WORKAROUND 1:
Run the installer directly, not from the command line
WORKAROUND 2:
Install using Powershell. If using 10.0.1 or earlier:
- Open MMC on the RMAD server
- Click File | Add/Remove Snap-in
- Select Certificates and click Add
- Select Computer account
- Click Next, Finish and then OK
- Expand Certificates | Personal
- Select Certificates
- Hold Ctrl and select both the 'Recovery Manager for Active Directory Agent' and the 'Recovery Manager for Active Directory Console' communication keys
- Right click and select All Tasks | Export
- Click Next
- Select 'Yes, export the private key' and click Next
- Ensure 'Personal Information Exchange is selected and click Next
- Check Password and enter RMAD as the password
- Click Next
- Specify a path to save the file, click Next and Finish
- Copy the pfx file to the DC
- Copy the RecoveryAgent64.exe from the RMAD installation directory to the DC
- Run the following command from a Powershell prompt:
.\RecoveryAgent64.exe /qn MANAGE_SERVICE=TRUE FRS_CUSTOM_PORT=xxxxx CERTIFICATE_PATH="C:\Temp\Cert.pfx" FRS_FIREWALL_SETTINGS_CONFIGURE=1 /l*!+v C:\Temp\Manual.Install.log - Once the agent has installed successfully, delete the cert export created in step 15
If using 10.1 or later:
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Open the FR Console
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Click Tools | Fault Tolerance | Export secure communication keys
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Click Browse to select a path to store the exported keys
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For the password type RMAD
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Copy the pfx file to the DC
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Copy the RecoveryAgent64.exe from the RMAD installation directory to the DC
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Run the following command from a Powershell prompt:
- .\RecoveryAgent64.exe /qn MANAGE_SERVICE=TRUE FRS_CUSTOM_PORT=xxxxx CERTIFICATE_PATH="C:\Temp\Cert.pfx" FRS_FIREWALL_SETTINGS_CONFIGURE=1 /l*!+v C:\Temp\Manual.Install.log
- Once the agent has installed successfully, delete the cert export created in step 15
NOTE: If you want the agent to use a specific port, substitute xxxxx with the port you want to use or set it to 0 to have the agent use the RPC Dynamic Port range. Ensure the CERTIFICATE_PATH= is set to the full path where the pfx file was copied (eg. C:\Temp\Cert.pfx)
STATUS:
Defect RMADFE-1432 has been submitted to Development and has been tentatively planned for an upcoming 10.x release of Recovery Manager for AD Forest Edition

