Azure ASR: Moving from ASM to ARM - Installing Mobility Agent (Part 4)
in this blog we will cover how to install the mobility service agent on our source VMs.
The installation process can be done manually or be pushed from the process server to Windows/Linux VMs.
To show what happens behind the curtains we will focus on the manual approach.
Manual Installation
RDP to your process server and navigate to following file path:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Azure Site Recovery\home\svsystems\pushinstallsvc\repository
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location mobility agent
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select install mobility service
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Process Server Info
in case you have lost your passphrase, run following command to display the key:
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installation path
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last step, installing the software
In the following part we will have a look at creating the prerequisites for the fail-over location.
References:
Best Practices: How to deploy Azure Site Recovery Mobility Service
Overview
This article is part of a series, check for the overview here: Azure: Moving form ASM to ARM with ASR (TOC)