Test Matrix rear 2.4

Test Matrix rear 2.4

We will fill up this page with tests we have done (and we accept input and feedback from the ReaR community).

Arch x86

Fedora29 (Fedora28 upgraded to f29 - using rear-2.4+ date 12 December 2018)

• Fedora29 with BACKUP=NETFS (using tar) and OUTPUT=PXE : test results at https://gist.github.com/28203b1bb8969345122f7cc3b8a5c269

Fedora28 (using rear-2.4+ date 12 December 2018)

• Fedora28 with BACKUP=NETFS (using tar) and OUTPUT=PXE : test results at https://gist.github.com/d03251478980839148229ac7e164211a

CentOS 7 (RHEL 7 alike)

• CentOS 7 with BACKUP=DUPLICITY (using the duply wrapper) and OUTPUT=PXE : test results at https://gist.github.com/17b481690c7eaaba11165aeb010aa4cf
• CentOS 7 with BACKUP=DUPLICITY (using duplicity) and OUTPUT=PXE : test results at https://gist.github.com/4f383510463e4c058d49da5d4ff7cf0d
• CentOS 7 with BACKUP=NETFS (using tar) and OUTPUT=PXE : test results at https://gist.github.com/fce4dabba6719a3f615cb8dc02a4c913
• CentOS 7 with BACKUP=BAREOS and OUTPUT=ISO : test results at https://gist.github.com/178504db0f6e0099848c2963ece81b6a

OpenSUSE Leap 42.3 (SLES 12 alike)

• Leap 42.3 with BACKUP=NETFS and output=PXE : test results at https://gist.github.com/6d8b2a1efe56a6ff85ac989911a3f590
• Leap 42.3 with BACKUP=BAREOS and OUTPUT=PXE : test results at https://gist.github.com/f5e9785fb6a6372760e8e18128bdca92

SLES 11 SP4

• SLES 11 SP4 with BACKUP=BAREOS and OUTPUT=ISO : test results at https://gist.github.com/1b315d355242ae10b76c542af2176b8d

SLES 12

• SLES 12 GA/SP0 with its default btrfs structure on a virtual KVM/QEMU machine with a single 20GiB virtual harddisk with BACKUP=NETFS and OUTPUT=ISO
• SLES 12 GA/SP0 with YaST's "LVM-based Proposal" on a virtual KVM/QEMU machine with a single 20GiB virtual harddisk with BACKUP=NETFS and OUTPUT=ISO
• SLES 12 SP2 with its default btrfs structure on a virtual KVM/QEMU machine with a single 20GiB virtual harddisk with BACKUP=NETFS and OUTPUT=ISO
• SLES 12 SP2 with YaST's "LVM-based Proposal" on a virtual KVM/QEMU machine with a single 20GiB virtual harddisk with BACKUP=NETFS and OUTPUT=ISO
• SLES 12 SP3 with YaST's "LVM-based Proposal" on a virtual KVM/QEMU machine with a single 20GiB virtual harddisk with BACKUP=NETFS and OUTPUT=ISO
• SLES SAP 12 SP2 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2) with its default "LVM-based Proposal" (that results a LVM-based btrfs setup with disabled snapshots) on a virtual KVM/QEMU machine with a single 20GiB virtual harddisk with BACKUP=NETFS and OUTPUT=ISO
• SLES SAP 12 SP2 with its default "LVM-based Proposal" (that results a LVM-based btrfs setup with enabled snapshots) on a virtual KVM/QEMU machine with a single 40GiB virtual harddisk with BACKUP=NETFS and OUTPUT=ISO

SLES 15

• SLES 15 RC2 with ext4 filesystem on a virtual KVM/QEMU machine with a single 20GiB virtual harddisk with BACKUP=NETFS and OUTPUT=ISO
• SLES 15 GMC with ext4 filesystem on a virtual KVM/QEMU machine with a single 20GiB virtual harddisk with BACKUP=NETFS and OUTPUT=ISO

Arch ppc64/ppc64le (IBM POWER)

RHEL 6 (ppc64)

KVM on Power

• RHEL 6.8 with BACKUP=NETFS and OUTPUT=PXE on a KVM/QEMU virtual ppc64le machine.

PowerVM

• RHEL 6.8 with BACKUP=NETFS and OUTPUT=PXE on a PowerVM ppc64 LPAR with NPIV multipathed LUN (boot on SAN).

Migration (restore to a dissimilar HW)

• RHEL 6.8 with BACKUP=NETFS and OUTPUT=PXE, from KVM (virtual disk) => PowerVM (SAN multipathed)

RHEL 7 (ppc64/ppc64le)

BareMetal (PowerNV)

• RHEL 7.4 with BACKUP=NETFS and OUTPUT=PXE, linux sw RAID1 + LVM on internal disk.

KVM on Power

• RHEL 7.4 with BACKUP=NETFS and OUTPUT=ISO on a KVM/QEMU virtual ppc64le machine.
• RHEL 7.4 with BACKUP=NETFS and OUTPUT=PXE on a KVM/QEMU virtual ppc64le machine.
• RHEL 7.4 with BACKUP=NETFS and OUTPUT=PXE on a KVM/QEMU virtual ppc64 machine.

PowerVM

• RHEL 7.4 with BACKUP=NETFS and OUTPUT=PXE on a PowerVM ppc64le LPAR with NPIV multipathed LUN (boot on SAN).

Migration (restore to a dissimilar HW)

• RHEL 7.4 with BACKUP=NETFS and OUTPUT=PXE, from KVM (virtual disk) => PowerVM (SAN multipathed)

SLES 11 (ppc64)

KVM on Power

• SLES11 SP4 with BACKUP=NETFS and OUTPUT=ISO on a KVM/QEMU virtual ppc64 machine.
• SLES11 SP4 with BACKUP=NETFS and OUTPUT=PXE on a KVM/QEMU virtual ppc64 machine.

PowerVM

• SLES11 SP4 with BACKUP=NETFS and OUTPUT=PXE on a PowerVM ppc64 LPAR with NPIV multipathed LUN (boot on SAN).
  Also compatible with SLES11 for Hana

Migration (restore to a dissimilar HW)

• SLES11 SP4 with BACKUP=NETFS and OUTPUT=PXE, from KVM (virtual disk) => PowerVM (SAN multipathed)

SLES 12 (ppc64le)

KVM on Power

• SLES12 SP2 with BACKUP=NETFS and OUTPUT=ISO with the SLES 12 default btrfs structure on a KVM/QEMU virtual ppc64le machine .
• SLES12 SP2 with BACKUP=NETFS and OUTPUT=PXE with the SLES 12 default btrfs structure on a KVM/QEMU virtual ppc64le machine.

PowerVM

• SLES12 SP2 with BACKUP=NETFS and OUTPUT=PXE with the SLES 12 default btrfs structure on a PowerVM ppc64le LPAR with NPIV multipathed LUN.
• SLES12 SP2 with BACKUP=TSM and OUTPUT=PXE with the SLES 12 default btrfs structure on a PowerVM ppc64le LPAR with NPIV multipathed LUN (boot on SAN).
  Also compatible with SLES12 for Hana

Migration (restore to a dissimilar HW)

• SLES12 SP2 with BACKUP=NETFS and OUTPUT=PXE, from KVM (virtual disk) => PowerVM (SAN multipathed)
• SLES12 SP2 with BACKUP=TSM and OUTPUT=PXE, from KVM (virtual disk) => PowerVM (SAN multipathed)

Unbuntu 16.04 (ppc64le)

BareMetal (PowerNV)

• Ubuntu 16.04.04 with BACKUP=NETFS and OUTPUT=PXE

KVM on Power

• Ubuntu 16.04.3 with BACKUP=NETFS and OUTPUT=PXE on a KVM/QEMU virtual ppc64le machine.

PowerVM

• Ubuntu 16.04.3 with BACKUP=NETFS and OUTPUT=PXE on a PowerVM ppc64le LPAR with NPIV multipathed LUN (boot on SAN).

Migration (restore to a dissimilar HW)

• Ubuntu 16.04.3 with BACKUP=NETFS and OUTPUT=PXE, from KVM (virtual disk) => PowerVM (SAN multipathed)

ReaR 2.4 on Power support Matrix:

Power \ OS	RHEL6	RHEL7	SLES11	SLES12	Ubuntu16.04
BareMetal		Yes			Yes
KVM Guest	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
PowerVM LPAR	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Migration	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes