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Dell DL1000 Appliance Deployment Guide

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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 .

  • 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.
  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 .

  • 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.

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