below are the details regarding backup gateway which is only says windows as supporting os , is linux supported to azure backup gateway to protect azure worklloads
but for media agent for saas support all the os
- Vaulter
Hi
For Azure Backup Gateways specifically, only Windows operating systems are supported. The documentation for Azure Backup Gateways lists the following supported Windows versions:
- Windows Server 2025
- Windows Server 2022
- Windows Server 2019
- Windows Server 2016
There is no mention of Linux support for Azure Backup Gateways. The documentation does not list any Linux distributions as supported operating systems for this role.
For on-premises backup gateways, Linux (Oracle Enterprise Linux 9.4, bundled in VMware OVA) is supported in addition to Windows.
For the MediaAgent role, both Windows and a wide range of Linux distributions are supported. This is a broader support matrix compared to the Azure Backup Gateway.
- Azure Backup Gateway: Only Windows is supported.
- On-Premises Backup Gateway: Windows and Linux (Oracle Enterprise Linux 9.4) are supported.
- MediaAgent: Windows and many Linux distributions are supported.
If you need to protect Azure workloads using a backup gateway, you must use a supported Windows operating system for the gateway.
Regards,
Kalaivanan.
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