Agent push install requirements

In addition to the items described in Windows agent requirements, the following prerequisites must be met before push installing the Windows agent:

Item

Description

Windows versions supported

Windows XP Professional, 2003, and up are supported (32- and 64-bit), with the exceptions of Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2. Windows NT and 2000 are not supported. For these versions, install the agent manually. See Manually installing the Windows agents for details.

Unitrends system version

Release 7.0 and higher.

Backup system installation type

Push installations are only supported on systems configured with the local backup system, replication target, and local backup system and replication target installation types (see About the installation type). Legacy vault and cross-vault configurations do not support agent push installations.

Credentials

Trust credentials must be defined for the client on the backup system. See Client trust credentials for details.

Windows environment

The Windows client must be configured as described in Windows configuration requirements.