The vSphere Recovery Agent is a Windows application. You can install the vSphere Recovery Agent (VRA) on a Windows physical or virtual machine that has local network access to the vCenter that you want to protect.
You cannot upgrade an existing vSphere Agent to VRA 8.40. However, you can re-register VRA with a vault as a version 7.3x vSphere Agent, run backup jobs from the version 7.3x Agent without reseeding, and restore VMs from existing backups. See Re-register a vSphere Recovery Agent as an existing vSphere Agent. You can also configure a VRA as a new Agent with new backup jobs. See Configure a vSphere Recovery Agent.
You cannot modify a VRA installation. To change the Portal registration for a VRA, you must uninstall the VRA and then reinstall it. See Uninstall the vSphere Recovery Agent and Change the Portal registration for a vSphere Recovery Agent.
Ensure that power management is disabled on the machine where you install VRA.
To install the vSphere Recovery Agent:
1. On a physical or virtual machine with a supported Windows platform, double-click the VRA installation kit.
2. On the Welcome page, click Next.
3. On the End-User License Agreement page, read the license agreement. Click I accept the terms in the License Agreement, and then click Next.
4. On the Destination Folder page, do one of the following:
•To install the VRA in the default location, click Next.
•To install the VRA in another location, click Change. In the Change destination folder dialog box, browse to the new installation folder, or enter it in the Folder name box. Click OK. On the Destination Folder page, click Next.
5. On the Register Agent with Portal page, specify the following information:
•In the Network Address box, type the host name or IP address of the Portal for managing the VRA. Specifying the host name of the Portal is recommended. This will allow DNS to handle IP address changes.
•In the Port box, type the port number for communicating with the Portal.
•In the Username box, type the name of the Portal user for managing the VRA.
After the VRA is installed, the VRA appears on the Computers page of the Portal for this user and other Admin users in the user’s site.
•In the Password box, type the password of the specified Portal user.
6. Click Next.
7. When the installation is complete, click Finish.