Installable components

Data Protection for VMware includes several components that you can install to protect your virtual environment.

The availability of components depends on the operating system environment. To determine which components are available in your environment, review the table.

On Windows and Linux, all install locations are to fixed locations. The Windows locations are listed in the table below. For Linux: Spectrum Protect for VE component is installed at /opt/tivoli/tsm/tdpvmware. The Linux Spectrum Protect backup-archive API and client are installed by the VE installer in their fixed locations: /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/api and /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba.

Each installation package presents you with an End User Licensing Agreement. If you do not accept the license agreement, the installation process stops.

Table 1. Available Data Protection for VMware components by operating system
Component	Linux	Windows
IBM Spectrum Protect recovery agent This component provides virtual mount and instant restore capabilities. Fixed installation location on Windows: `C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\RecoveryAgent`		√
Recovery agent command-line interface The command-line interface is used for mount operations. Fixed installation location on Windows: `C:\Program Files\IBM\SpectrumProtect\Framework`		√
Documents Documents include the readme and notices files.	√	√
Data Protection for VMware enablement file This component enables IBM Spectrum Protect Data Protection for VMware to run the following backup types: Incremental-forever incremental backup Incremental-forever full backup This component is required for application protection. If you offload backup workloads, this file must be installed on the vStorage Backup Server.	√	√
Data Protection for VMware vSphere GUI This component is a graphical user interface (GUI) that accesses VM data on the VMware vCenter Server. The content of the GUI is available in these views: A web browser view. This view is accessed in a supported web browser by using the URL for the GUI web server host. For example: `https://guihost.mycompany.com:9081/TsmVMwareUI/` The IBM Spectrum Protect vSphere Client plug-in view. This view is accessed in the VMware vSphere Web Client. The panels in this view are uniquely designed to integrate within the vSphere web client, but data and commands for this view are obtained from the same GUI web server as the other views. The IBM Spectrum Protect vSphere Client plug-in provides a subset of the functions that are available in the web browser view and some additional functions.	√	√
File restore GUI This component is a web-based GUI that enables you to restore files from a VMware virtual machine backup without administrator assistance. The GUI is installed automatically when the Data Protection for VMware GUI is installed. It is enabled through the configuration wizard.	√	√
Data mover The IBM Spectrum Protect Data Protection for VMware data mover is the component that moves data for Data Protection for VMware. The data mover moves data from the virtual environment to an IBM Spectrum Protect backup server. When you install the data mover on a server, the server can be used as a vStorage backup server. You can install the data mover on the same system as Data Protection for VMware or on another server. Fixed installation location on Windows: `C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient`	√	√

On Windows, the JVM is installed at: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Tivoli\TSM\jvmNNNNNN where NNNNNN is the JVM version number (for example JVM80516). The web server is installed at C:\IBM\SpectrumProtect\webserver.

From Data Protection for VMware V8.1.8 and upwards, the location of Framework and DP for VMware components of the TSM4VE package can no longer be changed. The default location is C:\Program Files\IBM\SpectrumProtect.

Framework - C:\Program Files\IBM\SpectrumProtect\Framework: FLR, Derby, vmcli, and tsmcli files.
DP for VMware - C:\Program Files\IBM\SpectrumProtect\DPVMware: vmgui files.

Although the file restore interface component must be installed and enabled on a Windows system, you can use this interface to restore files on both Windows and Linux guest virtual machines.
When you install Data Protection for VMware, the data mover is included in the installation.

Data Protection for VMware offloads the backup workload from VMs to a vStorage backup server. To accomplish this task, the data mover must be installed on the vStorage Backup Server.