Does Commvault support NVMe-oF (NVMe over Fabrics, including NVMe over TCP)

Hi Thomas,

Arlie does make mistakes from time to time.
As per documentation, as long as VDDK 8.0.3 and later is used on a Linux access node then NVMe-oF SAN Datastores are supported. If you’re using a mixed access node environment, configure VM groups that are protecting NVMe-oF hosted VMs to use a Linux access node.

Hopefully this helps clarify.

Regards,
Jace

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Qn: Does Commvault support NVMe-oF (NVMe over Fabrics, including NVMe over TCP) for VMware?

ANS: Yes, Commvault supports datastores configured with NVMe-oF SAN (Storage Area Network) for VMware backups, but with specific requirements and limitations.

Key Points from Documentation

• SAN transport mode is supported for datastores configured on Fibre Channel (FC), iSCSI, or NVMe-oF SAN.
• NVMe-oF SAN is supported with VDDK 8.0.3 and higher using Linux access node only.
• The Virtual Server Agent (VSA) proxy must be a physical server with SAN access to the datastore LUNs.
• SAN transport mode is not supported for vSAN datastores.

Documentation Reference

"Datastores are configured on Fibre Channel (FC) or iSCSI SAN (Storage Area Network) or NVMe-oF SAN (Storage Area Network). Note: NVMe-oF SAN (Storage Area Network) is supported with VDDK 8.0.3 and higher using Linux access node only."

— SAN (Storage Area Network) Transport for VMware

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