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The following steps detail the installation of the ‘EMC RecoverPoint for VMs’ Splitter VIB on ESXi hosts. The requirement is to Install the ‘RP for VMs’ splitter on each ESXi server hosting VMs that require RP protection. The recommendation is to allow 800MB of RAM per ESXi host for the RP4VM Splitter.

Note:

• The use of VUM is not supported for the splitter install at present.
• vRPAs must be deployed on an ESXi with a splitter.

Begin by ensuring that SSH is enabled on the ESXi hosts where the splitter will be installed in order to issue the ESXCLI cmds (After completing the splitter install then SSH may be disabled).

Using WINSCP to securely copy over the RP splitter VIB to /tmp:

Change directory to /tmp where the VIB has been copied to and ensure the VIB is present:
cd /tmp
ls -l
du -ah

Run the installation of the VIB file on ESXi host:
# esxcli software vib install –v kdriver_RPESX-00.4.3.0.1.0.c.122_md5_d4e7e95a89e74c7ca17be8f4344830b8.vib –no-sig-check

Retrieve the names of the packages installed on the vSphere host confirming the splitter installation:
# esxcli software vib list
# esxcli software vib list | grep RP

Note: VIB stands for vSphere Installation Bundle

PowerCLI Script:

##########################################################

# RP4VM Splitter Install Version 1.0

# Date: 2016-04-08

# Created by: David Ring

##########################################################

############# vCenter Connectivity Details ################

Write-Host “Please enter the vCenter Host IP Address:” -ForegroundColor Yellow -NoNewline

$VMHost = Read-Host

Write-Host “Please enter the vCenter Username:” -ForegroundColor Yellow -NoNewline

$User = Read-Host

Write-Host “Please enter the vCenter Password:” -ForegroundColor Yellow -NoNewline

$Pass = Read-Host

Connect-VIServer -Server $VMHost -User $User -Password $Pass

####### Please enter the Cluster to install RP4VM Splitter #######

Write-Host “Clusters Associated with this vCenter:” -ForegroundColor Green

$VMcluster = ‘*’

ForEach ($VMcluster in (Get-Cluster -name $VMcluster)| sort)

{

Write-Host $VMcluster

}

Write-Host “Please enter the Cluster to install RP4VM Splitter:” -ForegroundColor Yellow -NoNewline

$VMcluster = Read-Host

################# Enabling SSH ######################

Write-Host “Enabling SSH on all hosts in your specified cluster:” -ForegroundColor Green

Get-Cluster $VMcluster | Get-VMHost | ForEach {Start-VMHostService -HostService ($_ | Get-VMHostService | Where {$_.Key -eq “TSM-SSH”})}

############ Please enter the VMFS datastore #############

Write-Host “From the list provided – Please enter the VMFS datastore where the VIB has been uploaded to:” -ForegroundColor Green

$Datastore = ‘*’

ForEach ($Datastore in (Get-Datastore -name $Datastore)| sort)

{

Write-Host $Datastore

}

Write-Host “Please enter the VMFS datastore Name:” -ForegroundColor Yellow -NoNewline

$Datastore = Read-Host

########## Please enter the VIB name ##########

Write-Host “Please enter the VIB name e.g. kdriver_RPESX-00.4.3.0.1.0.c.122_md5_d4e7e95a89e74c7ca17be8f4344830b8.vib:” -ForegroundColor Yellow -NoNewline

$VIB = Read-Host

########## Installing RP4VM Splitter ###########

Write-Host “Installing RP4VM Splitter” -ForegroundColor Green

$hosts = Get-Cluster $VMcluster | Get-VMHost

foreach($vihost in $hosts)

{

$esxcli = get-vmhost $vihost | Get-EsxCli

$esxcli.software.vib.install($null,$false,$false,$false,$false,$true,$null,$null,”/vmfs/volumes/$Datastore/$VIB”)

}

###### Confirm Splitter Installed Successfully #######

Write-Host “Confirm Splitter Installed Successfully” -ForegroundColor Green

$hosts = Get-Cluster $VMcluster | Get-VMHost

forEach ($vihost in $hosts)

{

$esxcli = get-vmhost $vihost | Get-EsxCli

$esxcli.software.vib.list() | Where { $_.Name -like “*RP*”} | Select @{N=”VMHost”;E={$ESXCLI.VMHost}}, Name, Version

}

####### Enter each host in maintenance mode and reboot (use with caution!) #######

Write-Host “Enter all Cluster hosts in maintenance mode and reboot (use with caution!)” -ForegroundColor Yellow -NoNewline

Write-Host ” Y/N:” -ForegroundColor Red -NoNewline

$Reboot = Read-Host

if ($Reboot -eq “y”) {

$hosts = Get-Cluster $VMcluster | Get-VMHost

forEach ($vihost in $hosts)

{

$esxcli = get-vmhost $vihost | Get-EsxCli

$esxcli.system.maintenanceMode.set($true)

$esxcli.system.shutdown.reboot(10,”RP4VM Splitter”)

}

}

######## Disabling SSH #########

Write-Host “Disabling SSH” -ForegroundColor Green

Get-Cluster $VMcluster | Get-VMHost | ForEach {Stop-VMHostService -HostService ($_ | Get-VMHostService | Where {$_.Key -eq “TSM-SSH”}) -Confirm:$FALSE}

######### RP4VM INSTALLATION COMPLETE #########

Write-Host “RP4VM INSTALLATION COMPLETE” -ForegroundColor Green