Deployment Guide

6. Instruct the package manager to install the Rapid Recovery Agent software. Type the following command, and then press

Enter:

apt-get install rapidrecovery-agent

7. The package manager prepares to install all dependent files. If prompted to confirm installation of unsigned files, enter y and

then press Enter.

The Rapid Recovery Agent files are installed.

Installing the agent on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS

NOTE: Before performing these steps, ensure that you have downloaded the Red Hat or CentOS installer package to the /

home/system directory. The following steps are the same for both 32-bit and 64-bit environments.

To install an agent on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS:

1. Open a terminal session with root access.

2. To make the Agent installer executable, type the following command:

chmod +x appassure-installer__rhel_amd64_5.x.x.xxxxx.sh and then press <Enter>.

NOTE: For 32-bit environments, the installer is named appassureinstaller__ rhel_i386_5.x.x.xxxxx.sh.

The file becomes executable.

3. To extract and install the Agent, type the following command:

/appassure-installer_rhel_amd64_5.x.x.xxxxx.sh and then press <Enter>.

The Linux agent begins its extraction and installation process. Any missing packages or files required by the agent is

downloaded and installed automatically as part of the script.

For information on the files required by the Agent, see Agent dependencies on page 32.

After the installer completes, the Agent will be running on your machine. For more information on protecting this machine with

the Core, see the topic 'Protecting Workstations and Servers' in the Rapid Recovery 6.0 on DL Appliances User’s Guide at

https://www.dell.com/support.

Installing the Agent software on offline Linux

machines

This task requires access to an online Linux machine, removable storage media, and access to the final offline Linux machine. If

AppAssure Agent is installed on the offline Linux machine, you must first uninstall it before installing Rapid Recovery Agent. For

more information, see “Uninstalling the AppAssure Agent software from a Linux machine” section in Dell Data Protection | Rapid

Recovery Installation and Upgrade Guide.

When installing the Agent software on Linux machines that do not have access to the Internet, follow this procedure. After

installation is complete, configure the Agent as described in the topic Configuring the Rapid Recovery Agent on a Linux machine

on page 36.

NOTE: If installing on multiple Linux distributions, perform this procedure once for each distribution.

1. From a Linux machine with access to the Internet, open a terminal window and type the following command:

wget http://s3.amazonaws.com/repolinux/6.0.2/packages-downloader.sh

The shell script downloads to your current directory.

2. Run the shell script by executing the following command:

bash packages-downloader.sh

The script executes and prompts you to select a specific Linux distribution and architecture.

Preparing to protect your servers