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July 2026

Changes Zerto made to the published documentation at help.zerto.com, newest first. See Home for how this is compiled.

2026-07-30 — 21 pages updated across 1 guide

New prerequisites and configuration steps added for VRA-Host network setup using vDS

Zerto Knowledge Base articles

How to Configure VRA-Host Network for Scale VAIO Setup — Added version numbers to the compatibility list for better reference.
How to Configure VRA-Host Network for Scale VAIO Setup — New section added outlining prerequisites for configuring VRA-Host network with vDS.
How to Configure VRA-Host Network for Scale VAIO Setup — Added instruction to use an existing VMware Distributed Switch that manages all hosts in the cluster.
How to Configure VRA-Host Network for Scale VAIO Setup — Added requirement to create a Distributed Port Group and configure VLAN ID according to customer's network.
How to Configure VRA-Host Network for Scale VAIO Setup — Added instruction to configure VMkernel adapters on all hosts before installing the VRA.
How to Configure VRA-Host Network for Scale VAIO Setup — Added instruction to disable the Isolated Network feature before VRA installation.
How to Configure VRA-Host Network for Scale VAIO Setup — Added note to install the VRA only after all configurations are complete to avoid manual edits.
How to Configure VRA-Host Network for Scale VAIO Setup — Added section on configuring the Host Communication IP after VRA installation.
How to Configure VRA-Host Network for Scale VAIO Setup — Added instruction to set the t_HostIpAddress tweak to the VMkernel interface's IP address.
How to Configure VRA-Host Network for Scale VAIO Setup — Corrected the wording of the sentence about the VMkernel port in the network.
How to Configure VRA-Host Network for Scale VAIO Setup — Added the source of the KB article to the metadata.

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Zerto Knowledge Base articles

2026-07-28 — 6 pages updated across 3 guides

Replication between VAIO and non-VAIO vSphere sites is now supported, but not with public cloud.

Interoperability Matrix

VMware Cloud Foundation VCF

Footnote 74 added to 4 entries (VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0.1, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0.2, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1) — "VAIO variant only. VAIO is only compatible with VMware-to-VMware replication. It is not supported for Azure, AWS or other non-VMware replication scenarios."
Footnote 86 added to 4 entries (VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0.1, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0.2, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1) — "Supported from Zerto 10.9.01"

VMware vSphere

Footnote 86 added to 1 entry (ESXi 9.1) — "Supported from Zerto 10.9.01"

Release Notes for Zerto v10.8

Release Notes for Zerto 10.8 — Replication between VAIO and non-VAIO vSphere sites is now supported in either direction.

Zerto Installation Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V Environments (9.7)

Installing a Zerto Virtual Replication Appliance (VRA) on a Host — A shared datastore is now required every time you deploy a cluster.

Other pages edited this day (4)

Zerto Installation Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V Environments (9.7)

interop-matrix

2026-07-27 — 1 page updated across 1 guide

Pages updated (1)

Zerto REST API for HPE Morpheus Software (HVM) (10.9)

[Zerto REST API for HVM.pdf](https://help.zerto.com/bundle/Zerto-REST-API-for-HVM/page/Zerto REST API for HVM.pdf)

2026-07-24 — 25 pages updated across 2 guides

Upgrade support for Zerto 10.8.20 to 10.9.01 and later is now supported, and new release notes and KB articles have been added.

Release Notes for Zerto v10.8

Release Notes for HPE Zerto Software 10.8.20 — Upgrade from Zerto 10.8.20 to 10.9.01 or later is now supported.
Release Notes for HPE Zerto Software 10.8.21 — A new page was created with release notes and company overview for Zerto 10.8.21.

Zerto Knowledge Base articles

How To Use ZPerf Testing To Optimize WAN Utilization — The note about the default TCP sockets was updated for clarity.
How to reset zadmin password of Linux ZVMA (Version 10.7 or lower) — The procedure for resetting the zadmin password was updated to reflect newer versions.
How to use Zerto Planner — The resource planning capability description was updated with a new heading.

Other pages edited this day (20)

Zerto Knowledge Base articles

2026-07-23 — 5 pages updated across 1 guide

Document titles and links updated for clarity and consistency across multiple pages

ZVM Appliance Installation and Deployment (10.9)

Converting an Existing Non-VAIO Deployment to the VAIO Variant — Link title updated for the Unsupported Features and Configurations page
Unsupported Features and Configurations for VAIO — Page title updated for the Unsupported Features and Configurations page
VAIO with Zerto — Link title updated for the Unsupported Features and Configurations page
ZVM Appliance Management Console — Link title updated for the Zerto Appliance Upgrade page

Other pages edited this day (1)

ZVM Appliance Installation and Deployment (10.9)

VAIO with Zerto: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

2026-07-22 — 7 pages updated across 5 guides

New release notes page and updated cluster configuration guidance added for Zerto 10.9.01

Interoperability Matrix

HPE Morpheus Software HVM

Footnote 84 added to 1 entry (HPE Morpheus manager 9.0) — "Support pending"
Added to the matrix (25, supported in Zerto 10.9, 10.8.11): CentOS, Debian 11.x, Debian 12.x, Debian 13.x, HPE Morpheus manager 8.0.13, HPE Morpheus manager 8.0.13-2, and 19 more
Added to the matrix (1): HPE Morpheus manager 9.0

Release Notes for Zerto v10.9

Release Notes for HPE Zerto Software 10.9.01 — A new release notes page was created for Zerto 10.9.01, including company overview and support policies.

Zerto Administration Guide for HPE Morpheus Enterprise/VM Essentials Environments (10.9)

Configure and Install Cluster Dialog — A new page was added explaining the recommended installation of VRAs on every host in each site.

Zerto Known Issues (10.9)

Known Issues — A new known issue was added regarding unexpected VM restarts in specific Zerto versions.

Other pages edited this day (4)

Zerto Administration Guide for HPE Morpheus Enterprise/VM Essentials Environments (10.9)

Zerto REST API for HPE Morpheus Software (HVM) (10.9)

Zerto API HVM.pdf

interop-matrix

Zerto Interoperability — HPE Morpheus Software (HVM)

2026-07-21 — 1 page updated across 1 guide

Updated error message guidance for handling unsupported VPG types in Recovery Plans.

Zerto's Alarms, Alerts and Events All Environments (10.9)

RPM0004 — Error message now references VPG name instead of VPG ID for clarity.

2026-07-20 — 20 pages updated across 1 guide

Pages updated (20)

Zerto Knowledge Base articles

2026-07-16 — 3 pages updated across 3 guides

Multiple API request body and response examples were updated with new parameters and structures.

ZVM_HVM_API.HTML.10.9

Zerto REST API for HPE Morpheus Enterprise/VM Essentials (HVM) — New request body parameters added for failover test success and summary.
Zerto REST API for HPE Morpheus Enterprise/VM Essentials (HVM) — New request body parameter added for checkpoint name.
Zerto REST API for HPE Morpheus Enterprise/VM Essentials (HVM) — New request body parameter added for reverse protection setting.
Zerto REST API for HPE Morpheus Enterprise/VM Essentials (HVM) — New request body parameters added for keeping recovery volumes and force flag.
Zerto REST API for HPE Morpheus Enterprise/VM Essentials (HVM) — New parameter added for VPG identifier in request body.
Zerto REST API for HPE Morpheus Enterprise/VM Essentials (HVM) — New parameter added for repopulate settings in query.

Other pages edited this day (2)

curated-support-notes

upgrade-gotchas

interop-matrix

HVM

2026-07-15 — 24 pages updated across 3 guides

New documentation for Zerto REST API for HPE Morpheus and advisory on Veeam backup job failures added

Interoperability Matrix

HVM

Newly supported (3): HPE Morpheus manager 8.1 (Zerto 10.8.11), HPE Morpheus manager 8.1.1 (Zerto 10.8.11), HPE Morpheus manager 8.1.2 (Zerto 10.8.11)

ZVM_HVM_API.HTML.10.9

Zerto REST API for HPE Morpheus Enterprise/VM Essentials (HVM) — New page introduces Zerto REST API for HPE Morpheus, enabling programmatic management of DR tasks.

Zerto Knowledge Base articles

Advisory: HPE Zerto Software - Veeam Backup Jobs Fail for VMs Protected by Zerto 10.8.11 / 10.9 on the HPE HVM Hypervisor — New advisory highlights Veeam backup job failures when adding HVM VMs to Zerto VPGs.
How to fix client.config error — Updated error message details for MicroK8s kube-apiserver port missing issue.

Other pages edited this day (21)

Zerto Knowledge Base articles

interop-matrix

HVM

2026-07-13 — 31 pages updated across 4 guides

Scratch journal hard limit and shared datastore requirements are now explicitly mentioned in multiple pages.

ZVM Appliance Installation and Deployment (10.0_U7)

vSphere Privileges Used by Zerto — New privileges added for managing vSphere tags and objects.
Converting an Existing non-VAIO Deployment to the VAIO Variant — Conversion procedure now explicitly warns of potential need for manual recovery if interrupted.
Keycloak Management — ZSSP realm added as an option for user login to Keycloak.
VAIO with Zerto: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) — Instructions added for assigning Zerto policy to protectable VMs.

ZVM Appliance Installation and Deployment (10.8)

Centralized Log Management — Log forwarding configuration now includes specific services being forwarded to syslog.

Zerto Virtual Manager Administration Guide Microsoft Hyper-V Environment (9.7)

Initiating Failover Live — Scratch journal hard limit now determines maximum scratch volume size and cannot be changed after test starts.
Moving Protected Virtual Machines to a Remote Site — Scratch journal hard limit now determines maximum scratch volume size and cannot be changed after test starts.
Cloning a VPG to the Recovery Site — Step numbering updated to align with revised process for selecting checkpoints.
Configuring Default VRA Settings for a Cluster — Shared datastore requirement added for deploying clusters.
Uninstalling VRAs — VAIO-based VRAs now require ESXi host to enter Maintenance Mode during uninstall.

Other pages edited this day (21)

ZVM Appliance Installation and Deployment (10.0_U7)

ZVM Appliance Installation and Deployment (10.8)

ZVM Appliance Installation and Deployment (10.9)

Zerto Virtual Manager Administration Guide Microsoft Hyper-V Environment (9.7)

2026-07-10 — 11 pages updated across 5 guides

New release notes pages and a Tweak Manager section were added for Zerto 10.9 and multiple versions.

Interoperability Matrix

VMware vSphere

Footnote 57 added to 1 entry (vCenter Server 8.0 U3j) — "Supported from Zerto 10.0_U1 P1 and later patches"
Footnote 55 added to 1 entry (vCenter Server 8.0 U3j) — "Supported from 9.7 U4 P2 and later patches"
Added to the matrix (1, supported in Zerto 10.9, 10.8.11, 10.8, 10.0_U7, 10.0_U6, 10.0_U5, 10.0_U4, 10.0_U3, 10.0_U1, 9.7U4, ARCH_10.0_U2): vCenter Server 8.0 U3j

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Release Notes for Zerto 10.0_U6P1 — A new release note page for Zerto 10.0_U6P1 was created with company overview and end-of-support policy link.
Release Notes for Zerto 10.0_U6P2 — A new release note page for Zerto 10.0_U6P2 was created with company overview and end-of-support policy link.
Release Notes for Zerto 10.0 Update 6 — A new release note page for Zerto 10.0 Update 6 was created with end-of-version support notice.
Release Notes for Zerto 10.6.30 — A new release note page for Zerto 10.6.30 was created with company overview and end-of-support policy link.
Release Notes for Zerto 10.6.40 — A new release note page for Zerto 10.6.40 was created with company overview and end-of-support policy link.
Release Notes for Zerto 10.6.50 — A new release note page for Zerto 10.6.50 was created with company overview and end-of-support policy link.

Release Notes for Zerto v10.9

Release Notes for HPE Zerto Software 10.9 — A new release note page for Zerto 10.9 was created with company overview and support policies.

ZVM Appliance Installation and Deployment (10.9)

Tweak Manager — A new Tweak Manager section was added for advanced Zerto configuration settings.

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ZVM Appliance Installation and Deployment (10.9)

Common Operations

curated-capabilities

zerto-platform-capabilities

interop-matrix

Zerto Interoperability — VMware vSphere

2026-07-09 — 23 pages updated across 3 guides

Zerto updated documentation for ZSSP login, VRA installation, network configuration, and pairing rules.

ZVM Appliance Installation and Deployment (10.8)

Appliance Manager Menu — ICMP Echo (Ping) Management is now labeled as a single item in the menu.
Pairing and Unpairing Sites — New pairing rules added, including version compatibility and Hyper-V exceptions.

ZVM Appliance Installation and Deployment (10.9)

Centralized Log Management — New section added about log data forwarded to syslog from ZVM services.
Configuring the Network via API — New page added for configuring the ZVM network via API.

Zerto Cloud Manager Administration Guide Cloud Environments (10.0_U7)

Access the Zerto Self-service Portal as a Standalone Portal — ZORG name is no longer required for ZSSP login before the VPGs tab is displayed.
Defining ZORG Resources — New section added about available resource types for ZORG, including vCenter environments.
Configure and Install VRA Dialog — Shared datastore requirement added for deploying a cluster with VRA.
Introduction to the Zerto Solution for Cloud — Interoperability Matrix link updated to a new URL.

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ZVM Appliance Installation and Deployment (10.8)

ZVM Appliance Installation and Deployment (10.9)

Zerto Cloud Manager Administration Guide Cloud Environments (10.0_U7)

Installing Virtual Replication Appliances on Hosts in Cloud Sites

2026-07-08 — 34 pages updated across 2 guides

New menu options and configuration changes for Zerto Linux appliance and supportability features added

ZVM Appliance Installation and Deployment (10.8)

Appliance Manager Menu — New menu option '11. AUDITD Management' added for enabling or disabling AUDITD monitoring.
Appliance Manager Menu — New menu option '12. Supportability' added for support-related settings.
Appliance Manager Menu — Updated image and text for ICMP Echo (Ping) Management section.
Increasing Disk Size in ZVMA — Instructions added for installing lsscsi if the command fails during disk resizing.
Pairing Matrix — Note added about pairing sites with multiple licenses running version 10.9 or later.
Configuring Network Interfaces in Version 10.8 — Instructions updated to use Netplan configuration for network interfaces.
Revision History ZVMA — New CLI option for AUDITD enablement and database reconfiguration added in version 10.9.
Using ZSSP APIs — New section added explaining API visibility and permissions for ZSSP users.
ZVM Appliance Post-deployment Configuration — New option added for reconfiguring from external to external database.

Zerto Knowledge Base articles

How to add Zerto Replication Component to a Storage Policy — New KB article added on how to add Zerto Replication Component to a storage policy.

Other pages edited this day (26)

ZVM Appliance Installation and Deployment (10.8)

Zerto Knowledge Base articles

2026-07-07 — 34 pages updated across 8 guides

Pages updated (34)

Azure Zerto Cloud Appliance Linux: Installation and Deployment (10.8)

Azure Zerto Cloud Appliance Linux: Installation and Deployment (10.9)

ZVM Appliance Installation and Deployment (10.8)

Zerto Virtual Manager Administration Guide Microsoft Azure Environments (10.8)

Zerto Virtual Manager Administration Guide Microsoft Azure Environments (10.9)

Zerto's Alarms, Alerts and Events All Environments (10.9)

curated-pairing

zerto-pairing-rules

interop-matrix

Zerto Interoperability — VMware vSphere

2026-07-06 — 79 pages updated across 2 guides

New Azure limitations for Linux VMs with static IP, scratch journal changes, and temporary volumes added in Azure VMs.

Zerto Virtual Manager Administration Guide Microsoft Azure Environments (10.0_U2)

Moving Protected Virtual Machines to a Remote Site — Failing over Linux VMs with static IP is not supported due to an Azure limitation.
Moving Protected Virtual Machines to a Remote Site — Scratch volumes are now determined by the scratch journal hard limit, not the journal size hard limit.
Moving Protected Virtual Machines to a Remote Site — Scratch volumes now reside on the storage defined for the scratch journal, not the journal.
Initiating Failover Live — Multi-volume consistent checkpoints are available via a feature flag once Microsoft APIs are deployed.
Cloning a VPG to the Recovery Site — Azure VMs now have a temporary volume automatically, with size depending on the instance size.
Configuring Virtual Protection Groups — VPGs can now be created at the protected site or recovery site, not only on-premises or AWS.
Initiating a Failback (Move) — Reverse Protection with One-to-Many is not supported during failback move operations.
Advanced Journal Settings Dialog — Scratch journal datastore now has a specific definition for where scratch journals are stored.
Site Information Dialog — Azure-specific fields like Subscription and Resource Name are now displayed in site settings.
Advanced VM Replication Settings Dialog — Scratch journal datastore now has a specific definition for where scratch journals are stored.
Editing a VPG — Changes to VPG settings apply only to new virtual machines, not existing ones.

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Product Version Lifecycle Matrix for Zerto (10.9)

Product Version Lifecycle Matrix for Zerto

Zerto Virtual Manager Administration Guide Microsoft Azure Environments (10.0_U2)

2026-07-03 — 145 pages updated across 14 guides

Azure permissions and deployment instructions updated for Zerto Cloud Appliance and ZVM

Azure Zerto Cloud Appliance Linux: Installation and Deployment (10.0_U5)

Azure Permissions Requirements — New Azure role 'Zerto Admin Role 9.7 and above' added with updated permissions and scope
Azure ZCA Linux Deployment — Updated image links and instructions for assigning a User Managed Identity during deployment
Prerequisites and Requirements for Azure — Updated network access requirements for Azure, including new endpoints and format changes
Log Collection in Azure Linux Zerto Cloud Appliance — Added note about log collection behavior and links to external resources for log collection

Azure Zerto Cloud Appliance Linux: Installation and Deployment (10.8)

Assigning a User Assigned Managed Identity to the Azure Linux ZCA — Updated instructions for assigning a User Assigned Managed Identity with new navigation path
Creating a User Assigned Managed Identity — Updated table with clearer descriptions for creating a User Assigned Managed Identity
Setting the Role on a User Assigned Managed Identity — Updated steps for assigning roles to User Assigned Managed Identity with new navigation instructions

ZVM Appliance Installation and Deployment (10.0_U6)

vSphere Privileges Used by Zerto — Updated vSphere privilege descriptions to reflect ZVM appliances and service account usage
Obtaining a Keycloak Token to Use in API Tools — Added new scope options for Zerto Self-service Portal users in Keycloak token configuration

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Azure Linux ZCA Migration Utility

Executing the Script

Azure Scale Guide

Azure Sizing Limits

Azure Zerto Cloud Appliance Linux: Installation and Deployment (10.0_U5)

Azure Zerto Cloud Appliance Linux: Installation and Deployment (10.0_U6)

Azure ZCA Linux Deployment

Azure Zerto Cloud Appliance Linux: Installation and Deployment (10.8)

Azure Zerto Cloud Appliance Linux: Installation and Deployment (10.9)

ZVM Appliance Installation and Deployment (10.0_U6)

ZVM Appliance Installation and Deployment (10.0_U7)

Zerto Administration Guide for HPE Morpheus Enterprise/VM Essentials Environments (10.9)

Zerto Installation Guide for Microsoft Azure Environments on Windows (10.0_U1)

Zerto Virtual Manager Administration Guide Microsoft Azure Environments (10.9)

2026-07-01 — 110 pages updated across 15 guides

Changes to Azure permissions, deployment instructions, and scratch volume behavior in Zerto documentation

Azure Zerto Cloud Appliance Linux: Installation and Deployment (10.0_U4)

Azure Permissions Requirements — Updated link to Zerto's Knowledge Base article for creating a custom role in Azure.
Azure Permissions Requirements — Modified permissions list for the custom role, including new and updated permissions.
Azure ZCA Linux Deployment — Updated image link for the Zerto Marketplace deployment guide.
Prerequisites and Requirements for Azure — Updated requirement for public internet access during Zerto deployment.

Zerto Virtual Manager Administration Guide vSphere Environments (10.0)

Initiating Failover Live — Modified description of scratch volumes and their limits during failover testing.
Moving Protected Virtual Machines to a Remote Site — Modified description of scratch volumes and their limits during move operations.

Zerto Virtual Manager Administration Guide vSphere Environments (10.0_U1)

Initiating Failover Live — Modified description of scratch volumes and their limits during failover testing.
Moving Protected Virtual Machines to a Remote Site — Modified description of scratch volumes and their limits during move operations.

Zerto Virtual Manager Administration Guide vSphere Environments (10.0_U2)

Initiating Failover Live — Modified description of scratch volumes and their limits during failover testing.
Moving Protected Virtual Machines to a Remote Site — Modified description of scratch volumes and their limits during move operations.

Zerto Virtual Manager Administration Guide vSphere Environments (10.0_U3)

Initiating Failover Live — Modified description of scratch volumes and their limits during failover testing.
Moving Protected Virtual Machines to a Remote Site — Modified description of scratch volumes and their limits during move operations.

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Admin.VC.HTML.10.8

Azure Zerto Cloud Appliance Linux: Installation and Deployment (10.0_U4)

Scale and Benchmarking Guide for Zerto 10.9

ZVM Appliance Installation and Deployment (10.9)

Replacing and Updating the ZVM Appliance UI Certificate (Reverse Proxy)

Zerto Virtual Manager Administration Guide vSphere Environments (10.0)

Zerto Virtual Manager Administration Guide vSphere Environments (10.0_U1)

Zerto Virtual Manager Administration Guide vSphere Environments (10.0_U2)

Zerto Virtual Manager Administration Guide vSphere Environments (10.0_U3)

Zerto Virtual Manager Administration Guide vSphere Environments (10.0_U4)

Zerto Virtual Manager Administration Guide vSphere Environments (10.0_U5)

Zerto Virtual Manager Administration Guide vSphere Environments (10.0_U6)

Zerto Virtual Manager Administration Guide vSphere Environments (10.0_U7)

Zerto Virtual Manager Administration Guide vSphere Environments v10.9

Zerto docs changelog

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