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Overview:

Servers are critical to everyday business operations. When a disaster occurs—whether large or small—you need your systems and data up and running again as fast as possible so business can get back to normal.

Use StorageCraft ShadowProtect SPX to reliably backup and protect your Linux servers and, when disaster strikes, recover your systems and data in minutes.

Fast and flexible recovery starts with a solid backup. SPX quickly and efficiently captures sector-level, image-based backups of your entire system, including the operating system (OS), applications, settings, services, and your data.

With SPX, you have the widest range of options to recover quickly and ensure minimal business downtime no matter the scope of disaster you're facing.

With SPX, you have the ability to:

  • Create multiple full and incremental backup schedules to best fit your needs.
  • Customize your own mixed schedule of full and incremental backups at specified times.
  • View detailed information about your Linux backup jobs in an easy-to-use management console.
  • Mount a volume, restore a volume, verify a backup image, or use StorageCraft VirtualBoot technology to boot any backup image as a VM—all directly from the image chain browser or the patented job timeline feature.
  • Automatically verify, consolidate, and replicate your backup image files with StorageCraft ImageManager™.
  • Recover individual files and folders in seconds, without restoring the entire system.
  • Recover full systems in minutes.
  • Restore to the same or different hardware or virtual environment.

SPX includes:

  • Support for Ubuntu, RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and CentOS

Upgrade to StorageCraft Premium Support*

StorageCraft world-class premium support includes:

  • 24-hour telephone support for Emergency support issues
  • 24-hour online support for high, medium and low-severity support issues
  • Priority placement in support queue during regular business hours

*StorageCraft Premium Support is purchased on an annual basis as an add-on to the StorageCraft Maintenance agreement.

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No two organizations have identical IT environments or business needs, but what is consistent across all organizations large and small is the need to protect themselves from unplanned downtime—both everyday disruptions and major disasters. With demands for 24/7 availability and data growth skyrocketing, an organization's ability to quickly recover its mission-critical systems and resume normal business operations is crucial.

Organizations need complete confidence that their entire IT environment—whether it's Windows or Linux, virtual or physical—is fully protected and can be reliably recovered in minutes. Since you never know what resources will be available to you in a disaster, the flexibility to be able to recover anywhere, anytime, every single time is unquestionably vital.

The award-winning StorageCraft ShadowProtect SPX provides backup and disaster recovery, data protection, and managed system migration for Windows and Linux systems on virtual and physical machines. If you're working in a mixed environment, you'll likely appreciate being able to run one backup and recovery software solution on all machines.

The Solution

Fast, flexible recovery starts with a solid backup. StorageCraft ShadowProtect SPX is the cornerstone of the StorageCraft Recovery Solution, providing comprehensive backup protection, reliable recovery, and system migration in a single, cross-platform solution that supports Windows and Linux systems on virtual and physical machines. How it works:

  • Install ShadowProtect SPX on any server, desktop or laptop you wish to protect. SPX quickly and efficiently captures your entire system including the operating system (OS), applications, settings, services, and your data.
  • Take regularly scheduled backups as often as every 15 minutes. Create custom full and incremental backup schedules to best fit your needs.
  • Choose where to store your backup files. Write backup images to any internal, removable, or network storage locations.
  • Easily monitor and manage your Windows and Linux backup jobs in the same SPX user interface or through the web-based management console StorageCraft ShadowControl.
  • Rest assured you have multiple options to recover onsite and offsite in minutes. Recover entire systems or specific files and folders—all from the same backup image.

Use SPX in these scenarios

  • Performing bare metal recovery after a server fails or a hypervisor succumbs to malware
  • Restoring to the same hardware after a system error causes a server crash
  • Restoring to the same hypervisor after the hypervisor or server crashes
  • Migrating to new hardware or virtual environment
  • Taking continual incremental backups so the business never risks losing more than a few minutes of data
  • Restoring whole data volumes
  • Recovering specific files and folders
  • Managing a backup and disaster recovery solution within a mixed IT environment
  • Testing new applications prior to introducing them into your production environment
  • Testing your business's disaster recovery plan

Technical Information

These backup images include the operating system, applications, services, configuration settings, and data volumes.

  • For Linux systems, a StorageCraft-built snapshot driver ensures you swiftly get a solid backup every time.
  • For Windows systems, we leverage Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) to ensure solid backups, and our proprietary snapshot driver StorageCraft® Volume Snapshot Manager (VSM) makes sure those backups happen fast.

The award-winning ShadowProtect SPX gives you the ability to schedule backups to occur at regular intervals. Run the exact type of backup you want and do so on the days and at the times you want.

Once you have backup images, you have multiple fast recovery options.

Depending on the scope of the disaster you're facing, you can:

  • Rapidly access missing files and folders by mounting and browsing a backup image
  • Restore a Windows or Linux system to the same or different hardware or virtual environment in minutes
  • Use the included StorageCraft VirtualBoot technology to:
    • Boot a backup image as a virtual machine (VM) for a quick, temporary fix
    • Boot a protected Windows system as a guest VM on a Hyper-V host (requires Windows Server 2012 R2)
    • Boot a protected Windows or Linux system to an ESXi host in a VMware vSphere cluster
    • Opt to migrate the protected Windows or Linux system to the ESXi host in a VMware vSphere cluster as a permanent recovery solution

Features & Benefits:

Backup
Backup

Capture everything—systems, applications, configuration settings, services, data—so you don’t risk losing irreplaceable data, custom applications, or your operating system.

  • Execute a one-time full backup of a Windows or Linux hard drive that you can archive
  • Back up Microsoft SQL, Exchange, and SharePoint servers and other critical application servers, including updates in memory
  • Back up nearly any type of Linux server, such as web, mail, database, and file servers
  • Encrypt backup jobs to securely protect data
  • Save backups to any internal or removable drive or network storage device
  • Quickly view the size, duration, and type of each performed backup and monitor any issues from the patented job timeline feature in the SPX user interface
  • Manage how long you retain backup images when you need to save on storage space
  • Back up a non-bootable system before attempting a restore operation using StorageCraft Recovery Environment

Scheduling
Scheduling

Run backups regularly, even while people work (they won’t even notice), and you’ll never risk losing more than a few minutes of data.

  • Schedule full or incremental backups to occur automatically
  • Get complete flexibility in scheduling your backup jobs—for example, run backups more often Monday through Thursday, run fewer on Friday, and just one over the weekend
  • Create “mixed-mode” backup job schedules (a full backup followed by daily incremental backups until the next scheduled full backup)
  • Create “continuous incremental” backup schedules (a full backup followed by perpetual daily incremental backups)
  • Schedule incremental backups to run as often as every 15 minutes

Remote Management
Remote Management

Manage SPX-agent installation and backup-job scheduling on remote machines without leaving your desk.

  • Use the same SPX user interface to connect to machines running SPX, regardless of whether they are Windows or Linux
  • Install the SPX agent on a Windows server, desktop, laptop, or VM and create a backup-job schedule for that machine without having to visit it
  • Install the SPX agent on a Linux server or VM and create a backup-job schedule for that machine without having to visit it
  • Choose to receive email notification when backup jobs succeed or fail
  • Monitor SPX backup jobs on multiple endpoints from a single dashboard (available when you download free StorageCraft ShadowControl software)
  • Create backup-job policies and apply them to groups of endpoints instead of configuring each endpoint’s backup-job schedule separately (available when you download free StorageCraft ShadowControl software)

Testing
Testing

Run easy-to-execute tests on your backup images, and you’ll be sure your backups will work when a disaster strikes.

  • Verify the integrity of backup images through the image-chain browser in order to ensure they’re in a known good state for fast and reliable recovery
  • Mount backup images through the image-chain browser and look through files and folders (if successful, the backup image is healthy)
  • Boot a backup image to a virtual machine with VirtualBoot to test whether a restored system would function properly

Recovery
Recovery

Recover a file or a folder or restore a whole system fast, to the same or different hardware, and avoid downtime and its costs.

  • Recover a file or folder by mounting a point-in-time backup image from the image-chain browser
  • Restore an entire data volume from the image-chain browser
  • Quickly restore access to a database server by mounting a point-in-time backup image
  • Restore a system to the same physical or virtual environment (with the StorageCraft Recovery Environment)
  • Restore a Windows system to a different physical or virtual environment by using StorageCraft Hardware Independent Restore technology
  • Restore a Linux system to a different physical or virtual environment with boot repair
  • Rapidly boot a backup image as a virtual machine (temporary system failover) with VirtualBoot
    • boot an SPX Windows or Linux backup on a supported Linux version
    • boot an SPX Windows backup on a supported Windows system
    • boot an SPX Windows backup as a guest VM on a Hyper-V host (Windows 2012 R2 and 2016 required)

Migration
Migration

Move a system to a new machine without losing uptime, and do so regardless of your hardware choice.

Licensing:

StorageCraft licenses SPX on a per-system basis. SPX licenses are available for:

  • Windows physical servers and small-business servers
  • Linux physical servers
  • Windows VMs
  • Linux VMs
  • Windows desktops and laptops

A VM license is appropriately less expensive than a physical server license. Please note that a virtual license allows you to migrate or restore a VM to a physical environment. However, once restored to a physical system, the virtual license ends. Use a new physical license to continue to make backups in a physical environment.

Licensing options

StorageCraft provides the following licensing options:

  1. Annual subscription licensing
    • Choose a 1-year or 2-year subscription. Maintenance is included for the duration of the subscription.
      • For physical machines, we offer subscriptions on a per-system basis.
      • For VMs, we offer subscriptions on a per-socket or per-system basis.
  2. Per-socket perpetual licensing for VMs. Choose from:
    • Standard Socket Edition for organizations with more than 6 sockets in their environment
    • Essentials Socket Edition for organizations with 6 sockets or fewer in their environment
  3. Per-system perpetual licensing for virtual and physical machines
    • You can buy a single license for a single system or buy bundles of licenses with volume discounting to protect several systems at once. The first year of maintenance is included.
  4. Per-system MSP Subscription Licensing for virtual and physical machines.
    • MSPs providing protection for their clients can provide monthly subscriptions that auto-renew. The monthly fee includes MSP Portal access and maintenance.
License Type Description
Annual Subscription License StorageCraft offers licenses with one or two year subscription options and maintenance. Included with the license is access to updates, upgrades, and standard technical support during the subscription period.
Socket Licensing ShadowProtect SPX supports Socket Licensing. See the Socket Licensing Service page for details.
Perpetual License StorageCraft licenses SPX on a one-license-per-system basis. For example, to use SPX to backup 10 servers requires 10 server licenses. This is true for both physical and virtual environments.
Trial License StorageCraft provides a fully-functional Trial license for SPX which is valid for a period of 30 days. During the trial period SPX can create and restore backup image files for both system and data volumes. SPX can also restore specific files and folders.

After 30 days, the license expires and the backup functions cease to operate. Images created during the trial period are fully restorable if you have a registered (perpetual) license version of the software. You can download and use the StorageCraft Recovery Environment CrossPlatform to restore system volumes.

You don't need an active SPX license to use VirtualBoot or mount recovery points.

MSP  License StorageCraft offers an MSP License for SPX as well. An MSP license is a subscription-based model for Managed Service Providers (MSP). Refer to the MSP User Guide for details.

Screenshots:


SPX Linux scheduling options
SPX Linux scheduling options
PX Linux timeline
SPX Linux timeline
SPX Windows scheduling options
SPX Windows scheduling options
SPX Windows timeline
SPX Windows timeline

Technical Specifications :

Requirements and Supported Environments

Version support

  • Supported Linux Versions (64-bit)

Supported Linux Versions

SPX Driver Version 6.1.6 SPX Driver Version 6.1.4
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-642.6.2.el6
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-642.6.1.el6
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-642.4.2.el6
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-642.3.1.el6
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-642.1.1.el6
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-642.el6
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-573.26.1.el6
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-573.22.1.el6
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-573.18.1.el6
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-573.12.1.el6
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-573.8.1.el6
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-573.7.1.el6
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-573.3.1.el6
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-573.1.1.el6
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-573.el6

CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 3.10.0-327.36.3.el7
CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 3.10.0-327.36.2.el7
CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 3.10.0-327.36.1.el7
CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 3.10.0-327.28.3.el7
CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 3.10.0-327.28.2.el7
CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 3.10.0-327.22.2.el7
CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7
CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 3.10.0-327.13.1.el7
CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 3.10.0-327.10.1.el7
CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 3.10.0-327.4.5.el7
CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 3.10.0-327.4.4.el7
CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 3.10.0-327.3.1.el7
CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 3.10.0-327.el7

Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-102-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-101-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-100-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-99-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-98-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-97-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-96-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-95-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-93-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-92-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-91-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-89-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-88-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-87-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-85-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-83-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-79-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-76-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-74-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-73-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-116-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-115-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-114-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-111-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-110-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-109-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-108-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-107-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-106-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-105-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-104-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-103-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-102-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-101-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-99-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-98-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-97-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-96-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-95-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-94-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.4.0-47-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.4.0-46-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.4.0-42-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.4.0-41-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.4.0-38-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.4.0-36-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.4.0-34-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.4.0-31-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.4.0-28-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.4.0-24-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.4.0-22-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.2.0-42-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.2.0-41-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.2.0-39-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.2.0-38-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.2.0-37-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.2.0-36-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.2.0-35-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.2.0-34-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.2.0-30-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.2.0-27-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.2.0-25-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.2.0-23-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.2.0-22-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.2.0-21-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-66-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-65-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-64-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-62-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-61-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-60-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-59-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-58-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-56-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-51-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-49-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-47-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-43-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-42-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-41-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-77-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-76-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-74-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-73-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-72-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-71-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-70-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-69-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-67-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-62-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-60-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-59-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-57-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-56-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-55-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-102-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-101-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-100-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-98-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-97-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-96-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-95-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-94-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-92-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-91-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-89-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-88-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-87-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-86-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-85-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-83-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-79-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-77-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-76-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-74-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-73-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-71-generic
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-573.26.1.el6
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-573.22.1.el6
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-573.18.1.el6
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-573.12.1.el6
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-573.8.1.el6
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-573.7.1.el6
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-573.3.1.el6
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-573.1.1.el6
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-573.el6
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-431.el6

CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7
CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 3.10.0-327.13.1.el7
CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 3.10.0-327.10.1.el7
CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 3.10.0-327.4.5.el7
CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 3.10.0-327.4.4.el7
CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 3.10.0-327.3.1.el7
CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 3.10.0-327.el7

Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-86-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-85-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-84-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-83-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-80-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-79-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-78-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-77-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-76-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-74-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-73-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-71-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-102-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-101-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-100-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-99-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-98-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-97-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-96-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-95-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-94-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.2.0-36-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.2.0-35-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.2.0-34-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.2.0-32-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.2.0-30-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.2.0-29-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.2.0-28-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.2.0-27-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.2.0-26-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.2.0-25-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.2.0-23-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.2.0-22-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.2.0-21-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-59-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-58-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-56-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-53-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-51-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-50-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-49-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-47-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-46-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-43-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-42-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-41-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-71-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-70-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-69-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-67-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-62-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-61-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-60-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-59-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-57-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-56-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-55-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-86-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-85-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-83-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-80-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-79-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-78-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-77-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-76-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-74-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-73-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-71-generic
SPX Driver Version 6.1.2 SPX Driver Version 6.1.0
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-573.8.1.el6
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-573.7.1.el6
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-573.3.1.el6
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-573.1.1.el6
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-573.el6

CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 3.10.0-327.4.4.el7
CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 3.10.0-327.3.1.el7
CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 3.10.0-327.el7

Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-74-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-73-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-71-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-68-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-67-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-97-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-96-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-95-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-94-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-93-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.2.0-23-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.2.0-22-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.2.0-21-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.2.0-19-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 4.2.0-18-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-43-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-42-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-41-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-39-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-37-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-57-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-56-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-55-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-53-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-52-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-74-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-73-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-71-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-68-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-67-generic
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-573.8.1.el6
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-573.7.1.el6
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-573.3.1.el6
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-573.1.1.el6
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 2.6.32-573.el6

CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 3.10.0-229.20.1.el7
CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 3.10.0-229.14.1.el7
CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 3.10.0-229.11.1.el7
CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 3.10.0-229.7.2.el7
CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 3.10.0-229.4.2.el7
CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 3.10.0-229.1.2.el7
CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 3.10.0-229.el7

Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-68-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-67-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-66-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-65-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-63-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-62-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-61-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-59-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-58-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-57-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-55-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-54-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-53-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-52-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-51-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-49-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-48-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-46-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-45-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-44-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-43-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-41-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-40-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-39-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-37-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-36-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-35-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-34-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-33-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-32-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-30-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-29-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.13.0-24-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-94-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-93-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-90-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-89-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-88-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-87-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-86-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-85-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-84-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-83-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-82-generic
Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-80-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-33-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-31-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-30-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-28-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-26-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-25-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-23-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-22-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-20-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-53-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-52-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-51-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-50-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-49-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-48-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-46-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-45-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-44-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-43-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-41-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-40-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-39-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-38-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-37-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-36-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-34-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-33-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-30-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-29-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-28-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-26-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.16.0-25-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-68-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-67-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-66-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-65-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-63-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-62-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-61-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-59-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-58-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-57-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-55-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-54-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-53-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-52-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-51-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-49-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-48-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-46-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-44-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-43-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-41-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-39-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-34-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-33-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-32-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-29-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-27-generic
Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-24-generic

Hypervisor support

  • Citrix XenServer
  • Linux KVM
  • Microsoft Hyper-V
  • Microsoft Virtual PC
  • Microsoft Virtual Server
  • Oracle VirtualBox
  • ProxMox
  • Qemu
  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV)
  • Stratos everRun
  • VMware ESX/ESXi (including the free version of ESXi)
  • VMware Workstation

Socket licensing support

Socket licensing is available on:

  • VMware ESXi 5 and 6 with vCenter
  • Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 R2 and 2012 R2

NOTE: Socket licensing requires the installation of the StorageCraft Socket Licensing Service on a designated VM (Windows or Linux) in a given host environment. That VM requires Internet access.

System requirements

Requirements and limitations for

  • Linux Volume Architecture
    StorageCraft strongly recommends recording the disk partition layout and logical volume configuration when installing SPX. This simplifies the restore process using the Recovery Environment.
  • Console Requirements
    The SPX console requires an XServer GUI desktop environment. See the Remote Management section below for details on installing on systems which do not have a GUI install or the system runs headless.
  • Supported Kernel Versions
    StorageCraft continually updates this list of supported Linux kernel versions for Ubuntu and CentOS/Red Hat RHEL. A more automated approach is to follow these instructions to confirm that SPX supports the installed kernel version:
    • Ubuntu (64-bit)
    • CentOS/RHEL (64-bit)
    • CentOS/RHEL (64-bit) with EPEL repositories enabled and one of the supported kernel versions.
  • File Systems
    SPX supports these Linux file systems on storage devices:
    • ext2
    • ext3
    • ext4 XFS
  • Sector Sizes
    Contemporary hard drives and SSDs ship with a 4096-byte physical sector size. Most also support the 512-byte logical sector size. (These drives are often labeled 512e for "512 Byte Sector Size Emulation".) SPX supports backing up both 4096- and 512-byte logical sector sizes. In the unusual situation of restoring a partition/volume from one logical sector size to another:
    • 512 bytes per logical sector -> 4096 bytes per logical sector (and the destination does not support 512e)
    • 4096 bytes per logical sector -> 512 bytes per logical sector
  • VirtualBoot
    SPX supports various versions of Oracle VirtualBox including v.4.3.28. The Oracle website provides a download for VirtualBox.

Documentation:

Download the StorageCraft ShadowProtect SPX Data Sheet (PDF).

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