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5.5 Backup client requirements
Each backup client (or remote server) requires the following:
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 with latest Hotfix and service pack
Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 with latest Hotfix and service pack (only for Exchange install)
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 with latest Hotfix and service pack (only for SharePoint install)
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 with latest Hotfix and service pack (only for SQL install). Symantec
Backup Exec Advanced Open File Option (lets you use snapshot technology to capture any files that
are open when a backup runs)
Symantec Backup Exec Remote Agent for Window Servers
Symantec Backup Exec Advanced Disk-based Backup Option (ADBO)
Symantec Backup Exec Granular Recovery Technology (GRT)
Host Integration Tools for Windows Version 4.7.1 or later (VSS provider). Use the HIT kit to install
Remote Setup Wizard, VSS and VDS Provider Services on the server, configure the server to detect
storage group targets, and install the PS Series MPIO Device Specific Module.
For each client volume that will be backed up:
- Persistently connect the server to the volume.
- Persistently connect (snap shot only) the backup server to the volume.
- If you want to use multipath I/O, set up redundant paths between servers and storage. See
the EqualLogic Multipath I/O DSM for Windows
Installation and Administration
manual for
information.
- Initialize the volume.
- Format the new disk.
- Point the client application to use the new disk.
- VSS control volume. The Host Integration Tools for Windows automatically creates this
volume.
Consult the
Network Connection Guidelines
at eqlsupport.dell.com (requires login) for information about
improving network performance between PS Series storage arrays and servers.
See the Symantec Backup Exec documentation for more information on backup server and backup client
hardware and software requirements, including the requirements for VSS. As application data grows and
storage capacity needs increase, the environment must accommodate changes without affecting users.
Storage used in an Exchange Server environment must be highly scalable to accommodate not only
growing numbers of users, but also the ever-growing amount of data each user needs to store.
Modular PS Series storage arrays provide easy, online scalability.