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3. Type the index of the installation package you want and press Enter.
For example, to obtain an installation package for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, enter 3 and press Enter.
The appropriate installer is extracted into the ~/rapidrecovery.packages/ directory.
NOTE: The tilde ~/ characters represent your home directory.
4. Copy the packages for Rapid Recovery Agent to removable media. The specific location of your removable media can differ
based on Linux distribution. Type the following command and then press Enter:
cp -R ~/rapidrecovery.packages/ <your_removable_media>
For example, if using a removable USB drive that is mounted to location /media/USB-drive-1, type the following command
and then press Enter:
cp -R ~/rapidrecovery.packages /media/USB-drive-1
All the necessary files are copied to the removable medium.
5. Take the removable medium to the offline Linux machine and mount the drive.
6. Copy the data from the mounted device to your home directory or other desired location. For example, type the following
command and then press Enter:
cp -R /media/USB-drive-1 ~/rapidrecovery.packages
7. Change to the Rapid Recovery directory. For example, type the following command and then press Enter:
cd ~/rapidrecovery.packages
8. Run the installation of Agent with root privileges. This command differs based on Linux distribution.
● For Red Hat, SLES, Oracle, and CentOS, type the following command and then press Enter:
sudo rpm -i *.rpm
● For Debian and Ubuntu, type the following command and then press Enter:
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
The local package manager runs the installation of Rapid Recovery Agent.
After installation is complete, configure the Agent as described in the topic Configuring the Rapid Recovery Agent on a Linux
machine on page 36.
CAUTION:
After configuring the newly installed Agent software on a Linux machine, you must restart the
machine. Restarting ensures that the proper kernel driver version is used to protect your machine.
Installing the Agent software on Windows Server Core Edition
machines
Complete the steps in the following procedure to install the Agent software on a Windows Server Core machine.
NOTE:
The following procedure installs the Agent software in console mode. To install in silent mode instead, append /
silent to the installer file name on the command line. For example, Agent-X64-6.X.X.xxxxx.exe /silent.
1. Download the Rapid Recovery Agent installer file from the Dell Data Protection | Rapid Recovery License Portal or from the
Rapid Recovery Core.
2. From a command prompt, navigate to the directory containing the Rapid Recovery Agent installer file and enter the installer
file name to begin the installation:
Agent-X64-6.x.x.xxxxx.exe
The installation program installs the Agent software and displays progress in the console. Upon completion, new installations
trigger an automatic restart of the machine, whereas Agent upgrades may not require a machine restart.
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