SharePoint Server Agent: System Requirements

The following requirements are for the SharePoint Server Agent:

Application

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016*

Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2013

Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010

Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Standard and Enterprise

Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Standard and Enterprise

Microsoft Search Server 2010 Express

Microsoft Search Server 2010

Microsoft Search Server 2008 up to the latest Service Pack

Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express up to the latest Service Pack

Microsoft Office Project Server 2013

Microsoft Office Project Server 2010 (Project Server Service Application not supported)

Microsoft Office 365 with SharePoint Server

Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010

Microsoft Project Online**

*See Consideration for SharePoint Server 2016 at the bottom of this page. **See Backed Up and Restored Data for Microsoft Project Online at the bottom of this page.

Operating System

Windows Server 2019

Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Editions

Core Editions are not supported

Windows Server 2016

Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Editions

Core Editions are not supported

Windows Server 2012

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Editions

Core Editions are not supported.

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Editions

Windows Server 2008

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 32-bit and x64 Editions

Core Editions are not supported.

Hard Drive

Component

Space required

Software

1 GB

Job results folder

To calculate the disk space requirements for the job results directory, see Job Results Directory Disk Space Calculation.

Log folder

500 MB

You must consider the size of the index cache while deciding on the required hard drive space for Search Service Application restore.

Also, allot an appropriate amount of temporary space in the Job Results folder to accommodate staging of the Site Collections and subsites.

For Databases, Job Results folder size should be twice the size of the largest service applications database size.

For Documents, Job Results folder size should be twice the size of the largest subsite.

For SharePoint Online, Job Results folder size should be twice the size of the largest subsite.

Note

UNC paths are also supported for job results directory by the SharePoint Server Agent.

When assigning UNC paths, the designated directory must be ONE level below the directory which is shared for this purpose.

Examples:

\\machine1\<share_name>\job_results\ is shared. Then specify \\machine1\<share_name>\job_results\job_results_1 as the job results directory.

\\machine1\<share_name>\job_results\ is shared. Then specifying \\machine1\<share_name>\job_results as the job results directory is not supported.

Processor

All Windows-compatible processors are supported.

Miscellaneous

During the installation of this software component, the File System Agent is installed if it is not already installed. See the system requirements for the Microsoft Windows File System Agent.

.NET Framework

.NET Framework 4.0 is automatically installed. Note that .NET Framework 4.0 can co-exist with other versions of this software.

Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2017 is Automatically Installed

Starting in Service Pack 18, Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2017 (vcredist2017.exe) is automatically installed. If a computer does not have the latest Windows updates, the installation of Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2017 will fail in installing Universal C Runtime.

The following Windows updates must be installed to prevent the installation failure:

KB2919355

KB2939087

KB2975061

KB2999226

Updates are not required on latest Windows operating system versions, such as Microsoft Windows 10 and Microsoft Windows Server 2016, as these versions come with the Universal C Runtime already installed.

*Consideration for SharePoint Server 2016

For SharePoint Document backup set, we support only full backups. Incremental backups are not supported because incremental export of the site content is failing. We have opened a ticket with Microsoft to get this issue fixed. Ticket number is 116050914143126.

If you have to run incremental backups, you can upgrade to the SharePoint Server 2016 September cumulative update version.

**Backed Up and Restored Data for Microsoft Project Online

What Is Backed Up and Restored

  • Lists and libraries in Project Online Template site

  • Calendars

  • Deliverables

  • Issues

  • Risks

  • Tasks

What Is Not Backed Up and Not Restored

  • Projects

  • Timesheets

  • Issues and risks

  • Resources

  • Status reports

  • Strategies

  • Reports

  • Server settings

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