Installing the Rapid Recovery Agent software on SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server
The Rapid Recovery Agent .rpm file is an archive containing repository information for SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server (SLES) . This distribution uses the zypper package manager. Complete the following
steps to install the Rapid Recovery Agent on SLES.
NOTE: This procedure applies to a Linux machine that is connected to the internet. For offline
installation of Rapid Recovery Agent on any Linux machine, see Installing the Agent software on
offline Linux machines .
1. Open a terminal session with root access.
2. Determine your present working directory by entering PWD and pressing Enter. For example, assume
your directory is /home/rapidrecovery/.
3. Download the appropriate Rapid Recovery Agent .rpm installation file from the License Portal at
https://licenseportal.com to your present working directory.
For more information about the license portal, see the Dell Data Protection | Rapid Recovery License
Portal User Guide.
4. To establish a persistent connection between your Linux machine and the remote Dell repository in
which Rapid Recovery software and components are stored, type the following command:
rpm -ivh <.rpm installation file you downloaded>
For example, if the installer file is named rapidrecovery-repo-6.0.2.999.rpm in the directory /home/
rapidrecovery/, type the following command, and then press Enter:
rpm -ivh rapidrecovery-repo-6.0.2.999.rpm
Any missing packages or files required by the Agent will be downloaded from the remote repository
and installed automatically as part of the script.
NOTE: For more information on dependencies for installing on a Linux machine, see Agent
dependencies.
5. Install the Rapid Recovery Agent by invoking the zypper package manager, updating the repository
manager. Type the following command, and then press Enter:
apt-get update
6. Instruct the package manager to install the Rapid Recovery Agent software. Type the following
command, and then press Enter:
apt-get install rapidrecovery-agent
7. The package manager prepares to install all dependent files. If prompted to confirm installation of
unsigned files, enter y and then press Enter.
The Rapid Recovery Agent files are installed.
Installing the agent on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS
NOTE: Before performing these steps, ensure that you have downloaded the Red Hat or CentOS
installer package to the /home/system directory. The following steps are the same for both 32-bit
and 64-bit environments.
To install an agent on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS:
1. Open a terminal session with root access.
2. To make the Agent installer executable, type the following command:
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