Push-installing the Desktop Agent and DLO Maintenance Service from the media server to remote computers

You can install the following options to remote computers:

  • Desktop Agent (This agent can be push-installed to a remote computer only if the Desktop and Laptop Option is already installed on the Backup Exec media server.

  • DLO Maintenance Service

To push-install the Desktop Agent and DLO Maintenance Service to remote computers

  1. On the Tools menu, click Install Agents and Media Servers on Other Servers.

  2. On the Remote Computers panel, click Add.

  3. To install on one remote computer, select Add a Single Computer, or to install on multiple computers using the same settings, select Add Multiple Computers with the Same Settings

  4. Select Desktop and Laptop Agent or DLO Maintenance Service, and then click Next.

  5. Type the fully qualified name of the remote computer or click Browse Remote Computers to locate the remote computer.

  6. Click Add to List, and then repeat steps 5 and 6 for each remote computer to which you want to push-install the options.

    This step does not apply if you selected Add a Single Computer in step 4.

  7. Under Remote computer credentials, type the credentials that Backup Exec can use to connect to the remote servers.

    You must use Administrator credentials.

  8. Click Next.

  9. After Backup Exec validates the remote computers, you can change the list in any of the following ways:


    To manually add one remote computer

    Click Add, and then click Add a Single Computer.

    To manually add multiple remote computers

    Click Add, and then click Add Multiple Computers with the Same Settings.

    To add multiple remote computers by importing an existing list of computers

    Click Import and Export, and then select Import from File to enable Backup Exec to add the names of the remote computers from a selected list.

    You must enter remote computer logon credentials for the list of remote computers.

    To change the product that you selected to install or to change other properties you selected for this installation

    Select the remote computer that you want to change, and then click Edit.

    To delete a remote computer from the list

    Select the remote computer that you want to delete, and then click Delete.

    To save this list of remote computers and the associated remote computer logon credentials

    Verify that Save the server list for future remote install sessions is checked.

    This option enables the names of all of the remote computers and their credentials to be added automatically the next time you want to install Backup Exec or options to these remote computers.

    To save the list of remote computers to an XML file

    Click Import and Export, and then click Export to File.

    You can select the location to save the XML file. This option is useful if you want to use the same list for multiple media servers. When you import the list, you must re-enter the remote computer logon credentials.

    To fix the errors that were located during the validation

    Right-click the name of the computer, and then click Fix Errors.

    To enable Backup Exec to attempt to re-validate an invalid remote computer

    Right-click the name of the computer, and then click Retry Validation.

  10. After all of the computers in the list are validated and the list is complete, click Next.

  11. Read the Backup Exec installation review, and then click Install.

    See About the installation log.

  12. Click Next, and then click Finish to exit the wizard.

    If you did not restart the remote computer, you may need to do it now in order for the configuration to take effect.

Push-installing the Desktop Agent and DLO Maintenance Service from the media server to remote computers