Dell DL1000 Appliance Deployment Guide - Page 34

Deploying the Rapid Recovery Agent software to one or more machines

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When the installation is complete, the Completed page appears. Skip to Step 12. . 12. On the Completed page, if you see a message indicating that the system must be restarted before the installation takes effect, perform one of the following steps: • To restart now, select Yes, I want to restart my computer now. • To restart later, clear the Yes, I want to restart my computer now option. 13. On the Completed page, click Finish. The installer wizard closes, and the Agent installation is complete. Deploying the Rapid Recovery Agent software to one or more machines You can simplify the task of deploying the Rapid Recovery Agent software to one or more Windows machines by using the Deploy Agent Software Wizard. NOTE: In the past, this feature was referred to as "bulk deploy." When you use the Deploy Agent Software Wizard, Rapid Recovery can automatically detect machines on a host and let you select the machines to which you want to deploy. For machines on domains or hosts other than Active Directory or vCenter or ESX(i), you can manually connect to individual machines by using their IP addresses and the appropriate credentials. You can also push upgrades of the software to machines that the local Rapid Recovery Core already protects. From within the Core Console, you can complete any of the following tasks: • Deploying to machines on an Active Directory domain • Deploying to machines on a VMware vCenter/ESX(i) virtual host NOTE: Dell recommends limiting the number of machines to which you deploy simultaneously to 50 or fewer, to preclude experiencing resource constraints that may cause the deploy operation to fail. Installing Microsoft Windows agents at the client To install the agents: 1. Verify that the client has the Microsoft .NET 4 framework installed: a. On the client, start the Windows Server Manager. b. Click Configuration → Services. c. Ensure that Microsoft .NET Framework appears in the list of services. If it is not installed, you can get a copy from microsoft.com. 2. Install the agent: a. On your appliance, share the directory C:\Program Files\AppRecovery to the client(s) you plan to back up. b. On the client system, map a drive to C:\Program Files\AppRecovery on your DL appliance. c. On the client system, open the C:\Program Files\AppRecovery directory and double-click the correct agent for the client system to begin the installation. 34

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When the installation is complete, the
Completed
page appears. Skip to Step 12. .
12.
On the
Completed
page, if you see a message indicating that the system must be restarted before
the installation takes effect, perform one of the following steps:
To restart now, select
Yes, I want to restart my computer now.
To restart later, clear the
Yes, I want to restart my computer now
option.
13.
On the
Completed
page, click
Finish.
The installer wizard closes, and the Agent installation is complete.
Deploying the Rapid Recovery Agent software to one or more machines
You can simplify the task of deploying the Rapid Recovery Agent software to one or more Windows
machines by using the Deploy Agent Software Wizard.
NOTE:
In the past, this feature was referred to as "bulk deploy."
When you use the Deploy Agent Software Wizard, Rapid Recovery can automatically detect machines on
a host and let you select the machines to which you want to deploy. For machines on domains or hosts
other than Active Directory or vCenter or ESX(i), you can manually connect to individual machines by
using their IP addresses and the appropriate credentials. You can also push upgrades of the software to
machines that the local Rapid Recovery Core already protects.
From within the Core Console, you can complete any of the following tasks:
Deploying to machines on an Active Directory domain
Deploying to machines on a VMware vCenter/ESX(i) virtual host
NOTE:
Dell recommends limiting the number of machines to which you deploy simultaneously to
50 or fewer, to preclude experiencing resource constraints that may cause the deploy operation to
fail.
Installing Microsoft Windows agents at the client
To install the agents:
1.
Verify that the client has the Microsoft .NET 4 framework installed:
a.
On the client, start the
Windows Server Manager
.
b.
Click
Configuration
Services.
c.
Ensure that Microsoft .NET Framework appears in the list of services.
If it is not installed, you can get a copy from
microsoft.com
.
2.
Install the agent:
a.
On your appliance, share the directory
C:\Program Files\AppRecovery
to the client(s) you plan to
back up.
b.
On the client system, map a drive to
C:\Program Files\AppRecovery
on your DL appliance.
c.
On the client system, open the
C:\Program Files\AppRecovery
directory and double-click the
correct agent for the client system to begin the installation.
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