Introducing CA ARCserve Backup Agents and Options › Using Agents › Agent for Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service › Installing the Client and the Option › System Requirements

System Requirements

Ensure that you have met all of the prerequisites and have all of the information you need to complete the installation before you begin:

• Verify that your system meets the minimum requirements to install the client and the option. For a list of system requirements, see the readme file. Check the CA web site for any updates to the requirements, as well as a list of the currently supported hardware-based Providers and disk array devices used by the option.
• Verify that you have root user privileges or the proper authority to install software on the computer on which you are installing the client or the option.

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

• Make a note of the name and password of the computer on which you are installing the client or the option.