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Blocky for Veeam® Administration Guide
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  • Blocky for Veeam® Administration Guide
    • Chapter 1: Product Information
      • 1.1 Overview
      • 1.2 Key Features
      • 1.3 Restrictions
      • 1.4 Deduplication
    • Chapter 2: Password Protection
    • Chapter 3: Installation
      • 3.1 Installing
      • 3.1.1 Launch the Installation
      • 3.1.2 License Agreement
      • 3.1.3 Select the installation path and additional tasks
      • 3.1.4 Select Components
      • 3.1.5 Start the Installation
      • 3.1.6 Completing the Installation
      • 3.2 Updating
      • 3.3 Upgrading from Version 2.5 and earlier
      • 3.3 Uninstallation
    • Chapter 4: Configuration
      • 4.1 Start the GUI
      • 4.2 Set initial password
      • 4.3 Change password
      • 4.4. Access Control
      • 4.5 Whitelisted Applications
      • 4.5.1 Automatically whitelist applications
      • 4.5.2 Manually whitelist applications
      • 4.5.3 Whitelist via request table
      • 4.5.4 Invalid whitelist entry
      • 4.6 Notifications
      • 4.7 SMTP Server Configuration
      • 4.8 Save / Load Configuration
      • 4.9 Central GUI Mode
      • 4.10 Add Server
      • 4.11 Server selection
      • 4.12 Define a new Group
      • 4.13 Master Configuration
      • 4.14 Lisencing
      • 4.14.1 Initial Licensing
      • 4.14.2 Install License
      • 4.14.3 License upate and renewal
    • Chapter 5: Monitoring
      • 5.1 Request Table
      • 5.2 Status Information
      • 5.3 Access Log
      • 5.4 License Information
      • 5.5 Alert Notifications
      • 5.6 Windows even logs
      • 5.7 Raw volume access
    • Chapter 6: Diagnostics
      • 6.1 Service Report
      • 6.2 Missing privileges
      • 6.3 System clock tampering
    • Appx A: Setup command line parameters
    • Appx B: BlockyCLI parameters
    • Appx C: BlockyforVeeam® Change Log
    • Open Source Licenses
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  1. Blocky for Veeam® Administration Guide

Chapter 3: Installation

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Chapter 3: Installation

3.1 Installing

3.1.1 Launch the Installation

  • Close all applications running on the system before starting the installation.

  • Run the setup program BlockyforVeeam®Setup_2_6_2_217.exe to start the installation wizard.

Administrative rights are required to install, configure, license, or update BlockyforVeeam®. When installing, you need to be logged in as an administrator or run the installation program using the context menu option “Run as administrator." (Right-click the BlockyforVeeam® setup file).

Check Controlled folder feature and turn it off. See Restrictions.

3.1.2 License Agreement

You have to accept the "License Agreement“ in order to continue with the BlockyforVeeam® installation procedure.

3.1.3 Select the installation path and additional tasks

3.1.4 Select Components

Please select the components you want to install.

3.1.5 Start the Installation

After clicking the Install button, BlockyforVeeam® will be installed in the selected destination folder.

3.1.6 Completing the Installation

Click "Finish“ to complete the installation.

3.2 Updating

The process of updating from a previous 2.6 version is similar to the installation described in Installation.

When updating BlockyforVeeam® a password query is only necessary if the core is installed.

3.3 Upgrading from Version 2.5 and earlier

Version 2.6 can be upgraded directly from version 2.5.

An upgrade from a Blocky version older than 2.5 can only be done with an intermediate upgrade to Blocky 2.5.

Please contact our GRAU DATA GmbH support (support@graudata.com) if you require any additional information or assistance.

3.4 Uninstallation

BlockyforVeeam® can be uninstalled by using the Windows Software Manager. Click "Start >> Control Panel >> Add or Remove Programs" Select the BlockyforVeeam® product and press the “Uninstall” button.

With core component installed:

Confirm the Un-install of BlockyforVeeam® with your password.

The self-defined password must be set in order to uninstall Blocky for Veeam®. The uninstall will fail if the self-defined password has not been set.

On core-only installations, the uninstall password is not required.

Continue by pressing “Uninstall,” and BlockyforVeeam® will be removed.

A pop-up message confirms that BlockyforVeeam® was successfully removed.

The components can only be selected for a new installation!If you want to change the components after installation you have to uninstall BlockyforVeeam® and then install it again.

On Core-only installations, you have to set the initial password via BlockyCLI after installation or via the BlockyforVeeam® setup parameter during installation. See chapters and

The password is entered in the same way as for an update, see

See for setting the password.

BlockyCLI
Setup command line parameters.
Updating.
Set initial password