Verify that your environment meets the requirements for protecting VMs in Alibaba Cloud.
Alibaba Cloud Accounts
Add a separate hypervisor for each Alibaba Cloud account.
Alibaba Cloud Zones
Deploy an access node in each zone that contains VMs that you want to protect.
Access Node Operating Systems
Windows
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Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Editions
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Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Editions
Note
Microsoft ended mainstream support for all versions of Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2—including Hyper-V Server 2012 and Hyper-V Server 2012 R2, and Core Editions—on October 10, 2023.
Linux
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Preferred: Alibaba Cloud Linux
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Supported:
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CentOS
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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Ubuntu
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User Permissions
To apply all the required permissions for backups and restores, use the alicloud_min_permission_policy.json file on the Alibaba command line .