Prepare for a Hyper-V Agent deployment

Before installing a Hyper-V Agent, you must do the following:

• Obtain a Portal account for managing the Agent. See Portal for managing a Hyper-V Agent.

• Determine the destination vaults for Hyper-V backups. See Vaults for Hyper-V backups.

• Consider where to install Hyper-V Agent components to protect a Hyper-V standalone host or cluster. See Recommended deployment for protecting a Hyper-V standalone host and Recommended deployment for protecting a Hyper-V cluster.

For best practices in a protected Hyper-V environment, see Best practices in a protected Hyper-V environment.

For supported platform information, see the Hyper-V Agent release notes. Release notes for current product versions are available here.