Installing only the Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V data mover
You can install the Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V data mover for virtual machine (VM) backup and restore operations and in-guest application protection restore operations. This installation also installs the Windows mount proxy for file restore operations.
Before you begin
- Ensure that communication ports are open in the firewall. For the list of ports that need to be open, see Required communication ports.
- Ensure that you downloaded and extracted the installation package as described in Download and extract the installation package.
- If you are installing the data mover to protect in-guest applications, ensure that you follow the instructions in the following topics before you install the data mover:
About this task
The data mover installation includes the data mover, which is used for VM backup and restore operations and in-guest application protection restore operations. This installation also includes the mount proxy for file restore operations. The recovery agent is also included in the installation.
Restriction: The Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V installer automatically
disables the automount feature with the diskpart command on the Windows operating system. This action is required to show
correct drive letter assignments and to hide the system reserved disk in the IBM
Spectrum Protect file restore interface.
Procedure
Complete the following steps on the Windows mount proxy machine or the guest VM that is hosting application data:
Results
The following installed components appear in the Programs and
Features control panel in the Windows operating system:
- IBM Spectrum Protect Client
- IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V
- IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V License
- IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V suite
- IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Framework
- IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Recovery agent
- IBM Spectrum Protect JVM
- IBM Spectrum Protect WebServer
What to do next
For more information about installing and configuring the software for application protection,
see one of the following topics: