ComVault Simpana Installation (cv11) on Linux (RHEL7)- Step by Step
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This is a very basic article to share the cv11 installation. If any corrections/mistakes, please feel free to feedback as I am not an expert on this item.
Once you have installation package on server, unzip and find the setup file.
[[email protected] Unix]# ls -lrta
total 160
-rwx------. 1 root root 52 Mar 12 03:16 cvpkgseed
-rwx------. 1 root root 52 Mar 12 03:16 support
-rwx------. 1 root root 10 Mar 20 01:00 pkg.xml.description
-rwx------. 1 root root 80514 Mar 20 01:00 pkg.xml
-rwx------. 1 root root 118 Mar 20 01:00 version
-rwx------. 1 root root 132 Mar 20 01:00 silent_install
-rwx------. 1 root root 47053 Mar 20 01:00 detect
-rwx------. 1 root root 132 Mar 20 01:00 cvpkgadd
drwx------. 4 root root 110 Jun 8 05:38 linux-ppc64
drwx------. 4 root root 113 Jun 8 05:38 linux-ppc64-le
drwx------. 4 root root 109 Jun 8 05:38 linux-s390
drwx------. 4 root root 112 Jun 8 05:38 linux-s390-31
drwx------. 12 root root 279 Jun 8 05:38 linux-x86
drwx------. 12 root root 4096 Jun 8 05:39 linux-x8664
drwx------. 5 root root 120 Jun 8 05:39 sol-sparc
drwx------. 4 root root 111 Jun 8 05:39 sol-sparc-x86
drwx------. 4 root root 105 Jun 8 05:40 sol-x86
drwx------. 12 root root 4096 Jun 8 05:40 .
drwx------. 5 root root 134 Jun 8 05:40 sol-x8664
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 39 Jun 11 02:52 ..
Run the installer
[[email protected] Unix]# ./cvpkgadd
Using update installer /root/.gxsetup/cvpkgadd/newinstall:
- unzipped from /bkp/Unix/linux-x8664/LooseUpdates/Updates/linux-x8664_11.0.0B80-SP10_SP10-HotFix-2166/linux-glibc2.3-x86_64/installer/nwinstall.gz
- v1180792 15488KB gzipped at XBuildNJ11 on 18-02-09 11:56:57 by pbuilder
Preparing .. READY.
EXTRACT_DIR = /root/.gxsetup/cvpkgadd
Follow the screenshots as below

Choose the task

Choose the Items to be Installed

Choose the installation directory

Choose the log directory

Choose if you want to install software for laptop

Unix Group Assignment

Configure permission

Configure Client Host information

Configure Client information

Choose to install Agent for restore

Confirm Summary before proceed with install

Wait for installation to be finished

Configure Firewall

Configure Comserve Hostname

Configure certificate

Configure client group

Configure storage policies

Confirmation installation status

That’s all. Once installation done confirm the service status.
[[email protected] Unix]# simpana status
--------------------------------- Instance001 ---------------------------------
[ General ]
Version = 11(BUILD80) SP10
CommServe = ams-comserv-102.example.com
Home Directory = /opt/simpana/commvault/Base
Log Directory = /var/log/commvault/Log_Files
Core Directory = /opt/simpana/commvault
Temp Directory = /opt/simpana/commvault/Base/Temp
Platform Type = 4
Cvd Port Number = 8400
[ Package ]
1002/CVGxBase 11(BUILD80) = File System Core
1101/CVGxIDA = File System
[ Physical Machine/Cluster Groups ]
Display Name = ams-bkp-101
- Client Hostname = ams-bkp-101.example.com
- Job Results Directory = /opt/simpana/commvault/iDataAgent/jobResults
Confirm the connection from ComServer.