vRanger 7.8.2 - Installation/Upgrade Guide

Supported platforms

Supported platforms

The following topics list the platforms and operating systems supported for backup, restore, and replication operations.

Supported vSphere versions

Supported vSphere versions

vRanger supports backup, restore, and replication operations against the following versions of VMware® Infrastructure:

 

Table 6. vSphere versions

Component	Supported versions
VMware® ESXi™	• 6.0 • 6.5 • 6.7 • 7.0 NOTE: ESXi replication requires the use of the vRanger virtual appliance (VA).
VMware® vCenter™	• 6.0 • 6.5 • 6.7 • 7.0
VMware® vSphere® license	vRanger supports all vSphere editions except for the free versions of ESXi. The free versions do not provide the necessary APIs for vRanger to function.

Equivalent version support policy

Equivalent version support policy

In addition to what is listed in this document, vRanger supports VMware® versions where the following criteria have been met:

 

NOTE: The naming convention used in this policy topic follows the standard product release version scheme of Major.Minor.Update.Patch.

•	VMware updates or patches to a supported major or minor release are also supported, unless otherwise stated.

•	Major or minor versions that are newer than what is listed in this documentation are not supported and require a separate qualification effort, unless otherwise stated.

vRanger and VM snapshots

vRanger and VM snapshots

The vRanger backup and replication functionality requires the ability to create a snapshot. In certain circumstances, the creation of VM snapshots is not supported by VMware®. In these cases, backup and replication of these VMs or disks is not possible. Some common examples are:

•	RDM Disks in physical compatibility mode

•	Disks in independent mode

•	Fault-tolerant VMs

 

NOTE: This list is not exhaustive. Any configuration in which snapshots are not supported by VMware, or not possible, is not supported by vRanger.