Before you begin installing Snapshot Manager
Ensure that you complete the following before installing Snapshot Manager:
Decide where to install Snapshot Manager.
Note:
If you plan to install Snapshot Manager on multiple hosts, read this section carefully and understand the implications of this approach.
Ensure that your environment meets system requirements.
Create the instance on which you install Snapshot Manager or prepare the physical host.
See Creating an instance or preparing the host to install Snapshot Manager.
Install a container platform
Create and mount a volume to store Snapshot Manager data.
See Creating and mounting a volume to store Snapshot Manager data.
Verify that specific ports are open on the instance or physical host.
Note:
RedHat 8.x has replaced the Docker ecosystem with the Podman ecosystem. For RHEL 7.x hosts See Installing Snapshot Manager in the Docker/Podman environment.