Installing the Disaster Recovery Option › Preinstallation Tasks › Install and Configure the Option

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Install and Configure the Option

You must install CA ARCserve Backup before you install the Disaster Recovery Option. You cannot install the option if CA ARCserve Backup has not been installed. You can, however, install the option with CA ARCserve Backup in the same session.

For more information about installing CA ARCserve Backup, see the Implementation Guide.

To install and configure the option

  1. In the Select Product dialog, choose Disaster Recovery Option and click Next.

    The option is installed in the same directory as the base product.

  2. If you are installing CA ARCserve Backup and the option at the same time, then select your database, set your password, and enter system account information.

    The Product List opens.

  3. Verify the components to be installed, and then click Install.

    The licensing information opens.

  4. Click Continue.

    A summary of the components that have been installed opens. This summary identifies the components you are installing that require configuration. The summary identifies the option as one of the components requiring configuration.

  5. Click Next.
  6. Configure an alternate location on a remote computer in which to store a backed up copy of your disaster recovery information.

    We strongly recommend that you use the alternate location feature, to let you create machine specific disks even after a disaster on your backup server.

  7. Select the Alternate Location for DR information by clicking the Config option.
  8. Fill up information for alternate machine name, the Windows domain, user name, password, and the name of the shared folder on the remote server where the disaster recovery information will be stored.

    Note: To use an alternate location on a remote computer to store disaster recovery information, you must have previously created a shared folder on the remote computer in which to store this information. If you have not previously created this shared folder, you can enable this feature at any time after configuring the option. To configure alternate location, start the Disaster Recovery Configuration Wizard and click Config.

    The option is now installed.