Prerequisites

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Before you install IBM Storage Protect Snapshotfor Windows, ensure that your system meets the minimum hardware, software, and operating system requirements.

To run data protection operations with IBM Storage Protect server, you must install the correct product license in the correct installation directory. If you cannot configure the software, verify that the product license file is correctly installed in one of these directories:
  • For IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Microsoft Exchange Server, install the excclient.lic license file in the IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Microsoft Exchange Server installation directory.
  • For IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Microsoft SQL Server, install the sqlclient.lic license file in the IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Microsoft SQL Server installation directory.
  • For IBM Storage Protect Snapshot, install the fcmclient.lic license file in the IBM Storage Protect Snapshot installation directory.

The installation wizard verifies many of the prerequisites as part of its verification process. However, some prerequisites cannot be automatically verified, for example, the host bus adapter (HBA) or multipath I/O (MPIO) software that is required for your VSS provider.

In addition, the IBM Storage Protect Snapshot product comprises multiple components that support different operating systems, databases, and applications. Hardware and software requirements change over time due to maintenance updates and the addition of operating system, application, and other software currency support. Before you begin the installation process, always verify that your environment meets the hardware and software prerequisites.

For more information, review the Hardware and Software Requirements technote that is associated with the level of your IBM Storage Protect Snapshot program. This technote is available at this web page: IBM Storage Protect Snapshot - All Requirements Doc . Follow the link to the requirements technote for your specific release or update level.

If you are protecting IBM Storage Protect Snapshot databases on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and later versions, you must install Microsoft Windows PowerShell Version 3.0 or later versions. For more information, see Microsoft TechNet: Installing Windows PowerShell .

Installation process might require a restart

If you do not install all of the prerequisites before you start the installation process, the installation process might require a restart. As part of the installation process, one or more Microsoft C++ redistributable packages are installed, if they are not already installed on the Windows workstation. These packages can also be automatically updated by the Windows Update service. If the packages are updated, the update can cause the system to restart when you start the installation program.

Additionally, because the Microsoft Visual Studio C++ redistributable package is a shared Windows component, other applications that have dependencies on the package might be stopped or restarted by Windows as part of the installation or upgrade of the C++ redistributable package. Schedule installations and upgrades during a maintenance window when other applications are not be adversely affected if they are stopped or restarted when the C++ redistributable package is installed. Monitor other applications after the installation is complete to see whether any applications were stopped and not restarted.

Virtualization environment resources

For more information about the virtualization environments that you can use with IBM Storage Protect Snapshot, see this web page: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) and IBM Storage Protect™ guest support for Virtual Machines and Virtualization .