System Requirements for Ransomware Protection of DR Backup Folders on Linux

Verify that your environment meets the system requirements.

Operating System

The following versions of RHEL and their corresponding CentOS release are supported:

  • RHEL 7.6

  • RHEL 7.7

  • RHEL 7.8

  • RHEL 7.9

Programming Language

Python 2.7

Customized SELinux Module

If you already customized the SELinux module that is present on a Linux MediaAgent, then you cannot use the ransomware protection feature.

Packages

Upgrade the operating system to install the following system packages:

  • libselinux-python

  • selinux-policy-devel

Folders That Must Not Contain the DR Backups

Verify that the DR backup folder path is not in one of the following folders, which have pre-configured security policies that do not support ransomware protection:

  • /home

  • /var

  • /etc

  • /usr

  • /root

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