Perform the following steps to install and configure the Microsoft application agent:
Prerequisite: Install PowerProtect DD Management Center (DDMC). Data Manager uses DDMC to connect to the DD systems. See the PowerProtect DD Management Center Installation and Administration Guide for instructions.
- Install the Microsoft application agent on the Exchange Server host.
- In the Data Manager UI, click System Settings > Agent Downloads, select the Microsoft application agent download package msappagent196_win_x64.zip, and download the package to the Windows Exchange Server host.
- Log in to the Exchange Server host as an Administrator to install the Microsoft application agent.
- Configure the required user privileges on the Exchange Server host using App Agent Exchange Admin Configuration tool.
- Add or approve the Microsoft application agent in Data Manager.
- Discover the Exchange application host.
- Create a protection policy to protect the Exchange host.
- On each node in the DAG, repeat the steps to install the Microsoft application agent, and add and discover the application host in Data Manager.
- Protection of the nodes in a DAG requires that all the nodes be registered to the Data Manager server.
- You cannot perform a backup to a secondary PowerProtect DD series appliance. You can only restore from a secondary PowerProtect DD series appliance.
Figure 2. steps to install and configure the Microsoft application agent