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MediaAgent Installations
Complete the following tasks to install the MediaAgent in your environment:

1. Plan the installation.

Review general guidelines to prepare your environment for the installation. For more
information, see Planning the MediaAgent Installation.

2. Review the preinstallation checklist.

Gather the information that you must provide during the installation. Based on the
computer's operating system, review the following topics:

Preinstallation Checklist for the MediaAgent on Windows

Preinstallation Checklist for the MediaAgent on UNIX, Linux, and Macintosh

3. Install the software.

Install the MediaAgent using either the CommCell Console, Command Center, or the
installation package that was created from the Download Manager. For more
information, see Installing the MediaAgent.

To install from the Command Center, see Adding a MediaAgent.

4. Perform postinstallation tasks.

Review the tasks that you must perform after the installation in Postinstallation Tasks
for the MediaAgent.

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Deployment > Installations > MediaAgent Installations

Installing the MediaAgent

Install the MediaAgent by using either the CommCell Console or the installation package
that was created from the Download Manager application.

Before You Begin

Prepare your environment for the installation as described in Plan the MediaAgent
Installation.
Gather the information that you must provide during the installation as described in the
preinstallation checklist for the MediaAgent on Windows or UNIX.

Choose the Installation Method

The most commonly used methods to install the MediaAgent are the following:

Remote installations: Use the CommCell Console to install the software remotely on
one or more computers.
For instructions, see Installing Commvault Remotely Using the CommCell Console.

Local installations: Use the installation package to install the software locally on a
computer.
Based on your computer's operating system, see installing Commvault locally on
Windows or UNIX.

For other installation methods using the installation package, see Installations Using the
Installation Package.

What To Do Next
Review the tasks in Postinstallation Tasks for the MediaAgent.

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Deployment > Installations > Installation Methods

Installations Using the Installation

Package
Use one of the following methods to deploy the Commvault software on your environment
by using the installation package.

Install Locally on a Computer

You can install the Commvault software interactively on a computer. This type of installation
is known as local installation, because you directly install the software on a computer.

Based on your computer's operating system, see installing locally on Windows, UNIX or
Macintosh.

Install on Multiple Computers

You can install a base package on all the computers that you want to protect, and then
perform the necessary configurations from the CommCell Console. For more information,
see Installing Commvault on All the Computers Across Your Organization.

To review other installation options to deploy the Commvault software, see Additional
Installations Operations Using the Installation Package.

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Installing Commvault Locally on

Windows Computers Using the
Installation Package
You can install agents and other Commvault software by using the installation package that
was created from the Download Manager application.

Note: For the CommServe server installation, see Installing the CommServe Software. To
install other server packages, go to Other Server Packages and select the package that
you want to install.

Before You Begin

Verify that the installation package that was created from the Download Manager
includes the software that you want to install. If some of the software is missing, create
a new installation package and include the required software. For more information,
see Downloading Software for Windows Computers Using the Download Manager.
Prepare your environment and gather the following information that you must provide
during the installation:
For MediaAgents, see Plan the MediaAgent Installation and Preinstallation Checklist
for the MediaAgent on Windows.
For agents, see Plan the Installation on Windows Computers and the preinstallation
checklist for that agent.
For tools, see "Before You Begin" in Installing Commvault Tools.

If you want to show the client certificate screen in the install wizard (by default, it is not
shown), do the following:
Open the Windows Registry Editor and go to the following directory:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\
Right click SOFTWARE click New > Key and then name the new key
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Right-click SOFTWARE, click New > Key, and then name the new key
GalaxyInstallerFlags.
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Right-click GalaxyInstallerFlags, and then click New > DWORD (32-bit) Value.
Right-click the new value, click Rename, and then type
bShowClientCertificateDialog as the new value.

Double-click the DWORD key, set the Value Data to 1, and then click OK.
Close the Registry Editor.

Procedure
1. Log on to the computer as an Administrator or as a member of the Administrator group
on that>computer.
Deployment Installations > Installation Methods > Installations Using the Installation Package

Note: In a cluster environment, log on to the physical node of the cluster as an

Administrator or as a member of the Administrator group on that computer.

2. Run Setup.exe from the installation package.

The installation wizard opens.

3. On the welcome page, select the I Agree check box and then proceed to the next page.

4. On the Choose the Installation Type page, click Install packages on this computer,
and then proceed to the next page.

If the Install Option page is displayed, an agent or another Commvault software is

already installed on the computer. To install additional software, click Add Packages.

5. On the Select Packages page, select the appropriate category (on the left side) and the
package name (on the right side), and then proceed to the next page.

6. Follow the instructions in the installation wizard.

Note:
If you are installing the software in a cluster environment, repeat the installation
procedure for each physical node on the cluster.
To help you troubleshoot errors that occur before the installation summary page,
check the %allusersprofile%\Commvault Systems\Galaxy\LogFiles\Install.log.
If the error occurs after the summary page, check the installation logs in the

Software_Installation_Directory\Log Files directory.

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Review the following tasks that you must perform after the installation:

For MediaAgents, see Postinstallation Tasks for the MediaAgent.

For agents, see Postinstallation Tasks for Clients, and then refer to the "Getting Started"
page of each agent that you installed to perform the required agent configurations.
For tools, see "What to Do Next" in Installing Commvault Tools.

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