You can create VADP proxies to run VMware backup jobs with IBM Spectrum Protect
Plus in Linux environments.
Before you begin
Review the IBM Spectrum Protect
Plus
system requirements in VADP proxy requirements.
Ensure that you have the required user permissions to work with VADP proxies. For instructions
about managing VADP proxy permissions, see Permission types.
Restriction: For running the steps to create VADP proxies, ensure that you have a user
ID with the SYSADMIN role assigned. For more information about roles, see
Managing roles.
Tip: The IBM Spectrum Protect
Plus version of the
VADP proxy installer includes Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK) version 6.5. This version of the
VADP proxy installer provides the external VADP proxy support with vSphere 6.5.
Procedure
To create VMware VADP proxies, complete the following steps:
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In the navigation pane, click .
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Click Register Proxy.
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Complete the following fields in the Install VADP Proxy pane:
Hostname/IP
Enter the resolvable IP address or a resolvable path and machine name.
Select a site
Select a site to associate with the proxy.
Use existing user
Enable to select a previously entered user name and password for the provider.
UsernameEnter the user name for the VADP proxy
server.
PasswordEnter the password name for the
VADP proxy server.
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Click Install.
- Click Yes on the confirm screen.
- Repeat the previous steps for each proxy you want to create.
Results
The proxy is added to the VADP Proxy table. You can
suspend, uninstall, unregister, or edit a proxy server by clicking the ellipses icon to open the actions menu. Suspending a
proxy prevents upcoming backup jobs from using the proxy, and jobs that use a suspended or
unregistered proxy will run locally, which may impact performance. You can complete maintenance
tasks on the proxy while it is suspended. To resume usage of the proxy, click the ellipses icon
to open the actions menu and click
Resume. After successful creation, the service vadp is started on the proxy
machine. A log file, vadp.log, is generated in
/opt/IBM/SPP/logs directory.
The connection between the
IBM Spectrum Protect
Plus virtual
appliance and a registered VADP proxy is a bidirectional connection that requires the
IBM Spectrum Protect
Plus virtual appliance to have connectivity to the
VADP proxy, and the VADP proxy to have connectivity to the
IBM Spectrum Protect
Plus virtual appliance. To ensure a proper connection
from the
IBM Spectrum Protect
Plus virtual appliance to the VADP
proxy, verify that the
IBM Spectrum Protect
Plus virtual
appliance can ping the VADP proxy by completing the following steps:
- Connect to the command line for the IBM Spectrum Protect
Plus
virtual appliance by using the Secure Shell (SSH) network protocol.
- Issue the following command: ping
<vadp_ip>, where <vadp_ip> is the resolvable
IP address of the VADP proxy.
If the ping fails, ensure that the IP address of the VADP proxy is resolvable and is addressable
by the
IBM Spectrum Protect
Plus appliance and that a route
exists from the
IBM Spectrum Protect
Plus appliance to the VADP
proxy. If the ping succeeds, ensure that there is a proper connection from the VADP proxy to the
IBM Spectrum Protect
Plus virtual appliance by performing the
following procedure:
- Connect to the command line for the VADP proxy by using Secure Shell (SSH) network
protocol.
- Issue the following command: ping
<spectrum_protect_plus_ip>, where
<spectrum_protect_plus_ip> is the resolvable IP address of the IBM Spectrum Protect
Plus virtual appliance.
If the ping fails, ensure that the IP address of the IBM Spectrum Protect
Plus virtual appliance is resolvable and is
addressable by the VADP proxy. Ensure that a route exists from the VADP proxy to the IBM Spectrum Protect
Plus virtual appliance.
In the case that the IP address of
IBM Spectrum Protect
Plus server has changed since initial deployment, the
ping between the new IP of the
IBM Spectrum Protect
Plus server
and VADP proxy may succeed. There are two considerations when the IP address of
IBM Spectrum Protect
Plus is changed after deployment:
- Existing VADP proxies deployed in the environment will lose connection with the IBM Spectrum Protect
Plus server because they still point to the previous
IP address. It will be necessary to run the
update_vadp.sh
script on each VADP
proxy. For more information, see Updating the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus IP address for VADP proxies.
- For new VADP proxy installations or updates to an existing VADP proxy that is registered, the
virgo.service
configuration on the IBM Spectrum Protect
Plus server must be updated. The following procedure
can be used to update the service configuration to reflect the new IP address.
- Connect to the IBM Spectrum Protect
Plus by using Secure
Shell (SSH) network protocol and log in with the
serveradmin
account.
- Run the following command to update the
virgo.service
configuration file with
the IP address where <spectrum_protect_plus_new_ip> is the new IP address of
the IBM Spectrum Protect
Plus
server:sudo sed -i '12 a Environment=RMQ_SERVER_HOST=<spectrum_protect_plus_new_ip>' /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/virgo.service
- Next, reload the systemd manager configuration. Issue the
systemctl
daemon-reload
command:sudo systemctl daemon-reload
- Restart the virgo service:
sudo systemctl restart virgo
- Create or update the VADP proxy through the IBM Spectrum Protect
Plus server user interface.
What to do next
After you create the VADP proxies, you can complete the following action:
Action |
How to |
Run the VMware backup job. |
See Backing up VMware data.
The proxies are indicated in the job log by a log message similar to the following text:
Run remote vmdkbackup of MicroService: http://<proxy>
nodename, IP:proxy_IP_address
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