Review the Prerequisites and Considerations

Verify that you have completed the following prerequisite tasks:

Log in to 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 which 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.