Using Arcserve Backup in a Storage Area Network › Install the SAN Option › Installation Prerequisites

Installation Prerequisites

Before you install the SAN Option, verify the following prerequisites:

Note: Arcserve Backup supports libraries configured with one drive. If your library has more than one drive, you must license the Arcserve Backup Tape Library Option to enable multi-drive capabilities.

• Your system requirements meet the minimum requirements needed to install the option. For more information about installation requirements, see the Implementation Guide.
• Your system meets the minimum hardware and software requirements needed to install Arcserve Backup and the Arcserve Backup Tape Library Option (if necessary).
• You have installed all appropriate SAN hardware device drivers for adapters to access the devices attached to the Fibre Channel adapter.

  Note: For information about the SAN hardware and drivers, see the Arcserve Backup for Windows Certified Device List. You can access the Certified Device List from the Arcserve Backup home page.

• You have Arcserve Backup and the Central Management Option installed on the computer on which you want to install the option. In addition, if you have a multi-drive library you must also have the Tape Library Option installed. This computer can be either a local computer or a remote computer.

  Note: If these applications are not already installed, you must install them when you install the SAN Option.

  • These options (Central Management Option, SAN Option, and Tape Library Option) are all installed on the Primary server only.
  • There is license count for the Primary server and each SAN member server. There is one Central Management Option license for the entire SAN, and one SAN and Tape Library Option license for each server in the SAN (Primary server and all associated SAN member servers.)
• You have made a note of the default installation path.
• You have administrator privileges to install software on the computers on which you want to install the option.

  Note: Contact your Arcserve Backup administrator to obtain the proper privileges and information if you do not have them.

• You know the user names, passwords and IP addresses for the primary SAN server and SAN-attached member servers.
• You have all SAN hardware and related device drivers installed.
• The Windows backup server identifies all of the appropriate SAN devices, including the medium changer and tape drives.
• All SAN servers in your storage area network can communicate with one another by pinging each server by name or by pinging their IP address with the display server name switch.

  IP connectivity and name resolution among all servers participating in the SAN is essential. To ensure you have IP connectivity and name resolution, you may need to update the IP host file on each server so that the name and IP address of each server is present in the IP host file of all other servers. The IP host file on each server resides in \windows\system32\drivers\etc.