User-Deployed SaaS Connector Requirements

Before deploying the SaaS Connector, review and understand the following requirements:

Supported Sources

You can deploy SaaS Connectors manually on the following sources:

• VMware VMs
• VMware Cloud on AWS
• Hyper-V VMs
• Physical Server
• NAS
• Oracle
• Microsoft SQL Server

User-Deployed SaaS Connector System Prerequisites

Ensure that the SaaS Connector VM that you deploy for your SaaS Connection meets the following system requirements:

• 4 CPUs

• 10 GB RAM

• Disk space

  • 50 GB for VMware

  • 40 GB for Hyper-V

• Outbound Internet connection

SaaS Connector Sizing Recommendations

We recommend that you have one SaaS Connector for each 160 VMs or 16 TB of source data. If you have more data, we recommend that you stagger their first full backups.

These requirements are subject to change.

Check Firewall Ports

Ensure that the ports listed in the SaaS Connector Management section in the Firewall Ports for User-Deployed SaaS Connectors topic are open in your firewall to allow communication between the Cohesity SaaS Connector(s) and Cohesity Cloud Services.

These firewall rules allow outgoing traffic from a SaaS Connector to the Cohesity DataProtect as a Service endpoint. The SaaS Connector opens a secure encrypted gRPC tunnel to the endpoint and uses it for both backup and recovery traffic.

The connectivity status between a SaaS Connection and the Cohesity DataProtect as a Service is displayed both in the SaaS Connection and the Cohesity DataProtect as a Servicedashboard.