IBM Storage Protect

IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environmrnts - Data Protection for VMware

Access release details, supported platforms, software requirements, hardware requirements, and download package guidance for IBM Storage Protect for ERP - Data Protection for VMware releases.

Overview

This page provides detailed support information for IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments releases.

  • Product: Data Protection for VMware
  • Platforms: Windows, Linux, SLES

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  • Note: IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments support follows vendor lifecycle policies.

Useful Links

  1. What's New - Data Protection for VMware
  2. Compatibility Information - Data Protection for VMware 8.2
  3. IBM Storage Protect Blueprints
  4. IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware data mover compatibility guide with VMware's Virtual Disk Development Kit
Last Updated: Jul 1, 2026
Latest Release: 8.2.1

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Release Level Operating System / Architecture VMware Component OS Requirements Data Mover Proxy Mount Recovery Agent GUI Hardware Requirement Image Name and PA Part Number New Features
8.2.1.0 Windows Server Essentials, Standard, and Datacenter Editions
  • vSphere 6.7 and 6.7.x levels
  • vSphere 7.0 and 7.0.x levels
  • vSphere 8.0 and 8.0.x levels
  • vSphere 9.0 and 9.0.x levels
  • VDDK 9.0.1.0
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2025
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2025
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2025
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2025
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2025
  • SystemMinimun - Intel® Pentium D dual cores & Preferred - Intel® Pentium D eight cores
  • memoryMinimum-4 GB Random-Access Memory and 4 GB virtual address space & Preferred-8 GB Random-Access Memory and 8 GB virtual address space
  • Hard diskMinimum-4.4 GB & Preferred-9.0 GB
  • NIC CardMinimum-1 GbE & Preferred-10 GbE
  • Product:IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments 8.2.1 (Data Protection for VMware) Windows Multilingual
  • Part Number:M11DMML
  • Platform: Windows x64
8.2.1.0 Linux x86_64
  • vSphere 6.7 and 6.7.x levels
  • vSphere 7.0 and 7.0.x levels
  • vSphere 8.0 and 8.0.x levels
  • vSphere 9.0 and 9.0.x levels
  • VDDK 9.0.1.0
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.9
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.0
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 10.0
  • RHEL 7.9
  • RHEL 8.6
  • RHEL 9.0
  • RHEL 10.0
  • RHEL 7.9
  • RHEL 8.6
  • RHEL 9.0
  • RHEL 10.0
  • RHEL 7.9
  • RHEL 8.6
  • RHEL 9.0
  • RHEL 10.0
  • RHEL 7.9
  • RHEL 8.6
  • RHEL 9.0
  • RHEL 10.0
  • SystemMinimun - Intel® Pentium D dual cores & Preferred - Intel® Pentium D eight cores
  • memoryMinimum-4 GB Random-Access Memory and 4 GB virtual address space & Preferred-8 GB Random-Access Memory and 8 GB virtual address space
  • Hard diskMinimum-4.4 GB & Preferred-9.0 GB
  • NIC CardMinimum-1 GbE & Preferred-10 GbE
  • Product:IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments 8.2.1 (Data Protection for VMware) Linux Multilingual
  • Part Number: M11DNML
  • Platform: Linux x86_64
8.2.1.0 SUSE Enterprise Linux
  • vSphere 6.7 and 6.7.x levels
  • vSphere 7.0 and 7.0.x levels
  • vSphere 8.0 and 8.0.x levels
  • vSphere 9.0 and 9.0.x levels
  • VDDK 9.0.1.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15 SP5
  • SLES 12 SP5
  • SLES 15 SP5
  • SLES 12 SP5
  • SLES 15 SP5
  • SLES 12 SP5
  • SLES 15 SP5
  • SLES 12 SP5
  • SLES 15 SP5
  • SystemMinimun - Intel® Pentium D dual cores & Preferred - Intel® Pentium D eight cores
  • memoryMinimum-4 GB Random-Access Memory and 4 GB virtual address space & Preferred-8 GB Random-Access Memory and 8 GB virtual address space
  • Hard diskMinimum-4.4 GB & Preferred-9.0 GB
  • NIC CardMinimum-1 GbE & Preferred-10 GbE
  • Product:IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments 8.2.1 (Data Protection for VMware) Linux Multilingual
  • Part Number: M11DNML
  • Platform: Linux x86_64
8.2.0.0 Windows Server Essentials, Standard, and Datacenter Editions
  • vSphere 6.7 and 6.7.x levels
  • vSphere 7.0 and 7.0.x levels
  • vSphere 8.0 and 8.0.x levels
  • VDDK 8.0.3
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2025
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2025
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2025
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2025
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2025
  • SystemMinimun - Intel® Pentium D dual cores & Preferred - Intel® Pentium D eight cores
  • memoryMinimum-4 GB Random-Access Memory and 4 GB virtual address space & Preferred-8 GB Random-Access Memory and 8 GB virtual address space
  • Hard diskMinimum-4.4 GB & Preferred-9.0 GB
  • NIC CardMinimum-1 GbE & Preferred-10 GbE
  • Product:IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments 8.2.0 (Data Protection for VMware) Windows Multilingual
  • Part Number:M0TW4ML
  • Platform: Windows x64
8.2.0.0 Linux x86_64
  • vSphere 6.7 and 6.7.x levels
  • vSphere 7.0 and 7.0.x levels
  • vSphere 8.0 and 8.0.x levels
  • VDDK 9.0.1.0
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.9
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.0
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 10.0
  • RHEL 7.9
  • RHEL 8.6
  • RHEL 9.0
  • RHEL 10.0
  • RHEL 7.9
  • RHEL 8.6
  • RHEL 9.0
  • RHEL 10.0
  • RHEL 7.9
  • RHEL 8.6
  • RHEL 9.0
  • RHEL 10.0
  • RHEL 7.9
  • RHEL 8.6
  • RHEL 9.0
  • RHEL 10.0
  • SystemMinimun - Intel® Pentium D dual cores & Preferred - Intel® Pentium D eight cores
  • memoryMinimum-4 GB Random-Access Memory and 4 GB virtual address space & Preferred-8 GB Random-Access Memory and 8 GB virtual address space
  • Hard diskMinimum-4.4 GB & Preferred-9.0 GB
  • NIC CardMinimum-1 GbE & Preferred-10 GbE
  • Product:IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments 8.2.0 (Data Protection for VMware) Linux Multilingual
  • Part Number:M0TW5ML
  • Platform: Linux x86_64
8.2.0.0 SUSE Enterprise Linux
  • vSphere 6.7 and 6.7.x levels
  • vSphere 7.0 and 7.0.x levels
  • vSphere 8.0 and 8.0.x levels
  • VDDK 9.0.1.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15 SP5
  • SLES 12 SP5
  • SLES 15 SP5
  • SLES 12 SP5
  • SLES 15 SP5
  • SLES 12 SP5
  • SLES 15 SP5
  • SLES 12 SP5
  • SLES 15 SP5
  • SystemMinimun - Intel® Pentium D dual cores & Preferred - Intel® Pentium D eight cores
  • memoryMinimum-4 GB Random-Access Memory and 4 GB virtual address space & Preferred-8 GB Random-Access Memory and 8 GB virtual address space
  • Hard diskMinimum-4.4 GB & Preferred-9.0 GB
  • NIC CardMinimum-1 GbE & Preferred-10 GbE
  • Product:IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments 8.2.0 (Data Protection for VMware) Linux Multilingual
  • Part Number:M0TW5ML
  • Platform: Linux x86_64