Dell Appassure 5 User Guide

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Protecting machines using the 
AppAssure Core
This chapter describes how to protect, configure, and manage the protected machines in your AppAssure 
environment. It includes the following sections:
•Dynamic and basic volumes support limitations
•About the Agent Installer
•Deploying the Agent (push install)
•Understanding bulk deploy
•Understanding protection schedules
•Protecting a machine
•Protecting multiple machines
To protect your data using...

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About the Agent Installer
AppAssure lets you download installers from the AppAssure Core. From the Tools tab, you can choose to 
download the Agent Installer or the Local Mount Utility (LMU). For more information about the LMU, see 
Understanding the Local Mount Utility.
The Agent installer is used to install the AppAssure Agent application on machines that are intended to be 
protected by the AppAssure Core. If you determine that you have a machine...

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Version 5.4.3 Revision B101 4Click Ve r i f y to validate the credentials you entered.
The Deploy Agent dialog box displays a message to indicate that validation is being performed. Click 
Abort if you want to cancel the verification process. After the verification process is complete, a 
message indicating that verification has been completed displays.
5Click Deploy.
A message indicating that the deployment has started displays. You can view the progress in the Events 
tab....

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Version 5.4.3 Revision B102 3 Protect multiple machines. See Protecting multiple machines.
4 Monitor the activity of the batch protection. See Monitoring the protection of multiple machines.
Deploying to multiple machines
You can simplify the task of deploying the AppAssure Agent software to multiple Windows machines by using the 
bulk deploy feature of Dell AppAssure. From within the Core Console, you can specifically bulk deploy to:
•Machines on an Active Directory domain...

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Version 5.4.3 Revision B103 7 Check the status icon and message for each machine on the Deploy Agents to Machines page. These 
reflect the readiness of each machine for deployment, as follows:
•Green icon - AppAssure is able to connect to the machine and it is ready to be deployed.
•Yellow icon - AppAssure is able to connect to the machine; however, the AppAssure Agent on the 
machine is already paired with an AppAssure Core.
•Red icon - AppAssure cannot connect to the machine....

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Deploying to machines on a VMware vCenter/ESX(i) 
virtual host
Before starting this procedure, you must have the host location information and logon credentials for the 
VMware vCenter/ESX(i) virtual host.
To deploy to machines on a vCenter/ESX(i) virtual host
1 Navigate to the AppAssure Core Console, click the Tools tab, and then click Bulk Deploy.
2 In the Deploy Agent to Machines window, click vCenter/ESX(i).
3 In the Connect to vCenter...

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Deploying to machines on any other host
Complete the following procedure to deploy the AppAssure Agent to multiple machines on any other type of 
host.
To deploy to machines on any other host
1 Navigate to the AppAssure Core Console, click the Tools tab, and then click Bulk Deploy.
2 On the Deploy Agent on Machines window, do one of the following:
•Click New to enter a new machine host, logon credentials, optional display name, repository, 
encryption...

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Version 5.4.3 Revision B106 Alert events appear in the list, showing the time the event initiated and a message. For each successful 
deployment of the Agent software, you will see an alert indicating that the protected machine has been 
added.
3 Optionally, click on any link for a protected machine.
The Summary tab for the selected machine appears, showing pertinent information including:
•The host name of the protected machine
•The last snapshot, if applicable
•The scheduled...

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Version 5.4.3 Revision B107 that includes 5:00 PM to midnight every day. This results in snapshots every 3 hours from 5:00 PM through 11:59 
PM, and snapshots every 20 minutes from midnight to 4:59 PM.
Other options in the Protection Schedule Wizard page include for a setting a daily protection time. This results 
in a single backup daily at the period defined (the default setting is 12:00 PM).
The option to initially pause protection prevents a base image from occurring (and in...

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Version 5.4.3 Revision B108 3 On the Welcome page, select the appropriate installation options:
•If you do not need to define a repository or establish encryption, select Ty p i c a l.
•If you need to create a repository, or define a different repository for backups for the selected 
machine, or if you want to establish encryption using the wizard, select Advanced (show 
optional steps).
•Optionally, if you do not wish to see the Welcome page for the Protect Machine Wizard in...