In addition to the general Windows agent requirements described in Windows agent requirements, the following prerequisites must be met before pushing Windows agent updates:
Item |
Description |
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Windows versions supported |
Windows XP, 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. |
Unitrends Windows agent version |
Release 5.0.2 and newer. You must manually uninstall and re-install agents for clients running releases prior to 5.0.2. |
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. |