Before You Begin

Perform the following actions before you begin:

• Decide which roles to assign the hosts in your network, as described in "Planning Your Administrative Domain".

• Ensure that each host has a network connection and runs TCP/IP.

• If you are installing Oracle Secure Backup on a media server, physically attach the libraries and drives (if any) that you intend to make available for use by Oracle Secure Backup. Reboot the media server if required.

• Log on to your host as either the Administrator user or as a user that is a member of the Administrators group.

• If you are installing on a media server, disable any existing drivers for tape drives and libraries that you plan to use with Oracle Secure Backup, as described in "Disabling Drivers on Windows-Based Media Servers". Otherwise, these drivers will conflict with the Oracle Secure Backup driver required to support these devices.