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The diagram below illustrates a LAN-based and a LAN-free backup. LAN-free access to virtual

machines is available if you have a fibre channel (FC) or iSCSI Storage Area Network. To completely

eliminate transferring the backed up data via LAN, store the backups on a local disk of the agent's

machine or on a SAN attached storage.

Agent for ESX(i) (Windows) can be installed on any machine that runs Windows and meets the

system requirements (p. 14). Follow the instructions described in the "Interactive installation in

advanced editions" (p. 17) section.

During installation, specify the vCenter Server or ESX(i) Server whose virtual machines the agent will

back up.

You will be able to set or change this setting at a later time. To access this setting after the agent has

been installed, connect the console to the machine with the agent and select from the top menu

Options > Machine options > Agent for VMware vSphere ESX(i) (Windows).

Providing licenses

None of the installation methods results in consuming a license. The licenses will be required later.

Once you configure the first backup of virtual machines, one license will be assigned to each ESX(i)

Server that hosts a machine selected for backup.

If you have n ESX(i) servers, it is recommended that you purchase n Virtual Edition licenses and

import them to the license server or to the management server before configuring the first backup. If

you are planning to add more virtualization servers to your environment, upload a few more licenses