Central Management

You can use the manager interface to add nodes, or remotely deploy CA Recovery Point Server so that managed nodes can be used as backup or replication targets.

What Do You Want to Do?

• Add Nodes
• Remotely Deploy CA Recovery Point Server

This section contains the following topics:

Add Nodes

Remotely Deploy CA Recovery Point Server from the Application

Add Nodes

Adding nodes lets you manage policies and data stores as well as the installed products for all protected nodes from a single view for easier management. You can add nodes by IP address or host name, or from a file. In all options, provide the server name, user name and password.

You can also add nodes automatically using Deployment.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Add in the Node category on the toolbar. You can also Edit or Delete nodes from the toolbar.

   You can add nodes by IP/Name or import nodes from a file.

   To add nodes by IP or Node Name, complete the following fields:

   • IP/Node Name -- Enter the IP address or host name of the node you want to manage.
   • (Optional) Description -- Type text that describes the function of this node.
   • User Name and Password -- Enter the appropriate credentials to log in. You may need to enter in domain name\username format.

   To add nodes from a file, complete the following fields:

   • Click Browse to locate the file that lists the nodes in CSV format that you want to add.
   • Click Upload. Wait while the upload is completed.
   • Click Next. The nodes listed in the file are added to the list and verified.
   • (Optional) On the Node Credentials screen, click to select specific nodes or provide a global user name and password to apply to all.
   • Click Finish. The nodes are added.
2. Click OK.

The nodes are added to the Node Name list.

Note: To delete nodes from the Node Name list, highlight the node and click Delete from the Node category. To view logs for a node, expand All Nodes from the Groups list, select the desired node and click View Logs.

Next Steps:

• Remotely Deploy CA Recovery Point Server

Remotely Deploy CA Recovery Point Server from the Application

The interface allows you to deploy CA Recovery Point Server to other nodes. The Deployment operation automatically adds nodes to the All Nodes group.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Deployment from the Actions group on the toolbar. The License Agreement opens.
2. Scroll down to enable the option, I accept the terms of the License Agreement and click it. If you want, you may prevent the license from appearing. Click the option, Do not show this License Agreement again.
3. Click Next.
4. On the Deployment dialog, click Add to add servers to the list.
   1. On the Add dialog, specify the Server Name, User Name and password, the Port and Install Path.
   2. Click Allow setup to install the driver.
   3. Select the desired reboot and HTTPS options.
   4. Click OK.

   The server is added to the Deployment list.

5. Click the check box next to each server where you want to deploy software components.
6. Click Deploy Now.
7. Wait while a connection is established and installation is performed.
8. Click Close.

Next Steps:

After you deploy software components to nodes, you can use those nodes as backup targets in a CA ARCserve D2D policy or as replication targets in a CA Recovery Point Server policy.

• Configuring Simple Policies
• Configuring Complex RPO Hierarchies
• Specify RPS in CA ARCserve D2D Backup Job