You can use Aranda Datasafe’s Discovery Agent to identify:
- The amount of your company’s data that is at risk.
- How much storage space you’ll need to back up and protect your devices.
Discovery Agent is free and gives you an overview of your devices and data. You need to install it on all the devices that you would like to backup and protect with Aranda Datasafe.
Download Discovery Agent
You can download and install the Discovery Agent on all the devices that you want to be included in the Aranda Datasafe inventory. Do not install Discovery Agent on your on-premises servers or cloud servers.
On a device you want to be discovered:
1. Log in to Aranda Datasafe as an administrator.
If Aranda Datasafe has not yet discovered any devices, the Inventory page does not contain information about the device and advises you to download the discovery agent.
If Aranda Datasafe has discovered devices, the Inventory page displays information about those devices.
2. If Aranda Datasafe has not discovered any devices, click Download Discovery Agent to begin downloading a Discovery Agent that is specific to your Aranda Datasafe Tenant. (The MSI Discovery Agent package is downloaded to your browser.)
If Aranda Datasafe has previously discovered devices, click on the download icon in the top right, above the Data discovered## panel. Discovery Agent will begin downloading to your browser.
Install Discovery Agent on your end-user devices
Install the MSI Discovery Agent package on each user device (desktop, laptop, etc.). The discovery agent will perform an inventory of devices and data, and then securely upload the information to Aranda Datasafe.
Prerequisites
- The user’s devices must have Internet access since Discovery Agent needs to connect to Aranda Datasafe.
- The user’s devices must use a Windows operating system, Windows 7 or later. A Mac version will be available soon.
- Firewalls and proxy servers must allow connections. You may need to whitelist endpointcloud.com and the full path to the Aranda Datasafe tenant URL. Example: https://arandasoftware.endpointcloud.com where “arandasoftware” is replaced with your organization’s name.
You can install Discovery Agent manually or remotely on each device.
Manual Agent Installation
Discovery Agent can be installed by running the MSI package on each user device.
You may want to move the MSI package to a shared folder that can be accessed by all devices. Alternatively, you can put the MSI package on a memory card and transfer it between devices that way.
Remote Agent Installation
You can install the MSI package on devices remotely, using the Active Directory Group Policy feature or a third-party application. For more details, please contact Aranda Support (reportedecasos@arandasoft.com).