Dell DL1000 Deployment Manual

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For example, if using a removable USB drive that is mounted to location /media/USB-drive-1, typethe following command and then press Enter:cp -R ~/rapidrecovery.packages /media/USB-drive-1All 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. Forexample, type the following command and then press Enter:cp -R /media/USB-drive-1 ~/rapidrecovery.packages7. Change to the Rapid Recovery directory. For example, type the following command and then pressEnter:cd ~/rapidrecovery.packages8. 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 *.debThe local package manager runs the installation of Rapid Recovery Agent.After installation is complete, configure the Agent as described in the topic Configuring the RapidRecovery Agent on a Linux machine.CAUTION: After configuring the newly installed Agent software on a Linux machine, you mustrestart the machine. Restarting ensures that the proper kernel driver version is used to protectyour machine.Installing the Agent software on Windows Server Core Edition machinesComplete the steps in the following procedure to install the Agent software on a Windows Server Coremachine.NOTE: The following procedure installs the Agent software in console mode. To install in silentmode 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 RecoveryLicense Portal or from the Rapid Recovery Core.2. From a command prompt, navigate to the directory containing the Rapid Recovery Agent installer fileand enter the installer file name to begin the installation:Agent-X64-6.x.x.xxxxx.exeThe installation program installs the Agent software and displays progress in the console. Uponcompletion, new installations trigger an automatic restart of the machine, whereas Agent upgradesmay not require a machine restart.Configuring the Rapid Recovery Agent on a Linux machineRun the Rapid Recovery Configuration utility after installing Rapid Recovery Agent software on a Linuxmachine. This compiles and installs the kernel module on the Linux machine you want to protect in yourCore.43