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Installation Prerequisites

Before installing the CA ARCserve Backup Agent for IBM Informix, verify the following:

• Your system meets the software requirements needed to install the Agent for IBM Informix. For a list of requirements, see the readme file.
• You have installed CA ARCserve Backup and it works properly.

  Note: You can install the Agent for IBM Informix on the same computer as CA ARCserve Backup (the local computer) or on a separate computer (a remote computer).

• You have installed IBM Informix-Connect and it works properly.
• You have installed Informix Storage Manager (ISM).

  Note: ISM is an optional component in IBM Informix.

• You have administrator privileges or any other equal privileges to install software on the computers where you will be installing the product.

  Note: Contact your administrator to obtain the proper rights if you do not have them.

• You know the installation path. (You may use the default installation path.)
• You have completed the modifications to the Windows environment as described in Preinstallation Tasks.