Dell PowerProtect DD Management Center (DDMC) 7.9 Installation and Administration Guide

Deploying DDMC on kernel-based virtual machine

1. Download and extract the KVM installable Zip file. File name is ddmc-kvm-<branch number>-<build number>.tar.gz.
2. Copy the tar file to the Linux system where KVM is installed, and in partition where VMs are stored. Make a new directory for new DDMC VM.
3. Untar the tar file. It creates a directory.
   This directory has the following files:

   • DDMC_README.txt: Help file for deploying VM on KVM.
   • kvm-ddmc-installer.sh: DDMC deployment script, which automatically setups CPU, RAM, DISK, NVRAM configuration
   • ddmc-<branch number>-<build number>.qcow2: Root disk for VM

   root@ddve-ucs55d:/mnt/ucs55d-das1/ddmc_set/ddmc1# tar -xzvf ddmc-kvm-0.6120.12.0-566688.tar.gz 
   ddmc-kvm-0.6120.12.0-566688/
   ddmc-kvm-0.6120.12.0-566688/DDMC_README.txt
   ddmc-kvm-0.6120.12.0-566688/kvm-ddmc-installer.sh
   ddmc-kvm-0.6120.12.0-566688/ddmc-0.6120.12.0-566688.qcow2

4. Run kvm-ddmc-installer.sh script to deploy DDMC VM. Once the VM is deployed, it will power on.

   root@ddve-ucs55d:/mnt/ucs55d-das1/ddmc_set/ddmc1/ddmc-kvm-0.6120.12.0-566688# ./kvm-ddmc-installer.sh -n GS-DDMC -r /data/ 
   Distribution:ubuntu Version:16.04
   The host version check done.
   Basic validation done.
   Convert the root disk to raw...
   Disk convert done.
   root disk:/data/GS-DDMC cpu:4 mem_value:8192 $ bridge:virbr0
   Start creating DB disk, it may take 20-30 minutes...
   DB disk file has been created successfully.
   Start creating SERVICE disk, it may take 10-20 minutes...
   SERVICE disk file has been created successfully.
   Domain GS-DDMC defined from config.xml
   
   Domain GS-DDMC marked as autostarted
   
   Domain GS-DDMC started
   
   DDMC instance has been created successfully!
   Waiting to get ip address on the vm...
   IP address not available yet. Retrying in 30 seconds...
   IP address not available yet. Retrying in 30 seconds...
   IP address not available yet. Retrying in 30 seconds...
   IP address not available yet. Retrying in 30 seconds...
   IP address of the vm is xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

5. Log in to the GUI of KVM host. Run virt-manager command, and the KVM GUI to manage VMs should appear.
6. Connect to console, and check IP the address. DDMC can now be remotely configured.