Installation of Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V
Installation of IBM Spectrum Protect™ for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V includes understanding the system requirements, determining which features to install, and installation. Upgrade considerations and uninstallation procedures are also provided.
- Determine system requirements
Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V requires a minimum amount of hardware, disk space, memory, and software. - Features that are installed
All features for Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V are part of the installation suite. - Upgrading Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V
Review the tasks that you need to do before you upgrade to Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V Version 8.1.4 from a previous version. - Download and extract the installation package
Before you install Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V, you must download the installation package and extract the installation files from the package. - Installing Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V
Instructions are provide for a typical installation of the IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V software. - Installing the mount proxy feature on Linux systems
If you plan to run file restore operations on Linux guest virtual machines (VMs), you must install the mount proxy feature on Linux systems by using the rpm packages. - Installing the IBM Spectrum Protect recovery agent
You can install the IBM Spectrum Protect recovery agent without first running a typical installation. Run this installation only if you want to run in-guest mount operations to restore files by using the recovery agent interface. - Installing in silent mode
You can install all IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V and data mover features silently on a single system. - Installing and configuring Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V on Windows Server Core systems
You can install and configure Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V on Hyper-V hosts on Windows Server operating systems that were installed with the Server Core option. - Uninstalling Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V
The process for uninstalling IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V is the same for a new installation and for an upgraded version. - Removing the file restore feature
If you no longer want to run file restore operations, you can remove the file restore feature by updating a configuration file. If you uninstall Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V, you must update the same configuration file to remove the file restore feature.