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To begin the installation of Replay 4, run the self-extracting download executable.  The installation kit contains the Replay Agent and Replay Core modules for 64-bit and 32-bit platforms.  The Replay splash screen will appear.

Replay 4 Installation Splash Screen

Note that Replay 4 consists of the following components:

Replay Cores - Cores processes backups, validates application integrity, compresses and deduplicates snapshots and replicates them over the WAN to a remote disaster recovery site.  Cores can be local to the server being protected or distributed throughout the network enabling a flexible and scalable backup and disaster recovery configuration.

Replay Agents – Agents are installed on each of the protected servers or on Hyper-V hosts.  It is responsible for capturing block-level changes on the server and sending them a Relay Core.  A core can manage 1 to many agents. It also handles restores and server rollbacks.

Replay Admin Console – An enterprise console that centrally manages the Replay 4 environment.

Boot CD Builder – The Boot CD Builder (BCB) creates a bootable environment that is used to restore the system drive or the entire server to the original location or to a new location. The BCB is is used to buildi a bootable ISO image that is tailored to the machine that it is supporting; i.e., it contains the correct network and mass storage drivers. This ISO boots the Replay Recovery Console (RRC). The RRC can be booted from a CD or optionally as a boot entry in the boot.ini file.

Install the Replay Core

When installing Replay 4 in a distributed environment, install the Replay Core first on any Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows 7, Vista or Hyper-V host.  The Core is supported on virtual and physical environments.

To install the Replay Core, do the following:

1. Click the “Install Replay Core” button.  If there are any prerequisites required for the Replay Core installation, click Install on each prerequisite that requires it.  Once complete, click Next.  The License Agreement window will be displayed.

License Agreement Window

2. Select I accept the terms in the license agreement.  If you do not, you will not be able to proceed with the install.  Once you have selected the correct button, click Next.

3. Click the button for “Browse for Key” and browse to the location where you staged your license key.  Once you’ve loaded your license key and selected the correct user option, click Next.

4. In the next window, confirm that your license key information is correct and click Next.  The Destination Folder window is displayed.

Destination Folder Window

5. You can accept the default installation location for Replay 4, or choose a different location.  We suggest you accept the default location.  An alternate location for the Replay.log file can be selected. If no change is made, the Replay.log file will be created and updated in the system drive, for example C:\. Click the Next button.  The Setup Type dialog window is displayed.

Setup Type Window

6. Leave the Setup Type as Default and click Next, or select Custom if you wish to choose your setup options.  The default option will install the Replay Core and Replay Admin Console components.  Select Custom to select which component to install.  After you click Next, the Logon Information dialog window is displayed.

Logon Information Window

7. Specify the username and password of the user account that Replay will use to start the Replay Core service in the User name field.  The account may be in a user name or DOMAIN\user name form.  Type in the user’s password in the window below User name, and click Next.  You can click Browse to navigate to the correct domain and username if desired.

8. Click Next once you have entered the correct username and password.  The Ready to Install the Program window will be displayed.  Note: The user must be a member of the local domain admin group.  For SQL Server, the user for the service must also have the SQL sysadmin role in order to perform attachability checks.

Ready to Install the Program Window

9. Click Install to begin the installation.  The installation may take several minutes.

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Install the Replay Agent

The Replay Agent is a small agent that resides on the server to be protected.  The protected server must be rebooted after an agent installation.  If this is a production application server, please ensure you schedule your agent installation during a timeframe where you can safely reboot your protected server.

Replay 4 Splash Screen

To install the Replay Agent, do the following:

1. Click Install Replay Agent. If there are any prerequisites that need to be installed, a prerequisites screen will be presented.  Click Install on each prerequisite that needs to be installed and ensure the installation successfully completes.  Once done, click Next.

Replay Agent Installation Welcome Window

2. At the Welcome screen, click the Next button. The License Agreement window will be displayed.

License Agreement Window

3. Click the “I accept the terms in the license agreement” radio button.  If you do not, you will not be able to proceed with the install.  Browse to the location for your licence .lic file and click Next. Confirm the license key information and click Next. The Destination Folder window will be displayed.

4. Click the button for “Browse for Key” and browse to the location where you staged your license key.  We suggest you select the option for installing the application for anyone who uses this computer, unless your company’s security policy prevents this.  Once you’ve loaded your license key and selected the correct user option, click Next.  Confirm that your license key information is correct, and click Next.  The Destination Folder dialog window will be displayed.

Destination Folder Window

5. You can accept the default installation location for Replay 4, or choose a different location.  We suggest you accept the default location.  You can also change the location of the Replay.log file from this window. Click Next once you have specified the installation location. The Logon Information window will be displayed.

Logon Information Window

6. Specify the user name and password of the user account that Replay will utilize in the User name window.  This account can be in a user name or DOMAIN\user name form.  Then type the user’s password.  You can click Browse to navigate to the correct domain and username if desired.  Click Next once you have entered the correct username and password. The Ready to Install window will display.

Ready to Install the Program Window

7. Click Install to begin the installation.  The installation may take several minutes.

Replay Wizard Completed Window

8. Click Finish when the install wizard completes.  Click Yes when prompted to restart your system, or click No if you plan to restart later.  AppAssure recommends you click Yes to restart your system at this time.

Restart Prompt

Install the Boot CD Builder

The Boot CD Builder (BCB) is use to create a bootable environment that is used to restore the system drive or the entire server to the original location or to a new location.  This is done by building a bootable ISO image that is tailored to the machine that it is supporting, i.e. contains the correct network and mass storage drivers.  This ISO is then used to boot the Replay Recovery Console (RRC). The RRC can be booted from a CD or optionally as a boot entry in the boot.ini file.

Once you completed the installation of the Agent and after the agent is rebooted, we strongly recommend you install the Boot CD Builder.

To install the Boot CD Builder, do the following:

1. Launch the Replay EXE file again, and click the Download Boot CD Builder icon on the main Install page.  From there, click the link to download the Boot CD Builder install.

Replay Boot CD Builder Splash Screen

2. Click the “Install Boot CD Builder” button.  A Welcome window will be displayed.

Boot CD Builder Welcome Window

3. Click Next to continue.  A License Agreement window will be displayed.

License Agreement Window

4. Select I accept the terms in the license agreement.  If you do not, you will not be able to proceed with the install.  Once you have selected the correct button, click Next. An Installation Type window will be displayed.

Installation Type Window

5. AppAssure suggests that you select the option for installing the application for anyone who uses this computer, unless your company’s security policy prevents this.  Once you’ve selected the correct user option, click Next.  The Destination Folder window will be displayed.

Destination Folder Window

6. Select the Destination folder, and then click Next. The Ready to Install the Program window will be displayed.

Ready to Install the Program Window

7. A summary of what is to be installed is described on this page.  Click the Install button.  The Boot CD Builder program will be installed.

 

Wizard Completed Window

8. Click the Finish button when the install completes.  You do not need to reboot your protected server once this step has completed. 

This completes the Replay 4 installation process.