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How to Install/Update the Endpoint Backup agent

Install/Update the Endpoint Backup agent

Use one of these procedures to install the agent:

To install/Update the agent on multiple assets

To deploy the agent to multiple assets, you will download the agent installer PowerShell script and use your endpoint

management tool to run the installer on multiple assets.

Note: You must run deploy_cloud_backup_agent.ps1 within 24 hours of downloading the file.

1 Select Configure > Assets.

2 Select the customer whose assets you will protect

Note: The agent installer is specific to the selected customer. Be sure the customer whose asset you will protect displays in the customer context banner before downloading the agent.

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3 Click Bulk Installation.

4 Download deploy_cloud_backup_agent.ps1.

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5 Use your endpoint management tool to download and run deploy_cloud_backup_agent.ps1 on multiple assets.

Note that the install script, deploy_cloud_backup_agent.ps1, must be run as administrator and you must set the execution policy to bypass where <FullPath> is the full path of the location where you downloaded deploy_cloud_backup_agent.ps1)

PowerShell.exe -executionpolicy bypass -File<FullPath>\deploy_cloud_backup_agent.ps1

Example command text is given here:

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To Install/Update the agent on a single asset

Note: You must run deploy_cloud_backup_agent.ps1 within 24 hours of downloading the file.

1 Select Configure > Assets.

2 Select the customer whose assets you will protect.
Note: The agent installer is specific to the selected customer. Be sure the customer whose asset you will protect displays in the customer context banner before downloading the agent.mceclip3.png

3 Click Single Installation.

4 Download deploy_cloud_backup_agent.ps1 to the Windows asset.

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5 Log in to the Windows asset and launch PowerShell as administrator.

6 Issue this command to run the agent install script, where <FullPath> is the full path of the location where you saved deploy_cloud_backup_agent.ps1:

PowerShell.exe -executionpolicy bypass -File <FullPath>\deploy_cloud_backup_agent.ps1

Enter Y to confirm. Example command text is given here:mceclip5.png

 

 

7 When you see the security warning about running downloaded scripts, press R and Enter to continue.

8 The agent is downloaded and deployed. When deployment is complete, you see a cleaning up message.

9 Once the agent is deployed, the asset displays on the Configure > Assets page.

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