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# Installation

Follow the instructions in this section after you have verified [Component Requirements](/deployment/component-requirements.md), [Sizing Guide](/deployment/sizing.md), and the appropriate section of the platform to be protected:

* [Virtual Environments](/protecting-virtual-machines.md) (especially here, where a node sometimes needs to be installed within the protected environment)
* [Applications](/protecting-applications/applications.md)
* [Storage Providers](/protecting-storage-providers/storage-providers.md)
* [Filesystems with OS Agent](/os-agents.md)