Installable components

Data Protection for VMware includes several components that you can install to protect your virtual environment.

Depending on the operating system environment, the following Data Protection for VMware features are available for installation:

Restriction: Each installation package presents you with a user licensing file (EULA). If you do not accept the file, the installation process stops.

Table 1. Available Data Protection for VMware features by operating system
Component	Linux	Windows
Tivoli® Storage Manager recovery agent This component provides virtual mount and instant restore capabilities.	√	√
Recovery agent command-line interface The command-line interface used for mount operations.		√
Documents Documents include the readme and notices files.	√	√
Data Protection for VMware enablement file This component enables Tivoli Storage Manager to run the following backup types: Periodic incremental VM backup. Full VM incremental-forever backup. Incremental-forever-incremental VM backup. This component is required for application protection. If you offload backup workloads, this file must be installed on the vStorage Backup Server.	√	√
Data Protection for VMware vSphere GUI This component is a graphical user interface (GUI) that accesses VM data on the VMware vCenter Server. The content of the GUI is available in three views: A web browser view. This view is accessed in a supported web browser by using the URL for the GUI web server host. For example: `https://guihost.mycompany.com:9081/TsmVMwareUI/` A plug-in view that integrates with the VMware vSphere Client. This plug-in is accessed as a vCenter Server extension in the Solutions and Applications panel of your vCenter Server System. The panels and functionality of this view are the same as offered in the browser view. Tip: The plug-in view is not supported in a VMware vSphere 6 environment. The IBM Data Protection extension view in the VMware vSphere Web Client. This panels in this view are uniquely designed to integrate within the web client, but data and commands for this view are obtained from the same GUI web server as the other views. The IBM Data Protection extension provides a subset of the functions that are available in the web browser and plug-in views and some additional functions. Configuration and advanced reporting functions are not offered in this view. You can specify one or more views during installation.	√	√
Data Protection for VMware vCloud GUI When you run the Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments installation wizard, you must select one of the following environment protection options: vSphere Protection or vCloud Protection. If you select vCloud Protection, the Data Protection for VMware vCloud GUI is installed. This component is a web-based GUI that protects and manages vApps. It also organizes vDCs in a vCloud Director environment. This component also includes the Data Protection for VMware command-line interface.	√	√
File restore GUI This component is a web-based GUI that enables you to restore files from a VMware virtual machine backup without administrator assistance. The GUI is installed automatically when the Data Protection for VMware GUI is installed. It is enabled through the configuration wizard.	¹	√
Data mover The Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive client moves data for Data Protection for VMware. This functionality is referred to as the data mover. The data mover moves data from the virtual environment to the Tivoli Storage Manager server. When you install the data mover on a server, the server can be used as a vStorage backup server. You can install the data mover on the same system as Data Protection for VMware or on another server.	√	√

Although the file restore interface component must be installed and enabled on a Windows system, you can use this interface to restore files on both Windows and Linux guest virtual machines.

Data Protection for VMware offloads the backup workload from VMs to a vStorage backup server. To accomplish this task, the backup-archive client V7.1.6 must be installed on the vStorage Backup Server.