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h1. Getting Started
{excerpt}Getting started with Hot Copy.{excerpt}

\\ {excerpt}Getting started with Hot Copy.{excerpt} Hot Copy is comprised of the hcp command line utility and the R1Soft Hot Copy snapshot device driver.

# (/) Download the appropriate Hot Copy installer for your Linux distribution
# (/) Install Hot Copy using by using one of the 5 different installation packages: apt, yum, tar, .deb or .rpm
{note}Check the Linux Hot Copy System Requirements before proceeding with installation:
[http://www.r1soft.com/tools/linux-hot-copy/sys-req/]

{note}

h1. 1. Downloading Hot Copy 
h2. 1. Downloading Hot Copy

To use and download Hot Copy you are required to first register at: [http://www.r1soft.com/tools/linux-hot-copy/]


After registering you will immediately receive the download links and further instructions via e-mail.
{note}Save Important Contents of Registration E-mail:
* Yum repository URL
{note}
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h12. 2. Installing the hcp Command Line Utility Binary 

R1Soft provides apt, yum, tar, .deb and .rpm installation methods for both 32-bit (i386) and 64-bit (AMD64) architectures.
To install Hot Copy with yum you will need to create a yum repo file with the R1Soft repository information inside of it.

First you will need to create the repo file in your {color:#0000ff}yum.repos.d{color} directory.  This is usually found in {color:#0000ff}/etc/yum/yum.repos.d{color}

Create a file called r1soft.repo:
{code}

h13. .tar package

To install the .tar Hot Copy package at the shell prompt type:
{code}

h12. 3. Install Hot Copy Device Driver 

The Hot Copy device driver is provided as a loadable Linux kernel module.  You do NOT need to re-compile your Linux kernel. 
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h3. *Install Hot Copy Kernel Module from Kernel Source or Devel Headers*

You will need to install the Hot Copy device driver using your kernel source code or kernel headers using the [hcp-setup command line utility|LTR1D:hcp-setup].  See [hcp-setup|LTR1D:hcp-setup] for more information.
For more information see [LTR1D:Hot Copy and CDP 2.0 Linux Agent]

h2. 4. Enjoy Hot Copy

h1. 4. Enjoy Hot Copy\!  

You can then use Hot Copy with the "hcp" command.  :-)
{code}
# hcp /dev/DEVICE
 
* [Hot Copy Tips\!|http://www.r1soft.com/products/linux-hot-copy/hot-copy-tips/]
 
* Have a Kewl way to use Hot Copy?  Incorporating Hot Copy into a script?  [Share it on the R1Soft Continuous Data Protection, Tools for Windows and Linux Community Forum\!|http://forum.r1soft.com]

h12. REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to [http://forum.r1soft.com]

h2. COPYRIGHT

h1. COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2008-2012 Idera Inc.

Copyright 2008-2012 Idera Inc. 
h2. SEE ALSO

h1. SEE ALSO

[hcp-setup|http://wiki.r1soft.com/display/LTR1D/hcp-setup|hcp-setup], [hcp|LTR1D:hcp], [hcp-device|LTR1D:hcp-device]