Deployment Guide

Agent dependencies
The following dependencies are required and are installed as part of the Agent installer package:
● For Debian and Ubuntu:
○ The rapidrecovery-agent requires:
dkms, gcc, make, linux-headers-‘uname-r‘
libc6 (>=2.7-18), libblkid1, libpam0g, libpcre3
○ The rapidrecovery-mono requires:
libc6 (>=2.7-18)
● For Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, and Oracle Linux:
○ The nbd-dkms requires
dkms, gcc, make, kernel-headers-‘uname-r‘ kernel-devel-‘uname-r‘
○ The rapidrecovery-agent requires:
dkms, gcc, make, kernel-headers-‘uname-r‘ kernel-devel-‘uname-r‘,
nbd-dkms, libblkid, pam, pcre
○ The rapidrecovery-mono requires:
glibc >=2.11
● For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server:
○ The nbd-dkms requires:
dkms, gcc, make, kernel-syms
○ The rapidrecovery-agent requires:
dkms, kernel-syms, gcc, make, libblkid1, pam, pcre
○ The rapidrecovery-mono requires:
glibc >= 2.11
Installing the Rapid Recovery Agent software on Debian or Ubuntu
The Rapid Recovery Agent .deb file is an archive containing repository information specific to the apt package manager.
Complete the following steps to install the Rapid Recovery Agent on Debian or Ubuntu machines for an online installation.
NOTE:
This procedure applies to a Linux machine that is connected to the internet. For offline installation of Rapid
Recovery Agent on any Linux machine, see Installing the Agent software on offline Linux machines on page 34.
1. Open a terminal session with root access.
2. Determine your present working directory by entering PWD and pressing Enter. For example, assume your directory is /
home/rapidrecovery/.
3. Download the appropriate Rapid Recovery Agent .deb installation file from the License Portal at https://licenseportal.com to
your present working directory.
For more information about the license portal, see the Dell Data Protection | Rapid Recovery License Portal User Guide.
4. To establish a persistent connection between your Linux machine and the remote Dell repository in which Rapid Recovery
software and components are stored, type the following command:
dpkg -i <.deb installation file you downloaded>
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