Review the Prerequisites and Considerations

Verify that you have completed the following prerequisite tasks:

• Log into the Console.

• (Optional) Create data store to store the backup data.
• Review the prerequisites to back up an Oracle database.
• Review the Prerequisites to back up Microsoft clustered nodes and shared disk.
• (For backup of SQL when database is in full mode) Review How to enable log truncations when SQL Database is in full recovery mode.

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

The following prerequisites are for hardware snapshots:

• Install a VSS hardware provider that supports hardware snapshot on the Arcserve UDP Agents. A typical configuration of a VSS hardware provider includes:
• Specifying a server that controls the LUN.
• Specifying the disk array credentials to access the disk array.
• Note: For more information on configuring the VSS hardware provider, contact your hardware provider vendor.