PowerProtect Data Manager 19.16 Virtual Machine User Guide

Manually install the VM Direct agent on Linux as a root user from the command line

You can manually install the VM Direct agent as a root user by performing the following steps from the command line.

1. Connect to the PowerProtect Data Manager console and change to the root user.
2. Run the command cd /opt/emc/sw-repo/vflragent/linux.
3. Run the following command:

   scp <package_file> <destination_vm_user>@<destination_vm_ip>:</path/to/copy>
   

   • If the destination virtual machine operating system is CentOS, OpenSuSE Leap, Oracle Linux, RedHat Enterprise Linux, or SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, replace <package_file> with the name of the RPM file.
   • If the destination virtual machine operating system is Debian or Ubuntu Server, replace <package_file> with the name of the DEB file.
   • Replace <destination_vm_user> with the name of a root user on the destination virtual machine.
   • Replace <destination_vm_ip> with the IP address of the destination virtual machine.
   • Replace </path/to/copy> with a directory path on the destination virtual machine to which the VM Direct agent installer package should be copied.
4. Log in to a shell prompt of the destination virtual machine.
5. Change directories to the location of the file copied in step 3.
6. If the destination virtual machine operating system is CentOS, OpenSuSE Leap, Oracle Linux, RedHat Enterprise Linux, or SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, run the following command:

   rpm -ivh <package_file.rpm>

   Replace <package_file.rpm> with the name of the file copied in step 3.
7. If the destination virtual machine operating system is Debian or Ubuntu Server, run the following command:

   dpkg -i <package_file.deb>

   Replace <package_file.deb> with the name of the file copied in step 3.
8. Run the command /opt/emc/vproxyra/bin/postinstall.sh.