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Version: 2.6

Install prerequisites

Prerequisites​

The minimum supported size for the Portworx Backup cluster is three worker nodes. Each node must meet the following hardware, software, and network requirements:

Hardware Requirements
For 2000 backups
CPU 4 CPU cores minimum, (8 recommended)
RAM4 GB (8 GB recommended)
Backend drive307 GB (In Total)
For 10000 to 15000 backups
CPU 8 CPU cores
RAM16 GB
Backend drive307 GB (In Total)
Software Requirements
Operating System
  • x86-64 based Linux distros supported by your storage provider
    • On-premises Kubernetes
  • Vanilla: 1.27.x, 1.26.x, 1.25.x, 1.24.x, 1.23.x

  • OCP: 4.13.x, 4.12.x, 4.11.x, 4.10.x

  • Rancher: 1.27.x, 1.26.x, 1.25.x, 1.24.x, 1.23.x

  • TKGS: 1.23.0
    • Managed Kubernetes
  • AKS: 1.27.x, 1.26.x, 1.25.x, 1.24.x, 1.23.x, 1.22.x

  • EKS: 1.27.x, 1.26.x, 1.25.x, 1.24.x, 1.23.x, 1.22.x

  • IKS: 1.27.x, 1.26.x, 1.25.12

  • GKE: 1.27.x, 1.26.x, 1.25.x, 1.24.x, 1.23.x, 1.22.x

  • Rancher: 1.27.x, 1.26.x, 1.25.x, 1.24.x

  • ROKS: 4.13.x
    • Stork
  • 23.9.1 and above
    • Portworx
  • 3.0.x, 2.13.x

  • At least 50 GB of free space on the /root file system nodes where Portworx is going to be installed
    • A block-based provisioner
  • At least 307 GB of free space to host the PVCs deployed by databases used by Portworx Backup
    • External Auth Providers
  • External OIDC and LDAP based Auth providers
    • FlashArray
  • 6.4.18
  • 6.1.4
    • FlashBlade
  • 3.3.1

    • If you are using an external authorization provider, you must use certificates signed by a trusted certificate authority.

    • Make sure helm is installed on the client machine: Helm

    note

    Portworx Backup 2.3.0 and above use MongoDB 5.x versions internally, which require Intel/AMD chipsets that support Advance Vector Extensions (AVX). If you are deploying Portworx Backup 2.3.0 and above, please ensure that your Intel/AMD chipset versions support AVX.

    Feature support matrix​

    FeaturePortworx Backup ReleaseRecommended Kubernetes versionMinimum Recommended version of Stork Minimum Recommended version of Portworx Enterprise
    Object lock2.2.01.22.x and above2.10.x2.9.1.4
    Rancher2.4.01.25.0 and above23.2.02.12.x
    Namespace labels
    NFS backup location2.5.01.26.x for both on-premises and other cloud providers23.6.02.13.10
    Backup and restore VMs with KubeVirt2.6.01.2723.9.02.13.11

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