DoubleTake/Carbonite Linux Agent Install

DoubleTake Linux Agent Install:

Below are the steps to install the DT agent in the source server manually.  We can follow this process whenever the push install is not working and if the ports are blocked from the console server to the source server.

• Copy the DT agent DoubleTake-8.2.1.75.0-1.x86_64.rpm to the source server using scp or winscp to /tmp/ folder or (whichever folder is your target).
• Navigate to the target folder.
  # cd /tmp
• Install the DT agent file.
  # rpm -ivh DoubleTake-8.2.1.75.0-1.x86_64.rpm

• Once the installation is completed, we need to setup the DoubleTake.
• Run the command DTSetup
  # DTSetup
• Accept the License Agreement. Press ENTER to view the complete agreement.
• Press Q and Type YES to accept the agreement.
  
• Press 2 – To Start/Stop Double-Take daemon
  
• Press 1 – To Start Double-Take and process driver config
  
• Now we can see the DT process and Modules are running.
  
• Now exit from the menu by pressing Q twice.

Once the agent is installed and configured, we can validate the status by:
# service DT status
# service DTMount status

Now, we can start the sync process without any issues.

Sysprep Tool

Sysprep (System Preparation Tool) is Microsoft's Tool for operating system deployment used to generalize the windows installations.  When you clone a server or deploy from a template, Sysprep needs to be executed to remove the unique identifiers duplicated from the base server/template.  With Sysprep we configure Windows to boot to the Out-of-Box Experience (OOBE).

Windows operating system installations include many unique elements per installation that need to be "generalized" before capturing and deploying a disk image to multiple computers. Some of these elements include:

• Computer name
• Security Identifier (SID)
• Driver Cache
• GUID

To Run Sysprep via GUI:

• Navigate to C:\windows\system32\sysprep folder and click on Sysprep.exe

• Select the Out of Box Experience and check the Generalize option.
• Choose the Shutdown Option to Reboot (always).

• Wait for the process to complete and the Windows will reboot.
• Now select the Win Location/Keyboards defaults and Accept the license Agreement.
• Once the Windows boots, the ServerName will be reset.  You need to change it to the required name and join the server to your domain.
• RE-IP your NIC cards.
• The disks might go offline (if you have other partitions than C:).  Go to the disk management > right click on each disk > click online.

To Run Sysprep via command line:
Open a Command Prompt window as an administrator. Change to the C:\windows\system32\sysprep directory. Type:

Command	Description
Sysprep /generalize /shutdown /oobe	Standard command for real hardware
Sysprep /generalize /shutdown /oobe /mode:vm	Command for a Virtual Machine