Installation best practices for Data Protector SharePoint Granular Recovery Extension

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Microsoft prerequisites (all part of the SQL Feature Pack) can be downloaded at following URL:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/default.aspx
To be sure that prerequisites are installed on all required systems (all WFE and CA systems) a
checklist is very helpful.
A checklist of the example environment pictured in above diagram would look like this:
Components needed on each WFE and CA Installed ?
CA WFE 1 WFE 2 WFE 3
Microsoft SQL Server Native Client
Microsoft Core XML Services (MSXML) 6.0
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management Objects
Collection
HP Data Protector User Interface
The prerequisites can be checked with help of Windows tools such as “Programs and Features” and
“Windows Explorer”.
How to check prerequisites on a Windows 2008 R2 system:
• SQL Server Native Client and SQL Server 2008 Management Objects Collection (SMO) can
be checked in Control Panel > Programs and Features
Figure 2: Programs and Features