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Software Compatibility Guide

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 Contents
Preface ................................................................................................................... 9
Chapter 1: DPA version 18.1 ...................................................................................... 12
Installation requirements ............................................................................................................................. 13
DPA Server platforms ............................................................................................................................ 13
DPA Data Collection Agent platforms .................................................................................................... 14
Troubleshooting tools ............................................................................................................................. 14
Internet communication security protocols ............................................................................................ 14
Web browsers ........................................................................................................................................ 14
Software compatibility ................................................................................................................................. 15
Backup and Recovery ............................................................................................................................ 15
Cloud computing platforms .................................................................................................................... 16
Databases .............................................................................................................................................. 16
Replication ............................................................................................................................................. 17
Web applications .................................................................................................................................... 17
ProtectPoint ........................................................................................................................................... 17
Clustered platforms ................................................................................................................................ 17
Hardware compatibility ................................................................................................................................ 17
Backup and Storage devices ................................................................................................................. 17
Tape Libraries ........................................................................................................................................ 18
Fibre Channel Switches ......................................................................................................................... 18
IP Switches ............................................................................................................................................ 18
Xsigo I/O Appliance ............................................................................................................................... 18
Replication Analysis .................................................................................................................................... 19
Discovery/Solutions Enabler .................................................................................................................. 19
EMC storage arrays ............................................................................................................................... 19
Applications supported for Replication Analysis .................................................................................... 20

Chapter 2: DPA version 6.5 ........................................................................................ 21

Supported operating systems ..................................................................................................................... 22
DPA Server platforms ............................................................................................................................ 22
DPA Data Collection Agent platforms .................................................................................................... 22
Troubleshooting tools ............................................................................................................................. 23
Internet communication security protocols ............................................................................................ 23

Installation requirements 3
 Web browsers ........................................................................................................................................ 23
Software compatibility ................................................................................................................................. 24
Backup and Recovery ............................................................................................................................ 24
Cloud computing platforms .................................................................................................................... 25
Databases .............................................................................................................................................. 25
Replication ............................................................................................................................................. 25
Web applications .................................................................................................................................... 26
ProtectPoint ........................................................................................................................................... 26
Clustered platforms ................................................................................................................................ 26
Hardware compatibility ................................................................................................................................ 26
Backup and Storage devices ................................................................................................................. 26
Tape Libraries ........................................................................................................................................ 26
Fibre Channel Switches ......................................................................................................................... 27
IP Switches ............................................................................................................................................ 27
Xsigo I/O Appliance ............................................................................................................................... 27
Replication Analysis .................................................................................................................................... 27
DPA Server platforms ............................................................................................................................ 27
Discovery/Solutions Enabler .................................................................................................................. 28
EMC storage arrays ............................................................................................................................... 29
Applications supported for Replication Analysis .................................................................................... 29

Chapter 3: DPA version 6.4 ........................................................................................ 32

Supported operating systems ..................................................................................................................... 33
DPA Server platforms ............................................................................................................................ 33
DPA Data Collection Agent platforms .................................................................................................... 33
Data Domain DataProcessor tool .......................................................................................................... 34
Troubleshooting tools ............................................................................................................................. 34
Internet communication security protocols ............................................................................................ 34
Web browsers ........................................................................................................................................ 35
Software compatibility ................................................................................................................................. 35
Backup and Recovery ............................................................................................................................ 35
Cloud computing platforms .................................................................................................................... 36
Databases .............................................................................................................................................. 36
Replication ............................................................................................................................................. 37
Web applications .................................................................................................................................... 37
ProtectPoint ........................................................................................................................................... 37
Hardware compatibility ................................................................................................................................ 37
Backup and Storage devices ................................................................................................................. 37

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 Tape Libraries ........................................................................................................................................ 38
Fibre Channel Switches ......................................................................................................................... 38
IP Switches ............................................................................................................................................ 38
Xsigo I/O Appliance ............................................................................................................................... 38
Replication Analysis .................................................................................................................................... 39
DPA Server platforms ............................................................................................................................ 39
Discovery/Solutions Enabler .................................................................................................................. 39
EMC storage arrays ............................................................................................................................... 40
Applications supported for Replication Analysis .................................................................................... 41

Chapter 4: DPA version 6.3 ........................................................................................ 43

Supported operating systems ..................................................................................................................... 44
DPA Server platforms ............................................................................................................................ 44
DPA Data Collection Agent platforms .................................................................................................... 44
Data Domain DataProcessor tool .......................................................................................................... 45
Troubleshooting tools ............................................................................................................................. 45
Internet communication security protocols ............................................................................................ 45
Web browsers ........................................................................................................................................ 46
Software compatibility ................................................................................................................................. 46
Backup and Recovery ............................................................................................................................ 46
Databases .............................................................................................................................................. 47
Replication ............................................................................................................................................. 47
Web applications .................................................................................................................................... 48
ProtectPoint ........................................................................................................................................... 48
Hardware compatibility ................................................................................................................................ 48
Backup and Storage devices ................................................................................................................. 48
Tape Libraries ........................................................................................................................................ 48
Fibre Channel Switches ......................................................................................................................... 49
IP Switches ............................................................................................................................................ 49
Xsigo I/O Appliance ............................................................................................................................... 49
Replication Analysis .................................................................................................................................... 49
DPA Server platforms ............................................................................................................................ 49
Discovery/Solutions Enabler .................................................................................................................. 50
EMC storage arrays ............................................................................................................................... 51
Applications supported for Replication Analysis .................................................................................... 51

Chapter 5: DPA version 6.2 SP3 ................................................................................ 53

Supported operating systems ..................................................................................................................... 54
DPA Server platforms ............................................................................................................................ 54

Installation requirements 5
 DPA Data Collection Agent platforms .................................................................................................... 54
Data Domain DataProcessor tool .......................................................................................................... 55
Troubleshooting tools ............................................................................................................................. 55
Internet communication security protocols ............................................................................................ 55
Web browsers ........................................................................................................................................ 56
Software compatibility ................................................................................................................................. 56
Backup and Recovery ............................................................................................................................ 56
Databases .............................................................................................................................................. 57
Replication ............................................................................................................................................. 57
Web applications .................................................................................................................................... 58
ProtectPoint ........................................................................................................................................... 58
Hardware compatibility ................................................................................................................................ 58
Backup and Storage devices ................................................................................................................. 58
Tape Libraries ........................................................................................................................................ 58
Fibre Channel Switches ......................................................................................................................... 59
IP Switches ............................................................................................................................................ 59
Xsigo I/O Appliance ............................................................................................................................... 59
Replication Analysis .................................................................................................................................... 59
DPA Server platforms ............................................................................................................................ 59
Discovery/Solutions Enabler .................................................................................................................. 60
EMC storage arrays ............................................................................................................................... 61
Applications supported for Replication Analysis .................................................................................... 61

Chapter 6: DPA version 6.2 SP2 ................................................................................ 63

Supported operating systems ..................................................................................................................... 64
DPA Server platforms ............................................................................................................................ 64
DPA Data Collection Agent platforms .................................................................................................... 64
Data Domain DataProcessor tool .......................................................................................................... 65
Troubleshooting tools ............................................................................................................................. 65
Internet communication security protocols ............................................................................................ 65
Web browsers ........................................................................................................................................ 66
Software compatibility ................................................................................................................................. 66
Backup and Recovery ............................................................................................................................ 66
Databases .............................................................................................................................................. 67
Replication ............................................................................................................................................. 67
Web applications .................................................................................................................................... 68
ProtectPoint ........................................................................................................................................... 68
Hardware compatibility ................................................................................................................................ 68

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 Backup and Storage devices ................................................................................................................. 68
Tape Libraries ........................................................................................................................................ 68
Fibre Channel Switches ......................................................................................................................... 69
IP Switches ............................................................................................................................................ 69
Xsigo I/O Appliance ............................................................................................................................... 69
Replication Analysis .................................................................................................................................... 69
DPA Server platforms ............................................................................................................................ 69
Discovery/Solutions Enabler .................................................................................................................. 70
EMC storage arrays ............................................................................................................................... 71
Applications supported for Replication Analysis .................................................................................... 71

Chapter 7: DPA version 6.2 SP1 ................................................................................ 73

Supported operating systems ..................................................................................................................... 74
DPA Server platforms ............................................................................................................................ 74
DPA Data Collection Agent platforms .................................................................................................... 74
Data Domain DataProcessor tool .......................................................................................................... 75
Troubleshooting tools ............................................................................................................................. 75
Internet communication security protocols ............................................................................................ 75
Web browsers ........................................................................................................................................ 76
Software compatibility ................................................................................................................................. 76
Backup and Recovery ............................................................................................................................ 76
Databases .............................................................................................................................................. 77
Replication ............................................................................................................................................. 77
Web applications .................................................................................................................................... 78
ProtectPoint ........................................................................................................................................... 78
Hardware compatibility ................................................................................................................................ 78
Backup and Storage devices ................................................................................................................. 78
Tape Libraries ........................................................................................................................................ 78
Fibre Channel Switches ......................................................................................................................... 79
IP Switches ............................................................................................................................................ 79
Xsigo I/O Appliance ............................................................................................................................... 79
Replication Analysis .................................................................................................................................... 79
Replication Analysis server platforms .................................................................................................... 79
Discovery/Solutions Enabler .................................................................................................................. 79
EMC storage arrays ............................................................................................................................... 80
Applications supported for Replication Analysis .................................................................................... 80

Chapter 8: DPA version 6.2 ........................................................................................ 83

Supported operating systems ..................................................................................................................... 84

Installation requirements 7
 DPA Server platforms ............................................................................................................................ 84
DPA Data Collection Agent platforms .................................................................................................... 84
Data Domain DataProcessor tool .......................................................................................................... 85
Troubleshooting tools ............................................................................................................................. 85
Internet communication security protocols ............................................................................................ 85
Web browsers ........................................................................................................................................ 85
Software compatibility ................................................................................................................................. 86
Backup and Recovery ............................................................................................................................ 86
Databases .............................................................................................................................................. 87
Replication ............................................................................................................................................. 87
Web applications .................................................................................................................................... 87
ProtectPoint ........................................................................................................................................... 87
Hardware compatibility ................................................................................................................................ 88
Backup and Storage devices ................................................................................................................. 88
Tape Libraries ........................................................................................................................................ 88
Fibre Channel Switches ......................................................................................................................... 88
IP Switches ............................................................................................................................................ 89
Xsigo I/O Appliance ............................................................................................................................... 89
Replication Analysis .................................................................................................................................... 89
Replication Analysis server platforms .................................................................................................... 89
Discovery/Solutions Enabler .................................................................................................................. 89
EMC storage arrays ............................................................................................................................... 90
Applications supported for Replication Analysis .................................................................................... 90

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Preface
As part of an effort to improve its product lines, EMC periodically releases revisions of its software and
hardware. Therefore, some functions described in this document might not be supported by all versions of
the software or hardware currently in use. The product release notes provide the most up-to-date
information on product features.
Contact your EMC technical support professional if a product does not function properly or does not
function as described in this document.

This document was accurate at publication time. Go to EMC Online Support (https://support.emc.com) to
ensure that you are using the latest version of this document.

Purpose
This compatibility guide provides information on servers, databases, operating systems, and all
components of a data protection environment supported by DPA.

ISO9001 certification
The management system governing the design and development of this product is ISO 9001:2015
certified.

Audience
This document is intended for the administrator who is involved in managing DPA.

Related documentation
The DPA documentation set includes the following publications:
 Data Protection Advisor Custom Reporting Guide
 Data Protection Advisor Data Collection Reference Guide
 Data Protection Advisor Installation and Administration Guide
 Data Protection Advisor Migrator Technical Notes
 Data Protection Advisor online help system
 Data Protection Advisor Product Guide
 Data Protection Advisor Release Notes
 Data Protection Advisor Report Reference Guide
 Programmers' Guide to Using DPA REST API
 Data Protection Advisor Security Configuration Guide
 Data Protection Advisor Software Compatibility Guide
 Other Technical Notes/White Papers

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Chapter 1: DPA version 18.1

Compatibility for DPA 18.1 is explained in this section.
This section contains the following topics:
 Installation requirements
 Software compatibility
 Hardware compatibility
 Replication Analysis

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Installation requirements
DPA Server platforms
Minimal memory requirements
 16 GB RAM/4 cores for the DPA Datastore server
 16 GB RAM/4 cores for the DPA Application Server
Minimal Hard Disk Drive requirements:
 20 GB of locally attached disk storage for the Application server
 30 GB of locally attached disk storage for the Datastore Server
 5GB of free space are required for database upgrade

Co-located Application and Datastore systems are not supported in production systems. Although the
installer provides a co-located system option, when it is selected, a dialogue stating that it is not
supported in a production systems displays.

 Storage size requirement for Datastore is highly dependent on expected data collection and retention
rates.
 The DPA Application server and DPA Datastore servers must not be used to run other applications.
The DPA Application server host and DPA Datastore server host resources must be dedicated to
DPA.
 If running DPA in a virtualized environment the allocated CPU and memory must be reserved for the
DPA servers
 The DPA installer has a free space soft threshold of 7892 MB and a hard threshold of 5844 MB. The
soft threshold allows the installation to continue, but the hard threshold does not.
 Automatic sizing and tuning of internal DPA resource usage takes place during installation. If
resources (CPU, Memory) are taken away from the installation by other applications performance of
DPA could be adversely affected.
 Operating systems:
 Support for 64-bit operating systems only
 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2 (x64 only), 2016
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 6.0, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5 (64-bit), 6.8, 7, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
Run the Update Agent (up2date) to ensure that the latest operating system patches are installed
 SUSE Linux 12 x86 (64-bit)
Run the Update Agent (up2date) to ensure that the latest operating system patches are installed
libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains

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DPA Data Collection Agent platforms

The DPA Data Collection Agents require a minimum of 100 MB on Red Hat and SUSE Linux and
Windows, and 200 MB on AIXand HPUX of free hard disk space for agent process. The DPA Data
Collection Agents also require 2 GB of free hard disk space for log files and the pfile data store.
 AIX 6.1, 7.1 (Power)
 Install the bos.perf.libperfstat 6.1.9.45 (TL9) or higher file set to gather
performance statistics
 HP-UX 11i v3 (IA-64)
 Microsoft Windows Server all versions run on 64-bit only: 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016
 Install the latest operating system service packs
 WMI must be installed to gather performance data on Windows hosts
 Red Hat Linux 5.5, 6.0, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5 (32-bit and 64-bit), 6.8, 7, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
 Run the Update Agent (up2date) to ensure that the latest operating system patches are installed
 libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains
 Solaris 10, 11 SPARC (64-bit) or 10, 11 (x86_64)
 Requires a minimum of an UltraSPARC III CPU or x86 64-bit CPU
 Requires GNU tar before executing the DPA installerInstall Solaris patch cluster
 libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains
 Disk Status requests are only supported on Solaris hosts running kernel 2.6 or later on SCSI disks
 Tape Drive Performance system data applies only to Solaris hosts
 SUSE Linux 11, 12 (32-bit and 64-bit)
 libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains

Troubleshooting tools
Supported troubleshooting tools are:
EMC Secure Remote Support Gateway 3.0.4 and later (ESRS-VE)

Internet communication security protocols

DPA installations require Transport Layer Security (TLS) v 1.2 or later.

Web browsers
Java is part of the distribution for DPA back-end component use. There are no Java version requirements
for the browser or web console.
DPA supports the following web browsers:
 Apple Safari

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 Firefox
 Google Chrome
 Internet Explorer 11
 Windows 10 Edge Browser
 Opera is not supported
DPA requires that Flash plugin 12 or later is installed for the web console.

Software compatibility
Backup and Recovery
DPA supports the following Backup and Recovery applications and versions:
 CA BrightStor ARCserve 11.5, 12, 12.5, 16.5
 Supported only on Windows hosts
 CommVault Simpana 9, 10, 11
 Supported only on Windows hosts
 Avamar 7.0.x, 7.1.x, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.5.1, 18.1
 NetWorker 8.1.x, 8.2.x, *9.0.x , 9.1, 9.2, 9.2.1, 18.1
*minimum version supported is 9.0.0.4
 DD Boost for Enterprise Applications (DDBEA)
 DB2 v10.5, 11.1
 Oracle RMAN Oracle 10g, 10g R2, 11g, 11g R2, 12c
 Oracle ASM is supported on Linux with ASMLib
 Oracle RAC with SCAN is supported
 SAP HANA V1SPS12, 2.0
 Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2014, 2016
 HP Command View EVA 8.00.02
 HP Data Protector 6.2.x, 7.0, 8.0, 8.1, 9.0, 10.0
 IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) 6.2, 6.3, 6.4.x, 7.1, 8.1
 When using Gresham Clareti EDT for device control, DPA communicates with EDT to gather
configuration information. EDT 6.3 to 8.0 are supported in this configuration
 Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) 9i, 10g, 1.1g, 11g R2, 12c
 Veritas NetBackup (Symantec NetBackup) 7.0, 7.1, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 8.0, 8.1
 NetBackup tape performance data can only be gathered from NetBackup installed on Windows.
However, tape drive performance data can also be gathered on Solaris platforms through the Tape
Drive Performance request
 Symantec PureDisk 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.5
 Supported only on SUSE 10 hosts

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 Symantec Backup Exec 12.x, 2010, 2012, 2014

 Supported only on Windows hosts
 VMware vSphere Data Protection 5.1, 5.5, 5.8, 6.0 appliance
 VMware Infrastructure ESX 4.0, 4.1 and ESXi 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, 6.0, 6.5
 Not supported on AIX hosts

Cloud computing platforms

DPA supports the following cloud computing solutions platforms:
 Microsoft Azure
 Avamar — Avamar 7.5
 NetWorker — NetWorker 9.1
 Data Domain — DDVE 3.1 (DDOS 6.1)
 Amazon Web Services
 Avamar — Avamar 7.5
 NetWorker — NetWorker 9.1
 Data Domain — DDVE 3.1 (DDOS 6.1)

Databases
DPA supports the following databases:
 Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017
 Oracle 10g, 10g R2, 11g, 11g R2, 12c
 AIX 5.3, 6.1, 7.1
 HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, 11i v3
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 4, 5, 6 (32 bit, 64 bit)
 Microsoft Windows 2008, 2008 R2 (32 bit, 64 bit)
 Solaris 9, 10, 11 SPARC
 SUSE Linux 10, 11, 12 (32-bit, 64-bit)
 Oracle ASM is supported on Linux with ASMLib
 Oracle RAC with SCAN is supported
 PostgreSQL 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.6
 AIX 5.3, 6.1, 7.1
 HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, 11i v3
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 4, 5, 6 (32 bit, 64 bit)
 Microsoft Windows 2008, 2008 R2 (32 bit, 64 bit)
 Solaris 9, 10, 11 SPARC
 SUSE Linux 10, 11, 12 (32 bit, 64 bit)

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Replication
DPA supports the following Replication applications and versions:
 EMC RecoverPoint 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 5.0, 5.1, 5.1.1 for virtual machines
 Performance CS monitoring is available for RecoverPoint 4.0, 4.1, 4.4

Web applications
DPA supports the following Web applications and versions:
 Microsoft SharePoint 2013 with Office 365
 Supports connecting to SharePoint through https://

ProtectPoint
DPA supports the following ProtectPoint versions:
ProtectPoint 1.0, 2.0
 Hosts with Discovery Solutions Enabler 8 only installations can discover Vmax3
 Solutions Enabler 8 host installations are supported on Linux 64-bit operating systems
 vDisk info will not be collected if either of the following is true:
 The DD version is earlier than 5.5
 vDisk licensing is disabled

Clustered platforms
DPA supports the following clustered environments:
 Microsoft Failover Cluster 2012
 Veritas Cluster Server 7 ( “InfoScale Availabilty”) on Linux

Hardware compatibility
Backup and Storage devices
DPA supports the following backup and storage devices and versions:
 Celerra NS120, NS480, NS960 running DART 5.5, 5.6, 6.0, 7.0
 Data Domain Appliances running 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 6.0, 6.1.0, 6.2
 DDVE 3.0 (uses DDOS 6.0)
 DDVE 3.1 (uses DDOS 6.1)
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.
 EDL Series running 3.1, 4.0
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.
 Symantec NetBackup 5200, 5230 Appliance series

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 Supported as a Master Server only

Tape Libraries
DPA supports the following tape libraries and versions:
 Quantum Scalar 100, 1000, 10K, i2000, i500
 Fujitsu LT270, LT250
 HP ESL G3
 HP StorageWorks MSL6060
 IBM TS 3100, 3200, 3500, 3583
 NetApp NearStore VTL running OnTAP 6.5.1, 7
 Oracle StorageTek SL24, SL48, SL500 (excluding SL8500)
 Oracle StorageTek ACSLS 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, 8.1, 8.3
 Sun StorEdge L-Series (excluding L5500)

Fibre Channel Switches

DPA gathers data only for the Fibre Channel HBA Configuration, Status, and Performance functions if
supported by the HBA vendor’s device driver.
 Any switch that supports Fibre Alliance MIB v2.2, v3.0, v4.0
 Brocade 2400, 2800, 3250, 3800, 3850, 3900, 4100, 12000, 24000
 Cisco 95xx
 Crossroads 4150, 4250, 4450, 8000
 McData ES-1000, ES-3016, ES-3032
 McData EB1200, ED1200, ED5000, ED6064
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.

IP Switches
DPA supports the following IP Switches:
 Any switch that supports SNMP MIB 2
 Cisco 29xx, 35xx, 37xx, 65xx
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.

Xsigo I/O Appliance

DPA supports the following Xsigo I/O Appliance versions:
 VP780 I/O Director running Xsigo OS 2.7.1.1, 2.8.5, 3.0.5
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.

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Replication Analysis
Discovery/Solutions Enabler
DPA supports the following Discovery/Solutions Enabler versions and platforms:
 Windows 64 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 8.0 host platforms
 Windows 32 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 7.6 host platforms
 Raw devices are not supported
 AIX 64 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 7.6 host platforms
 Supported only when performing discovery on Symmetrix
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 64 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 8.0 host platforms
 Enginuity version 5977 requires Solutions Enabler 8.0 or later on the Discovery host
 Support for raw devices only when residing on a volume group
 The libstdc++.so.6 library must exist on the host
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 32 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 7.6 host platforms
 Support for raw devices only when residing on a volume group
 The libstdc++.so.6 library must exist on the host
 SUSE Linux 64 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 7.6 host platforms
 The libstdc++.so.6 library must exist on the host
 SUSE Linux 32 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 7.6 host platforms
 The libstdc++.so.6 library must exist on the host
 Solaris SPARC (64 bit)—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 7.6 host platforms
 Sun clustering is not supported on SPARC
 Support for raw devices only when residing on a volume group

EMC storage arrays

DPA supports the following storage arrays for Replication Analysis:
 Symmetrix DMX, VMAX 10K/VMAXe, VMAX 20K/VMAX, VMAX 40K with TimeFinder (BCV, Clone,
Snap), SRDF (Synch, A-Synch, Concurrent, Cascading, SRDF/CE, SRDF/STAR), or RecoverPoint
(synchronous and asynchronous): CDP, CLR, CRR
 Requires Solutions Enabler 7.2.1, 7.3.0.1, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.4, 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.6, 8.0 on the Discovery
host, which is the Solutions Enabler host used to connect to the array
 CLARiiON CX, AX4-5, CX3, and CX4 running FLARE 02.19 or later with MirrorView/A, MirrorView/S,
SnapView, SANCopy, Clone, or RecoverPoint (synchronous and asynchronous): CDP, CLR, CRR
 Requires Solutions Enabler 7.4.0.6, 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.6 on the Discovery host, which is the Solutions
Enabler host used to connect to the array
 VNX 5100, 5200, 5300, 5400, 5500, 5600, 5700, 5800, 7500, 7600, 8000 running OE for Block
05.31, 05.32, 05.33 with MirrorView/A, MirrorView/S, SnapView, SANCopy, VNX Advanced Snaps,
Clone, or RecoverPoint (synchronous and asynchronous): CDP, CLR, CRR

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 OE 05.31 requires Solutions Enabler 7.4.0.6, 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.6 on the Discovery host, which is the
Solutions Enabler host used to connect to the array
 OE 05.32 requires Solutions Enabler 7.4.0.17 or 7.5 on the Discovery host
 OE 05.33 requires Solutions Enabler 7.6 or later on the Discovery host
 VPLEX running GeoSynchrony 5.1, 5.1 Patch 1, 5.1 Patch 2, 5.1 Patch 3, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 with
RecoverPoint (synchronous and asynchronous): CDP, CLR, CRR

Applications supported for Replication Analysis

DPA supports the following applications and versions for Replication Analysis:
 Microsoft Exchange 2003, 2007, 2010
 Supports both standalone Exchange 2010 database servers and Database Availability Groups
 Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012
 Oracle 10g, 10g R2, 11g, 11g R2
 All notes identified in the Databases are supported

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Chapter 2: DPA version 6.5
Compatibility for DPA 6.5 is explained in this section.
This section contains the following topics:
 Supported operating systems
 Software compatibility
 Hardware compatibility
 Replication Analysis

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Supported operating systems

DPA Server platforms
Memory requirements
 16 GB RAM/4 cores for the DPA Datastore server
 16 GB RAM/4 cores for the DPA Application Server
Hard Disk Drive requirements:
 18 GB of locally attached disk storage for the Application server
 20 GB of locally attached disk storage for the Datastore Server
 3GB of free space are required for database upgrade

Co-located Application and Datastore systems are not supported in production systems. Although the
installer provides a co-located system option, when it is selected, a dialogue stating that it is not
supported in a production systems displays.

 The DPA Application server and DPA Datastore servers must not be used to run other applications.
The DPA Application server host and DPA Datastore server host resources must be dedicated to
DPA.
 If running DPA in a virtualized environment the allocated CPU and memory must be reserved for the
DPA servers
 The DPA installer has a soft threshold of 7892 MB and a hard threshold of 5844 MB. The soft
threshold allows the installation to continue, but the hard threshold does not.
 Automatic sizing and tuning of internal DPA resource usage takes place during installation. If
resources (CPU, Memory) are taken away from the installation by other applications performance of
DPA could be adversely affected.
 Operating systems:
 Support for 64-bit operating systems only
 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2 (x64 only) , 2016
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 6.0, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5 (64-bit), 6.8, 7, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
Run the Update Agent (up2date) to ensure that the latest operating system patches are installed
 SUSE Linux 12 x86 (64-bit)
Run the Update Agent (up2date) to ensure that the latest operating system patches are installed
libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains

DPA Data Collection Agent platforms

The DPA Data Collection Agents require a minimum of 100 MB on Red Hat and SUSE Linux and
Windows, and 200 MB on AIXand HPUX of free hard disk space for agent process. The DPA Data
Collection Agents also require 2 GB of free hard disk space for log files and the pfile data store.

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 AIX 6.1, 7.1 (Power)

 Install the bos.perf.libperfstat 6.1.9.45 (TL9) or higher file set to gather
performance statistics
 HP-UX 11i v3 (IA-64)
 Microsoft Windows Server all versions run on 64-bit only: 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016
 Install the latest operating system service packs
 WMI must be installed to gather performance data on Windows hosts
 Red Hat Linux 5.5, 6.0, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5 (32-bit and 64-bit), 6.8, 7, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
 Run the Update Agent (up2date) to ensure that the latest operating system patches are installed
 libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains
 Solaris 10, 11 SPARC (64-bit) or 10, 11 (x86_64)
 Requires a minimum of an UltraSPARC III CPU or x86 64-bit CPU
 Requires GNU tar before executing the DPA installerInstall Solaris patch cluster
 libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains
 Disk Status requests are only supported on Solaris hosts running kernel 2.6 or later on SCSI disks
 Tape Drive Performance system data applies only to Solaris hosts
 SUSE Linux 11, 12 (32-bit and 64-bit)
 libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains

Troubleshooting tools
Supported troubleshooting tools are:
EMC Secure Remote Support Gateway 3.0.4 and later (ESRS-VE)

Internet communication security protocols

DPA installations require Transport Layer Security (TLS) v 1.2 or later.

Web browsers
Java is part of the distribution for DPA back-end component use. There are no Java version requirements
for the browser or web console.
DPA supports the following web browsers:
 Apple Safari
 Firefox
 Google Chrome
 Internet Explorer
 Windows 10 Edge Browser

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 Opera is not supported

DPA requires that Flash plugin 12 or later is installed for the web console.

Software compatibility
Backup and Recovery
DPA supports the following Backup and Recovery applications and versions:
 CA BrightStor ARCserve 11.5, 12, 12.5, 16.5
 Supported only on Windows hosts
 CommVault Simpana 9, 10, 11
 Supported only on Windows hosts
 Avamar 7.0.x, 7.1.x, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.5.1
 NetWorker 8.1.x, 8.2.x, *9.0.x , 9.1, 9.2, 9.2.1
*minimum version supported is 9.0.0.4
 DD Boost for Enterprise Applications (DDBEA)
 DB2 v10.5, 11.1
 Oracle RMAN Oracle 10g, 10g R2, 11g, 11g R2, 12c
 Oracle ASM is supported on Linux with ASMLib
 Oracle RAC with SCAN is supported
 SAP HANA V1SPS12, 2.0
 Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2014, 2016
 HP Command View EVA 8.00.02
 HP Data Protector 6.2.x, 7.0, 8.0, 8.1, 9.0, 10.0
 IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) 6.2, 6.3, 6.4.x, 7.1, 8.1
 When using Gresham Clareti EDT for device control, DPA communicates with EDT to gather
configuration information. EDT 6.3 to 8.0 are supported in this configuration
 Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) 9i, 10g, 1.1g, 11g R2, 12c
 Veritas NetBackup (Symantec NetBackup) 7.0, 7.1, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 8.0
 NetBackup tape performance data can only be gathered from NetBackup installed on Windows.
However, tape drive performance data can also be gathered on Solaris platforms through the Tape
Drive Performance request
 Symantec PureDisk 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.5
 Supported only on SUSE 10 hosts
 Symantec Backup Exec 12.x, 2010, 2012, 2014
 Supported only on Windows hosts
 VMware vSphere Data Protection 5.1, 5.5, 5.8, 6.0 appliance
 VMware Infrastructure ESX 4.0, 4.1 and ESXi 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, 6.0, 6.5

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 Not supported on AIX hosts

Cloud computing platforms

DPA supports the following cloud computing solutions platforms:
 Microsoft Azure
 Avamar — Avamar 7.5
 NetWorker — NetWorker 9.1
 Data Domain — DDVE 3.1 (DDOS 6.1)
 Amazon Web Services
 Avamar — Avamar 7.5
 NetWorker — NetWorker 9.1
 Data Domain — DDVE 3.1 (DDOS 6.1)

Databases
DPA supports the following databases:
 Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2014, 2016
 Oracle 10g, 10g R2, 11g, 11g R2, 12c
 AIX 5.3, 6.1, 7.1
 HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, 11i v3
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 4, 5, 6 (32 bit, 64 bit)
 Microsoft Windows 2008, 2008 R2 (32 bit, 64 bit)
 Solaris 9, 10, 11 SPARC
 SUSE Linux 10, 11, 12 (32-bit, 64-bit)
 Oracle ASM is supported on Linux with ASMLib
 Oracle RAC with SCAN is supported
 PostgreSQL 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.6
 AIX 5.3, 6.1, 7.1
 HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, 11i v3
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 4, 5, 6 (32 bit, 64 bit)
 Microsoft Windows 2008, 2008 R2 (32 bit, 64 bit)
 Solaris 9, 10, 11 SPARC
 SUSE Linux 10, 11, 12 (32 bit, 64 bit)

Replication
DPA supports the following Replication applications and versions:
 EMC RecoverPoint 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 5.0 for virtual machines

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 Performance CS monitoring is available for RecoverPoint 4.0, 4.1, 4.4

Web applications
DPA supports the following Web applications and versions:
 Microsoft SharePoint 2013 with Office 365
 Supports connecting to SharePoint through https://

ProtectPoint
DPA supports the following ProtectPoint versions:
ProtectPoint 1.0, 2.0
 Hosts with Discovery Solutions Enabler 8 only installations can discover Vmax3
 Solutions Enabler 8 host installations are supported on Linux 64-bit operating systems
 vDisk info will not be collected if either of the following is true:
 The DD version is earlier than 5.5
 vDisk licensing is disabled

Clustered platforms
DPA supports the following clustered environments:
 Microsoft Failover Cluster 2012
 Veritas Cluster Server 7 ( “InfoScale Availabilty”) on Linux

Hardware compatibility
Backup and Storage devices
DPA supports the following backup and storage devices and versions:
 Celerra NS120, NS480, NS960 running DART 5.5, 5.6, 6.0, 7.0
 Data Domain Appliances running 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 6.0, 6.1.0
 DDVE 3.0 (uses DDOS 6.0)
 DDVE 3.1 (uses DDOS 6.1)
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.
 EDL Series running 3.1, 4.0
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.
 Symantec NetBackup 5200, 5230 Appliance series
 Supported as a Master Server only

Tape Libraries
DPA supports the following tape libraries and versions:

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 Quantum Scalar 100, 1000, 10K, i2000, i500

 Fujitsu LT270, LT250
 HP ESL G3
 HP StorageWorks MSL6060
 IBM TS 3100, 3200, 3500, 3583
 NetApp NearStore VTL running OnTAP 6.5.1, 7
 Oracle StorageTek SL24, SL48, SL500 (excluding SL8500)
 Oracle StorageTek ACSLS 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, 8.1, 8.3
 Sun StorEdge L-Series (excluding L5500)

Fibre Channel Switches

DPA gathers data only for the Fibre Channel HBA Configuration, Status, and Performance functions if
supported by the HBA vendor’s device driver.
 Any switch that supports Fibre Alliance MIB v2.2, v3.0, v4.0
 Brocade 2400, 2800, 3250, 3800, 3850, 3900, 4100, 12000, 24000
 Cisco 95xx
 Crossroads 4150, 4250, 4450, 8000
 McData ES-1000, ES-3016, ES-3032
 McData EB1200, ED1200, ED5000, ED6064
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.

IP Switches
DPA supports the following IP Switches:
 Any switch that supports SNMP MIB 2
 Cisco 29xx, 35xx, 37xx, 65xx
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.

Xsigo I/O Appliance

DPA supports the following Xsigo I/O Appliance versions:
 VP780 I/O Director running Xsigo OS 2.7.1.1, 2.8.5, 3.0.5
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.

Replication Analysis
DPA Server platforms
Memory requirements
 16 GB RAM/4 cores for the DPA Datastore server

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 16 GB RAM/4 cores for the DPA Application Server

Hard Disk Drive requirements:
 18 GB of locally attached disk storage for the Application server
 20 GB of locally attached disk storage for the Datastore Server
 3GB of free space are required for database upgrade

Co-located Application and Datastore systems are not supported in production systems. Although the
installer provides a co-located system option, when it is selected, a dialogue stating that it is not
supported in a production systems displays.

 The DPA Application server and DPA Datastore servers must not be used to run other applications.
The DPA Application server host and DPA Datastore server host resources must be dedicated to
DPA.
 If running DPA in a virtualized environment the allocated CPU and memory must be reserved for the
DPA servers
 The DPA installer has a soft threshold of 7892 MB and a hard threshold of 5844 MB. The soft
threshold allows the installation to continue, but the hard threshold does not.
 Automatic sizing and tuning of internal DPA resource usage takes place during installation. If
resources (CPU, Memory) are taken away from the installation by other applications performance of
DPA could be adversely affected.
 Operating systems:
 Support for 64-bit operating systems only
 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016 (x64 only)
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 6.0, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5 (64-bit), 6.8, 7, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
Run the Update Agent (up2date) to ensure that the latest operating system patches are installed
 SUSE Linux 12 x86 (64-bit)
Run the Update Agent (up2date) to ensure that the latest operating system patches are installed
libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains

Discovery/Solutions Enabler
DPA supports the following Discovery/Solutions Enabler versions and platforms:
 Windows 64 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 8.0 host platforms
 Windows 32 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 7.6 host platforms
 Raw devices are not supported
 AIX 64 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 7.6 host platforms
 Supported only when performing discovery on Symmetrix
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 64 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 8.0 host platforms
 Enginuity version 5977 requires Solutions Enabler 8.0 or later on the Discovery host

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 Support for raw devices only when residing on a volume group

 The libstdc++.so.6 library must exist on the host
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 32 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 7.6 host platforms
 Support for raw devices only when residing on a volume group
 The libstdc++.so.6 library must exist on the host
 SUSE Linux 64 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 7.6 host platforms
 The libstdc++.so.6 library must exist on the host
 SUSE Linux 32 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 7.6 host platforms
 The libstdc++.so.6 library must exist on the host
 Solaris SPARC (64 bit)—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 7.6 host platforms
 Sun clustering is not supported on SPARC
 Support for raw devices only when residing on a volume group

EMC storage arrays

DPA supports the following storage arrays for Replication Analysis:
 Symmetrix DMX, VMAX 10K/VMAXe, VMAX 20K/VMAX, VMAX 40K with TimeFinder (BCV, Clone,
Snap), SRDF (Synch, A-Synch, Concurrent, Cascading, SRDF/CE, SRDF/STAR), or RecoverPoint
(synchronous and asynchronous): CDP, CLR, CRR
 Requires Solutions Enabler 7.2.1, 7.3.0.1, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.4, 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.6, 8.0 on the Discovery
host, which is the Solutions Enabler host used to connect to the array
 CLARiiON CX, AX4-5, CX3, and CX4 running FLARE 02.19 or later with MirrorView/A, MirrorView/S,
SnapView, SANCopy, Clone, or RecoverPoint (synchronous and asynchronous): CDP, CLR, CRR
 Requires Solutions Enabler 7.4.0.6, 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.6 on the Discovery host, which is the Solutions
Enabler host used to connect to the array
 VNX 5100, 5200, 5300, 5400, 5500, 5600, 5700, 5800, 7500, 7600, 8000 running OE for Block
05.31, 05.32, 05.33 with MirrorView/A, MirrorView/S, SnapView, SANCopy, VNX Advanced Snaps,
Clone, or RecoverPoint (synchronous and asynchronous): CDP, CLR, CRR
 OE 05.31 requires Solutions Enabler 7.4.0.6, 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.6 on the Discovery host, which is the
Solutions Enabler host used to connect to the array
 OE 05.32 requires Solutions Enabler 7.4.0.17 or 7.5 on the Discovery host
 OE 05.33 requires Solutions Enabler 7.6 or later on the Discovery host
 VPLEX running GeoSynchrony 5.1, 5.1 Patch 1, 5.1 Patch 2, 5.1 Patch 3, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 with
RecoverPoint (synchronous and asynchronous): CDP, CLR, CRR

Applications supported for Replication Analysis

DPA supports the following applications and versions for Replication Analysis:
 Microsoft Exchange 2003, 2007, 2010
 Supports both standalone Exchange 2010 database servers and Database Availability Groups
 Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012

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 Oracle 10g, 10g R2, 11g, 11g R2

 All notes identified in the Databases are supported

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Chapter 3: DPA version 6.4

Compatibility for DPA 6.4 is explained in this section.
This section contains the following topics:
 Supported operating systems
 Software compatibility
 Hardware compatibility
 Replication Analysis

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Supported operating systems

DPA Server platforms
Memory requirements
 16 GB RAM/4 cores for the DPA Datastore server
 16 GB RAM/4 cores for the DPA Application Server
Hard Disk Drive requirements:
 18 GB of locally attached disk storage for the Application server
 20 GB of locally attached disk storage for the Datastore Server
 3GB of free space are required for database upgrade

Co-located Application and Datastore systems are not supported in production systems. Although the
installer provides a co-located system option, when it is selected, a dialogue stating that it is not
supported in a production systems displays.

 The DPA Application server and DPA Datastore servers must not be used to run other applications.
The DPA Application server host and DPA Datastore server host resources must be dedicated to
DPA.
 If running DPA in a virtualized environment the allocated CPU and memory must be reserved for the
DPA servers
 The DPA installer has a soft threshold of 7892 MB and a hard threshold of 5844 MB. The soft
threshold allows the installation to continue, but the hard threshold does not.
 Automatic sizing and tuning of internal DPA resource usage takes place during installation. If
resources (CPU, Memory) are taken away from the installation by other applications performance of
DPA could be adversely affected.
 Operating systems:
 Support for 64-bit operating systems only
 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2 (x64 only) , 2016
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 6.0, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5 (64-bit), 6.8, 7, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
Run the Update Agent (up2date) to ensure that the latest operating system patches are installed
 SUSE Linux 12 x86 (64-bit)
Run the Update Agent (up2date) to ensure that the latest operating system patches are installed
libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains

DPA Data Collection Agent platforms

The DPA Data Collection Agents require a minimum of 100 MB on Red Hat and SUSE Linux and
Windows, and 200 MB on AIXand HPUX of free hard disk space for agent process. The DPA Data
Collection Agents also require 2 GB of free hard disk space for log files and the pfile data store.

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 AIX 6.1, 7.1 (Power)

 Install the bos.perf.libperfstat 6.1.9.45 (TL9) or higher file set to gather
performance statistics
 HP-UX 11i v3 (IA-64)
 Microsoft Windows Server all versions run on 64-bit only: 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016
 Install the latest operating system service packs
 WMI must be installed to gather performance data on Windows hosts
 Red Hat Linux 5.5, 6.0, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5 (32-bit and 64-bit), 6.8, 7, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
 Run the Update Agent (up2date) to ensure that the latest operating system patches are installed
 libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains
 Solaris 10, 11 SPARC (64-bit) or 10, 11 (x86_64)
 Requires a minimum of an UltraSPARC III CPU or x86 64-bit CPU
 Requires GNU tar before executing the DPA installerInstall Solaris patch cluster
 libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains
 Disk Status requests are only supported on Solaris hosts running kernel 2.6 or later on SCSI disks
 Tape Drive Performance system data applies only to Solaris hosts
 SUSE Linux 11, 12 (32-bit and 64-bit)
 libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains

Data Domain DataProcessor tool

Use the Data Domain DataProcessor tool to collect data and run reports on client aggregation and file
age. The minimum requirements for using the Data Domain DataProcessor Collector tool are:
 Linux 64-bit
 Windows 64-bit
 Java Runtime Environment 1.7 and later (64-bit)
 100 GB disk space for the host on which the DataProcessor tool runs
 6.2 and later Server and Agent to collect the extra information

Troubleshooting tools
Supported troubleshooting tools are:
EMC Secure Remote Support Gateway 3.0.4 and later (ESRS-VE)

Internet communication security protocols

DPA installations require Transport Layer Security (TLS) v 1.2 or later.

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Web browsers
Java is part of the distribution for DPA back-end component use. There are no Java version requirements
for the browser or web console.
DPA supports the following web browsers:
 Apple Safari
 Firefox
 Google Chrome
 Internet Explorer
 Windows 10 Edge Browser
 Opera is not supported
DPA requires that Flash plugin 12 or later is installed for the web console.

Software compatibility
Backup and Recovery
DPA supports the following Backup and Recovery applications and versions:
 CA BrightStor ARCserve 11.5, 12, 12.5, 16.5
 Supported only on Windows hosts
 CommVault Simpana 9, 10, 11
 Supported only on Windows hosts
 Avamar 7.0.x, 7.1.x, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
 NetWorker 8.1.x, 8.2.x, *9.0.x , 9.1, 9.2
*minimum version supported is 9.0.0.4
 DD Boost for Enterprise Applications (DDBEA)
 DB2 v10.5, 11.1
 Oracle RMAN Oracle 10g, 10g R2, 11g, 11g R2, 12c
 Oracle ASM is supported on Linux with ASMLib
 Oracle RAC with SCAN is supported
 SAP HANA V1SPS12
 Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2014, 2016
 HP Command View EVA 8.00.02
 HP Data Protector 6.2.x, 7.0, 8.0, 8.1, 9.0
 IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) 6.2, 6.3, 6.4.x, 7.1, 8.1
 When using Gresham Clareti EDT for device control, DPA communicates with EDT to gather
configuration information. EDT 6.3 to 8.0 are supported in this configuration
 Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) 9i, 10g, 1.1g, 11g R2, 12c

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 Symantec NetBackup 7.0, 7.1, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 8.0, 8.1

 NetBackup tape performance data can only be gathered from NetBackup installed on Windows.
However, tape drive performance data can also be gathered on Solaris platforms through the Tape
Drive Performance request
 Symantec PureDisk 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.5
 Supported only on SUSE 10 hosts
 Symantec Backup Exec 12.x, 2010, 2012, 2014
 Supported only on Windows hosts
 VMware vSphere Data Protection 5.1, 5.5, 5.8, 6.0 appliance
 VMware Infrastructure ESX 4.0, 4.1 and ESXi 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, 6.0
 Not supported on AIX hosts

Cloud computing platforms

DPA supports the following cloud computing solutions platforms:
 Microsoft Azure
 Avamar — Avamar 7.5
 NetWorker — NetWorker 9.1
 Data Domain — DDVE 3.1 (DDOS 6.1)
 Amazon Web Services
 Avamar — Avamar 7.5
 NetWorker — NetWorker 9.1
 Data Domain — DDVE 3.1 (DDOS 6.1)

Databases
DPA supports the following databases:
 Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2014, 2016
 Oracle 10g, 10g R2, 11g, 11g R2, 12c
 AIX 5.3, 6.1, 7.1
 HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, 11i v3
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 4, 5, 6 (32 bit, 64 bit)
 Microsoft Windows 2008, 2008 R2 (32 bit, 64 bit)
 Solaris 9, 10, 11 SPARC
 SUSE Linux 10, 11, 12 (32-bit, 64-bit)
 Oracle ASM is supported on Linux with ASMLib
 Oracle RAC with SCAN is supported
 PostgreSQL 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.6

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 AIX 5.3, 6.1, 7.1

 HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, 11i v3
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 4, 5, 6 (32 bit, 64 bit)
 Microsoft Windows 2008, 2008 R2 (32 bit, 64 bit)
 Solaris 9, 10, 11 SPARC
 SUSE Linux 10, 11, 12 (32 bit, 64 bit)

Replication
DPA supports the following Replication applications and versions:
 EMC RecoverPoint 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 5.0 for virtual machines
 Performance CS monitoring is available for RecoverPoint 4.0, 4.1, 4.4

Web applications
DPA supports the following Web applications and versions:
 Microsoft SharePoint 2013 with Office 365
 Supports connecting to SharePoint through https://

ProtectPoint
DPA supports the following ProtectPoint versions:
ProtectPoint 1.0, 2.0
 Hosts with Discovery Solutions Enabler 8 only installations can discover Vmax3
 Solutions Enabler 8 host installations are supported on Linux 64-bit operating systems
 vDisk info will not be collected if either of the following is true:
 The DD version is earlier than 5.5
 vDisk licensing is disabled

Hardware compatibility
Backup and Storage devices
DPA supports the following backup and storage devices and versions:
 Celerra NS120, NS480, NS960 running DART 5.5, 5.6, 6.0, 7.0
 Data Domain Appliances running 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 6.0, 6.1.0
 DDVE 3.0 (uses DDOS 6.0)
 DDVE 3.1 (uses DDOS 6.1)
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.
 EDL Series running 3.1, 4.0
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.

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 Symantec NetBackup 5200, 5230 Appliance series

 Supported as a Master Server only

Tape Libraries
DPA supports the following tape libraries and versions:
 Quantum Scalar 100, 1000, 10K, i2000, i500
 Fujitsu LT270, LT250
 HP ESL G3
 HP StorageWorks MSL6060
 IBM TS 3100, 3200, 3500, 3583
 NetApp NearStore VTL running OnTAP 6.5.1, 7
 Oracle StorageTek SL24, SL48, SL500 (excluding SL8500)
 Oracle StorageTek ACSLS 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, 8.1, 8.3
 Sun StorEdge L-Series (excluding L5500)

Fibre Channel Switches

DPA gathers data only for the Fibre Channel HBA Configuration, Status, and Performance functions if
supported by the HBA vendor’s device driver
 Any switch that supports Fibre Alliance MIB v2.2, v3.0, v4.0
 Brocade 2400, 2800, 3250, 3800, 3850, 3900, 4100, 12000, 24000
 Cisco 95xx
 Crossroads 4150, 4250, 4450, 8000
 McData ES-1000, ES-3016, ES-3032
 McData EB1200, ED1200, ED5000, ED6064
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.

IP Switches
DPA supports the following IP Switches:
 Any switch that supports SNMP MIB 2
 Cisco 29xx, 35xx, 37xx, 65xx
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.

Xsigo I/O Appliance

DPA supports the following Xsigo I/O Appliance versions:
 VP780 I/O Director running Xsigo OS 2.7.1.1, 2.8.5, 3.0.5
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.

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Replication Analysis
DPA Server platforms
Memory requirements
 16 GB RAM/4 cores for the DPA Datastore server
 16 GB RAM/4 cores for the DPA Application Server
Hard Disk Drive requirements:
 18 GB of locally attached disk storage for the Application server
 20 GB of locally attached disk storage for the Datastore Server
 3GB of free space are required for database upgrade

Co-located Application and Datastore systems are not supported in production systems. Although the
installer provides a co-located system option, when it is selected, a dialogue stating that it is not
supported in a production systems displays.

 The DPA Application server and DPA Datastore servers must not be used to run other applications.
The DPA Application server host and DPA Datastore server host resources must be dedicated to
DPA.
 If running DPA in a virtualized environment the allocated CPU and memory must be reserved for the
DPA servers
 The DPA installer has a soft threshold of 7892 MB and a hard threshold of 5844 MB. The soft
threshold allows the installation to continue, but the hard threshold does not.
 Automatic sizing and tuning of internal DPA resource usage takes place during installation. If
resources (CPU, Memory) are taken away from the installation by other applications performance of
DPA could be adversely affected.
 Operating systems:
 Support for 64-bit operating systems only
 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016 (x64 only)
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 6.0, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5 (64-bit), 6.8, 7, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
Run the Update Agent (up2date) to ensure that the latest operating system patches are installed
 SUSE Linux 12 x86 (64-bit)
Run the Update Agent (up2date) to ensure that the latest operating system patches are installed
libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains

Discovery/Solutions Enabler
DPA supports the following Discovery/Solutions Enabler versions and platforms:

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 Windows 64 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 8.0 host platforms

 Windows 32 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 7.6 host platforms
 Raw devices are not supported
 AIX 64 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 7.6 host platforms
 Supported only when performing discovery on Symmetrix
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 64 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 8.0 host platforms
 Enginuity version 5977 requires Solutions Enabler 8.0 or later on the Discovery host
 Support for raw devices only when residing on a volume group
 The libstdc++.so.6 library must exist on the host
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 32 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 7.6 host platforms
 Support for raw devices only when residing on a volume group
 The libstdc++.so.6 library must exist on the host
 SUSE Linux 64 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 7.6 host platforms
 The libstdc++.so.6 library must exist on the host
 SUSE Linux 32 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 7.6 host platforms
 The libstdc++.so.6 library must exist on the host
 Solaris SPARC (64 bit)—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 7.6 host platforms
 Sun clustering is not supported on SPARC
 Support for raw devices only when residing on a volume group

EMC storage arrays

DPA supports the following storage arrays for Replication Analysis:
 Symmetrix DMX, VMAX 10K/VMAXe, VMAX 20K/VMAX, VMAX 40K with TimeFinder (BCV, Clone,
Snap), SRDF (Synch, A-Synch, Concurrent, Cascading, SRDF/CE, SRDF/STAR), or RecoverPoint
(synchronous and asynchronous): CDP, CLR, CRR
 Requires Solutions Enabler 7.2.1, 7.3.0.1, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.4, 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.6, 8.0 on the Discovery
host, which is the Solutions Enabler host used to connect to the array
 CLARiiON CX, AX4-5, CX3, and CX4 running FLARE 02.19 or later with MirrorView/A, MirrorView/S,
SnapView, SANCopy, Clone, or RecoverPoint (synchronous and asynchronous): CDP, CLR, CRR
 Requires Solutions Enabler 7.4.0.6, 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.6 on the Discovery host, which is the Solutions
Enabler host used to connect to the array
 VNX 5100, 5200, 5300, 5400, 5500, 5600, 5700, 5800, 7500, 7600, 8000 running OE for Block
05.31, 05.32, 05.33 with MirrorView/A, MirrorView/S, SnapView, SANCopy, VNX Advanced Snaps,
Clone, or RecoverPoint (synchronous and asynchronous): CDP, CLR, CRR
 OE 05.31 requires Solutions Enabler 7.4.0.6, 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.6 on the Discovery host, which is the
Solutions Enabler host used to connect to the array
 OE 05.32 requires Solutions Enabler 7.4.0.17 or 7.5 on the Discovery host
 OE 05.33 requires Solutions Enabler 7.6 or later on the Discovery host

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 VPLEX running GeoSynchrony 5.1, 5.1 Patch 1, 5.1 Patch 2, 5.1 Patch 3, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 with
RecoverPoint (synchronous and asynchronous): CDP, CLR, CRR

Applications supported for Replication Analysis

DPA supports the following applications and versions for Replication Analysis:
 Microsoft Exchange 2003, 2007, 2010
 Supports both standalone Exchange 2010 database servers and Database Availability Groups
 Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012
 Oracle 10g, 10g R2, 11g, 11g R2
 All notes identified in the Databases are supported

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Chapter 4: DPA version 6.3
Compatibility for DPA 6.3 is explained in this section.
This section contains the following topics:
 Supported operating systems
 Software compatibility
 Hardware compatibility
 Replication Analysis

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Supported operating systems

DPA Server platforms
Memory requirements
 16 GB RAM/4 cores for the DPA Datastore server
 16 GB RAM/4 cores for the DPA Application Server
Hard Disk Drive requirements:
 18 GB of locally attached disk storage for the Application server
 20 GB of locally attached disk storage for the Datastore Server
 3GB of free space are required for database upgrade

Co-located Application and Datastore systems are not supported in production systems. Although the
installer provides a co-located system option, when it is selected, a dialogue stating that it is not
supported in a production systems displays.

 The DPA Application server and DPA Datastore servers must not be used to run other applications.
The DPA Application server host and DPA Datastore server host resources must be dedicated to
DPA.
 If running DPA in a virtualized environment the allocated CPU and memory must be reserved for the
DPA servers
 The DPA installer has a soft threshold of 7892 MB and a hard threshold of 5844 MB. The soft
threshold allows the installation to continue, but the hard threshold does not.
 Automatic sizing and tuning of internal DPA resource usage takes place during installation. If
resources (CPU, Memory) are taken away from the installation by other applications performance of
DPA could be adversely affected.
 Operating systems:
 Support for 64-bit operating systems only
 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016 (x64 only)
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 6.0, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5 (64-bit), 6.8, 7, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
Run the Update Agent (up2date) to ensure that the latest operating system patches are installed
 SUSE Linux 12 x86 (64-bit)
Run the Update Agent (up2date) to ensure that the latest operating system patches are installed
libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains

DPA Data Collection Agent platforms

The DPA Data Collection Agents require a minimum of 100 MB on Red Hat and SUSE Linux and
Windows, and 200 MB on AIXand HPUX of free hard disk space for agent process. The DPA Data
Collection Agents also require 2 GB of free hard disk space for log files and the pfile data store.

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 AIX 6.1, 7.1 (Power)

 Install the bos.perf.libperfstat 6.1.9.45 (TL9) or higher file set to gather
performance statistics
 HP-UX 11i v3 (IA-64)
 Microsoft Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2 (32-bit, 64-bit)
 Install the latest operating system service packs
 WMI must be installed to gather performance data on Windows hosts
 Red Hat Linux 5.5, 6.0, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5 (32-bit and 64-bit), 6.8, 7, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
 Run the Update Agent (up2date) to ensure that the latest operating system patches are installed
 libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains
 Solaris 10, 11 SPARC (64-bit) or 10, 11 (x86_64)
 Requires a minimum of an UltraSPARC III CPU or x86 64-bit CPU
 Requires GNU tar before executing the DPA installerInstall Solaris patch cluster
 libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains
 Disk Status requests are only supported on Solaris hosts running kernel 2.6 or later on SCSI disks
 Tape Drive Performance system data applies only to Solaris hosts
 SUSE Linux 11, 12 (32-bit and 64-bit)
 libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains

Data Domain DataProcessor tool

Use the Data Domain DataProcessor tool to collect data and run reports on client aggregation and file
age. The minimum requirements for using the Data Domain DataProcessor Collector tool are:
 Linux 64-bit
 Windows 64-bit
 Java Runtime Environment 1.7 and later (64-bit)
 100 GB disk space for the host on which the DataProcessor tool runs
 6.2 and later Server and Agent to collect the extra information

Troubleshooting tools
Supported troubleshooting tools are:
EMC Secure Remote Support Gateway 3.0.4 and later (ESRS-VE)

Internet communication security protocols

DPA installations require Transport Layer Security (TLS) v 1.2 or later.

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Web browsers
Java is part of the distribution for DPA back-end component use. There are no Java version requirements
for the browser or web console.
DPA supports the following web browsers:
 Apple Safari
 Firefox
 Google Chrome
 Internet Explorer
 Windows 10 Edge Browser
 Opera is not supported
DPA requires that Flash plugin 12 or later is installed for the web console.

Software compatibility
Backup and Recovery
DPA supports the following Backup and Recovery applications and versions:
 CA BrightStor ARCserve 11.5, 12, 12.5, 16.5
 Supported only on Windows hosts
 CommVault Simpana 9, 10, 11
 Supported only on Windows hosts
 Avamar 7.0.x, 7.1.x, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
 NetWorker 8.1.x, 8.2.x, *9.0.x , 9.1
*minimum version supported is 9.0.0.4
 DD Boost for Enterprise Applications (DDBEA)
 DB2 v10.5
 Oracle RMAN Oracle 10g, 10g R2, 11g, 11g R2, 12c
 Oracle ASM is supported on Linux with ASMLib
 Oracle RAC with SCAN is supported
 SAP HANA V1SPS12
 Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2014, 2016
 HP Command View EVA 8.00.02
 HP Data Protector 6.2.x, 7.0, 8.0, 8.1, 9.0
 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 6.2, 6.3, 6.4.x, 7.1
 When using Gresham Clareti EDT for device control, DPA communicates with EDT to gather
configuration information. EDT 6.3 to 8.0 are supported in this configuration
 Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) 9i, 10g, 1.1g, 11g R2, 12c

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 Symantec NetBackup 7.0, 7.1, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 8.0, 8.1

 NetBackup tape performance data can only be gathered from NetBackup installed on Windows.
However, tape drive performance data can also be gathered on Solaris platforms through the Tape
Drive Performance request
 Symantec PureDisk 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.5
 Supported only on SUSE 10 hosts
 Symantec Backup Exec 12.x, 2010, 2012, 2014
 Supported only on Windows hosts
 VMware vSphere Data Protection 5.1, 5.5, 5.8, 6.0 appliance
 VMware Infrastructure ESX 4.0, 4.1 and ESXi 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, 6.0
 Not supported on AIX hosts

Databases
DPA supports the following databases:
 Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2014, 2016
 Oracle 10g, 10g R2, 11g, 11g R2, 12c
 AIX 5.3, 6.1, 7.1
 HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, 11i v3
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 4, 5, 6 (32 bit, 64 bit)
 Microsoft Windows 2008, 2008 R2 (32 bit, 64 bit)
 Solaris 9, 10, 11 SPARC
 SUSE Linux 10, 11, 12 (32-bit, 64-bit)
 Oracle ASM is supported on Linux with ASMLib
 Oracle RAC with SCAN is supported
 PostgreSQL 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.6
 AIX 5.3, 6.1, 7.1
 HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, 11i v3
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 4, 5, 6 (32 bit, 64 bit)
 Microsoft Windows 2008, 2008 R2 (32 bit, 64 bit)
 Solaris 9, 10, 11 SPARC
 SUSE Linux 10, 11, 12 (32 bit, 64 bit)

Replication
DPA supports the following Replication applications and versions:
 EMC RecoverPoint 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 5.0 for virtual machines
 Performance CS monitoring is available for RecoverPoint 4.0, 4.1, 4.4

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Web applications
DPA supports the following Web applications and versions:
 Microsoft SharePoint 2013 with Office 365
 Supports connecting to SharePoint through https://

ProtectPoint
DPA supports the following ProtectPoint versions:
ProtectPoint 1.0, 2.0
 Hosts with Discovery Solutions Enabler 8 only installations can discover Vmax3
 Solutions Enabler 8 host installations are supported on Linux 64-bit operating systems
 vDisk info will not be collected if either of the following is true:
 The DD version is earlier than 5.5
 vDisk licensing is disabled

Hardware compatibility
Backup and Storage devices
DPA supports the following backup and storage devices and versions:
 Celerra NS120, NS480, NS960 running DART 5.5, 5.6, 6.0, 7.0
 Data Domain Appliances running 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 6.0, 6.1
 DDVE 3.0 (uses DDOS 6.0)
 DDVE 3.1 (uses DDOS 6.1)
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.
 EDL Series running 3.1, 4.0
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.
 Symantec NetBackup 5200, 5230 Appliance series
 Supported as a Master Server only

Tape Libraries
DPA supports the following tape libraries and versions:
 Quantum Scalar 100, 1000, 10K, i2000, i500
 Fujitsu LT270, LT250
 HP ESL G3
 HP StorageWorks MSL6060
 IBM TS 3100, 3200, 3500, 3583
 NetApp NearStore VTL running OnTAP 6.5.1, 7

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 Oracle StorageTek SL24, SL48, SL500 (excluding SL8500)

 Oracle StorageTek ACSLS 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, 8.1, 8.3
 Sun StorEdge L-Series (excluding L5500)

Fibre Channel Switches

DPA gathers data only for the Fibre Channel HBA Configuration, Status, and Performance functions if
supported by the HBA vendor’s device driver
 Any switch that supports Fibre Alliance MIB v2.2, v3.0, v4.0
 Brocade 2400, 2800, 3250, 3800, 3850, 3900, 4100, 12000, 24000
 Cisco 95xx
 Crossroads 4150, 4250, 4450, 8000
 McData ES-1000, ES-3016, ES-3032
 McData EB1200, ED1200, ED5000, ED6064
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.

IP Switches
DPA supports the following IP Switches:
 Any switch that supports SNMP MIB 2
 Cisco 29xx, 35xx, 37xx, 65xx
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.

Xsigo I/O Appliance

DPA supports the following Xsigo I/O Appliance versions:
 VP780 I/O Director running Xsigo OS 2.7.1.1, 2.8.5, 3.0.5
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.

Replication Analysis
DPA Server platforms
Memory requirements
 16 GB RAM/4 cores for the DPA Datastore server
 16 GB RAM/4 cores for the DPA Application Server
Hard Disk Drive requirements:
 18 GB of locally attached disk storage for the Application server
 20 GB of locally attached disk storage for the Datastore Server
 3GB of free space are required for database upgrade

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Co-located Application and Datastore systems are not supported in production systems. Although the
installer provides a co-located system option, when it is selected, a dialogue stating that it is not
supported in a production systems displays.

 The DPA Application server and DPA Datastore servers must not be used to run other applications.
The DPA Application server host and DPA Datastore server host resources must be dedicated to
DPA.
 If running DPA in a virtualized environment the allocated CPU and memory must be reserved for the
DPA servers
 The DPA installer has a soft threshold of 7892 MB and a hard threshold of 5844 MB. The soft
threshold allows the installation to continue, but the hard threshold does not.
 Automatic sizing and tuning of internal DPA resource usage takes place during installation. If
resources (CPU, Memory) are taken away from the installation by other applications performance of
DPA could be adversely affected.
 Operating systems:
 Support for 64-bit operating systems only
 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016 (x64 only)
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 6.0, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5 (64-bit), 6.8, 7, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
Run the Update Agent (up2date) to ensure that the latest operating system patches are installed
 SUSE Linux 12 x86 (64-bit)
Run the Update Agent (up2date) to ensure that the latest operating system patches are installed
libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains

Discovery/Solutions Enabler
DPA supports the following Discovery/Solutions Enabler versions and platforms:
 Windows 64 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 8.0 host platforms
 Windows 32 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 7.6 host platforms
 Raw devices are not supported
 AIX 64 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 7.6 host platforms
 Supported only when performing discovery on Symmetrix
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 64 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 8.0 host platforms
 Enginuity version 5977 requires Solutions Enabler 8.0 or later on the Discovery host
 Support for raw devices only when residing on a volume group
 The libstdc++.so.6 library must exist on the host
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 32 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 7.6 host platforms
 Support for raw devices only when residing on a volume group
 The libstdc++.so.6 library must exist on the host
 SUSE Linux 64 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 7.6 host platforms

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 The libstdc++.so.6 library must exist on the host

 SUSE Linux 32 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 7.6 host platforms
 The libstdc++.so.6 library must exist on the host
 Solaris SPARC (64 bit)—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 7.6 host platforms
 Sun clustering is not supported on SPARC
 Support for raw devices only when residing on a volume group

EMC storage arrays

DPA supports the following storage arrays for Replication Analysis:
 Symmetrix DMX, VMAX 10K/VMAXe, VMAX 20K/VMAX, VMAX 40K with TimeFinder (BCV, Clone,
Snap), SRDF (Synch, A-Synch, Concurrent, Cascading, SRDF/CE, SRDF/STAR), or RecoverPoint
(synchronous and asynchronous): CDP, CLR, CRR
 Requires Solutions Enabler 7.2.1, 7.3.0.1, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.4, 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.6, 8.0 on the Discovery
host, which is the Solutions Enabler host used to connect to the array
 CLARiiON CX, AX4-5, CX3, and CX4 running FLARE 02.19 or later with MirrorView/A, MirrorView/S,
SnapView, SANCopy, Clone, or RecoverPoint (synchronous and asynchronous): CDP, CLR, CRR
 Requires Solutions Enabler 7.4.0.6, 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.6 on the Discovery host, which is the Solutions
Enabler host used to connect to the array
 VNX 5100, 5200, 5300, 5400, 5500, 5600, 5700, 5800, 7500, 7600, 8000 running OE for Block
05.31, 05.32, 05.33 with MirrorView/A, MirrorView/S, SnapView, SANCopy, VNX Advanced Snaps,
Clone, or RecoverPoint (synchronous and asynchronous): CDP, CLR, CRR
 OE 05.31 requires Solutions Enabler 7.4.0.6, 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.6 on the Discovery host, which is the
Solutions Enabler host used to connect to the array
 OE 05.32 requires Solutions Enabler 7.4.0.17 or 7.5 on the Discovery host
 OE 05.33 requires Solutions Enabler 7.6 or later on the Discovery host
 VPLEX running GeoSynchrony 5.1, 5.1 Patch 1, 5.1 Patch 2, 5.1 Patch 3, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 with
RecoverPoint (synchronous and asynchronous): CDP, CLR, CRR

Applications supported for Replication Analysis

DPA supports the following applications and versions for Replication Analysis:
 Microsoft Exchange 2003, 2007, 2010
 Supports both standalone Exchange 2010 database servers and Database Availability Groups
 Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012
 Oracle 10g, 10g R2, 11g, 11g R2
 All notes identified in the Databases are supported

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Compatibility for DPA 6.2 SP3 is explained in this section.
This section contains the following topics:
 Supported operating systems
 Software compatibility
 Hardware compatibility
 Replication Analysis

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Supported operating systems

DPA Server platforms
Memory requirements
 16 GB RAM/4 cores for the DPA Datastore server
 16 GB RAM/4 cores for the DPA Application Server
Hard Disk Drive requirements:
 18 GB of locally attached disk storage for the Application server
 20 GB of locally attached disk storage for the Datastore Server

Co-located Application and Datastore systems are not supported in production systems. Although the
installer provides a co-located system option, when it is selected, a dialogue stating that it is not
supported in a production systems displays.

 The DPA Application server and DPA Datastore servers must not be used to run other applications.
The DPA Application server host and DPA Datastore server host resources must be dedicated to
DPA.
 If running DPA in a virtualized environment the allocated CPU and memory must be reserved for the
DPA servers
 The DPA installer has a soft threshold of 7892 MB and a hard threshold of 5844 MB. The soft
threshold allows the installation to continue, but the hard threshold does not.
 Automatic sizing and tuning of internal DPA resource usage takes place during installation. If
resources (CPU, Memory) are taken away from the installation by other applications performance of
DPA could be adversely affected.
 Operating systems:
 Support for 64-bit operating systems only
 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2 (x64 only)
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 5.5, 6.0, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5 (64-bit), 6.8, 7, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
Run the Update Agent (up2date) to ensure that the latest operating system patches are installed
 SUSE Linux 11, 12 x86 (64-bit)
Run the Update Agent (up2date) to ensure that the latest operating system patches are installed
libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains

DPA Data Collection Agent platforms

The DPA Data Collection Agents require a minimum of 100 MB on Red Hat and SUSE Linux and
Windows, and 200 MB on AIXand HPUX of free hard disk space for agent process. The DPA Data
Collection Agents also require 2 GB of free hard disk space for log files and the pfile data store.
 AIX 6.1, 7.1 (Power)

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 Install the bos.perf.libperfstat 6.1.9.45 (TL9) or higher file set to gather

performance statistics
 HP-UX 11i v3 (IA-64)
 Microsoft Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2 (32-bit, 64-bit)
 Install the latest operating system service packs
 WMI must be installed to gather performance data on Windows hosts
 Red Hat Linux 5.5, 6.0, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5 (32-bit and 64-bit), 6.8, 7, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
 Run the Update Agent (up2date) to ensure that the latest operating system patches are installed
 libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains
 Solaris 10, 11 SPARC (64-bit) or 10, 11 (x86_64)
 Requires a minimum of an UltraSPARC III CPU or x86 64-bit CPU
 Requires GNU tar before executing the DPA installerInstall Solaris patch cluster
 libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains
 Disk Status requests are only supported on Solaris hosts running kernel 2.6 or later on SCSI disks
 Tape Drive Performance system data applies only to Solaris hosts
 SUSE Linux 11, 12 (32-bit and 64-bit)
 libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains

Data Domain DataProcessor tool

Use the Data Domain DataProcessor tool to collect data and run reports on client aggregation and file
age. The minimum requirements for using the Data Domain DataProcessor Collector tool are:
 Linux 64-bit
 Windows 64-bit
 Java Runtime Environment 1.7 and later (64-bit)
 100 GB disk space for the host on which the DataProcessor tool runs
 6.2 and later Server and Agent to collect the extra information

Troubleshooting tools
Supported troubleshooting tools are:
EMC Secure Remote Support Gateway 3.0.4 and later (ESRS-VE)

Internet communication security protocols

Transport Layer Security (TLS) v1, 1.1 or 1.2 is required for DPA installations.

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Web browsers
Java is part of the distribution for DPA back-end component use. There are no Java version requirements
for the browser or web console.
DPA supports the following web browsers and versions:
 Apple Safari 6, 7, 8
 Firefox
 Google Chrome
 Internet Explorer 9, 10, 11
 Windows 10 Edge Browser
 Opera is not supported
DPA requires that Flash plugin 12 or later is installed for the web console.

Software compatibility
Backup and Recovery
DPA supports the following Backup and Recovery applications and versions:
 CA BrightStor ARCserve 11.5, 12, 12.5, 16.5
 Supported only on Windows hosts
 CommVault Simpana 9, 10
 Supported only on Windows hosts
 EMC Avamar 7.0.x, 7.1.x, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
 EMC NetWorker 8.1.x, 8.2.x, *9.0.x
*minimum version supported is 9.0.0.4
 DD Boost for Enterprise Applications (DDBEA)
 Oracle RMAN Oracle 10g, 10g R2, 11g, 11g R2, 12c
 Oracle ASM is supported on Linux with ASMLib
 Oracle RAC is supported, SCAN configuration is not supported
 SAP HANA
 Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012
 HP Command View EVA 8.00.02
 HP Data Protector 6.2.x, 7.0, 8.0, 8.1, 9.0
 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 6.2, 6.3, 6.4.x, 7.1
 When using Gresham Clareti EDT for device control, DPA communicates with EDT to gather
configuration information. EDT 6.3 to 8.0 are supported in this configuration
 Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) 9i, 10g, 1.1g, 11g R2, 12c
 Symantec NetBackup 7.0, 7.1, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 8.0

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 NetBackup tape performance data can only be gathered from NetBackup installed on Windows.
However, tape drive performance data can also be gathered on Solaris platforms through the Tape
Drive Performance request
 Symantec PureDisk 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.5
 Supported only on SUSE 10 hosts
 Symantec Backup Exec 12.x, 2010, 2012, 2014
 Supported only on Windows hosts
 VMware vSphere Data Protection 5.1, 5.5, 5.8, 6.0 appliance
 VMware Infrastructure ESX 4.0, 4.1 and ESXi 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, 6.0
 Not supported on AIX hosts

Databases
DPA supports the following databases:
 Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012
 Oracle 10g, 10g R2, 11g, 11g R2, 12c
 AIX 5.3, 6.1, 7.1
 HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, 11i v3
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 4, 5, 6 (32 bit, 64 bit)
 Microsoft Windows 2008, 2008 R2 (32 bit, 64 bit)
 Solaris 9, 10, 11 SPARC
 SUSE Linux 10, 11, 12 (32-bit, 64-bit)
 Oracle ASM is supported on Linux with ASMLib
 Oracle RAC is supported, SCAN configuration is not supported
 PostgreSQL 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3
 AIX 5.3, 6.1, 7.1
 HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, 11i v3
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 4, 5, 6 (32 bit, 64 bit)
 Microsoft Windows 2008, 2008 R2 (32 bit, 64 bit)
 Solaris 9, 10, 11 SPARC
 SUSE Linux 10, 11, 12 (32 bit, 64 bit)

Replication
DPA supports the following Replication applications and versions:
 EMC RecoverPoint 4.1, 4.3 for virtual machines
 Performance CS monitoring is available for RecoverPoint 4.0 or later

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Web applications
DPA supports the following Web applications and versions:
 Microsoft SharePoint 2013
 Supports connecting to SharePoint through https://

ProtectPoint
DPA supports the following ProtectPoint versions:
ProtectPoint 1.0, 2.0
 Hosts with Discovery Solutions Enabler 8 only installations can discover Vmax3
 Solutions Enabler 8 host installations are supported on Linux 64-bit operating systems
 vDisk info will not be collected if either of the following is true:
 The DD version is earlier than 5.5
 vDisk licensing is disabled

Hardware compatibility
Backup and Storage devices
DPA supports the following backup and storage devices and versions:
 Celerra NS120, NS480, NS960 running DART 5.5, 5.6, 6.0, 7.0
 Data Domain Appliances running 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 6.0
 including DDVE 3.0
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.
 EDL Series running 3.1, 4.0
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.
 Symantec NetBackup 5200, 5230 Appliance series
 Supported as a Master Server only

Tape Libraries
DPA supports the following tape libraries and versions:
 Quantum Scalar 100, 1000, 10K, i2000, i500
 Fujitsu LT270, LT250
 HP ESL G3
 HP StorageWorks MSL6060
 IBM TS 3100, 3200, 3500, 3583
 NetApp NearStore VTL running OnTAP 6.5.1, 7
 Oracle StorageTek SL24, SL48, SL500 (excluding SL8500)

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 Oracle StorageTek ACSLS 7.1, 7.2, 7.3

 Sun StorEdge L-Series (excluding L5500)

Fibre Channel Switches

DPA gathers data only for the Fibre Channel HBA Configuration, Status, and Performance functions if
supported by the HBA vendor’s device driver
 Any switch that supports Fibre Alliance MIB v2.2, v3.0, v4.0
 Brocade 2400, 2800, 3250, 3800, 3850, 3900, 4100, 12000, 24000
 Cisco 95xx
 Crossroads 4150, 4250, 4450, 8000
 McData ES-1000, ES-3016, ES-3032
 McData EB1200, ED1200, ED5000, ED6064
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.

IP Switches
DPA supports the following IP Switches:
 Any switch that supports SNMP MIB 2
 Cisco 29xx, 35xx, 37xx, 65xx
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.

Xsigo I/O Appliance

DPA supports the following Xsigo I/O Appliance versions:
 VP780 I/O Director running Xsigo OS 2.7.1.1, 2.8.5, 3.0.5
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.

Replication Analysis
DPA Server platforms
Memory requirements
 16 GB RAM/4 cores for the DPA Datastore server
 16 GB RAM/4 cores for the DPA Application Server
Hard Disk Drive requirements:
 18 GB of locally attached disk storage for the Application server
 20 GB of locally attached disk storage for the Datastore Server

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Co-located Application and Datastore systems are not supported in production systems. Although the
installer provides a co-located system option, when it is selected, a dialogue stating that it is not
supported in a production systems displays.

 The DPA Application server and DPA Datastore servers must not be used to run other applications.
The DPA Application server host and DPA Datastore server host resources must be dedicated to
DPA.
 If running DPA in a virtualized environment the allocated CPU and memory must be reserved for the
DPA servers
 The DPA installer has a soft threshold of 7892 MB and a hard threshold of 5844 MB. The soft
threshold allows the installation to continue, but the hard threshold does not.
 Automatic sizing and tuning of internal DPA resource usage takes place during installation. If
resources (CPU, Memory) are taken away from the installation by other applications performance of
DPA could be adversely affected.
 Operating systems:
 Support for 64-bit operating systems only
 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2 (x64 only)
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 5.5, 6.0, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5 (64-bit), 6.8, 7, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
Run the Update Agent (up2date) to ensure that the latest operating system patches are installed
 SUSE Linux 11, 12 x86 (64-bit)
Run the Update Agent (up2date) to ensure that the latest operating system patches are installed
libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains

Discovery/Solutions Enabler
DPA supports the following Discovery/Solutions Enabler versions and platforms:
 Windows 64 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 8.0 host platforms
 Windows 32 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 7.6 host platforms
 Raw devices are not supported
 AIX 64 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 7.6 host platforms
 Supported only when performing discovery on Symmetrix
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 64 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 8.0 host platforms
 Enginuity version 5977 requires Solutions Enabler 8.0 or later on the Discovery host
 Support for raw devices only when residing on a volume group
 The libstdc++.so.6 library must exist on the host
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 32 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 7.6 host platforms
 Support for raw devices only when residing on a volume group
 The libstdc++.so.6 library must exist on the host
 SUSE Linux 64 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 7.6 host platforms

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 The libstdc++.so.6 library must exist on the host

 SUSE Linux 32 bit—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 7.6 host platforms
 The libstdc++.so.6 library must exist on the host
 Solaris SPARC (64 bit)—Solutions Enabler 7.2.1 up to 7.6 host platforms
 Sun clustering is not supported on SPARC
 Support for raw devices only when residing on a volume group

EMC storage arrays

DPA supports the following storage arrays for Replication Analysis:
 Symmetrix DMX, VMAX 10K/VMAXe, VMAX 20K/VMAX, VMAX 40K with TimeFinder (BCV, Clone,
Snap), SRDF (Synch, A-Synch, Concurrent, Cascading, SRDF/CE, SRDF/STAR), or RecoverPoint
(synchronous and asynchronous): CDP, CLR, CRR
 Requires Solutions Enabler 7.2.1, 7.3.0.1, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.4, 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.6, 8.0 on the Discovery
host, which is the Solutions Enabler host used to connect to the array
 CLARiiON CX, AX4-5, CX3, and CX4 running FLARE 02.19 or later with MirrorView/A, MirrorView/S,
SnapView, SANCopy, Clone, or RecoverPoint (synchronous and asynchronous): CDP, CLR, CRR
 Requires Solutions Enabler 7.4.0.6, 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.6 on the Discovery host, which is the Solutions
Enabler host used to connect to the array
 VNX 5100, 5200, 5300, 5400, 5500, 5600, 5700, 5800, 7500, 7600, 8000 running OE for Block
05.31, 05.32, 05.33 with MirrorView/A, MirrorView/S, SnapView, SANCopy, VNX Advanced Snaps,
Clone, or RecoverPoint (synchronous and asynchronous): CDP, CLR, CRR
 OE 05.31 requires Solutions Enabler 7.4.0.6, 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.6 on the Discovery host, which is the
Solutions Enabler host used to connect to the array
 OE 05.32 requires Solutions Enabler 7.4.0.17 or 7.5 on the Discovery host
 OE 05.33 requires Solutions Enabler 7.6 or later on the Discovery host
 VPLEX running GeoSynchrony 5.1, 5.1 Patch 1, 5.1 Patch 2, 5.1 Patch 3, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 with
RecoverPoint (synchronous and asynchronous): CDP, CLR, CRR

Applications supported for Replication Analysis

DPA supports the following applications and versions for Replication Analysis:
 Microsoft Exchange 2003, 2007, 2010
 Supports both standalone Exchange 2010 database servers and Database Availability Groups
 Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012
 Oracle 10g, 10g R2, 11g, 11g R2
 All notes identified in the Databases are supported

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Chapter 6: DPA version 6.2 SP2
Compatibility for DPA 6.2 SP2 is explained in this section.
This section contains the following topics:
 Supported operating systems
 Software compatibility
 Hardware compatibility
 Replication Analysis

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Supported operating systems

DPA Server platforms
Memory requirements:
 8 GB RAM/2 cores for the DPA Datastore server
 8 GB RAM/2 cores for the DPA Application Server
Hard Disk Drive requirements:
 18 GB of locally attached disk storage for the Application server
 20 GB of locally attached disk storage for the Datastore Server

Co-located Application and Datastore systems are not supported in production systems. Although the
installer provides a co-located system option, when it is selected, a dialogue stating that it is not
supported in a production systems displays.

 The DPA Application server and DPA Datastore servers must not be used to run other applications.
The DPA Application server host and DPA Datastore server host resources must be dedicated to
DPA.
 If running DPA in a virtualized environment the allocated CPU and memory must be reserved for the
DPA servers
 The DPA installer has a soft threshold of 7892 MB and a hard threshold of 5844 MB. The soft
threshold allows the installation to continue, but the hard threshold does not.
 Automatic sizing and tuning of internal DPA resource usage takes place during installation. If
resources (CPU, Memory) are taken away from the installation by other applications performance of
DPA could be adversely affected.
 Operating systems:
 Support for 64-bit operating systems only
 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2 (x64 only)
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 5.5, 6.0, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5 (64-bit), 7, 7.1
Run the Update Agent (up2date) to ensure that the latest operating system patches are installed
 SUSE Linux 11, 12 x86 (64-bit)
Run the Update Agent (up2date) to ensure that the latest operating system patches are installed
libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains

DPA Data Collection Agent platforms

The DPA Data Collection Agents require a minimum of 100 MB on Red Hat and SUSE Linux and
Windows, and 200 MB on AIXand HPUX of free hard disk space for agent process. The DPA Data
Collection Agents also require 2 GB of free hard disk space for log files and the pfile data store.
 AIX 6.1, 7.1 (Power)

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 Install the bos.perf.libperfstat file set to gather performance statistics

 HP-UX 11i v3 (IA-64)
 Microsoft Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2 (32-bit, 64-bit)
 Install the latest operating system service packs
 WMI must be installed to gather performance data on Windows hosts
 Red Hat Linux 5.5, 6.0, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5 (32-bit and 64-bit), 7, 7.1
 Run the Update Agent (up2date) to ensure that the latest operating system patches are installed
 libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains
 Solaris 10, 11 SPARC (64-bit) or 10, 11 (x86_64)
 Requires a minimum of an UltraSPARC III CPU or x86 64-bit CPU
 Requires GNU tar before executing the DPA installerInstall Solaris patch cluster
 libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains
 Disk Status requests are only supported on Solaris hosts running kernel 2.6 or later on SCSI disks
 Tape Drive Performance system data applies only to Solaris hosts
 SUSE Linux 10, 11, 12 (32-bit and 64-bit)
 libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains

Data Domain DataProcessor tool

Use the Data Domain DataProcessor tool to collect data and run reports on client aggregation and file
age. The minimum requirements for using the Data Domain DataProcessor Collector tool are:
 Linux 64-bit
 Windows 64-bit
 Java Runtime Environment 1.7 and later (64-bit)
 100 GB disk space for the host on which the DataProcessor tool runs
 6.2 and later Server and Agent to collect the extra information

Troubleshooting tools
Supported troubleshooting tools are:
EMC Secure Remote Support Gateway 3.0.4 and later (ESRS-VE)

Internet communication security protocols

Transport Layer Security (TLS) v1, 1.1 or 1.2 is required for DPA installations.

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Web browsers
Java is part of the distribution for DPA back-end component use. There are no Java version requirements
for the browser or web console.
DPA supports the following web browsers and versions:
 Apple Safari 6, 7, 8
 Firefox
 Google Chrome
 Internet Explorer 9, 10, 11
 Windows 10 Edge Browser
 Opera is not supported
DPA requires that Flash plugin 12 or later is installed for the web console.

Software compatibility
Backup and Recovery
DPA supports the following Backup and Recovery applications and versions:
 CA BrightStor ARCserve 11.5, 12, 12.5
 Supported only on Windows hosts
 CommVault Simpana 9, 10
 Supported only on Windows hosts
 EMC Avamar 7.0.x, 7.1.x, 7.2, 7.3
 EMC NetWorker 8.0.x, 8.1.x, 8.2.x
 DD Boost for Enterprise Applications (DDBEA)
 Oracle RMAN Oracle 10g, 10g R2, 11g, 11g R2, 12c
 Oracle ASM is supported on Linux with ASMLib
 Oracle RAC is supported
 SAP HANA
 Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012
 HP Command View EVA 8.00.02
 HP Data Protector 6.2.x, 7.0, 8.0, 8.1, 9.0
 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 6.2, 6.3, 6.4.x, 7.1
 When using Gresham Clareti EDT for device control, DPA communicates with EDT to gather
configuration information. EDT 6.3 to 8.0 are supported in this configuration
 Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) 9i, 10g, 1.1g, 11g R2, 12c
 Symantec NetBackup 7.0, 7.1, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7

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 NetBackup tape performance data can only be gathered from NetBackup installed on Windows.
However, tape drive performance data can also be gathered on Solaris platforms through the Tape
Drive Performance request
 Symantec PureDisk 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.5
 Supported only on SUSE 10 hosts
 Symantec Backup Exec 12.x, 2010, 2012, 2014
 Supported only on Windows hosts
 VMware vSphere Data Protection 5.1, 5.5, 5.8, 6.0 appliance
 VMware Infrastructure ESX 4.0, 4.1 and ESXi 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, 6.0
 Not supported on AIX hosts

Databases
DPA supports the following databases:
 Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012
 Oracle 10g, 10g R2, 11g, 11g R2, 12c
 AIX 5.3, 6.1, 7.1
 HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, 11i v3
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 4, 5, 6 (32 bit, 64 bit)
 Microsoft Windows 2008, 2008 R2 (32 bit, 64 bit)
 Solaris 9, 10, 11 SPARC
 SUSE Linux 10, 11, 12 (32-bit, 64-bit)
 Oracle ASM is supported on Linux with ASMLib
 Oracle RAC is supported
 PostgreSQL 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3
 AIX 5.3, 6.1, 7.1
 HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, 11i v3
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 4, 5, 6 (32 bit, 64 bit)
 Microsoft Windows 2008, 2008 R2 (32 bit, 64 bit)
 Solaris 9, 10, 11 SPARC
 SUSE Linux 10, 11, 12 (32 bit, 64 bit)

Replication
DPA supports the following Replication applications and versions:
 EMC RecoverPoint 3.5, 3.5 SP1, 3.5 SP2, 4.0, 4.1, 4.3 for virtual machines
 Performance monitoring reports are not available for RecoverPoint 3.4 and 3.4 SP1. Upgrade to
RecoverPoint 3.4.1.1, 3.4 SP2, or later for performance monitoring
 Performance CS monitoring is available for RecoverPoint 4.0 or later

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Web applications
DPA supports the following Web applications and versions:
 Microsoft SharePoint 2013
 Supports connecting to SharePoint through https://

ProtectPoint
DPA supports the following ProtectPoint versions:
ProtectPoint 1.0, 2.0
 Hosts with Discovery Solutions Enabler 8 only installations can discover Vmax3
 Solutions Enabler 8 host installations are supported on Linux 64-bit operating systems
 vDisk info will not be collected if either of the following is true:
 The DD version is earlier than 5.5
 vDisk licensing is disabled

Hardware compatibility
Backup and Storage devices
DPA supports the following backup and storage devices and versions:
 EMC Celerra NS120, NS480, NS960 running DART 5.5, 5.6, 6.0, 7.0
 EMC Data Domain Appliances running 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.
 EMC Disk Library Series running 3.1, 4.0
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.
 Symantec NetBackup 5200, 5230 Appliance series
 Supported as a Master Server only

Tape Libraries
DPA supports the following tape libraries and versions:
 Quantum Scalar 100, 1000, 10K, i2000, i500
 Fujitsu LT270, LT250
 HP ESL G3
 HP StorageWorks MSL6060
 IBM TS 3500, 3583
 NetApp NearStore VTL running OnTAP 6.5.1, 7
 Oracle StorageTek SL24, SL48, SL500 (excluding SL8500)
 Oracle StorageTek ACSLS 7.1, 7.2, 7.3

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 Sun StorEdge L-Series (excluding L5500)

Fibre Channel Switches

DPA gathers data only for the Fibre Channel HBA Configuration, Status, and Performance functions if
supported by the HBA vendor’s device driver
 Any switch that supports Fibre Alliance MIB v2.2, v3.0, v4.0
 Brocade 2400, 2800, 3250, 3800, 3850, 3900, 4100, 12000, 24000
 Cisco 95xx
 Crossroads 4150, 4250, 4450, 8000
 McData ES-1000, ES-3016, ES-3032
 McData EB1200, ED1200, ED5000, ED6064
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.

IP Switches
DPA supports the following IP Switches:
 Any switch that supports SNMP MIB 2
 Cisco 29xx, 35xx, 37xx, 65xx
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.

Xsigo I/O Appliance

DPA supports the following Xsigo I/O Appliance versions:
 VP780 I/O Director running Xsigo OS 2.7.1.1, 2.8.5, 3.0.5
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.

Replication Analysis
DPA Server platforms
DPA servers support for 64-bit operating systems only. Work with your EMC Account Representative to
determine appropriate sizing for your environment.
Hard Disk Drive requirements:
 8GB RAM/2 cores for the DPA Datastore server
 8GB RAM/2 cores for the DPA Application Server

Co-located Application and Datastore systems are not supported in production systems. Although the
installer provides a co-located system option, when it is selected, a dialogue stating that it is not
supported in a production systems displays.

 18GB of locally attached disk storage for the Application server

 20GB of locally attached disk storage for the Datastore Server

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 The DPA Application server and DPA Datastore servers must not be used to run other applications.
The DPA Application server host and DPA Datastore server host resources must be dedicated to
DPA.
 If running DPA in a virtualized environment the allocated CPU and memory must be reserved for the
DPA servers
 The DPA installer has a soft threshold of 7892 MB and a hard threshold of 5844 MB. The soft
threshold allows the installation to continue, but the hard threshold does not.
 Automatic sizing and tuning of internal DPA resource usage takes place during installation. If
resources (CPU, Memory) are taken away from the installation by other applications performance of
DPA could be adversely affected.
 Operating systems:
 Support for 64-bit operating systems only
 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2 (x64 only)
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 5.5, 6.0, 6.2, 6.4 (64 bit), 6.5, 7, 7.1
Run the Update Agent (up2date) to ensure that the latest operating system patches are installed
 SUSE Linux 11 x86 (64 bit)
Run the Update Agent (up2date) to ensure that the latest operating system patches are installed
libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system LD_LIBRARY_PATH
for performance gains

Discovery/Solutions Enabler
DPA supports the following Discovery/Solutions Enabler versions and platforms:
 Solutions Enabler 7.2.1, 8.0 host platforms
 Windows 32 bit and 64 bit
 Raw devices are not supported
 AIX (64 bit)
 Supported only when performing discovery on Symmetrix
 HP-UX 64 bit (PA-RISC only)
 Supported only when performing discovery on Symmetrix
 Microsoft Windows (32 bit, 64 bit) Raw devices are not supported
 For 11i v1, install PHCO_24504, PHSS_36004, PHCO_31923, PHCO_35743, PHKL_34805
before DPA discovery
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS (32-bit, 64-bit)
 Enginuity version 5977 requires Solutions Enabler 8.0 or later on the Discovery host (only Red Hat
64-bit)
 Support for raw devices only when residing on a volume group
 The libstdc++.so.6 library must exist on the host to retrieve VDISK information
 SUSE Linux (32-bit, 64-bit)
 The libstdc++.so.6 library must exist on the host to retrieve VDISK information

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 Solaris SPARC (64-bit)

 Sun clustering is not supported on SPARC
 Support for raw devices only when residing on a volume group

EMC storage arrays

DPA supports the following EMC storage arrays for Replication Analysis:
 EMC Symmetrix DMX, VMAX 10K/VMAXe, VMAX 20K/VMAX, VMAX 40K with TimeFinder (BCV,
Clone, Snap), SRDF (Synch, A-Synch, Concurrent, Cascading, SRDF/CE, SRDF/STAR), or
RecoverPoint (synchronous and asynchronous): CDP, CLR, CRR
 Requires Solutions Enabler 7.2.1, 7.3.0.1, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.4, 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.6 on the Discovery host,
which is the Solutions Enabler host used to connect to the EMC array
 EMC CLARiiON CX, AX4-5, CX3, and CX4 running FLARE 02.19 or later with MirrorView/A,
MirrorView/S, SnapView, SANCopy, Clone, or RecoverPoint (synchronous and asynchronous): CDP,
CLR, CRR
 Requires Solutions Enabler 7.4.0.6, 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.6 on the Discovery host, which is the Solutions
Enabler host used to connect to the EMC array
 EMC VNX 5100, 5200, 5300, 5400, 5500, 5600, 5700, 5800, 7500, 7600, 8000 running OE for Block
05.31, 05.32, 05.33 with MirrorView/A, MirrorView/S, SnapView, SANCopy, VNX Advanced Snaps,
Clone, or RecoverPoint (synchronous and asynchronous): CDP, CLR, CRR
 OE 05.31 requires Solutions Enabler 7.4.0.6, 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.6 on the Discovery host, which is the
Solutions Enabler host used to connect to the EMC array
 OE 05.32 requires Solutions Enabler 7.4.0.17 or 7.5 on the Discovery host
 OE 05.33 requires Solutions Enabler 7.6 or later on the Discovery host
 EMC VPLEX running GeoSynchrony 5.1, 5.1 Patch 1, 5.1 Patch 2, 5.1 Patch 3, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 with
RecoverPoint (synchronous and asynchronous): CDP, CLR, CRR

Applications supported for Replication Analysis

DPA supports the following applications and versions for Replication Analysis:
 Microsoft Exchange 2003, 2007, 2010
 Supports both standalone Exchange 2010 database servers and Database Availability Groups
 Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012
 Oracle 10g, 10g R2, 11g, 11g R2
 All notes identified in the Databases are supported

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This section contains the following topics:
 Supported operating systems
 Software compatibility
 Hardware compatibility
 Replication Analysis

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Supported operating systems

DPA Server platforms
DPA servers support for 64-bit operating systems only. Work with your EMC Account Representative to
determine appropriate sizing for your environment.
Hard Disk Drive requirements:
 8GB RAM/2 cores for the DPA Datastore server
 8GB RAM/2 cores for the DPA Application Server

Co-located Application and Datastore systems are not supported in production systems. Although the
installer provides a co-located system option, when it is selected, a dialogue stating that it is not
supported in a production systems displays.

 18GB of locally attached disk storage for the Application server

 20GB of locally attached disk storage for the Datastore Server
 The DPA Application server and DPA Datastore servers must not be used to run other applications.
The DPA Application server host and DPA Datastore server host resources must be dedicated to
DPA.
 If running DPA in a virtualized environment the allocated CPU and memory must be reserved for the
DPA servers
 The DPA installer has a soft threshold of 7892 MB and a hard threshold of 5844 MB. The soft
threshold allows the installation to continue, but the hard threshold does not.
 Automatic sizing and tuning of internal DPA resource usage takes place during installation. If
resources (CPU, Memory) are taken away from the installation by other applications performance of
DPA could be adversely affected.
 Operating systems:
 Support for 64-bit operating systems only
 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2 (x64 only)
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 5.5, 6.0, 6.2, 6.4 (64 bit), 6.5, 7, 7.1
Run the Update Agent (up2date) to ensure that the latest operating system patches are installed
 SUSE Linux 11 x86 (64 bit)
Run the Update Agent (up2date) to ensure that the latest operating system patches are installed
libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system LD_LIBRARY_PATH
for performance gains

DPA Data Collection Agent platforms

The DPA Data Collection Agents require a minimum of 100 MB on Red Hat and SUSE Linux and
Windows, and 200 MB on AIXand HPUX of free hard disk space for agent process. The DPA Data
Collection Agents also require 2 GB of free hard disk space for log files and the pfile data store.
 AIX 6.1, 7.1 (Power)

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 Install the bos.perf.libperfstat file set to gather performance statistics

 HP-UX 11i v2, 11i v3 (IA-64)
 Microsoft Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2 (32 bit, 64 bit)
 Install the latest operating system service packs
 WMI must be installed to gather performance data on Windows hosts
 Red Hat Linux 5.5, 6.0, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5 (32 bit and 64 bit), 7, 7.1
 Run the Update Agent (up2date) to ensure that the latest operating system patches are installed
 libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains
 Solaris 10, 11 SPARC (64-bit) or 10, 11 (x86_64)
 Requires a minimum of an UltraSPARC III CPU or x86 64-bit CPU
 Requires GNU tar before executing the DPA installerInstall Solaris patch cluster
 libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains
 Disk Status requests are only supported on Solaris hosts running kernel 2.6 or later on SCSI disks
 Tape Drive Performance system data applies only to Solaris hosts
 SUSE Linux 10, 11 (32 bit, 64 bit)
 libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains

Data Domain DataProcessor tool

Use the Data Domain DataProcessor tool to collect data and run reports on client aggregation and file
age. The minimum requirements for using the Data Domain DataProcessor Collector tool are:
 Linux 64-bit
 Windows 64-bit
 Java Runtime Environment 1.7 and later (64-bit)
 100 GB disk space for the host on which the DataProcessor tool runs
 6.2 and later Server and Agent to collect the extra information

Troubleshooting tools
Supported troubleshooting tools are:
EMC Secure Remote Support Gateway 3.0.2 and later (ESRS-VE)

Internet communication security protocols

Transport Layer Security (TLS) v1, 1.1 or 1.2 is required for DPA installations.

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Web browsers
Java is part of the distribution for DPA back-end component use. There are no Java version requirements
for the browser or web console.
DPA supports the following web browsers and versions:
 Apple Safari 6, 7, 8
 Firefox
 Google Chrome
 Internet Explorer 9, 10, 11
 Windows 10 Edge Browser
 Opera is not supported
DPA requires that Flash plugin 12 or later is installed for the web console.

Software compatibility
Backup and Recovery
DPA supports the following Backup and Recovery applications and versions:
 CA BrightStor ARCserve 11.5, 12, 12.5
 Supported only on Windows hosts
 CommVault Simpana 9, 10
 Supported only on Windows hosts
 EMC Avamar 7.0, 7.0 SP1, 7.0 SP2, 7.0 SP3, 7.1, 7.1 SP1, 7.2, 7.3
 EMC NetWorker 8.0.x, 8.1.x, 8.2.x
 DD Boost for Enterprise Applications (DDBEA)
 Oracle RMAN Oracle 10g, 10g R2, 11g, 11g R2
 Oracle ASM is supported on Linux with ASMLib
 Oracle RAC is supported
 SAP HANA
 Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012
 HP Command View EVA 8.00.02
 HP Data Protector 6.2, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 7.0, 8.0, 8.1, 9.0
 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.4.1, 7.1
 When using Gresham Clareti EDT for device control, DPA communicates with EDT to gather
configuration information. EDT 6.3 to 8.0 are supported in this configuration
 Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) 9i, 10g, 1.1g, 11g R2
 Symantec NetBackup 7.0, 7.1, 7.5, 7.6

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 NetBackup tape performance data can only be gathered from NetBackup installed on Windows.
However, tape drive performance data can also be gathered on Solaris platforms through the Tape
Drive Performance request
 Symantec PureDisk 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.5
 Supported only on SUSE 10 hosts
 Symantec Backup Exec 12.x, 2010, 2012, 2014
 Supported only on Windows hosts
 VMware vSphere Data Protection 5.1, 5.5, 5.8, 6.0 appliance
 VMware Infrastructure ESX 4.0, 4.1 and ESXi 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, 6.0
 Not supported on AIX hosts

Databases
DPA supports the following databases:
 Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012
 Oracle 10g, 10g R2, 11g, 11g R2
 AIX 5.3, 6.1, 7.1
 HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, 11i v3
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 4, 5, 6 (32 bit, 64 bit)
 Microsoft Windows 2008, 2008 R2 (32 bit, 64 bit)
 Solaris 9, 10, 11 SPARC
 SUSE Linux 10, 11, 12 (32-bit, 64-bit)
 Oracle ASM is supported on Linux with ASMLib
 Oracle RAC is supported
 PostgreSQL 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3
 AIX 5.3, 6.1, 7.1
 HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, 11i v3
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 4, 5, 6 (32 bit, 64 bit)
 Microsoft Windows 2008, 2008 R2 (32 bit, 64 bit)
 Solaris 9, 10, 11 SPARC
 SUSE Linux 10, 11, 12 (32 bit, 64 bit)

Replication
DPA supports the following Replication applications and versions:
 EMC RecoverPoint 3.5, 3.5 SP1, 3.5 SP2, 4.0, 4.1
 Performance monitoring reports are not available for RecoverPoint 3.4 and 3.4 SP1. Upgrade to
RecoverPoint 3.4.1.1, 3.4 SP2, or later for performance monitoring
 Performance CS monitoring is available for RecoverPoint 4.0 or later

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Web applications
DPA supports the following Web applications and versions:
 Microsoft SharePoint 2013
 Supports connecting to SharePoint through https://

ProtectPoint
DPA supports the following ProtectPoint versions:
ProtectPoint 1.0
 Hosts with Discovery Solutions Enabler 8 only installations can discover Vmax3
 Solutions Enabler 8 host installations are supported on Linux 64-bit operating systems
 vDisk info will not be collected if either of the following is true:
 The DD version is earlier than 5.5
 vDisk licensing is disabled

Hardware compatibility
Backup and Storage devices
DPA supports the following backup and storage devices and versions:
 EMC Celerra NS120, NS480, NS960 running DART 5.5, 5.6, 6.0, 7.0
 EMC Data Domain Appliances running 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.
 EMC Disk Library Series running 3.1, 4.0
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.
 Symantec NetBackup 5200, 5230 Appliance series
 Supported as a Master Server only

Tape Libraries
DPA supports the following tape libraries and versions:
 Quantum Scalar 100, 1000, 10K, i2000, i500
 Fujitsu LT270, LT250
 HP ESL G3
 HP StorageWorks MSL6060
 IBM TS 3500, 3583
 NetApp NearStore VTL running OnTAP 6.5.1, 7
 Oracle StorageTek SL24, SL48, SL500 (excluding SL8500)
 Oracle StorageTek ACSLS 7.1, 7.2, 7.3

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 Sun StorEdge L-Series (excluding L5500)

Fibre Channel Switches

DPA gathers data only for the Fibre Channel HBA Configuration, Status, and Performance functions if
supported by the HBA vendor’s device driver
 Any switch that supports Fibre Alliance MIB v2.2, v3.0, v4.0
 Brocade 2400, 2800, 3250, 3800, 3850, 3900, 4100, 12000, 24000
 Cisco 95xx
 Crossroads 4150, 4250, 4450, 8000
 McData ES-1000, ES-3016, ES-3032
 McData EB1200, ED1200, ED5000, ED6064
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.

IP Switches
DPA supports the following IP Switches:
 Any switch that supports SNMP MIB 2
 Cisco 29xx, 35xx, 37xx, 65xx
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.

Xsigo I/O Appliance

DPA supports the following Xsigo I/O Appliance versions:
 VP780 I/O Director running Xsigo OS 2.7.1.1, 2.8.5, 3.0.5
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.

Replication Analysis
Replication Analysis server platforms
All server platforms identified in the (xref?) Operating System DPA Server platforms are supported.

Discovery/Solutions Enabler
DPA supports the following Discovery/Solutions Enabler versions and platforms:
 Solutions Enabler 7.2.1, 8.0 host platforms
 Windows 32 bit and 64 bit
 Raw devices are not supported
 AIX (64 bit)
 Supported only when performing discovery on Symmetrix
 HP-UX 64 bit (PA-RISC only)

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 Supported only when performing discovery on Symmetrix

 Microsoft Windows (32 bit, 64 bit) Raw devices are not supported
 For 11i v1, install PHCO_24504, PHSS_36004, PHCO_31923, PHCO_35743, PHKL_34805
before DPA discovery
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS (32-bit, 64-bit)
 Enginuity version 5977 requires Solutions Enabler 8.0 or later on the Discovery host (only Red Hat
64-bit)
 Support for raw devices only when residing on a volume group
 The libstdc++.so.6 library must exist on the host to retrieve VDISK information
 SUSE Linux (32-bit, 64-bit)
 The libstdc++.so.6 library must exist on the host to retrieve VDISK information
 Solaris SPARC (64-bit)
 Sun clustering is not supported on SPARC
 Support for raw devices only when residing on a volume group

EMC storage arrays

DPA supports the following EMC storage arrays for Replication Analysis:
 EMC Symmetrix DMX, VMAX 10K/VMAXe, VMAX 20K/VMAX, VMAX 40K with TimeFinder (BCV,
Clone, Snap), SRDF (Synch, A-Synch, Concurrent, Cascading, SRDF/CE, SRDF/STAR), or
RecoverPoint (synchronous and asynchronous): CDP, CLR, CRR
 Requires Solutions Enabler 7.2.1, 7.3.0.1, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.4, 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.6 on the Discovery host,
which is the Solutions Enabler host used to connect to the EMC array
 EMC CLARiiON CX, AX4-5, CX3, and CX4 running FLARE 02.19 or later with MirrorView/A,
MirrorView/S, SnapView, SANCopy, Clone, or RecoverPoint (synchronous and asynchronous): CDP,
CLR, CRR
 Requires Solutions Enabler 7.4.0.6, 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.6 on the Discovery host, which is the Solutions
Enabler host used to connect to the EMC array
 EMC VNX 5100, 5200, 5300, 5400, 5500, 5600, 5700, 5800, 7500, 7600, 8000 running OE for Block
05.31, 05.32, 05.33 with MirrorView/A, MirrorView/S, SnapView, SANCopy, VNX Advanced Snaps,
Clone, or RecoverPoint (synchronous and asynchronous): CDP, CLR, CRR
 OE 05.31 requires Solutions Enabler 7.4.0.6, 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.6 on the Discovery host, which is the
Solutions Enabler host used to connect to the EMC array
 OE 05.32 requires Solutions Enabler 7.4.0.17 or 7.5 on the Discovery host
 OE 05.33 requires Solutions Enabler 7.6 or later on the Discovery host
 EMC VPLEX running GeoSynchrony 5.1, 5.1 Patch 1, 5.1 Patch 2, 5.1 Patch 3 with RecoverPoint
(synchronous and asynchronous): CDP, CLR, CRR

Applications supported for Replication Analysis

DPA supports the following applications and versions for Replication Analysis:
 Microsoft Exchange 2003, 2007, 2010

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 Supports both standalone Exchange 2010 database servers and Database Availability Groups
 Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012
 Oracle 10g, 10g R2, 11g, 11g R2
 All notes identified in the Databases are supported

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DPA 6.2 was a Limited Availability version only.
This section contains the following topics:
 Supported operating systems
 Software compatibility
 Hardware compatibility
 Replication Analysis

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Supported operating systems

DPA Server platforms
DPA servers support for 64-bit operating systems only. Work with your EMC Account Representative to
determine appropriate sizing for your environment.
Hard Disk Drive requirements:
 8GB RAM/2 cores for the DPA Datastore server
 8GB RAM/2 cores for the DPA Application Server

Co-located Application and Datastore systems are not supported in production systems. Although the
installer provides a co-located system option, when it is selected, a dialogue stating that it is not
supported in a production systems displays.

 18GB of locally attached disk storage for the Application server

 20GB of locally attached disk storage for the Datastore Server
 The DPA Application server and DPA Datastore servers must not be used to run other applications.
The DPA Application server host and DPA Datastore server host resources must be dedicated to
DPA.
 If running DPA in a virtualized environment the allocated CPU and memory must be reserved for the
DPA servers
 Operating systems:
 Support for 64-bit operating systems only
 Microsoft Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2 (x64 only)
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 5.0, 6.0, 6.2, 6.4 (64 bit), 6.5
Run the Update Agent (up2date) to ensure that the latest operating system patches are installed
 SUSE Linux 11 x86 (64 bit)
Run the Update Agent (up2date) to ensure that the latest operating system patches are installed
libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains

DPA Data Collection Agent platforms

The DPA Data Collection Agents require a minimum of 100 MB on Red Hat and SUSE Linux and
Windows, and 200 MB on AIXand HPUX of free hard disk space for agent process. The DPA Data
Collection Agents also require 2 GB of free hard disk space for log files and the pfile data store.
 AIX 6.1, 7.1 (Power)
 Install the bos.perf.libperfstat file set to gather performance statistics
 HP-UX 11i v2, 11i v3 (IA-64)
 Microsoft Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2 (32 bit, 64 bit)
 Install the latest operating system service packs

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 WMI must be installed to gather performance data on Windows hosts

 Red Hat Linux 5.5, 6.0, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5 (32 bit and 64 bit), 7, 7.1
 Run the Update Agent (up2date) to ensure that the latest operating system patches are installed
 libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains
 Solaris 10, 11 SPARC (64-bit) or 10, 11 (x86_64)
 Requires a minimum of an UltraSPARC III CPU or x86 64-bit CPU
 Requires GNU tar before executing the DPA installerInstall Solaris patch cluster
 libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains
 Disk Status requests are only supported on Solaris hosts running kernel 2.6 or later on SCSI disks
 Tape Drive Performance system data applies only to Solaris hosts
 SUSE Linux 10, 11 (32 bit, 64 bit)
 libaio is recommended to be installed on the system and available in the system
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for performance gains

Data Domain DataProcessor tool

Use the Data Domain DataProcessor tool to collect data and run reports on client aggregation and file
age. The minimum requirements for using the Data Domain DataProcessor Collector tool are:
 Linux 64-bit
 Windows 64-bit
 Java Runtime Environment 1.7 and later (64-bit)
 100 GB disk space for the host on which the DataProcessor tool runs
 6.2 and later Server and Agent to collect the extra information

Troubleshooting tools
Supported troubleshooting tools are:
EMC Secure Remote Support Gateway 3.0.2 and later (ESRS-VE)

Internet communication security protocols

Transport Layer Security (TLS) v1, 1.1 or 1.2 is required for DPA installations.

Web browsers
Java is part of the distribution for DPA back-end component use. There are no Java version requirements
for the browser or web console.
DPA supports the following web browsers and versions:
 Apple Safari 6, 7, 8
 Firefox

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 Google Chrome
 Internet Explorer 9, 10, 11
 Windows 10 Edge Browser
 Opera is not supported
DPA requires that Flash plugin 12 or later is installed for the web console.

Software compatibility
Backup and Recovery
DPA supports the following Backup and Recovery applications and versions:
 CA BrightStor ARCserve 11.5, 12, 12.5
 Supported only on Windows hosts
 CommVault Simpana 9, 10
 Supported only on Windows hosts
 EMC Avamar 7.0, 7.0 SP1, 7.0 SP2, 7.0 SP3, 7.1, 7.1 SP1
 EMC NetWorker 8.0, 8.0 SP1, 8.0 SP2, 8.0 SP3, 8.1, 8.1 SP1, 8.2, 8.2 SP1
 DD Boost for Enterprise Applications (DDBEA)
 Oracle RMAN Oracle 10g, 10g R2, 11g, 11g R2
 Oracle ASM is supported on Linux with ASMLib
 Oracle RAC is supported
 SAP HANA
 Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012
 HP Command View EVA 8.00.02
 HP Data Protector 6.2, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 7.0, 8.0, 8.1
 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.4.1, 7.1
 When using Gresham Clareti EDT for device control, DPA communicates with EDT to gather
configuration information. EDT 6.3 to 8.0 are supported in this configuration
 Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) 9i, 10g, 1.1g, 11g R2
 Symantec NetBackup 7.0, 7.1, 7.5, 7.6
 NetBackup tape performance data can only be gathered from NetBackup installed on Windows.
However, tape drive performance data can also be gathered on Solaris platforms through the Tape
Drive Performance request
 Symantec PureDisk 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.5
 Supported only on SUSE 10 hosts
 Symantec Backup Exec 12.x, 2010, 2012
 Supported only on Windows hosts
 VMware vSphere Data Protection 5.1 appliance

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 VMware Infrastructure ESX 4.0, 4.1 and ESXi 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.5
 Not supported on AIX hosts

Databases
DPA supports the following databases:
 Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012
 Oracle 10g, 10g R2, 11g, 11g R2
 AIX 5.3, 6.1, 7.1
 HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, 11i v3
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 4, 5, 6, 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
 Microsoft Windows 2003, 2003 R2, 2008, 2008 R2 (32-bit and 64-bit)
 Solaris 9, 10, 11 SPARC
 SUSE Linux 10, 11, 12 (32-bit and 64-bit)
 Oracle ASM is supported on Linux with ASMLib
 Oracle RAC is supported
 PostgreSQL 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3
 AIX 5.3, 6.1, 7.1
 HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, 11i v3
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS 4, 5, 6 (32-bit and 64-bit)
 Microsoft Windows 2003, 2003 R2, 2008, 2008 R2 (32-bit and 64-bit)
 Solaris 9, 10, 11 SPARC
 SUSE Linux 10, 11, 12 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Replication
DPA supports the following Replication applications and versions:
 EMC RecoverPoint 3.5, 3.5 SP1, 3.5 SP2, 4.0, 4.1
 Performance monitoring reports are not available for RecoverPoint 3.4 and 3.4 SP1. Upgrade to
RecoverPoint 3.4.1.1, 3.4 SP2, or later for performance monitoring
 Performance CS monitoring is available for RecoverPoint 4.0 or later

Web applications
DPA supports the following Web applications and versions:
 Microsoft SharePoint 2013
 Supports connecting to SharePoint through https://

ProtectPoint
DPA supports the following ProtectPoint versions:

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ProtectPoint 1.0
 Hosts with Discovery Solutions Enabler 8 only installations can discover Vmax3
 Solutions Enabler 8 host installations are supported on Linux 64-bit operating systems
 vDisk info will not be collected if either of the following is true:
 The DD version is earlier than 5.5
 vDisk licensing is disabled

Hardware compatibility
Backup and Storage devices
DPA supports the following backup and storage devices and versions:
 EMC Celerra NS120, NS480, NS960 running DART 5.5, 5.6, 6.0, 7.0
 EMC Data Domain Appliances running 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.
 EMC Disk Library Series running 3.1, 4.0
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.
 Symantec NetBackup 5200, 5230 Appliance series
 Supported as a Master Server only

Tape Libraries
DPA supports the following tape libraries and versions:
 Quantum Scalar 100, 1000, 10K, i2000, i500
 Fujitsu LT270, LT250
 HP ESL G3
 HP StorageWorks MSL6060
 IBM TS 3500, 3583
 NetApp NearStore VTL running OnTAP 6.5.1, 7
 Oracle StorageTek SL24, SL48, SL500 (excluding SL8500)
 Oracle StorageTek ACSLS 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
 Sun StorEdge L-Series (excluding L5500)

Fibre Channel Switches

DPA gathers data only for the Fibre Channel HBA Configuration, Status, and Performance functions if
supported by the HBA vendor’s device driver
 Any switch that supports Fibre Alliance MIB v2.2, v3.0, v4.0
 Brocade 2400, 2800, 3250, 3800, 3850, 3900, 4100, 12000, 24000
 Cisco 95xx

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 Crossroads 4150, 4250, 4450, 8000

 McData ES-1000, ES-3016, ES-3032
 McData EB1200, ED1200, ED5000, ED6064
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.

IP Switches
DPA supports the following IP Switches:
 Any switch that supports SNMP MIB 2
 Cisco 29xx, 35xx, 37xx, 65xx
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.

Xsigo I/O Appliance

DPA supports the following Xsigo I/O Appliance versions:
 VP780 I/O Director running Xsigo OS 2.7.1.1, 2.8.5, 3.0.5
SNMP v1&v2 is supported.

Replication Analysis
Replication Analysis server platforms
All server platforms identified in DPA Server platforms are supported.

Discovery/Solutions Enabler
DPA supports the following Discovery/Solutions Enabler versions and platforms:
 Solutions Enabler 7.2.1, 8.0 host platforms
 Windows 32 bit and 64 bit
 Raw devices are not supported
 AIX (64 bit)
 Supported only when performing discovery on Symmetrix
 HP-UX 64 bit (PA-RISC only)
 Supported only when performing discovery on Symmetrix
 Microsoft Windows (32 bit, 64 bit) Raw devices are not supported
 For 11i v1, install PHCO_24504, PHSS_36004, PHCO_31923, PHCO_35743, PHKL_34805
before DPA discovery
 Red Hat Linux ES/AS (32-bit, 64-bit)
 Enginuity version 5977 requires Solutions Enabler 8.0 or later on the Discovery host (only Red Hat
64-bit)
 Support for raw devices only when residing on a volume group

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 The libstdc++.so.6 library must exist on the host to retrieve VDISK information
 SUSE Linux (32-bit, 64-bit)
 The libstdc++.so.6 library must exist on the host to retrieve VDISK information
 Solaris SPARC (64-bit)
 Sun clustering is not supported on SPARC
 Support for raw devices only when residing on a volume group

EMC storage arrays

DPA supports the following EMC storage arrays for Replication Analysis:
 EMC Symmetrix DMX, VMAX 10K/VMAXe, VMAX 20K/VMAX, VMAX 40K with TimeFinder (BCV,
Clone, Snap), SRDF (Synch, A-Synch, Concurrent, Cascading, SRDF/CE, SRDF/STAR), or
RecoverPoint (synchronous and asynchronous): CDP, CLR, CRR
 Requires Solutions Enabler 7.2.1, 7.3.0.1, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.4, 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.6 on the Discovery host,
which is the Solutions Enabler host used to connect to the EMC array
 EMC CLARiiON CX, AX4-5, CX3, and CX4 running FLARE 02.19 or later with MirrorView/A,
MirrorView/S, SnapView, SANCopy, Clone, or RecoverPoint (synchronous and asynchronous): CDP,
CLR, CRR
 Requires Solutions Enabler 7.4.0.6, 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.6 on the Discovery host, which is the Solutions
Enabler host used to connect to the EMC array
 EMC VNX 5100, 5200, 5300, 5400, 5500, 5600, 5700, 5800, 7500, 7600, 8000 running OE for Block
05.31, 05.32, 05.33 with MirrorView/A, MirrorView/S, SnapView, SANCopy, VNX Advanced Snaps,
Clone, or RecoverPoint (synchronous and asynchronous): CDP, CLR, CRR
 OE 05.31 requires Solutions Enabler 7.4.0.6, 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.6 on the Discovery host, which is the
Solutions Enabler host used to connect to the EMC array
 OE 05.32 requires Solutions Enabler 7.4.0.17 or 7.5 on the Discovery host
 OE 05.33 requires Solutions Enabler 7.6 or later on the Discovery host
 EMC VPLEX running GeoSynchrony 5.1, 5.1 Patch 1, 5.1 Patch 2, 5.1 Patch 3 with RecoverPoint
(synchronous and asynchronous): CDP, CLR, CRR

Applications supported for Replication Analysis

DPA supports the following applications and versions for Replication Analysis:
 Microsoft Exchange 2003, 2007, 2010
 Supports both standalone Exchange 2010 database servers and Database Availability Groups
 Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012
 Oracle 10g, 10g R2, 11g, 11g R2
 All notes identified in the Databases are supported

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