Installing the Data Protection for VMware components

You can install all or some of the components that are available in the Data Protection for VMware package for your operating system.

About this task

Using the Data Protection for VMware installer, you can install the following components:
  • IBM Spectrum Protect™ recovery agent
  • Windows operating systemsRecovery agent command-line interface
  • Windows operating systemsDocumentation (readme file and notices file)
  • Data Protection for VMware enablement file
  • Data Protection for VMware vSphere GUI
  • Data mover feature, which includes the following items:
    • Data mover GUI
    • Data mover web client
    • Client API (64-bit) runtime files
    • Administrative client command line
    • VMware vStorage API runtime files
Tip: You can create multiple data movers on the same system as the Data Protection for VMware software, or you can create data movers on remote systems. This configuration increases the resources available for use by Data Protection for VMware. The systems with the data mover installed are called vStorage backup servers.