Prerequisite Installation Tasks

Before you install the application, complete the following prerequisite tasks:

Review the Release Notes. The Release Notes contain a description of system requirements, supported operating systems, and a list of issues known to exist with this release of the application.
Verify that your system meets the software and hardware requirements that are needed to install the application.
Verify that your Windows account has administrator privileges or any other equal privileges to install software on the computers where you plan to install CA ARCserve Central Reporting.
Verify that you have the user names and passwords of the computers where you are installing the application in your possession.
CA ARCserve Central Reporting application relies on the database configured in CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager. Confirm that the CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager details are correctly configured in order for CA ARCserve Central Reporting to work.