Deployment Guide

4. On the Connection page, enter the information about the machine to which you want to connect as described in the following

table, and then click Next.

Table 6. Machine connection settings

Text Box Description

Host The host name or IP address of the machine that you want to protect.

Port The port number on which the Rapid Recovery Core communicates with the Agent on the machine.

The default port number is 8006.

User name The user name used to connect to this machine; for example, Administrator (or, if the machine is in a

domain, [domain name]\Administrator).

Password The password used to connect to this machine.

If the Install Agent page appears next in the Protect Machine Wizard, that means that Rapid Recovery does not detect the

Rapid Recovery Agent on the machine and will install the current version of the software.

5. NOTE: The Agent software must be installed on the machine you want to protect, and that machine must be

restarted, before it can back up to the Core. To have the installer reboot the protected machine, select the option

After installation, restart the machine automatically (recommended) before clicking Next.

Click Next.

Installing the Rapid Recovery Agent software on Windows machines

Deploy the Rapid Recovery Agent installer file to the machine you want to protect using one of the methods described in the topic

“Installing the Rapid Recovery Agent software” in the Dell Data Protection | Rapid Recovery 6.0 Installation and Upgrade Guide.

Then launch the installer program as described below to install or upgrade the software on each Windows machine you want to

protect in the Rapid Recovery Core.

NOTE: You must run the installer with local administrator privileges.

1. From the machine you want to protect, double-click on the executable Rapid Recovery Agent installer file to start the installer.

Depending on the configuration of your machine, the User Account Control window or the Open File - Security Warning

window could appear.

2. If prompted for permission, confirm that you want to run the installer and make changes to the system.

3. If .NET components are missing or need to be upgraded, accept the prompts to download and install the framework.

4. In the language field, select the appropriate language and then click OK.

5. Choose from one of the following:

• If this is the first time the Rapid Recovery Agent software is being installed on this machine, the installer prepares the

installation, and then the Rapid Recovery Agent Installation Wizard appears. Proceed to Step 6.

• If this machine has an earlier version of the AppAssure Agent or Rapid Recovery Agent software installed, you will see a

message asking if you want to upgrade to the current version.

1. Click Yes.

The Rapid Recovery Agent Installation Wizard appears, showing the Progress page of the wizard. The application

downloads to the destination folder, with progress displayed in the progress bar. When finished, the wizard

automatically advances to the Completed page.

2. Skip to Step 12.

6. In the Rapid Recovery Agent Installation Wizard, on the Welcome page, click Next to continue with the installation.

The License Agreement page appears.

7. On the License Agreement page, click I accept the terms in the license agreement, and then click Next.

The Prerequisites page appears.

8. The Rapid Recovery Agent Installer verifies the existence of the prerequisite files.

• If the prerequisite files exist, a message appears indicating that all prerequisites are installed on the machine.