Installing the Active Directory Agent on a Client Computer

You can install the Active Directory Agent using either the CommCell Console or the installation package that is created by the Download Manager.

Before You Begin

Prepare your environment for the installation. For more information, see the following topics:
- Plan the Installation on Windows Computers
- Plan the Installation on UNIX, Linux, and Macintosh Computers
Gather the information that you must provide during the installation. For more information, see Preinstallation Checklist for the Active Directory Agent on Windows.

Choose one of the following installation methods:
- Remote installation: You use the CommCell Console to install the software remotely on a client computer.
  
  For instructions, see Installing Commvault Remotely Using the CommCell Console.
  
  Note
  
  If you have a third-party application (for example, Oracle) installed on your client computer, you can configure the CommCell Console to automatically detect the application and install the required Commvault software. For instructions, see Installing Commvault By Enabling Automatic Detection of Applications Installed on Clients.
- Local installation: You use the installation package to install the software locally on a client computer.
  
  For more information, see Installing Commvault Locally on Windows Computers Using the Installation Package.
- For other installation methods using the installation package, see Installations Using the Installation Package.
Install the Active Directory package, which is under the Application category.

Note

If the File System Agent is not installed on the computer, the File System Core and File System packages are automatically installed with the package that you select. The File System Agent does not consume a license. To gather the required information for the File System Agent, see "Gather Installation Data" in Preinstallation Checklist for the Windows File System Agent.
If the File System Agent, or another package, is already installed on the computer, you are not required to gather all the computer details again. The level of detail that you need depends on how the package that you select is installed:
- For installations using the CommCell Console, the installation program requests only the name of the client computer.
- For installations using the installation package, the installation program reads the details from the previous installation.

Review the tasks that you must perform after the installation in Postinstallation Tasks for Clients.
To perform the required agent configurations, refer to the Getting Started page of each agent that you installed.