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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ OpsCenter Administrator's Guide
  3. Installing OpsCenter
  4. About planning an OpsCenter installation
  5. About planning an OpsCenter Agent deployment
Veritas NetBackup™ OpsCenter Administrator's Guide

About planning an OpsCenter Agent deployment

Before deploying an OpsCenter Agent, you must decide if you need an OpsCenter Agent. To make this decision, you must examine the following parameters:

Do I need an Agent?

See When do you need an Agent?.

Can a single Agent monitor multiple product versions?

See Can a single Agent monitor different product versions?.

Should I install the Agent on the product host?

Should I install the Agent on a different platform?

See Where should I install the Agent?.

Quickly glance through the Agent deployment matrix

See About the OpsCenter Agent deployment matrix.

Caution:

OpsCenter does not support Backup Exec.

For more information on supported products and their versions, refer to the NetBackup Software Compatibility List at the following location:

https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/article.100040093

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