Upgrading Data Protection for VMware on a Linux system in silent mode

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You can silently upgrade Data Protection for VMware on a supported Linux® operating system.

About this task

Use the following Data Protection for VMware parameters with the silent installation feature:
Table 1. Data Protection for VMware silent installation upgrade parameters
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

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 upgrade completes, the DIRECT_START value cannot be changed except by reinstalling the product.

Procedure

To upgrade Data Protection for VMware, complete the following steps:

  1. Make sure that there are no active backup, restore, or mount sessions.
  2. Make sure that any existing Data Protection for VMware vSphere GUI or recovery agent GUI is closed.
  3. Download the code package.
  4. From the Data Protection for VMware folder, go to the Linux folder.
  5. From a command prompt window, enter the ./install-Linux.bin -i silent -DLICENSE_ACCEPTED=true command with the preferred parameters.
    For example: ./install-Linux.bin -i silent -DLICENSE_ACCEPTED=true -DVCENTER_HOSTNAME=9.11.90.86 -DVCENTER_USERNAME=administrator@vsphere.local -DVCENTER_PASSWORD=**** -DREGISTER_EXTENSION=yes -DDIRECT_START=yes