Windows

Vembu Client for File & Application Backup - Windows Installation

Vembu Client for File & Application Backup lets you protect critical business data across File servers, Application servers, and Endpoints. Create backups of your important Files/Applications data and have the backup copies on your onsite local storage.

The Vembu Backup for Files & Applications, one can protect his data granularly from Windows, Linux, Mac, and NAS. Users can also protect business-critical applications like Microsoft Exchange, MS Exchange Mailbox, MS SQL, MS Sharepoint, MS Outlook, and MySQL Servers.

The granularly backed up data can be restored both on the Backup Server and Client’s end.

This installation guide will give you a keen understanding of the step by step installation of Vembu Client for File & Application Backup in a targeted Windows machine that is to be backed up.

Information Note:

The Vembu Client for File & Application Backup was previously denoted as Vembu Network Backup Client; this note is to make sure that the previous version users are not confused with the product names.

Supported Platforms & System Requirements

Supported OS Platforms

 

Windows OS

(platforms that can be backed up)

Windows Servers

  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Windows Server 2008 SP2 & above
  • Windows Small Business Server 2011
  • Windows Small Business Server 2008

Workstations

  • Windows 10
  • Windows 8 & 8.1
  • Windows 7

Supported Applications for Backup

 

Microsoft Exchange Server

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2016
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2013
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
  • Microsoft Exchange Server DAG 2016, 2013, 2010

 

Microsoft SQL Server

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2016
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2014
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2012
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000

 

Microsoft Sharepoint Server

  • Microsoft Sharepoint Server 2013
  • Microsoft Sharepoint Server 2010
  • Microsoft Sharepoint Server 2007 (WSS3.0)
  • Microsoft Sharepoint Server 2003 (WSS2.0)

 

Microsoft Outlook Server

  • Microsoft Outlook Server 2016
  • Microsoft Outlook Server 2013
  • Microsoft Outlook Server 2010
  • Microsoft Outlook Server 2007


MySQL Server

  • MySQL 5.7
  • MySQL 5.5
  • MySQL 5.1
  • MySQL 5.0 

System Requirements

Memory

Minimum: 2 GB

Recommended: 4 GB

CPUMinimum: Dual-Core Processor
BrowserIE v11, Firefox v53 & above and Chrome v68 & above

Installation of Vembu Client for File & Application Backup

Step 1: Download the Vembu Client for File & Application Backup Installer for Windows from here - Download Installer

Step 2: Run the downloaded installer to deploy the client agent in the targeted machine.

The installer will check for the following prerequisite packages based on the OS type (32 bit or 64 bit) and will proceed to install them (if not installed previously).

  • Visual C++ 2008 redistributable packages x86
  • Visual C++ 2008 redistributable packages x64
  • Visual C++ 2013 redistributable packages x64
  • Visual C++ 2015 redistributable packages x86
  • Visual C++ 2017 redistributable packages x86
  • Visual C++ 2017 redistributable packages x64

Once the installation of prerequisites is completed, you will be directed to Vembu NetworkBackup- Client only Setup Wizard. 

Step 3: Click Next in the welcome window to begin installing the Vembu Client for File & Application Backup.

Step 4:  Read the Vembu Software License Agreement carefully as it contains important information about your Rights, Restrictions, Obligations, Limitations, and Exclusions. Choose 'I accept the terms in the License Agreement' option and click Next to proceed with the installation.

Step 5: The next step is to enter the NetworkBackup Client ID. By default, it will be your system name but it is recommended that you give your email ID, since it is globally unique. Click Next.

Step 6: Choose the installation option you want to proceed with: 

  • Typical -will automatically choose an optimized configuration for your installation.
  • Custom - if you want to change the default values.

Select the required option and click Next to proceed further with the installation.

Information Note:

We recommend choosing Typical as the installation option

Step 6 (a): Proceeding with custom installation will allow you to choose the installation type. You can install the Client for Windows Image Backup as

  • Windows application

(or)

  • Windows service

Step 6 (b): Proceeding further will let you configure the logon account for Windows service. You can either:

  • Log-on as a Local System Account

(or)

  • Log-on as a specific user (usually a user with administrator privileges)

Step 6 (c): Click Next to configure the installation location. By default the installation location is set to '<OS installed drive>\Program files'

Click the Browse option to configure the installation location. Select the required location and click OK. Once done configuring the installation location, click Next to proceed further.

Information Note:

At least 500 MB of free disk space is needed for the installation to occur.

Step 6 (d): Provide the login credentials for WebConsole access which is set as username: 'admin' and password: 'admin' by default. Click Next to proceed.

Step 7: Once done configuring the required options, verify the details provided in the final window, and click Install to install the Vembu Client for File & Application Backup (also known as Network Backup).

Step 8: At last, the Vembu Client for File & Application Backup (also known as Network Backup) installation wizard asks whether to:

  • Start Vembu Client for File & Application Backup
Open Vembu Client for File & Application Backup Web Console