Product Requirements
You can install Metalogix Backup for SharePoint on any computer that meets or exceeds the hardware, software, and permission requirements. When you install multiple components on a single host computer, the computer should meet or exceed all of the requirements for the components.
Consider the following requirements when you install Metalogix Backup for SharePoint in a typical environment.
·Learning about the SharePoint requirements
·Learning about the Management Console requirements
·Learning about the Management Service requirements
·Learning about the Backup Service requirements
·Learning about the Self-Service Recovery feature requirements
SharePoint requirements
To use Metalogix Backup for SharePoint, you must have at least one Microsoft SharePoint farm installed and configured. The farm can be any of the following versions:
·Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010
·Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
·Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2013
·Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013
·Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016
·Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019
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TIP: To perform a farm backup, your SharePoint farm must have SharePoint 2010, 2013, 2016 or 2019 installed. |
Management Console requirements
You can install the Management Console alone or in concert with the other components.
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NOTE: If you install the Management Console with any other Metalogix Backup for SharePoint components, you must use a version of Windows Server. Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 can host only the Management Console. |
The computer where you install the Management Console must meet the following minimum requirements:
·2.0 GHz or faster CPU.
·2 GB or more memory. The required memory size varies, depending on the size of the SharePoint objects you back up.
·50 MB free hard disk space.
·Microsoft .NET framework 4.5.2
·Monitor capable of displaying 16-bit or more colors at a resolution of 1024 X 768 or higher.
·One of the following Windows 64-bit versions:
oWindows Server 2008 SP2
oWindows Server 2008 R2
oWindows Server 2012
oWindows Server 2012 R2
oWindows Server 2016
oWindows Server 2019
oWindows 7
oWindows 8
oWindows 8.1
oWindows 10
The Management Console user does not need to be a member of the local Administrators group.
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NOTE: If the Metalogix Backup for SharePoint Repository will be located on a SQL Alias then the SQL Alias registry should be created for both 32-bit and 64-bit operation with the respective versions of the cliconfg.exe tool. Otherwise there could be a SQL server connection error problem. |
Management Service requirements
You install the Management Service automatically when you install the other components. The computer that hosts the Management Service always hosts the Management Console.
The computer where you install the Management Service must meet the following minimum requirements:
·2.0 GHz or faster CPU.
·2 GB or more memory. The required memory size varies, depending on the size of the SharePoint objects you back up.
·50 MB free hard disk space.
·Microsoft .NET framework 4.5.2
·Monitor capable of displaying 16-bit or more colors at a resolution of 1024 X 768 or higher.
·One of the following Windows versions:
§Windows Server 2008 SP2
§Windows Server 2008 R2
§Windows Server 2012
§Windows Server 2012 R2
§Windows Server 2016
§Windows Server 2019
Permission requirements
The user account that you specify for the Management Service must have the following permissions:
·Must be a local Administrators on the computer that hosts the Management Service.
·Must be a member of the db_owner role for the repository database.
·To perform farm backups of SharePoint 2010, 2013, 2016 or 2019 farms, the account must be a member of the SharePoint farm administrators group.
You specify the database to use as the repository database when you install the Management Services.
In addition, when you install Metalogix Backup for SharePoint, the installer also assigns the permissions required to access the Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) to the farm account and to the account that you specify for the Backup Service.
For more information about the VSS permissions, see the Microsoft article Security Considerations for Requesters at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa384604(VS.85).aspx.