Installing IBM Spectrum Protect Plus as a VMware virtual appliance
To install IBM Spectrum Protect Plus in a VMware environment, deploy an Open Virtualization Format (OVF) template. Deploying an OVF template creates a virtual appliance containing the application on a VMware host such as an ESXi server.
Before you begin
Important: Beginning with IBM Spectrum Protect
Plus
V10.1.6, the hostname for the OVA deployment must not use a name that includes an underscore ( _ ).
- Review the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus system requirements in Component requirements and Hypervisor (Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware) and cloud instance (Amazon EC2) backup and restore requirements.
- Download the virtual appliance template installation file <part_number>.ova from Passport Advantage® Online. For information about downloading files, see technote 6330495.
- Verify the MD5 checksum of the downloaded template installation file. Ensure that the generated checksum matches the one provided in the MD5 Checksum file, which is part of the software download.
- During deployment, you will be prompted to enter network properties from the VMware user interface. You can enter a static IP address configuration, or leave all fields blank to use a DHCP configuration.
- To reassign a static IP address after deployment, you can use the NetworkManager Text User Interface (nmtui) tool. For more information, see Assigning a static IP address.
- You might need to configure an IP address pool that is associated with the VM network where you plan to deploy IBM Spectrum Protect Plus. Correct configuration of the IP address pool includes the setup of IP address range (if used), netmask, gateway, DNS search string, and a DNS server IP address.
- If IBM Spectrum Protect Plus will be used to protect Amazon EC2 workloads, the specified hostname must consist of only lowercase, alphanumeric characters.
- If the hostname of the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus appliance changes after deployment, either through user intervention or if a new IP address is acquired through DNS, the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus appliance must be restarted.
- A default gateway must be configured properly before deployment. Multiple DNS strings are supported, and must be separated by commas without the use of spaces.
- For later versions of vSphere, the vSphere Web Client might be required to deploy IBM Spectrum Protect Plus virtual appliances.
- IBM Spectrum Protect Plus has not been tested for IPv6 environments.
Note: Both the IBM Spectrum Protect
Plus
virtual appliance and the vSnap server are closed systems and anti-virus (AV) installation is not
supported on virtual or physical deployments.
Procedure
To install IBM Spectrum Protect Plus as a virtual appliance, complete the following steps:
What to do next
Once the virtual appliance has been deployed, complete the following actions:
Action | How to |
---|---|
Connect to the console of the IBM Spectrum Protect
Plus
virtual appliance by using VMware Remote Console or SSH. Set up network configurations using the
NetworkManager Text User Interface (nmtui ). |
See Assigning a static IP address. |
Upload the product key. | See Uploading the product key. |
Start IBM Spectrum Protect Plus from a supported web browser. | See Start IBM Spectrum Protect Plus. |