Recovery Manager for AD 10.2.1 - User Guide

Updating Backup Agent information

You can update information displayed for a particular preinstalled Backup Agent instance in the Backup Agent Management node. When you run the update operation, RMAD checks the version and status of the target Backup Agent instance, and then updates that information in the Backup Agent Management node.

You can only update information for already discovered Backup Agent instances. For instructions on how to discover Backup Agent, see Discovering preinstalled Backup Agent.

To update information for a particular Backup Agent instance

1. In the Recovery Manager Console tree, select the Backup Agent Management node.

2. In the right pane, right-click the entry representing the Backup Agent instance for which you want to update information displayed in the Backup Agent Management node.

3. Select Update Backup Agent Info from the shortcut menu.

To update information for all discovered Backup Agent instances

1. In the Recovery Manager Console tree, right-click the Backup Agent Management node.

2. Select Update Backup Agent Info from the shortcut menu.

Upgrading Backup Agent

You can use the Recovery Manager Console to selectively upgrade Backup Agent preinstalled on the computers added to a Computer Collection. Note that you can only upgrade Backup Agent to the version supplied with the Recovery Manager Console you are using.

You can only perform this operation on already discovered preinstalled instances of the Backup Agent. For more information, see Discovering preinstalled Backup Agent.

To upgrade Backup Agent

1. In the Recovery Manager Console tree, select the Backup Agent Management node.

2. In the right pane, right-click the computer on which you want to upgrade the agent.

3. From the shortcut menu, select Upgrade Backup Agent and wait for the upgrade operation to complete.

Uninstalling Backup Agent

You can use the Recovery Manager Console to uninstall Backup Agent preinstalled on a computer added to a Computer Collection. You can only perform this operation on discovered instances of the Backup Agent. For more information, see Discovering preinstalled Backup Agent.

To uninstall Backup Agent

1. In the Recovery Manager Console tree, select the Backup Agent Management node.

2. In the right pane, right-click the computer from which you want to uninstall Backup Agent.

3. From the shortcut menu, select Uninstall Backup Agent and wait for the uninstall operation to complete.

After the uninstallation operation completes, RMAD removes the uninstalled Backup Agent entry from the list in the Backup Agent Management node.

Removing a Backup Agent entry from the Backup Agent Management node

You can selectively remove Backup Agent entries from the list provided in the Backup Agent Management node. Removing a Backup Agent entry from that list does not affect the corresponding preinstalled agent instance in any way. Rather, it removes the agent’s registration information from the Recovery Manager Console.

You may want remove a Backup Agent entry from the list when, for example, you have uninstalled the corresponding Backup Agent instance from the computer without using the Recovery Manager Console, and the agent entry remained in the Backup Agent Management node.

To remove a Backup Agent entry

1. In the Recovery Manager Console tree, select the Backup Agent Management node.

2. In the right pane, right-click the Backup Agent entry you want to remove from the list.

3. From the shortcut menu, select Remove from List.