Deploying the Veritas System Recovery Agent

Last published : Apr 02, 2026
You can deploy the Veritas System Recovery Agent to local or to remote computers.
To deploy the Veritas System Recovery Agent
  1. Ensure that you have completed the steps to prepare the computer to deploy the Veritas System Recovery agent.
See Preparing a computer in a workgroup environment to deploy the Veritas System Recovery Agent.
  1. On the Veritas System Recovery menu bar, click Computers > select a computer from the menu.
You must have administrator rights on the computer to which you install the agent.
  1. Click Deploy Agent.
  2. In the Deploy Veritas System Recovery Agent dialog box, specify the administrator user name (or a user name that has administrator rights) and the password.
In a workgroup environment, you must specify the remote computer name. You cannot use an IP address, even if you have successfully connected to the computer by using an IP address.
For example, type RemoteComputerName \_UserName_
  1. If you want to restart the computer when the agent installation is finished, click Reboot when finished.
    Note: The computer cannot be backed up until the computer is restarted. However, be sure to warn the user of the impending reboot so that they can save their work.
  2. Click OK.
See About deploying the Veritas System Recovery Agent.
See Manually installing the Veritas System Recovery Agent.