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vRanger 7.8.1 - Installation/Upgrade Guide

Introduction Before you install System requirements and compatibility Installing vRanger Upgrading vRanger

Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)

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Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)

vRanger uses the Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) to provide application consistency. To leverage VSS, the following conditions must be met:

The source server must be running an operating system that supports VSS quiescing. The following lists the supported guest operating systems:

NOTE: As per VMware KB article 60395, quiescing is not supported for Windows Server 2019.
For VM backups, you must be running VMware® ESXi™ 6.0 or later with updated VMware Tools.

 

Table 13. File-level quiescing

Server version

ESXi 6.0

ESXi 6.5

ESXi 6.7

Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

VMware VSS

VMware VSS

VMware VSS

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2012 R2

VMware VSS

VMware VSS

VMware VSS

Windows Server 2016

VMware VSS

VMware VSS

VMware VSS

 

Table 14. Application-level quiescing

Server version

ESXi 6.0

ESXi 6.5

ESXi 6.7

Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

vzShadow.exe

vzShadow.exe

vzShadow.exe

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2012 R2

vzShadow.exe

vzShadow.exe

vzShadow.exe

Windows Server 2016

vzShadow.exe

vzShadow.exe

vzShadow.exe

 

Installing vRanger

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vRanger installation overview

This version of the software can be installed on a physical or virtual machine (VM). When you complete one of these processes, three services are installed: Quest vRanger Service, Quest vRanger API Service, and Quest vRanger File Level Restore Service. The optional Quest vRanger Catalog Service may also be installed, based on your selections.

You need the following to install vRanger:

Installing vRanger

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Installing vRanger > Installing vRanger

Installing vRanger

The processes described in the following topics assume that you have already downloaded the vRanger software and saved it to an accessible location.

Setting up vRanger

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When the vRanger Backup & Replication dialog box appears, select the language for the interface from the Language list, and click Next.
3
When the License Agreement dialog box appears, read the license terms, accept the agreement, and click Next.

Entering vRanger service credentials

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Installing vRanger > Installing vRanger > Entering vRanger service credentials

Entering vRanger service credentials

The vRanger Services Information dialog box appears. Use this dialog box to configure the credentials that are used to run the services installed by vRanger.

1
In the Domain field, enter the domain in which the user account is located.

To use an account on the local machine, leave this field blank.

2
In the Username field, enter the username for the account.
3
In the Password field, enter the password for the account.
4
In the Choose Components dialog box, click Next.
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