Linux Installation (64-bit)¶

Manual Installation¶

This document describes how to manually install IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client on Linux Operating system like Ubuntu and RedHat Enterprise Linux (64-bit).

Required files:

IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client
SafeDC Root CA PEM File (Right-click and Save)
SafeDC Default Option file dsm.opt (Right-click and Save)
SafeDC Default Configuration file dsm.sys (Right-click and Save)

Installation and Configuration¶

Installation¶

Download the required files according to above into a temporary folder

Ubuntu / Debian

wget https://public.dhe.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/maintenance/client/v8r1/Linux/LinuxX86_DEB/BA/v81xx/8.x.xx.x-TIV-TSMBAC-LinuxX86_DEB.tar

RHEL / RPM-based distros

wget https://public.dhe.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/maintenance/client/v8r1/Linux/LinuxX86/BA/v81xx/8.x.xx.x-TIV-TSMBAC-LinuxX86.tar

Extract the package 8.x.x.x-TIV-TSMBAC-LinuxX86.tar for RPM based Linux distros or 8.x.x.x-TIV-TSMBAC-LinuxX86_DEB.tar for Debian based Linux distros
1. Ubuntu / Debian
```
tar xvf 8.1.xx.x-TIVBAC-LinuxX86_DEB.tar
```
1. RHEL / RPM-based distros
```
tar xvf 8.1.xx.x-TIVBAC-LinuxX86.tar
```

Install the minimum requirement packages, gskcrypt64, gskssl64, tivsm-api64, tivsm-ba. All other packages have other functionalities like journaling.

Ubuntu / Debian

sudo apt-get install ./gskcrypt64_x.x-xx.x.linux.x86_64.deb ./gskssl64_x.x-xx.x.linux.x86_64.deb ./tivsm-api64.amd64.deb ./tivsm-ba.amd64.deb

RHEL / RPM-based distros

sudo dnf install ./gskcrypt64-x.x.xx.x.linux.x86_64.rpm ./gskssl64-x.x.xx.x.linux.x86_64.rpm ./TIVsm-API64.x86_64.rpm ./TIVsm-BA.x86_64.rpm

Install Safespring Root Certificate¶

Download the SafeDC Root CA PEM File.
In a command prompt with elevated privileges, install the Safespring BaaS Root CA into the GSK (IBM crypto kit) trust database.

This can be done as follows:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/safespring/cloud-BaaS/master/pki/SafeDC-Net-Root-CA.pem
sudo dsmcert -add -server SafeDC -file ./SafeDC-Net-Root-CA.pem

Create Configuration File¶

Download the dsm.sys.sample & dsm.opt.sample

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/safespring/cloud-BaaS/master/unix/dsm.sys.sample
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/safespring/cloud-BaaS/master/unix/dsm.opt.sample

Retrieve client node configuration and password from the Safespring Backup Portal, download and modify the dsm.sys.sample file, copy the Setup Information from the portal and paste it in to dsm.sys.sample file and remove .sample on both dsm.opt and dsm.sys

Copy the Backup Configuration information

Paste the information to the dsm.sys file between the *** Copy and Paste Information from Safespring Backup Portal *** sections

* sample dsm.sys for SafeDC

SERVERNAME SafeDC
  *** Copy and Paste Information from Safespring Backup Portal ***
  NODENAME XXXXXXXXXX
  TCPSERVERADDRESS server2.backup.dco1.safedc.net
  TCPPORT 1600
  *** Copy and Paste Information from Safespring Backup Portal ***

  COMMMETHOD         V6TCPIP
*  legacy clients may have to use TCPIP
*  COMMMETHOD         TCPIP
  SSL                yes
  SSLREQUIRED        yes
  PASSWORDACCESS     GENERATE
  MANAGEDSERVICES    SCHEDULE
  VIRTUALMOUNTPOINT  /dev
  SCHEDLOGRETENTION  28
  SCHEDLOGNAME       /var/log/dsmsched.log
  ERRORLOGRETENTION  28
  ERRORLOGNAME       /var/log/dsmerror.log
  SCHEDCMDDISABLED   yes
  SCHEDCMDEXCEPTION  "tbmr_license"
  SCHEDCMDEXCEPTION  "db_full"
  SCHEDCMDEXCEPTION  "db_incr"
  SCHEDCMDEXCEPTION  "mail_full"
  SCHEDCMDEXCEPTION  "mail_incr"
  SCHEDCMDEXCEPTION  "client_maintenance"

  SCHEDRESTRETRDISABLED   yes
  SRVPREPOSTSCHEDDISABLED yes
  SRVPREPOSTSNAPDISABLED  yes

  REVOKEREMOTEACCESS Access

Save both dsm.sys and dsm.opt in /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/

Test the connection, the easiest way is via CLI.

Login via Linux Terminal

Start a Linux terminal and run the dsmc, it will now ask you to confirm the User ID that is the same as your node name, and copy and paste the password from the Safespring Backup Portal

Copy Password from Safespring Backup Portal

$ sudo dsmc
IBM Spectrum Protect
Command Line Backup-Archive Client Interface
Client Version 8, Release 1, Level 15.2 
Client date/time: 2022-11-08 11:47:33
(c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s) 1990, 2022. All Rights Reserved. 

Node Name: XXXXXX
ANS1051I Invalid user id or password
Please enter your user id <XXXXXX>:      

Please enter password for user id "XXXXXX":  <-- Paste Password from Backup Portal

Session established with server TSM12: Linux/x86_64
Server Version 8, Release 1, Level 15.000
Server date/time: 2022-11-08 12:47:36  Last access: 2022-11-08 11:07:10

Protect>

Run quit to exit Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client CLI.

Schedule Daily Backups¶

IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client is polling the backup server on a regular basis to see when it will backup your data next time. To assign a predefined schedule, open Safespring Backup Portal and go to the consumption unit you want to define a schedule too and click on schedule

Here can you schedule the backup for your consumption unit.

Setup IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client schedule polling.
1. Setup schedule via Linux Terminal
```
sudo systemctl enable dsmcad 

sudo systemctl start dsmcad
```

Finish¶

Basic installation for Backup-Archive Client is now finished, if you need to setup an Online agent for e.g., Microsoft SQL, Oracle Database or any other application, you can continue with that installation.