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Deploy Agents to Remote Computers Using Custom Deployment

Arcserve Backup Agent Deployment lets Backup Administrators and Backup Managers install and upgrade Arcserve Backup agents on remote computers. Custom deployment lets you specify the agents that you want to install and upgrade on remote computers. Computers of this type may or may not have a previous version of an agent installed. This method helps ensure that the release number of all agents running in your Arcserve Backup environment are the same release number as the Arcserve Backup base product.

Using the Custom deployment method, you can deploy the following agents and components:

• Arcserve Backup Agent for Microsoft Exchange Server
• Arcserve Backup Agent for Open Files
• Arcserve Backup Agent for Virtual Machines
• Arcserve Backup Client Agent for Windows
• Arcserve Backup Diagnostic Utility

Note: Before you complete the following task, see Remote Deployment Considerations.

To deploy agents to remote computers using Custom Deployment

1. Open the Arcserve Backup Manager Console.

   From the Quick Start Menu, select Administration, and click Agent Deployment.

   Arcserve Backup Agent Deployment starts and the Login Server dialog opens.

2. Complete the required fields in the Login Server dialog, and click Next.
3. In the Methods dialog, click Custom installation, and click Next.
4. In the Components dialog, select the agents to install on all remote computers, and click Next.
5. In the Host Information dialog, specify the names of remote hosts by doing one of the following:
   • Click Import to import a list of remote computers from a text file.

     Note: The host names must be separated the new line delimiter. You can import multiple text files, however, the total number of remote computers must be less than or equal to 1000.

   • Specify the remote host name in the Host Name field, and click Add. Repeat this step as necessary until all required host names appear in the Host column.

   Note: You can specify up to 1000 remote computers. To deploy agents to more than 1000 remote computers, restart Agent Deployment and repeat this task, or run Agent Deployment from an alternate Arcserve Backup primary server or stand-alone server.

6. Specify the user name and password for each remote host by doing the following:
   1. Click the check box next to a host name to select it.
   2. Click the UserName field next to the host name and type the user name in the format <domain>\<user name>.
   3. Click the Password field and type the password.

   Note: If the user name and password are the same for all remote computers, select all of the check boxes. Under For all selected hosts, type the user name in the User field in the format <domain>\<user name>, type the password in the Password field, then click Apply Credentials.

7. Click the Allow the Remote Registry service to run for the duration of the remote installation process option. This option lets Agent Deployment retrieve information about the target computers and verify that credentials specified are correct.

   Note: This option lets the Remote Registry service run only during the remote installation process.

8. (Optional) To remove a host from the Host and Credentials list, click the check box next to the host name, and click Remove.
9. Click Next.

   Agent Deployment validates the information for all specified hosts. If no authentication errors are detected, pending appears in the Status field. If an authentication error is detected, click Failed in the Status field to discover the reason. You must correct all Failed messages to continue.

10. After the Status field for all hosts displays Pending or Verified, click Next.
11. In the Setup Summary dialog, verify the components and the host names specified, and click Next.
12. In the Installation Status dialog, click Install.

    Agent Deployment installs or upgrades the Arcserve Backup agents on the specified hosts.

    After all installations and upgrades are complete, the Installation Report dialog opens.

13. Do one of the following:
    • If there are remote computers that require a restart, click Next.

      The Restart dialog opens to identify the remote computers that require a restart, and click Restart.

      Continue to the next step.

    • If there are no remote computers that require a restart, click Finish.
14. In the Restart dialog, click the check box next to the remote host that you want to restart now.

    Optionally, you can click the All check box to restart all remote computers now.

    Click Restart.

    Agent Deployment restarts all remote computers now.

    Note: To create a list of remote computers that require a restart, click Export Restart Report.

15. After the Status field for all remote computers displays complete, click Finish.