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How to Complete Prerequisite Tasks for Upgrading Arcserve Backup

Before you upgrade Arcserve Backup, complete the following prerequisite tasks:

Licensing

Ensure that you have the licenses that you require to upgrade Arcserve Backup.

System requirements

Review the readme file for a description of the system requirements for the computers where you will upgrade Arcserve Backup.

Upgrade requirements

Determine if you can upgrade your current installation to this release. If your current installation does not support an upgrade, you must uninstall Arcserve and then install this release. For more information, see Supported Upgrades and Backward Compatibility.

Note: For a description of supported platforms for all Arcserve Backup agents, see the readme file.

Arcserve Backup database

Determine which application that you will to host the Arcserve Backup database. Consider the following architectural criteria:

Note: For more information about Arcserve database requirements, see Database Requirements.

Arcserve Backup server type

Determine the type of Arcserve Backup server that you require. The installation wizard detects and analyzes your current configuration. Then, based on your current installation, the installation wizard then determines the type of Arcserve Backup server that you should upgrade to and the agents and options that you need to install.

If you plan to add Arcserve Backup servers to your environment in the future, consider the following server installation types:

Attached devices

Ensure that all devices, such as libraries, are attached to the Arcserve Backup servers before you start the upgrade process. The first time the Tape Engine starts after the upgrade is complete, Arcserve Backup automatically detects and configures the attached devices; manual configuration is not required.

In-progress jobs

Ensure that all jobs are stopped before you start the upgrade process. Arcserve Backup detects all jobs with a Ready Status and places them in a Hold status for you. If there are jobs in progress, Arcserve Backup displays a message and the upgrade process pauses until all jobs in progress are complete.