Installing the Symantec VSS Provider

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Created: 2010-01-01

Updated: 2011-06-29

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The Symantec VSS Provider lets you fully protect VSS-aware applications. You install it from the Backup Exec installation media.

Table: How to install the VSS Provider

Step	Description
Step 1	Browse the Backup Exec installation media to the BE VSS Provider directory.
Step 2	Copy the .iso image to the ESX server.
Step 3	Mount this .iso image to each virtual machine to which you want to install the VSS Provider.
Step 4	From the virtual machine, open the CD-ROM, and then run BEVSSProvider.msi.
Step 5	Do one of the following: If you do not have Pre-freeze-script.bat or Post-thaw-script.bat files in your system root directory, copy these files from C:\Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec\BE VSS Provider to the system root directory. If you have Pre-freeze-script.bat or Post-thaw-script.bat files files in your system root directory, merge the contents of the scripts from the C:\Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec\BE VSS Provider directory to your existing scripts.

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