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Ensure you have read all Release Notes accompanying CAST products for any last-minute information. In particular, please read: Supported Platforms, Supported Character Sets, Functional Information and Technical Information.

Ensure that the target workstation meets all hardware and operating system requirements (see Appendix - CAST Administration workstation installation and hardware requirements)

Ensure that your Windows user login on the target workstation has sufficient user privileges to install applications (see Appendix - CAST Administration workstation installation and hardware requirements)

Make sure that you can access any necessary network resources from the target workstation (such as a workstation hosting the Storage component)

CAST AIP is delivered in a ZIP file. Make sure you have the required ZIP file ready and unzipped to a folder on the CAST Administration workstation (it cannot be run from a network location). 

Make sure that you disable your anti-virus software prior to launching the CAST AIP installer.

Installation paths:

• The CAST AIP setup can only be installed to a local or mapped drive
• Paths starting with \\ will be refused by the setup and are not permitted.

Data storage paths / global settings:

• All paths are accepted and are never checked by the CAST AIP setup. E.g. local full path, mapped drive, remote location starting with \\ are all accepted. Please ensure that the current user has access to these data storage locations.