Management Console Requirements
You can install the Metalogix Backup for SharePoint 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 4.0.
·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
The Management Service is automatically installed when you install the other components. The computer that hosts the Management Service always hosts the Management Console.
Hardware and software requirements for the Management Service
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 4.0.
·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 for the Backup Service user account
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, or 2016 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.
Backup Repository Requirements
The Management Service stores preferences and other information in a repository database. You specify the Microsoft SQL Server host for the database when you install the Metalogix Backup for SharePoint components. The SQL Server host that you select should be one of the following:
·Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
·Microsoft SQL Server 2012
·Microsoft SQL Server 2014
·Microsoft SQL Server 2016
·Microsoft SQL Server 2017
·Microsoft SQL Server 2019
·Microsoft SQL Server Express
·[optional] Latest version of SQL 2012 native client if TLS 1.2 or 1.1 connections are used.
Backup Service Requirements
Install the Backup Service on every SharePoint Web front end (WFE) server and database server in the SharePoint 2010, 2013, 2016 or 2019 farms that you back up.
Hardware and software requirements for the Backup Service
Any server that hosts the Backup Service must meet the following 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 4.0.
·One of the following Windows versions, either 32-bit or 64-bit:
oWindows Server 2008.
oWindows Server 2008 R2.
oWindows Server 2012
oWindows Server 2012 R2
oWindows Server 2016
oWindows Server 2019
Permission requirements for the Backup Service user account
When you install the Backup Service, you specify a user account that the Backup Service uses to access the farm. The Backup Service account that you specify requires the following permissions to perform backups and restores:
Windows permissions
The Backup Service account must have write permissions to the installation folder on the WFE and to the folder where you store backup sets. To perform Farm Backups of SharePoint 2010, 2013 or 2016 farms, the Backup Service account must be a member of the local Administrators group on the server that hosts the Backup Service.
On SharePoint 2010, 2013 or 2016 farms, the Backup Service user account must also be able to perform Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) operations on the computer that hosts the Backup Service. Normally, members of the local Administrators group have these permissions, but they can be removed by a group policy setting. If your group policy settings make changes to the local Administrators group privileges, you should ensure that the Backup Service user has the following privileges:
·Act as part of the operating system
·Backup files and directories
·Create a token object
·Log on as a service
·Manage auditing and security log
·Restore files and directories
·Take ownership of files and other objects
SharePoint permissions
If the SQL Server is a part of the farm, the Backup Service account must be a member of the SharePoint farm administrators group.
If the farm uses a standalone SQL Server, there is no SharePoint farm administrators group on the server.
SQL Server permissions
Metalogix Backup for SharePoint needs access to all SharePoint databases to perform farm content backups.
You should manually grant these permissions for the Admin Content and SharePoint Config databases to the Backup Service user account before you install the Backup Service.
For all other databases, you can manually grant these permissions, or the Backup Service timer job can grant the permission automatically.
When it runs, the Backup Service creates a SharePoint timer job. The job is named Metalogix Backup for SharePoint Confirm Backup Service Permissions. The Backup Service queues the job immediately when it creates the job. In addition, the timer job is scheduled to run at the beginning of every hour. Depending on the state of your timer job queue, execution of the timer job may be delayed. If desired, you can use the SharePoint Central Administration page to check the job status.
The timer job assigns the db_owner role on every SharePoint database to the Backup Service user account that you specify. In addition, the timer job assigns the Full Control policy for every Web application in the farm to the Backup Service user account.
The timer job ensures that the Backup Service can access every SharePoint database to perform backups. Normal SharePoint operations, including creating a new Web application or a service application, can create new databases. If you disable the job, you must manually assign permissions for the new databases or backups can fail.
When you perform an operation that creates a new database, you can use the SharePoint 2010, 2013 or 2016 timer job controls to manually start the job. You can also wait until the start of the next hour for the job to run on schedule.