Review the Backup Prerequisites and Considerations

Verify the following requirements before performing a backup:

• You have the supported hardware and software requirements for the backup node.

  Note: For more information about the supported hardware and software requirements, see the Arcserve UDP Release Notes.

• You have a valid destination to store your backed up data.
• You have the user names and passwords of nodes that you want to back up.
• The /tmp folder in the backup node has a minimum of 300 MB space. The /tmp folder is used to process the accumulation of incremental blocks.
• Perl and sshd (SSH Daemon) are installed on the nodes that you want to back up.
• The backup node can access your backup destination and you have the write permission.

• Review the Compatibility Matrix that provides the supported operating systems, databases, and browsers.

To rerun a backup job, verify that you have backed up the node before and you have a valid backup job.

Review the following backup considerations:

• To optimize the management of your Recovery Points, you should consider the following recommendation when scheduling the frequency of your backups:
• For systems that are protected with Incremental Backups performed every 15 minutes, you should schedule a Full Backup every week (to refresh your base image).

Note: If the amount of space used to store your backup images is a concern, you should consider scheduling your Full Backups less frequently to consume less storage space.