Install RHV Backup Plugin
Download Backup Plugin
The RHV VM backup plugin can be downloaded from the login screen of Vinchin backup server's web console.
By clicking on Download Backup Plugin, you'll see the download options.
In Type dropdown list, select VM Backup Plugin option.
In Platform dropdown list, select Red Hat Virtualization (RHV)/oVirt.
In the Version dropdown list, select the exact version of your RHV virtual platform.
Click on Download button to download the installer.
Notice
If you are running RHV 4.4.7 or newer versions, backup plugin is not required to be installed.
Install Backup Plugin
The VM backup plugin for RHV should be installed on all the RHV hosts, please upload the backup plugin installer to all the hosts for installation.
After the installer is uploaded, please install it from the RHV hosts' command line interface (CLI) by using the below command.
yum install vinchin-stack-patch-cloud-xxx.x86_64.rpm
Where the 'xxx' should be the version number same as the actually downloaded installer. Please make sure you upload and install the backup plugin installer on all the RHV hosts.
Notice
1. The backup plugin for RHV must be installed with yum command instead of rpm command.
2. Please DO NOT install the backup plugin on the RHV engine!
Uninstall RHV Backup Plugin
In order to reinstall the backup plugin or to install a newer version of backup plugin, you need to first uninstall the existing backup plugin. To uninstall Vinchin backup plugin for RHV, please run the below command.
rpm -e vinchin-stack-patch-cloud
Notice
If the RHV backup plugin gets uninstalled without reinstallation or installing a newer version of backup plugin, your VM backup jobs will fail!