Protecting Windows Environments

This chapter contains procedures for preparing and working with Windows clients. To protect Windows clients, lightweight core and bare metal agents are installed on the client machine. These agents are either installed automatically using the agent push feature, or manually in cases where the push feature is not supported.

This chapter describes push and manual agent installation procedures, agent upgrade procedures, agent uninstall procedures, and additional Windows setup and protection considerations.

See the following topics for details:

     Windows agent versions

     Windows agent requirements

     Push installing the Windows agents

     Manually installing the Windows agents

     Removing or repairing Windows agents

     Updating the Windows agents

     About Windows protection

Note: Please see Windows Instant Recovery, which allows you to create a virtual failover client (VFC) for instant recovery from a backup system on a physical appliance, replication target, or UEB.