Installing the First or Master Agent

On Windows 2008 and Vista operating systems, the Agent runs only as an application and should be installed and run using the "Administrator" account. If you need to run WAFS on a different account you must disable UAC. Whichever account you plan to use to run WAFS, should also be used to install WAFS.

Agents are installed on any computer that contains data to be shared.

If you are upgrading, refer to Upgrading the Software for important guidelines.

To install the First or Master Agent

1. On the first Agent computer, start the installation package and follow the installation wizard. (Use the same installer that you used to install the Server.)

2. Do one of the following:

   • For WAFS (Enterprise or Multidirectional) deployment, click Next until the Deploy First WAFS Agent button appears, then click Deploy First WAFS Agent.

   • For CDP deployment, click Next until the Deploy Master Agent button appears, then click Deploy Master Agent.

   If you are installing the Agent on Windows Server 2008 or Vista, a prompt appears asking if you want the Agent to start automatically when a user logs in to the computer. You should only enable the autostart feature if you are either using the Administrator account to install and run WAFS or if UAC is disabled.

   

   • Click Yes to start the application upon user logon; click No if you want to start the application manually.

3. The Agent installs, then the Select a folder page appears.

   

4. Click Browse to select the target folder for the first Job or backup Job, then click Next. The target folder is the folder that contains the files you want to mirror using WAFS or back up using CDP. The Create a new Job page appears.

   

5. Provide the IP address or name of the Server. If the port number is not 80 (the default), provide the server name followed with the port number in the format Servername:port. For example, type:

   AVSRD:711

   If you are unable to connect to the Server, verify that you are not using port 80 for something else, such as Microsoft IIS. If so, designate a different port for the Server in the Server Parameters dialog box.

6. The name of the folder appears in the Job name box; keep the name or specify a new name for the Job.

7. Click Next. The Job Summary appears.

   

8. Review the settings.

   • If you want to change any settings, click Back.

   • If you want to specify certain file types to include or exclude from the Job, click Edit Filter. Refer to Filtering Jobs for details of specifying filters.

   • If you are satisfied with the settings, click Link to Job.

9. If you are warned that all of the files in the target folder must be closed and not in use while the target folder is mapped for the first time, verify that no files are open and that no applications are using files in the target folder, then click OK.

The Agent links with the Server and all of the files in the target folder are replicated in the Server Vault - the working space that stores a Job's current file versions, past versions, deleted files, and log files. The default location is C:\AD .

Next Step: Install Additional or Backup Agents