Veritas Access Appliance 8.2 Upgrade Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (8.2)
Platform: Veritas 3340,Veritas 3350,Veritas 3360

Installing OpenSSH

Use the following procedure to install OpenSSH on a Windows system.

Before you begin, check if OpenSSH is already installed on the Windows system. Open command prompt and run the ssh command. If OpenSSH is already installed, the command usage is displayed. If you see a message that says the ssh command is not recognized, OpenSSH is not installed and you need to follow the steps described below to install it.

To install and configure OpneSSH on a Windows:

  1. Get OpenSSH from the GIT hub repository. Navigate to GitHub (https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/releases) and select the required version of OpenSSH package that is compatible with your Windows type.
  2. Download and install the package on your system.
  3. Validate if OpenSSH package is installed by running the ssh command from the command prompt.

You can now download the Access Appliance software update on a Windows machine.

See Downloading software updates to an Access Appliance node using SCP.

For more details about OpenSSH, refer to the Microsoft documentation.