Deploy the Agent to VMs Using Agent Deployment

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Deploy the Agent to VMs Using Agent Deployment

Arcserve Backup Agent Deployment lets you install and upgrade Arcserve Backup agents on local or remote VMs. The virtual machine deployment method lets you specify the agents that you want to install and upgrade on local or remote VMs. This method helps to ensure that all agents running on the VMs in your Arcserve Backup environment are the same release number as the Arcserve Backup server.

Be aware of the considerations that follow:

To install or upgrade an agent on a VM, the VM must be powered on.
Agent Deployment installs or upgrades agents on all VMs that reside in the ESX/ESXi Server system and the Hyper-V host system.

To deploy Arcserve Backup agents to VMs using Virtual Machine deployment

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.
Complete the required fields on the Login Server dialog and click Next.
The Methods dialogs opens.
From the Methods dialog, select Virtual Machine deployment and click Next.
The Components dialog opens.
From the Components dialog, select the agents that you want to install on all remote hosts and click Next.
The Host Information dialog opens.
Specify the names of remote hosts that contain the VMs by doing one of the following:
- Click Import to import a list of remote hosts 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 hosts must be less than or equal to 1000.
  
  After the host names appear in the Host column, continue to the next step.
- Click Refresh to import the existing VMs from the Arcserve Backup database.
  After the host names appear in the Host column, continue to the next step.
- Specify the remote host name in the Host Name field and click Add.
  Note: Repeat this step as necessary until all required host names appear in the Host column.
  
  After the host names appear in the Host column, continue to the next step.
Note: You can specify up to 1000 remote hosts. To deploy agents to more than 1000 remote hosts, you can restart Agent Deployment and repeat this task, or, run Agent Deployment from an alternate Arcserve Backup primary server or stand-alone server.
Specify the user name and password for the remote hosts by doing the following:
1. Click the UserName field (next to the host name) and specify the user name using the following format:
```
<domain>\<user name>
```
2. Click the Password field and specify the corresponding password.
3. Repeat this step as required until you specify the user name and password for all remote hosts.
Optionally, if the user name and password are the same for all remote hosts, specify the user name in the User field (<domain>\<user name>), specify the password in the Password field, ensure that all the check boxes are checked, and then click Apply Credentials.

The user name and the password are applied to all remote hosts in the list.

Note: To remove a host from the Host and Credentials list, click the check box next to the host that you want to remove and click Remove.

Click Next to continue.

Agent Deployment validates the host name, user name, and password specified for all specified hosts. If Agent Deployment does not detect an authentication error, pending appears in the Status field. If Agent Deployment detects an authentication error, Failed appears in the Status field. Click Failed to discover the reason for the error. You must correct all Failed messages continue.

Click Next.
After the Status field for all hosts displays Pending or Verified, click Next.
The Setup Summary dialog opens.
From the Setup Summary dialog, verify the components and the host names specified.
Click Next.

The Installation Status dialog opens.
From 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.
Do one of the following:
- If there are remote hosts that require a restart, click Next.
  The Restart dialog opens to identify the remote hosts that require a restart.
  
  Click Restart.
  
  Continue to the next step.
- If there are no remote hosts that require a restart, click Finish to complete this task.
From 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 hosts now.

Click Restart.

Agent Deployment restarts all remote hosts now.

Note: If you want to create a list of remote hosts that require a restart, click Export Restart Report.
After the Status field for all remote hosts displays complete, click Finish.

The Arcserve Backup agents are deployed on the VMs.