Preparing to install SnapManager

Before you install SnapManager

Installing and configuring SnapManager are the final steps you take in the process that includes tasks to safeguard your current system resources and prepare your hardware and software for SnapManager. Before you begin installing SnapManager, ensure that you complete these prerequisite tasks.

For SnapManager to function properly, you must complete the stages of this process in the following order.

Step	Action
1	Verify your system requirements. For details, see Verifying system requirements.
2	Back up system resources. For details, see Backing up system resources.
3	Assess your volume space requirements. For details about how to evaluate your space requirements, see the SnapDrive 2.0 Installation and Administration Guide.
4	Configure your filer. For details, see the SnapDrive 2.0 Installation and Administration Guide.
5	Configure your Windows 2000 system. For details, see the Microsoft documentation.
6	If an earlier version of SnapDrive prior to SnapDrive 2.0 is installed on the system, remove (uninstall) the software from the system before you install the new software: For details about removing SnapDrive, see the SnapDrive 2.0 Installation and Administration Guide.
7	Install SnapDrive 2.0. SnapDrive is installed before SnapManager. Caution Do not begin the SnapManager installation process unless you installed SnapDrive and already created two or more dedicated virtual disks to hold the Domino Data directory, transaction log files, and SnapInfo directory. The SnapInfo directory and the transaction log files can be housed on the same virtual disk. Note For remote administration using SnapManager, you do not need to install SnapDrive on the remote machine. See SnapManager remote administration for details. For details, see the SnapDrive 2.0 Installation and Administration Guide.

For detailed information

For details about resource requirements, safeguards, and prerequisite tasks, see the following sections: