IBM Spectrum Protect for Linux Version 8.1.10 Installation Guide IBM Note: Before you use this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page 191. This edition applies to version 8, release 1, modification 10 of IBM Spectrum® Protect (product numbers 5725-W98, 5725-W99, 5725-X15), and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions. © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 1993, 2020. US Government Users Restricted Rights – Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Contents About this publication..........................................................................................vii Who should read this guide........................................................................................................................vii Installable components............................................................................................................................. vii Publications .............................................................................................................................................. viii What's new.......................................................................................................... ix Part 1. Installing and upgrading the server.............................................................1 Chapter 1. Planning to install the IBM Spectrum Protect server................................................................3 What you should know first....................................................................................................................3 What you should know about security before you install or upgrade the server................................. 3 Applying security updates................................................................................................................ 7 Troubleshooting security updates..................................................................................................12 Planning for optimal performance....................................................................................................... 17 Planning server hardware and operating system.......................................................................... 17 Planning server database disks......................................................................................................21 Planning server recovery log disks.................................................................................................23 Planning container storage pools...................................................................................................24 Planning DISK or FILE storage pools............................................................................................. 34 Planning storage technology.......................................................................................................... 37 Installation best practices..............................................................................................................39 Minimum system requirements...........................................................................................................40 Minimum Linux x86_64 server requirements................................................................................41 Minimum Linux on System z server requirements.........................................................................44 Minimum Linux on Power Systems (little endian) server requirements....................................... 47 Compatibility of the IBM Spectrum Protect server with other IBM Db2 products on the system.....49 IBM Installation Manager.................................................................................................................... 50 Worksheets for planning details for the server................................................................................... 51 Capacity planning................................................................................................................................. 52 Database space requirements....................................................................................................... 52 Recovery log space requirements..................................................................................................55 Monitoring space utilization for the database and recovery logs..................................................66 Deleting installation rollback files ................................................................................................. 67 Server naming best practices.............................................................................................................. 68 Installation directories for the IBM Spectrum Protect server............................................................ 69 Chapter 2. Installing the server components........................................................................................... 71 Obtaining the installation package...................................................................................................... 71 Using the installation wizard................................................................................................................72 Using the console installation wizard.................................................................................................. 73 Using silent mode.................................................................................................................................73 Installing server language packages................................................................................................... 74 Server language locales..................................................................................................................74 Configuring a language package.....................................................................................................75 Updating a language package........................................................................................................ 76 Chapter 3. Taking the first steps after you install IBM Spectrum Protect............................................... 77 Tuning kernel parameters....................................................................................................................77 Updating parameters......................................................................................................................77 iii Suggested settings .........................................................................................................................78 Creating the user ID and directories for the server instance..............................................................78 Configuring the IBM Spectrum Protect server.................................................................................... 80 Using the configuration wizard.......................................................................................................80 Using the manual configuration steps............................................................................................81 Configuring server options for server database maintenance............................................................ 88 Starting the server instance................................................................................................................. 89 Verifying access rights and user limits...........................................................................................89 Starting the server from the instance user ID................................................................................91 Automatically starting servers on Linux systems.......................................................................... 91 Starting the server in maintenance mode......................................................................................93 Stopping the server.............................................................................................................................. 94 Registering licenses............................................................................................................................. 94 Preparing the server for database backup operations .......................................................................94 Running multiple server instances on a single system....................................................................... 95 Monitoring the server........................................................................................................................... 95 Chapter 4. Installing an IBM Spectrum Protect fix pack.......................................................................... 97 Chapter 5. Upgrading the server to V8.1................................................................................................ 101 Upgrading to V8.1.............................................................................................................................. 101 Planning the upgrade....................................................................................................................102 Preparing the system....................................................................................................................102 Installing the server and verifying the upgrade...........................................................................104 Upgrading the