Perform a silent install of the agent - x360Recover

Written By Tami Sutcliffe (Super Administrator)

Updated at November 3rd, 2022

Overview 

   Are you performing a silent install for Direct-to-Cloud (D2C)?  

   If so, read this:  Deploy a silent agent for D2C via RMM

You can automate the agent installation process from the command line.

Note: If you are performing an automated network deployment, you must specify the fully-qualified UNC network path to the agent file:

Correct:      \\Server\Share\agentInstall.msi

Incorrect:     F:\Share\agentInstall.msi).



To install the agent from the command line: 

1. From the target machine, open a Command Prompt window.

2. To install the agent, run the following command:

MSIEXEC /I agentInstaller.msi /q SERVER=<Appliance IP Address> BACKUP_VOLUMES=<Drv>,<Drv>  PASSWORD=<encryption password>

3. Replace each of the following variables with information relevant to your environment:

  • SERVER - List the IP address of the appliance.
  • BACKUP_VOLUMES - List each volume to be backed up, separated by a comma.
  • PASSWORD  - Enter an encryption password for the protected device


To uninstall the agent, run the following command:

MSIEXEC /x agentInstaller.msi 



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