Supported Platforms

NAKIVO Backup & Replication provides data protection for the following platforms:

  • Microsoft Server 2022, 20H2, 2019, 2016, 2012R2, 2012, 20H1 with a Hyper-V role7

Notes

  • To learn about the limitations of NAKIVO Backup & Replication related to supported platforms, refer to the Platform Limitations section of the latest Release Notes.

  • To add a supported platform to NAKIVO Backup & Replication, make sure that your system has been updated with the latest patch and all the necessary requirements are met.

  • The support for sub-versions that are not stated in the user guide can be clarified with the support team.

Find the necessary requirements below:

Hypervisor Requirements

To provide data protection for your virtual environments, make sure the following requirements are met:

Microsoft Hyper-V

  • Full GUI installation of Windows Server is required.

  • Full administrative permissions are required.

  • Default administrative shares must be enabled on Hyper-V hosts.

  • The "File server" role must be enabled on Hyper-V hosts.

  • The SMB (1.x, 2.x, 3.x) protocol should be enabled on Hyper-V hosts.

  • 2019, 2022 Hyper-V Server Core (with the Server Core App Compatibility Feature on Demand package) is supported.

Public Cloud Requirements

Amazon S3 and Backblaze

Refer to Required AWS IAM Permissions for Amazon S3 and Backblaze for details.

Note
There is also an option for granting full IAM permissions for NAKIVO Backup & Replication.

Microsoft Azure

NAKIVO Backup & Replication supports the following storage account types:

Storage account type

Supported services

Supported access tiers

Standard general-purpose v2

Blob storage (including Data Lake Storage), Queue Storage, Table storage, and Azure Files

Hot, Cool

Standard general-purpose v1

Blob storage (including Data Lake Storage), Queue Storage, Table storage, and Azure Files

N/A

Refer to Configuring a Microsoft Azure Storage Account for more information.

Cloud Region Requirements

For Amazon S3 or Amazon EC2, NAKIVO Backup & Replication supports the following regions:

  • AWS GovCloud (US-West)

  • AWS GovCloud (US-East)

  • US East (Ohio)

  • US East (N. Virginia)

  • US West (N. California)

  • US West (Oregon)

  • Africa (Cape Town)

  • Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)

  • Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)

  • Asia Pacific (Jakarta)

  • Asia Pacific (Melbourne)

  • Asia Pacific (Mumbai)

  • Asia Pacific (Osaka)

  • Asia Pacific (Seoul)

  • Asia Pacific (Singapore)

  • Asia Pacific (Sydney)

  • Asia Pacific (Tokyo)

  • Canada (Calgary)

  • Canada (Central)

  • EU (Frankfurt)

  • EU (Zurich)

  • EU (Ireland)

  • EU (London)

  • EU (Milan)

  • EU (Spain)

  • EU (Paris)

  • EU (Stockholm)

  • Israel (Tel Aviv)

  • Middle East (Bahrain)

  • Middle East (UAE)

  • South America (Sao Paulo)

For Wasabi, NAKIVO Backup & Replication supports the following regions:

  • Wasabi US East 1 (N. Virginia)

  • Wasabi US East 2 (N. Virginia)

  • Wasabi US Central 1 (Texas)

  • Wasabi US West 1 (Oregon)

  • Wasabi CA Central 1 (Toronto)

  • Wasabi EU West 1 (London)

  • Wasabi EU West 2 (Paris)

  • Wasabi EU Central 1 (Amsterdam)

  • Wasabi EU Central 2 (Frankfurt)

  • Wasabi AP Northeast 1 (Tokyo)

  • Wasabi AP Northeast 2 (Osaka)

  • Wasabi AP Southeast 1 (Singapore)

  • Wasabi AP Southeast 2 (Sydney, Australia)