Operation Manual

4. [Optional] To generate a report immediately, click Send report now.

Enabling or disabling ad-hoc usage reports

Ad-hoc report covers system usage data for the specified period with one-day interval. This type of

report can be generated on demand and cannot be scheduled. The report will be sent to the email

address of your administrator account.

1. In the account management console, click Reports.

2. Select the Ad-hoc tab.

3. In Reporting period, select start and end dates of reporting period.

4. To generate a report immediately, click Send report now.

1.5 Advanced scenarios

1.5.1 Deploying agents on client machines

You can centrally install (or deploy) Agent for Windows onto machines that are members of an Active

Directory domain, by using Group Policy.

In this section, you will find out how to set up a Group Policy object to deploy agents onto machines

in an entire domain or in its organizational unit.

Every time a machine logs on to the domain, the resulting Group Policy object will ensure that the

agent is installed on the machine and the machine is registered in the backup service.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with agent deployment, ensure that:

 You have an Active Directory domain with a domain controller running Microsoft Windows

Server 2003 or later.

 You are a member of the Domain Admins group in the domain.

 You have downloaded the All agents for installation in Windows setup program. The download

link is available on the Add machine page in the backup console.

Step 1: Creating the .mst transform and extracting the installation package

1. Log on as an administrator on any machine in the domain.

2. Create a shared folder that will contain the installation packages. Ensure that domain users can

access the shared folder—for example, by leaving the default sharing settings for Everyone.

3. Copy the setup program to the folder you created.

4. Start the setup program.

5. Click Create .mst and .msi files for unattended installation.

6. Specify the credentials of the account to which the machines should be assigned.

7. Review or modify the installation settings that will be added to the .mst file.

8. Click Generate.

As a result, the .mst transform is generated and the .msi and .cab installation packages are extracted

to the folder you created. You can now move or delete the setup program .exe file.