> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.zmanda.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.zmanda.com/zmanda-classic/installation-and-configuration/step-3-add-sources.md).

# Step 3: Add Sources

Data, data, data. You have a lot of data in a lot of different places. Whether your data is stored on a bare-metal Linux or Windows server, a VM, database, or file share, Zmanda has you covered. Follow along for how to add your data sources within the ZMC console, and link them to a Backup Set.

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See the below table for the sources supported by Zmanda. Please go see our full [compatibility matrix](https://www.zmanda.com/compatibility-matrix/) for a complete list along with version information. If you don't see a source or version that you are looking for, please contact <sales@zmanda.com>, and we will let you know if we have plans to support your desired workload.

| **Linux**                                                                         |                                                                                              |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <p>CentOS<br>Debian<br>Fedora<br>Oracle Enterprise Linux</p>                      | <p>Red Hat Enterprise Linux (server & desktop)</p><p>Rocky Linux<br>Suse Linux<br>Ubuntu</p> |
|                                                                                   |                                                                                              |
| **Microsoft Windows**                                                             |                                                                                              |
| Microsoft Windows Server                                                          | Microsoft Windows Desktop                                                                    |
|                                                                                   |                                                                                              |
| **Virtualization Platforms**                                                      |                                                                                              |
| Hyper-V Cluster & Hyper-V Windows Server                                          | VMware vSphere                                                                               |
|                                                                                   |                                                                                              |
| **Applications**                                                                  |                                                                                              |
| Microsoft Exchange Server                                                         | Microsoft SharePoint Server                                                                  |
|                                                                                   |                                                                                              |
| **Databases**                                                                     |                                                                                              |
| <p>Microsoft SQL Server<br>Oracle Server on Linux<br>Oracle Server on Solaris</p> | <p>Oracle Server on Windows<br>PostgreSQL</p>                                                |
|                                                                                   |                                                                                              |
| **File shares**                                                                   |                                                                                              |
| NFS, iSCSI, SMB/CIFS, NDPM, Lustre                                                |                                                                                              |


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