Checking the configuration of the Linux® file restore environment

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After configuring the Linux mount proxy for a file restore operations session, validate the environment and requirements of Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V by running the precheck utility. Do this before you work with Linux file restore.

About this task

The Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V precheck utility is a shell script that validates the environment used for Linux file restore. Run this script to check:
  • operating system support
  • dsmcad status
  • firewall status
  • libssh2 status
  • iSCSI status
  • status of automounter, multipath and lvmetad, lvm2-lvmetad daemons
Note: The precheck script runs on:
  • SUSE SLES 11SP4 and upwards. The tool is not available for SUSE 11SP3.
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 and upwards.

Procedure

To invoke the script:

  1. Go to /opt/tivoli/tsm/scripts
  2. Run the precheck script: ./precheck.sh

What to do next

Note the messages on the status of various aspects of your file restore operating environment.

Follow the guidelines for required tasks such as disabling multipathing and Logical Volume Manager filtering.