Windows Requirements for AhsayACB

Requirements for Windows

Antivirus Exclusion Requirement

To optimize performance of AhsayACB on Windows, and to avoid conflict with your antivirus software, refer to the following Wiki article the list of processes and directory paths that should be added to all antivirus software white-list / exclusion list:

For mobile backups, the mobile backup destination must also be added to all antivirus software white-list / exclusion list.

Upgrade VMware Tools Requirements

To avoid an unexpected java crash, if the Windows machine is a guest VM hosted on a VMware Host, it is highly recommended that the VMware tools version installed on the guest VM is 10.3.5 or higher.

Below is the warning message that will be displayed if the version of the VMware Tools is lower than 10.3.5.

Network Drive Requirement

The login accounts for network drives must have read and write access permission to ensure that backup and restore would be successful.