Installing the cpdbr-agent

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Install the cpdbr-agent so that you can calculate how much storage to allocate to backups when you create backups with the Cloud Pak for Data OADP backup and restore utility.

Before you begin

OADP must be installed and configured. Note the project (namespace) where OADP is installed.

About this task

Required role
You must have the Cluster administrator role in Cloud Pak for Data.

Install the cpdbr-agent in the Red Hat® OpenShift cluster. The cpdbr-agent deploys the node agents to the cluster. The node agents must be run in privileged mode.

Procedure

  1. Log in to Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform as a cluster administrator. 
    ${OC_LOGIN}
    Remember: OC_LOGIN is an alias for the oc login command.
  2. To install the cpdbr-agent, run the following commands. 
    cpd-cli oadp client config set namespace=<oadp_project>
    cpd-cli oadp client config set cpd-namespace=${PROJECT_CPD_INST_OPERANDS}
    cpd-cli oadp install --component=cpdbr-agent