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title: "Before You Begin"
description: "Before you publish disks, check the following requirements and limitations: The necessary ports must be opened on the target server. For more information, see Ports. The target server must support the file system of the disk that you plan to publish."
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# Before You Begin

Before you publish disks, check the following requirements and limitations:

- The necessary ports must be opened on the target server. For more information, see [Ports](used_ports.md).
- The target server must support the file system of the disk that you plan to publish.
- If data deduplication is enabled for some disks in a backup, data deduplication must be enabled on the target server.
- You cannot publish disks from backups stored in the Veeam Cloud Connect repository.

For the full list of limitations, see the [Considerations and Limitations](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/data_integration_api.html?ver=13#considerations-and-limitations) section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.