How to install backup plugin for RHV?

To install backup plugin for RHV, follow the steps below:

1. Download backup plugin from Vinchin backup server web console login screen, please select the version according to your RHV version. After downloading, you should get a .rpm package.

2. The backup plugin for RHV should be installed on each of the Red Hat Virtualization Hosts (RHVH). So, please upload the .rpm package to each of the hosts. You can use WinSCP or PSCP, or any other tools which you are familiar with.

3. After uploading, enter the command line interface of each RHVH, enter the directory where the .rpm package is uploaded to, and run the below commands to install.

   yum install vinchin-stack-patch-cloud-6.5.0.16895-1.el7.x86_64.rpm

4. To uninstall the backup plugin, please run the below command.

   rpm -e vinchin-stack-patch-cloud

Note:

1. Please DO NOT install the backup plugin on Red Hat Virtualization Manager (RHVM).

2. Please DO NOT uninstall the backup plugin while your Vinchin backup server still has running/pending jobs, otherwise the VM backup/restore jobs will fail.