Installing the space management client for IBM Spectrum Scale Linux systems

You can install the space management client on IBM Spectrum Scale Linux systems from the product installation media.

Before you begin

You must be logged in as the root user to install the product.

About this task

This installation procedure can be used to install new distributions or updates from downloaded installation media. The downloaded files that you use to install the space management client might be compressed. Depending on the package file format, either copy or extract the files to disk and use these instructions to install the components.

You can download the appropriate package file from one of the following websites:
Before installation, you must first check the signature of the space management client package as follows:
  1. Download the generated gpk key RPM-GPG-KEY-ibmpkg from the download sites that also contain the space management client packages.
  2. Import the generated gpk key by entering the following command:
    rpm --import RPM-GPG-KEY-ibmpkg
  3. Verify the space management client package by entering the following command:
    rpm -K <space_management_client_package>.rpm
    where <space_management_client_package> is the name of an rpm package that is listed in Table 1 - Package names and descriptions.

Procedure

  1. Change directory to the installation packages directory.
  2. Optional: Specify HSMINSTALLMODE=SCOUTFREE.
    If you want the GPFS policy engine to control automatic migration, you can disable the dsmmonitord and dsmscoutd automatic migration daemons. Disabling these daemons conserves system resources. To disable the automatic migration daemons, start this command in a shell: 
    export HSMINSTALLMODE=SCOUTFREE

    For information about configuring IBM Spectrum Scale integration with the space management client, see Technote 7018848.

  3. Install the IBM Spectrum Protect clients in the order that is presented in Package name and descriptions. During installation, these packages are installed in unique directories. Press y to each question when prompted.
    Table 1. Package names and descriptions
    To install Issue this command
    API Install the API files in the /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin64 directory:
    • On x86_64 systems: 
       rpm -i TIVsm-API64.x86_64.rpm
    • On Power Systems Little Endian systems: 
       rpm -i TIVsm-API64.ppc64le.rpm
    Backup-archive client (CLI and GUI) web client Administrative client Install the backup-archive client (command line, GUI, and web client) in the /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin directory:
    • On x86_64 systems: 
       rpm -i TIVsm-BA.x86_64.rpm
    • On Power Systems Little Endian systems: 
       rpm -i TIVsm-BA.ppc64le.rpm
    To circumvent the dependence check, you can use the --nodeps option, but then you must check the dependencies manually.
    The space management client Install the space management client commands and the space management agent in /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/hsm/bin directory:
    • On x86_64 systems: 
        rpm -i TIVsm-HSM.x86_64.rpm
    • On Power Systems Little Endian systems: 
       rpm -i TIVsm-HSM.ppc64le.rpm