3, 6.4, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2
The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backupsYesYes
Access to hypervisor OS requiredYesYes
Proxy VM requiredYesNo
Export storage repositorySSH transfer
Full backupSupportedSupported
Incremental backupNot supportedSupported
RestoreSupportedSupported
File-level restoreSupportedSupported
VM disk exclusionNot supportedSupported
Quiesced snapshotsSupportedSupported
Snapshots managementSupportedSupported
Pre/post command executionSupportedSupported
Access to VM disk backup over iSCSINot supportedSupported
VM name-based policy assignmentSupportedSupported
VM tag-based policy assignmentNot supportedNot supported
Power-on VM after restoreSupportedSupported

OpenNebula

Supported backup strategies: CBT

Supported versions6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9
The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backupsNo
Access to hypervisor OS requiredNo
Proxy VM requiredYes
Full backupSupported
Incremental backupSupported
RestoreSupported
File-level restoreSupported
VM disk exclusionSupported
Quiesced snapshotsSupported
Snapshots managementSupported
Pre/post command executionSupported
Access to VM disk backup over iSCSISupported
VM name-based policy assignmentSupported
VM tag-based policy assignmentSupported
Power-on VM after restoreNot Supported (always on)
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During the data export phase, the hypervisor may experience higher CPU usage

OpenStack

Supported backup strategies: Disk attachment, Image transfer, CBT

Disk attachmentCBTSSH Transfer
Supported versionsQueens, Rocky, Stein, Train, Ussuri, Victoria, Wallaby, Xena, Yoga, Zed, Antelope, Bobcat, CaracalQueens, Rocky, Stein, Train, Ussuri, Victoria, Wallaby, Xena, Yoga, Zed, Antelope, Bobcat, CaracalQueens, Rocky, Stein, Train, Ussuri, Victoria, Wallaby, Xena, Yoga, Zed, Antelope, Bobcat, Caracal
The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backupsYesNoYes
Access to hypervisor OS requiredNoNoYes
Proxy VM requiredYesYesNo
Disk attachmentCBTSSH Transfer
Full backupSupported *SupportedSupported
Incremental backupNot supportedSupportedSupported
RestoreSupportedSupportedSupported
File-level restoreSupportedSupportedSupported
VM disk exclusionSupportedSupportedSupported
Quiesced snapshotsSupported **Supported **Supported **
Snapshots managementSupported ***Supported ***Not supported
Pre/post command executionSupportedSupportedSupported
Access to VM disk backup over iSCSISupportedSupportedSupported ****
VM name-based policy assignmentSupportedSupportedSupported
VM tag-based policy assignmentSupportedSupportedSupported
Power-on VM after restoreNot supported (always on)Not supported (always on)Not supported (always on)

* Ceph RBD volumes only
** Hypervisor dependent
*** Without snapshot revert
**** RAW/LVM disks only

Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager

Supported backup strategies: Disk attachment, Image transfer, CBT

Disk attachmentImage transferCBT
Supported versions4.3, 4.4, 4.54.3, 4.4, 4.54.4, 4.5
The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backupsNoYesNo
Access to hypervisor OS requiredNoNoNo
Proxy VM requiredYesNoNo
Disk attachmentImage TransferCBT
Full backupSupportedSupportedSupported
Incremental backupNot supportedSupportedSupported
RestoreSupportedSupportedSupported
File-level restoreSupportedSupportedSupported
VM disk exclusionSupportedSupportedSupported
Quiesced snapshotsSupportedSupportedSupported
Snapshots managementSupportedSupportedSupported
Pre/post command executionSupportedSupportedSupported
Access to VM disk backup over iSCSISupportedSupported *Supported
VM name-based policy assignmentSupportedSupportedSupported
VM tag-based policy assignmentSupportedSupportedSupported
Power-on VM after restoreSupportedSupportedSupported

* Only for RAW disk types

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Direct LUN disks are not supported

Oracle VM

Supported backup strategies: Export storage repository

Supported versions3.4
The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backupsn/a
Access to hypervisor OS requiredNo
Proxy VM requiredNo
Full backupSupported
Incremental backupNot supported
RestoreSupported
File-level restoreSupported
VM disk exclusionSupported
Quiesced snapshotsNot supported
Snapshots managementNot supported
Pre/post command executionNot supported
Access to VM disk backup over iSCSISupported
VM name-based policy assignmentNot supported
VM tag-based policy assignmentSupported
Power-on VM after restoreNot Supported

oVirt

Supported backup strategies: Disk attachment, Image transfer, CBT

Disk attachmentImage transferCBT
Supported versions4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.54.3, 4.4, 4.54.4, 4.5
The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backupsNoYesNo
Access to hypervisor OS requiredNoNoNo
Proxy VM requiredYesNoNo
Disk attachmentImage TransferCBT
Full backupSupportedSupportedSupported
Incremental backupNot supportedSupportedSupported
RestoreSupportedSupportedSupported
File-level restoreSupportedSupportedSupported
VM disk exclusionSupportedSupportedSupported
Quiesced snapshotsSupportedSupportedSupported
Snapshots managementSupportedSupportedSupported
Pre/post command executionSupportedSupportedSupported
Access to VM disk backup over iSCSISupportedSupported *Supported
VM name-based policy assignmentSupportedSupportedSupported
VM tag-based policy assignmentSupportedSupportedSupported
Power-on VM after restoreSupportedSupportedSupported

* Only for RAW disk types

Red Hat Virtualization

Supported backup strategies: Disk attachment, Image transfer, CBT

Disk attachmentImage transferCBT
Supported versions4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.34.3, 4.44.4
The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backupsNoYesNo
Access to hypervisor OS requiredNoNoNo
Proxy VM requiredYesNoNo
Disk attachmentImage TransferCBT
Full backupSupportedSupportedSupported
Incremental backupNot supportedSupportedSupported
RestoreSupportedSupportedSupported
File-level restoreSupportedSupportedSupported
VM disk exclusionSupportedSupportedSupported
Quiesced snapshotsSupportedSupportedSupported
Snapshots managementSupportedSupportedSupported
Pre/post command executionSupportedSupportedSupported
Access to VM disk backup over iSCSISupportedSupported *Supported
VM name-based policy assignmentSupportedSupportedSupported
VM tag-based policy assignmentSupportedSupportedSupported
Power-on VM after restoreSupportedSupportedSupported

* Only for RAW disk types

SC//Platform

Supported backup strategies: Export storage domain, disk attachment

Export storage domainDisk attachment
Supported versions8.98.9
The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backupsNoYes
Access to hypervisor OS requiredNoNo
Proxy VM requiredNoYes
Export storage repositorySSH transfer
Full backupSupportedSupported
Incremental backupNot supportedSupported
RestoreSupportedSupported
File-level restoreNot supportedSupported
VM disk exclusionSupportedSupported
Quiesced snapshotsNot supportedNot supported
Snapshots managementSupportedSupported
Pre/post command executionSupportedSupported
Access to VM disk backup over iSCSISupportedSupported
VM name-based policy assignmentSupportedSupported
VM tag-based policy assignmentSupportedSupported
Power-on VM after restoreSupportedSupported

Verge

Supported backup strategies: CBT

Supported versions4.13
The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backupsNo
Access to hypervisor OS requiredNo
Proxy VM requiredNo
Full backupSupported
Incremental backupSupported
RestoreSupported
File-level restoreSupported
VM disk exclusionSupported
Quiesced snapshotsSupported
Snapshots managementNot supported
Pre/post command executionSupported
Access to VM disk backup over iSCSISupported
VM name-based policy assignmentSupported
VM tag-based policy assignmentSupported
Power-on VM after restoreSupported

Virtuozzo

Supported backup strategies: Disk attachment

Supported versions4.7, 5.0, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2
The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backupsYes
Access to hypervisor OS requiredNo
Proxy VM requiredYes
Full backupSupported
Incremental backupSupported
RestoreSupported
File-level restoreSupported
VM disk exclusionSupported
Quiesced snapshotsSupported *
Snapshots managementSupported **
Pre/post command executionSupported
Access to VM disk backup over iSCSISupported
VM name-based policy assignmentSupported
VM tag-based policy assignmentSupported
Power-on VM after restoreNot Supported (always on)

* Hypervisor dependent
** Without snapshot revert

XCP-ng

Supported backup strategies: Single image (XVA), CBT

Single image (XVA)CBT
Supported versions7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.37.4, 7.5, 7.6, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backupsYesYes
Access to hypervisor OS requiredNoYes
Proxy VM requiredNoNo
Single image (XVA)CBT
Full backupSupportedSupported
Incremental backupSupported *Supported
RestoreSupportedSupported
File-level restoreNot supportedSupported
VM disk exclusionNot supportedSupported
Quiesced snapshotsSupportedSupported
Snapshots managementSupportedSupported
Pre/post command executionSupportedSupported
Access to VM disk backup over iSCSINot supportedSupported
VM name-based policy assignmentSupportedSupported
VM tag-based policy assignmentSupportedSupported
Power-on VM after restoreSupportedSupported

* Not supported when using a synthetic backup destination

XenServer (Citrix Hypervisor)

Supported backup strategies: Single image (XVA), CBT

Single image (XVA)CBT
Supported versions6.5, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 8.0, 8.1, 8.26.5, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2
The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backupsYesYes
Access to hypervisor OS requiredNoYes
Proxy VM requiredNoNo
Single image (XVA)CBT
Full backupSupportedSupported
Incremental backupSupportedSupported *
RestoreSupportedSupported
File-level restoreNot supportedSupported
VM disk exclusionNot supportedSupported
Quiesced snapshotsSupportedSupported
Snapshots managementSupportedSupported
Pre/post command executionSupportedSupported
Access to VM disk backup over iSCSINot supportedSupported
VM name-based policy assignmentSupportedSupported
VM tag-based policy assignmentSupportedSupported
Power-on VM after restoreSupportedSupported

* Requires XenServer 7.3 or higher

Containers

Kubernetes

Supported backup strategies: Helper pod, Ceph RBD

Helper podCeph RBD
Minimal version1.101.10
The last snapshot is kept on the system for incremental backupsYesYes
Access to OS requiredNoNo
Proxy VM requiredNoNo
Helper podCeph RBD
Full backupSupportedSupported
Incremental backupNot supportdSupported *
RestoreSupportedSupported
File-level restoreNot supportedSupported *
Volume exclusionSupportedSupported
Quiesced snapshotsSupported **Supported **
Snapshots managementNot supportedNot supported
Pre/post command executionSupported ***Supported ***
Access to VM disk backup over iSCSINot supportedSupported *
Name-based policy assignmentSupportedSupported
Tag-based policy assignmentSupportedSupported
Power-on after restoreSupportedSupported
StatefulSetSupportedSupported

* When using Ceph RBD as Persistent Volume

** Deployment pause

*** Only 'post'

Proxmox VE

Supported backup strategies: Export storage repository

Supported versions5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.3, 6.4, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2
The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backupsYes
Access to hypervisor OS requiredNo
Proxy VM requiredYes
Full backupSupported
Incremental backupSupported
RestoreSupported
File-level restoreSupported
VM disk exclusionSupported
Quiesced snapshotsSupported
Snapshots managementSupported
Pre/post command executionSupported
Access to VM disk backup over iSCSISupported
VM name-based policy assignmentSupported
VM tag-based policy assignmentSupported *
Power-on after restoreSupported

* When using Prism Central

Red Hat OpenShift

Supported backup strategies: Helper pod, Ceph RBD

Helper podCeph RBD
Minimal version4.104.10
The last snapshot is kept on the system for incremental backupsYesYes
Access to OS requiredNoNo
Proxy VM requiredNoNo
Helper podCeph RBD
Full backupSupportedSupported
Incremental backupNot supportdSupported *
RestoreSupportedSupported
File-level restoreNot supportedSupported *
Volume exclusionSupportedSupported
Quiesced snapshotsSupported **Supported **
Snapshots managementNot supportedNot supported
Pre/post command executionSupported ***Supported ***
Access to VM disk backup over iSCSINot supportedSupported *
Name-based policy assignmentSupportedSupported
Tag-based policy assignmentSupportedSupported
Power-on after restoreSupportedSupported
StatfuSetSupportedSupported

* When using Ceph RBD as Persistent Volume

** Deployment pause

*** Only 'post'

Cloud

Amazon EC2

Supported backup strategies: Disk attachment, CBT

Disk attachementCBT
The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backupsNoNo
Access to hypervisor OS requiredNoNo
Proxy VM requiredYesYes
Disk attachementCBT
Full backupSupportedSupported
Incremental backupNot supportedSupported
RestoreSupportedSupported
File-level restoreSupportedSupported
VM disk exclusionSupportedSupported
Quiesced snapshotsNot supportedNot supported
Snapshots managementSupportedSupported
Pre/post command executionSupportedSupported
Access to VM disk backup over iSCSISupportedSupported
VM name-based policy assignmentSupportedSupported
VM tag-based policy assignmentSupportedSupported
Power-on VM after restoreSupportedSupported

Microsoft Azure

Supported backup strategies: Disk attachment, CBT

Disk attachementCBT
The last snapshot is kept on the hypervisor for incremental backupsNoNo
Access to hypervisor OS requiredNoNo
Proxy VM requiredYesYes
Disk attachementCBT
Full backupSupportedSupported
Incremental backupNot supportedSupported
RestoreSupportedSupported
File-level restoreSupportedSupported
VM disk exclusionSupportedSupported
Quiesced snapshotsNot supportedNot supported
Snapshots managementNot supportedNot supported
Pre/post command executionSupportedSupported
Access to VM disk backup over iSCSISupportedSupported
VM name-based policy assignmentSupportedSupported
VM tag-based policy assignmentSupportedSupported
Power-on VM after restoreNot supported (always on)Not supported (always on)

Microsoft 365

Mailbox messages

Full backupSupported
Incremental backupSupported
RestoreSupported
Single item restoreSupported
Restore to another pathSupported
Restore to another accountSupported
Local restore (raw data)Supported
Restore to PSTSupported

Mailbox messages archive

Full backupSupported
Incremental backupSupported
RestoreSupported
Single item restoreSupported
Restore to another pathSupported
Restore to another accountSupported
Local restore (raw data)Supported
Restore to PSTSupported

Contacts

Full backupSupported
Incremental backupSupported
RestoreSupported
Single item restoreSupported
Restore to another pathSupported
Restore to another accountSupported
Local restore (raw data)Supported
Restore to PSTNot supported

Calendars

Full backupSupported
Incremental backupSupported
RestoreSupported
Single item restoreSupported
Restore to another calendarSupported
Restore to another accountSupported
Local restore (raw data)Supported
Restore to PSTNot supported

OneDrive for Business

Full backupSupported
Incremental backupSupported
RestoreSupported
Single item restoreSupported
Restore to another pathSupported
Restore to another accountSupported
Local restore (raw data)Supported

Sharepoint sites

Full backupSupported
Incremental backupSupported
RestoreSupported
Single item restoreSupported
Restore to another pathSupported
Restore to another siteNot supported
Local restore (raw data)Supported

Sharepoint pages

Full backupSupported
Incremental backupSupported
RestoreSupported
Single item restoreSupported
Restore to another pathSupported
Restore to another siteNot supported
Local restore (raw data)Supported

Sharepoint list items

Full backupSupported
Incremental backupSupported
RestoreSupported
Single item restoreSupported
Restore to another pathSupported
Restore to another siteNot supported
Local restore (raw data)Supported

Sharepoint document libraries

Full backupSupported
Incremental backupSupported
RestoreSupported
Single item restoreSupported
Restore to another pathSupported
Restore to another siteNot supported
Local restore (raw data)Supported

Teams channel

Full backupSupported
Incremental backupSupported
RestoreSupported
Single item restoreNot supported
Restore to another teamNot supported
Local restore (messeges history)Supported

Teams 1on1 chat

Full backupSupported
Incremental backupSupported
RestoreSupported
Single item restoreNot supported
Restore to another teamNot supported
Local restore (messeges history)Supported

Teams files

Full backupSupported
Incremental backupSupported
RestoreSupported
Single item restoreSupported
Restore to another teamNot supported
Local restore (raw data)Supported

DPX vPlus uses Microsoft Teams Export API to export Teams data.

Utilizing the Microsoft Teams Export API generates additional costs for Microsoft tenant.

Storage Providers

File system

Source type: Any POSIX-compliant file system mounted on the node.

Full backupSupported
Incremental backupSupported (file modification time or size)
RestoreSupported
Single item restoreSupported
Access to files backup over iSCSISupported
Name-based policy assignmentNot supported

Ceph RBD

Source type: RBD Volume (RBD Export/RBD-NBD).

Requires Red Hat Ceph Storage version 4.0 or newer or Ceph v14.2.0 Nautilus or newer

Full backupSupported
Incremental backupSupported (RBD snap-diff)
RestoreSupported
Single item restoreSupported
Access to files backup over iSCSISupported
Name-based policy assignmentSupported

Nutanix Files (AFS)

Source type: NFS and Samba shares

Full backupSupported
Incremental backupSupported (CFT API)
RestoreSupported
Single item restoreSupported
Access to files backup over iSCSISupported
Name-based policy assignmentSupported

Nutanix Volume Groups

Source type: Disk attachment

Full backupSupported
Incremental backupSupported (CBT API)
RestoreSupported
Single item restoreSupported
Snapshot managementSupported
Access to files backup over iSCSISupported
Name-based policy assignmentSupported

Ceph RBD

Source type: RBD Volume (RBD Export/RBD-NBD).

Requires Red Hat Ceph Storage version 4.0 or newer or Ceph v14.2.0 Nautilus or newer

Full backupSupported
Incremental backupSupported (RBD snap-diff)
RestoreSupported
Single item restoreSupported
Access to files backup over iSCSISupported
Name-based policy assignmentSupported

Backup destinations

Filesystem

Generic filesystem

Supported versionn/a
Syntetic backupNot supported
Random AccessSupported
DeduplicationSupported *
EncryptionSupported
Pre/post command executionSupported

* When using VDO

XFS filesystem

Supported versionLinux 4.15 and newer, xfsprogs 4.17 and newer
Syntetic backupSupported
Random AccessSupported
DeduplicationSupported *
EncryptionNot supported
Pre/post command executionSupported

* When using VDO

DD Boost (Dell Data Domain)

Supported versionDD OS 7.0 and newer
Syntetic backupSupported
Random AccessSupported
DeduplicationSupported
EncryptionSupported
Pre/post command executionSupported

isoLayer (XFS based)

Supported versionn/a
Syntetic backupSupported
Random AccessSupported
DeduplicationNot supported
EncryptionNot supported
Pre/post command executionSupported

Object storages

Amazon S3/S3-comatible

Syntetic backupNot supported
Random AccessNot supported
Deduplicationn/a
EncryptionSupported
Pre/post command executionSupported

Impossible Cloud

Syntetic backupNot supported
Random AccessNot supported
Deduplicationn/a
EncryptionSupported
Pre/post command executionSupported

Google Cloud Storage

Syntetic backupNot supported
Random AccessNot supported
Deduplicationn/a
EncryptionSupported
Pre/post command executionSupported

Microsoft Azure Blob Storage

Syntetic backupNot supported
Random AccessNot supported
Deduplicationn/a
EncryptionSupported
Pre/post command executionSupported

OpenStack Swift

Syntetic backupNot supported
Random AccessNot supported
Deduplicationn/a
EncryptionSupported
Pre/post command executionSupported

Enterprise backup providers

Dell Avamar

Supported version7.5 and never
Syntetic backupNot supported
Random AccessNot supported
DeduplicationSupported
EncryptionProvider dependent
Pre/post command executionSupported

Dell Networker

Supported version9.0
Syntetic backupNot supported
Random AccessNot supported
DeduplicationSupported
EncryptionProvider dependent
Pre/post command executionSupported

IBM Spectrum Protect

Supported version7.1.5 and never
Syntetic backupNot supported
Random AccessNot supported
DeduplicationSupported
EncryptionProvider dependent
Pre/post command executionSupported

Veritas Netbackup

Supported version7.5 or newer
Syntetic backupNot supported
Random AccessNot supported
DeduplicationSupported
EncryptionProvider dependent
Pre/post command executionSupported

OpenText Data Protector

Supported version11.0 or newer
Syntetic backupNot supported
Random AccessNot supported
DeduplicationSupported
EncryptionProvider dependent
Pre/post command executionSupported

Integration plugins

Red Hat Virtualization UI pluginoVirt we admin 4.3 and newer
oVirt UI PluginoVirt we admin 4.3 and newer
Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager UI PluginoVirt we admin 4.3 and newer
OpenStack UI PluginHorizon 17.0.0 and never