Chapter 3

Installing or Upgrading SnapManager

The following topics describe the procedures for installing or upgrading to SnapManager 2.1 for SQL Server and then starting the application for the first time. Other sections pertaining to tasks you might need to use at some point after SnapManager has been installed.

Installing SnapManager 2.1 for SQL Server

If you are installing SnapManager for the first time, go to one of the following sections, depending on your target environment:

If an earlier version of SnapManager is currently installed, go to the following section:

Upgrading to SnapManager 2.1

After you have installed SnapManager 2.1, start the application for the first time as described in Chapter 4, Starting SnapManager for the First Time.

After SnapManager 2.1 for SQL Server has been installed

If you want to remove all components of SnapManager, go to the following section:

Uninstalling SnapManager
Unless it is specified for a particular upgrade path or for a particular troubleshooting situation, you do not need to uninstall SnapManager before reinstalling it or upgrading to a newer version.

Attention
If you plan to reinstall SnapManager later, be sure to record the drive letter and path of your current SnapInfo directories. After you reinstall SnapManager, be sure to reconfigure SnapManager to use those same SnapInfo directory locations. This saves SnapManager's records of backups taken before you uninstalled and reinstalled SnapManager.

If you need to reinstall SnapManager (to fix missing or corrupt files, shortcuts, and registry entries), go to the following section:

Reinstalling SnapManager