Installing Data Protection for VMware on Linux systems in silent mode

You can customize which Data Protection for VMware features to silently install on a Linux operating system.

Before you begin

Before you install Data Protection for VMware, ensure that you meet the following requirements:
  • Ensure that the user ID has the required permission level and that the required communication ports are open before you proceed.
  • The installation process creates user tdpvmware. You must issue all vmcli commands as user tdpvmware, and with root user ID.
  • X Window Server is required when you install in console mode.
  • Ensure that you reviewed the following requirements:

About this task

Data Protection for VMware provides the following silent installation features for Linux operating systems:
Table 1. Data Protection for VMware silent installation features
Feature Description Installed by default?
Docs Readme file Yes
TDPVMwareDM Installation of this feature includes the enablement file.
Enables IBM Spectrum Protect™ to run the following backup types:
  • Periodic incremental VM backup
  • Full VM incremental-forever backup
  • Incremental-forever-incremental VM backup
If you offload backup workloads, this file must be installed on the vStorage Backup Server.
 Yes
TDPVMwareGUI Data Protection for VMware vSphere GUI.
Note: Also includes enablement file installation.
 No
Use the following Data Protection for VMware parameters with the silent installation features:
Table 2. Data Protection for VMware silent installation parameters for the installer.properties file
Parameter Description Default value
VCENTER_HOSTNAME The vCenter Server fully qualified domain name or IP address. None
VCENTER_USERNAME The vCenter user ID. This user ID must be a VMware administrator that has permission to register and unregister extensions. None
VCENTER_PASSWORD The vCenter password. None
DIRECT_START

(vSphere only) To access the Data Protection for VMware vSphere GUI in a web browser, specify DIRECT_START=YES.
The Data Protection for VMware vSphere GUI is accessed through a URL bookmark to the GUI web server. If you do not want to access the Data Protection for VMware vSphere GUI in a web browser, specify DIRECT_START=NO.

 YES
Important: After installation completes, the DIRECT_START value cannot be changed except by reinstalling the product.
USERNAME User name. A profile for this user name is created in /home/<username>/tdpvmware/config. tdpvmware
REGISTER_PLUGIN

(vSphere only) To access the Data Protection for VMware vSphere GUI as an extension in the vSphere Web Client, specify REGISTER_PLUGIN=1.

 0
VMCLI_DB_PORT The TCP/IP port number for the Derby Database. 1527
WC_defaulthost The HTTP protocol for the GUI web server. 9080
WebServer_Https The HTTPS protocol for the GUI web server. 9081
Keystore_Password The keystore password for the GUI web server. The password must be a minimum of six valid characters (a-z A-Z 0-9). None
SSL_Certificate The installation process generates a self-signed SSL certificate. Enter the number of years to keep this SSL certificate active. 10

Procedure

To install Data Protection for VMware, complete the following steps from the directory where you extracted the installation package:

  1. Open the path../Linux/DataProtectionForVMware/installer.properties file and uncomment the following entry to accept the license (where path is the installation folder): 
    LICENSE_ACCEPTED=TRUE
  2. Choose one of the following methods to install the Data Protection for VMware components:
    • For a default installation, open the CD/Linux/DataProtectionForVMware folder and enter the following command:
      ./install-Linux.bin -i silent -LICENSE_ACCEPTED=true
    • For a custom installation, complete the following steps:
      1. Edit the installer.properties file with the appropriate values:
        1. Specify INSTALL_MODE=Custom. Ensure the number sign (#) is removed from this statement.
        2. Specify the features to install with the CHOSEN_INSTALL_FEATURE_LIST option. For example, all features are installed with the following value:
          CHOSEN_INSTALL_FEATURE_LIST=Docs,TDPVMwareDM,TDPVMwareGUI
        3. Specify the installer.properties parameters as described in Table 2.
      2. From the CD/Linux/DataProtectionForVMware folder, issue the following command:
        ./install-Linux.bin -i silent -f installer.properties