Installing the API on Linux on Power Systems™ (Big Endian)

You can install the IBM Spectrum Protect™ API from the product installation media.

Before you begin

You must be logged in as root user to install the product.

About this task

If you have IBM Spectrum Protect Version 6.2 (or an earlier version) installed, remove it (rpm -e) and any other dependent software programs before you install a newer version.

If you have IBM Spectrum Protect V6.3 (or newer) installed, you can use the rpm upgrade option (rpm -U) or the rpm freshen option (rpm -F) to upgrade the existing software to a newer version. The rpm -U command can be used to install new packages or upgrade existing packages; rpm -F can update only packages that are already installed.

Stop any running client processes before you uninstall or upgrade the IBM Spectrum Protect API or backup-archive client. If you are running a V7.1.2 or earlier client, you must uninstall any language packages before you proceed with the upgrade.

Table 1 shows the installation options that are available in uncompressed packages on the installation media.

Table 1. Package names, contents, and default directory
Package Name	Contents	Default directory
gskcrypt64-8.x.x.x.linux.ppc.rpm gskssl64-8.x.x.x.linux.ppc.rpm	64-bit Global Security Kit (GSKit) packages	/usr/local/ibm/gsk8
TIVsm-API64.ppc64.rpm	Application programming interface (API), which contains the IBM Spectrum Protect API shared libraries and samples.	/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin64
TIVsm-APIcit.ppc64.rpm	Optional. These files provide the Common Inventory Technology components that you can use to obtain information about the number of client and server devices that are connected to the system, and the utilization of processor value units (PVUs) by server devices. For more information about PVUs, see Estimating processor value units in the IBM Spectrum Protect server documentation.	APIcit is installed in tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin64/cit/

This installation procedure can be used to install new distributions or updates from downloaded installation media. The downloaded files that you use to install the client might be compressed. Depending on the package file format, either copy or extract the files to disk and use these instructions to install the components.

You can download the appropriate package file from one of the following websites:

Download the client package from Passport Advantage or Fix Central.
For the latest information, updates, and maintenance fixes, go to the IBM Support Portal.

Procedure

Mount the volume that you are installing from.
Change to the directory where the installation packages are stored.
Install the 64-bit GSKit packages. In this example, the "8.x.x.x" characters represent the GSKit version:
```
rpm -U gskcrypt64-8.x.x.x.linux.ppc.rpm gskssl64-8.x.x.x.linux.ppc.rpm
```
Install the IBM Spectrum Protect API, and optionally install the Common Inventory Technology package that is needed to support processor value unit (PVU) calculations.
1. Required: Install the API:
```
rpm -i TIVsm-API64.ppc64.rpm
```
2. Optional: Install the Common Inventory Technology package that is used by the API. This package is dependent on the API so it must be installed after the API package is installed.
```
rpm -i TIVsm-APIcit.ppc64.rpm
```