Zmanda Pro Client Setup

Installation

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What is Silent Installation?

The Zmanda Pro Client requires to be registered to a server user to be able to add sources and trigger backups. However, Zmanda Pro provides a silent installation option (or) the lobby mode which assigns the client device to a Zmanda Pro Server instance at the time of installation without registering itself to any user on the server. This is called the unregistered state.

Windows

".\Zmanda Pro xx.xx.x.exe" /S

Linux

sudo ./Zmanda_Pro-xx.xx.x.run --lobby

Mac OS

sudo /usr/sbin/installer -allowUntrusted -pkg "Zmanda Pro.pkg" -target /

In a silent installation, the Zmanda Pro Client device will appear as Unregistered on the Server under the 'Devices' tab.

Zmanda Pro Clients Silent Installation - Lobby mode

The Silent Installation can come in handy when you have to perform bulk installations, bulk off-boarding or uninstallation and administer client devices remotely.

The Zmanda Pro Setup Package comes with automation scripts supported for Windows, Linux & Mac Operating systems, and is capable of performing the following operations:

1. Zmanda Pro Client Installation

2. Certificate Installation

3. Zmanda Pro Client Uninstallation

Scripts in the Zmanda Pro Setup Package

Zmanda Pro Client Automation Scripts Usage

Copy the appropriate ZmandaProClientInstall script from the scripts/ directory to your client device and run the script to install the Zmanda Pro Client.

NOTE: Your client device must be able to resolve the FQDN on which you are accessing your Zmanda Pro Server ex: the domain backup.zmanda.com should be resolvable by my client device while running the ZmandaProClientInstall script.

You may check how to do this here

Linux Clients

• (Default) Client + CA certificate installation

sudo ./ZmandaProClientLinuxInstall.sh

• CA certificate installation

sudo ./ZmandaProClientLinuxInstall.sh --certs

• Client Uninstallation

sudo ./ZmandaProClientLinuxInstall.sh --uninstall

Windows (Run in a powershell window)

• (Default) Client + CA certificate installation

.\ZmandaProClientWindowsInstall.ps1

• CA certificate installation

.\ZmandaProClientWindowsInstall.ps1 -certs

• Client Uninstallation

.\ZmandaProClientWindowsInstall.ps1 -uninstall

Zmanda Pro Client Registration

To be able to perform any backup operations, you will first have to register the client device to a user. Each Zmanda Pro client can be registered to one user only.

Check out how to add a user here.

Once you have the user created and the client device installed in an Unregistered state. You may register the device using the user credentials

1. Click on the Register button for the device you want to register

Zmanda Pro Client in Unregistered State

1. Choose a user and enter the password. Click Save to register the Zmanda Pro Client to this particular user

Zmanda Pro Client Registration

1. Your device will now show Online and you may configure your protected items and storages to manage backups & restores.

Zmanda Pro Client successfully registered