How to manually install Agent to be used with Console
When I manually install Windows agent, it installs with GUI, thus I’m able to perform backups from that particular PC. But I need Agent to perform backups from B&R Console installed elsewhere. When I create the backup job from the Console, it makes a rescan of the PC with Agent installed, then does some ‘MSI packet repair’. So the Agent’s GUI disappears and Agent ‘transforms’ to the version compatible with Console.
My question here is how can I at once install Agent to be used with Console? Is there some key can be used with MSI packet to directly install Consol-aware version of Agent?
you can have the Client independent or managed by Veeam B&R
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@HunterLAFR
I’m sorry, I can’t find the required information there. I need an installer option to install Agent to be used with Console. An option like here, but for Veeam_B&R_Endpoint_x64.msi and for described purpose:
Or any other way to install Agent in the same way the Console does it when I do a Rescan of the Protection Group.
Hi, you want to create one or more (as appropriate) protection groups of “Computers with pre-installed agents”. This will generate an installer for you that can register the servers directly to VBR during the installation
Hi, you want to create one or more (as appropriate) protection groups of “Computers with pre-installed agents”. This will generate an installer for you that can register the servers directly to VBR during the installation
Im not really into this topic, I was just pointing @pgadmin to the best direction possible.
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@MicoolPaul
Thank you for the links! I see now that Console does much more than just installs Agent, but does it with additional information provided to the Agent.
Is there any way to generate required XML file in B&R version 10? There is no ‘Computers with pre-installed backup agents’ option for the Protection group like it’s explained here and as far as I understand this is crucial step to do what I want.
@Link State
Thank you for the guide. It describes the automatic deploy of the Agent via Console. I have no troubles with that. I want to manually install the Agent in such way, that when Console rescans the PC with that Agent, it will be ready to use without repairing the package
To wind back a minute, do you need to manually install the Agent? Could VBR deploy the agent for you and control the backup policy? If so just create a protection group, either add the server by FQDN/IP or via Active Directory, and then create a backup job policy as normal.
Also, v10 is WAYYYY out of support now, you should really upgrade if you can.
@pgadmin
It is strange that after the rescan he has to repair the package. Is it not that the version installed on that server is obosolete or the server has other problems? I have never come across that message honestly.
@Link State
No, everything is fine as far as I can tell, and Agent MSI setup file is extracted from the Console install dir, so can’t be a version mismatch. Like I said, it does repairing if I install the Agent from the MSI package manually. Double-click, I agree, next, next… Such agent has GUI on finish. After Rescan, GUI disappears, so I think what Console’s repairing does is converts that GUI-version to be used with Console. I wanted to know the steps to manually reproduce Console’s repairing of package to decrease the installation time.
do you need to manually install the Agent? Could VBR deploy the agent for you and control the backup policy? If so just ... create a backup job policy as normal.
Need is not the right word, but since I forced to install manually other services, I thought it would be nice to install the Agent along. Figures out there’s no easy way like an option key for MSI package, so it’s indeed better leave all the work to Console.
Hi, I created the Agent install files per above and installed them on the PC I want to backup and then did:
"C:\Program Files\Veeam\Endpoint Backup\Veeam.Agent.Configurator.exe" -setVBRsettings /p:"protection group 2.xml"
Now, on my B&R console, I see the PC. However, it appears installing Agent this way does not provide a way to enable CBT.
If I try to enable CBT manually on the PC, I get this error:
Errors: Failed to perform the operation. This feature is unavailable in the Free edition of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows
ExitCode: 4
While I am using the Community Edition of B&R, when I install Agent via the console (to a different PC), I am able to install the CBT driver (via the console) on the machines I want to back up.
The reason why I need to install Agent manually on this particular machine is because the original Agent install on this machine got corrupted and I had to manually uninstall it, but unfortunately, after it was uninstalled, the B&R console will not let me reinstall it, giving me this error:
Details: Failed to call RPC function 'PckgFind': This action is only valid for products that are currently installed
I get this error with and without the Agent installed on the machine.
Would be great if I can fix this machine so that I am able to install Agent and CBT from the console, but after hours and hours of trying to do that, I finally gave up and created the deployment install files to manually reinstall Agent, but now, I’m having this CBT issue.
