Performing an Express Installation

You can install Zerto using the defaults provided by Zerto. Site information and information to connect to vCloud Director can be provided, if required, after the installation in the Zerto User Interface.

Note: You cannot install Zerto on the same machine where another version of Zerto has been installed, for example, if the Zerto for Microsoft Hyper-V version has been installed on the machine.

To perform an express install of Zerto:

1. Run Zerto Installer.exe.
Note: If the required version of Microsoft .NET Framework is not installed, you are prompted to install the required version of .NET Framework, which is included as part of the Zerto installation package. After .NET is installed the machine automatically restarts and the Zerto installation begins.
2. Follow the wizard through the installation until the Choose Installation Type dialog and select the Express installation option.
3. Click NEXT.

The vCenter Server Connectivity dialog is displayed.

4. Specify the following:

IP / Host Name: The IP address or host name of the machine where the vCenter Server runs.

Username: The user name of a user with administrator level privileges in the vCenter Server. The name can be entered using either of the following formats:

username

domain\username

Password: A valid password for the given user name.

Site Name: A name to identify the site.

5. Click NEXT.

The Validation dialog is displayed.

The installation performs checks to make sure that the installation can proceed successfully.

6. After the checks complete successfully, click RUN and continue to the end of the installation.
7. If you intend to manage disaster recovery from this machine, open the Zerto User Interface at the end of the installation, logging in with the user name and password for the vCenter Server connected to the Zerto Virtual Manager.
8. You must excludethe following folders from antivirus scanning:
Zerto Virtual Replication
%ProgramData%\Zerto\Data\zvm_db.mdf
C:\Program Files\Zerto\Zerto Virtual Replication\Zerto.Zvm.Service.exe
C:\Program Files\Zerto\Zerto Virtual Replication\Zerto.Vba.VbaService.exe
C:\Program Files\Zerto\Zerto Virtual Replication\Zerto Online Services Connector\Zerto.Online.Services.Connector.exe
C:\Program Files\Zerto\Zerto Virtual Replication\Embedded DB Manager Service\Zerto.LocalDbInstanceManagerService.exe

Failure to do so may lead to the Zerto Virtual Replication folder being incorrectly identified as a threat and in some circumstances corrupt the Zerto Virtual Replication folder.

9. Repeat the procedure to install Zerto on the peer site.