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 An account activation link. The end user must click the link and set the password for the backup
account.
Important Administrators or end users must provide these credentials when installing the backup clients
on the machines that are associated with this backup account.
 A link to the backup management console login page. The end user will use this link to access
the console. The login is the email address the activation message was sent to. The password is
the one that was set in the previous step.
 Download links for the installation packages.
2.5 Installing software on the end-user machines
2.5.1 Preparation
Step 1
Choose the backup client and the installation package, depending on what you are going to back up.
The following table summarizes the information to help you decide.
What are you going to
back up?
Which installation
package to download?
Which backup client to install?
Where to install it?
Physical machines
running Windows
Installation package for
Windows
Backup client for Windows
On the machine that
will be backed up.
VMware ESX(i) virtual
machines
Backup client for Windows +
Backup client for VMware
On a Windows
machine that has
network access to
vCenter Server and
to the virtual
machine storage.*
Hyper-V virtual
machines
Backup client for Windows +
Backup client for Hyper-V
On the Hyper-V host.
Physical machines
running Linux
Installation package for
Linux
Backup client for Linux
On the machine that
will be backed up.
*If your ESX(i) uses a SAN attached storage, install the client on a machine connected to the same SAN. The
client will back up the virtual machines directly from the storage rather than via the ESX(i) host and LAN.
Step 2
Review the system requirements for the backup clients.
Client
Memory
Disk space
Backup client for Windows
500 MB
300 MB
Backup client for Linux
150 MB
200 MB
Backup client for VMware
200 MB
600 MB
Backup client for Hyper-V
200 MB
500 MB
Step 3
Download the installation package. Use the download link from your account activation email
message.