IBM Storage Fusion Services support matrix

Support matrix of IBM Storage Fusion services on the different deployment platforms of IBM Storage Fusion and IBM Storage Fusion HCI System.

IBM Storage Fusion
IBM Storage Fusion services support on the different deployment platforms for IBM Storage Fusion.
Note: In all platforms the Backup & Restore (Legacy) and Backup & Restore are only supported for storage classes that are CSI compliant and have volumeBindingMode: Immediate for backup to run successfully.
Note: For the Data Cataloging service to run successfully on all platforms, ensure that the storage classes have the following attributes:
  • ReadWriteMany (RWX) permissions
  • volumeBindingMode set to Immediate
  • AllowVolumeExpansion set to true
IBM Storage Fusion Services Data Foundation Data Foundation (Discover an existing installation) Global Data Platform Backup & Restore Backup & Restore (Legacy) Data Cataloging
Platform    
Amazon Web Services  
Self-managed OpenShift® Container Platform on Amazon Web Services Yes Yes No Yes (using Data Foundation) Yes (using Data Foundation) Yes (using Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) storage)
Amazon Web Services ROSA No No Yes Yes (using native storage class - gp2-csi, gp3, and gp3-csi) 1 Yes (using native storage class - gp2-csi, gp3, and gp3-csi) 1 Yes (using EFS storage)
             
Microsoft Azure  
Self-managed OpenShift Container Platform on Microsoft Azure Yes Yes No Yes (using Data Foundation) Yes (using Data Foundation) Yes
Microsoft Azure ARO Yes Yes No Yes (using - managed-csi storage class) 2 Yes (using - managed-csi storage class) 2 Yes
             
IBM Cloud®  
ROKS IBM Classic No Yes No Yes (using Data Foundation) Yes (using Data Foundation) Yes (using IBM Storage Fusion Data Foundation)
ROKS VPC No Yes No Yes (using Data Foundation) Yes (using Data Foundation) Yes (using IBM Cloud file storage)
             
Bare Metal  
  Yes Yes Yes Yes (using Data Foundation) Yes Yes
             
Linux on IBM zSystems  
  Yes Yes Yes No No No
             
zCX
  Yes Yes Yes No No No
On-premises VMware  
  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Note: 1 The native storage classes gp2-csi, gp3 and gp3-csi are supported if the user creates a new class based on those that has volumeBindingMode Immediate. The gp3 and gp3-csi classes are clones of each other, one can be used as a base to create a new class with immediate binding.
Note: 2 The managed-csi storage class is CSI compliant, but does not have volumeBindingMode Immediate. You can create a new storage class based on managed-csi and set Immediate binding mode.

IBM Storage Fusion HCI System
IBM Storage Fusion services support on the different deployment platform for IBM Storage Fusion HCI System.
IBM Storage Fusion HCI System Services Data Foundation Global Data Platform Backup & Restore Backup & Restore (Legacy) Data Cataloging
Platform          
Bare Metal No Yes Yes Yes Yes