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Deploying Carbonite via Microsoft Software Center

  • This article is for Windows only

Summary:

This article assumes that you have deployed software on your network before.

If these instructions feel too difficult or if you aren't sure if you have access to deploy software on your network, please contact your network administrator for assistance or you may want to invite users to your Carbonite account and have them manually install Carbonite on their systems.

Solution:

Prerequisites

  • Ensure you have the MSI file downloaded. If you haven't already, please review the deployment guide to download the Carbonite Installer.
  • Ensure you have the COMPANYID for your account readily available.
  • Ensure you have reviewed or created any additional Backup Policies that you wish to deploy to your end users.
  • Ensure that all computers you wish to deploy Carbonite to are able to access the Software Center.

We recommend that if you are deploying multiple policies to the computers on your network you adjust the script for each deployment to list the correct backup policy for each deployment. Additionally, you may wish to separate your computers into groups to easily deploy the correct backup policy.

Installation Script and Variables

When deploying the software you can use a script similar to the one below in order to connect the software with your Carbonite Safe Pro account.

MSIexec /i [LOCATION-OF-MSI-FILE] COMPANYID=[YOUR COMPANY ID FROM ACCOUNT] POLICY="[NAME OF POLICY YOU ARE DEPLOYING]" THROTTLE_INITIAL_BACKUP=[0/1] THROTTLE_KBPS=[###] /quiet

MSI Parameters Explanation

  • COMPANYID - This is a required parameter for the code. This is a unique code found in your Carbonite Safe Pro account dashboard that will link the installed Carbonite software to your account.
  • POLICY - If you have multiple policies, you can type the name of the policy within the quotation marks and the software will use that backup policy for the installation and backup. the policy can always be changed after Carbonite is installed through your Carbonite Safe Pro account. If no policy is stated, it will default to the Carbonite Default policy.
  • THROTTLE_INITIAL_BACKUP=0 - Placing this optional parameter in the script will make it so that your backups are throttled at all times.
  • THROTTLE_INITIAL_BACKUP=1 - Placing this optional parameter in the script will make it so that your backups are throttled for only the initial backup. After the initial backup completes, the backup speed will no longer be throttled down.
  • THROTTLE_KBPS - This optional parameter should be used in conjunction with the THROTTLE_INITIAL_BACKUP options listed above. It will set the maximum backup speed in kilobytes per second for your backup.

You can now deploy Carbonite to your network. Once you have successfully deployed Carbonite, all of the computers will be listed under your account with all their associated policies.

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