Installing The Rapid Recovery Agent Software On Suse Linux Enterprise Server; Installing The Agent On Red Hat Enterprise Linux And Centos - Dell DL1000 Deployment Manual

Installing the Rapid Recovery Agent software on SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server
The Rapid Recovery Agent .rpm file is an archive containing repository information for SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server (SLES) . This distribution uses the zypper package manager. Complete the following
steps to install the Rapid Recovery Agent on SLES.
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
offline Linux machines
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 .rpm installation file from the License Portal at
https://licenseportal.com
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:
rpm -ivh <.rpm installation file you downloaded>
For example, if the installer file is named rapidrecovery-repo-6.0.2.999.rpm in the directory /home/
rapidrecovery/, type the following command, and then press Enter:
rpm -ivh rapidrecovery-repo-6.0.2.999.rpm
Any missing packages or files required by the Agent will be downloaded from the remote repository
and installed automatically as part of the script.
NOTE: For more information on dependencies for installing on a Linux machine, see
dependencies.
5. Install the Rapid Recovery Agent by invoking the zypper package manager, updating the repository
manager. Type the following command, and then press Enter:
apt-get update
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:
.
to your present working directory.
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