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August 2nd, 2016 03:00

Can I install rsync utility on SRM vApp??

Part of Custom Property Tagging I need to send few files remotely using a script to SRM vApp Collector Server, i'm wanting to use rsync but observed that utility is not present in the vApp.

Is there a way I can install? Also i'm unable to run any rpm install command - is it blocked by EMC, if so - how can i get rsync installed.

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August 2nd, 2016 06:00

EMC does not support end-user install of RPMs onto vApp packages.  An enhancement request should be filed to have the rsync utility added to the vmutils package.

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August 2nd, 2016 04:00

With 3.7 and above a bunch of packages are available (net-snmp, tcpdump, sar, instat, etc.) while not installed by default.

In order to install them you can use : /opt/emc/vmutils/bin/vmutils-manager.sh

Unfortunately rsync is not available, I would advise you to open an enhancement request with your use-case so we can add it.

HTH

August 2nd, 2016 04:00

It is SRM 3.7

August 2nd, 2016 04:00

I see there are only 6 packages available under “vmutils-manager.sh”, If I can find an RSYNC rpm package from external site – what is the procedure to install it?

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August 2nd, 2016 17:00

Find out what version of SuSE you have

cat /etc/SuSE-release

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64)

VERSION = 11

PATCHLEVEL = 3

I have SRM 371 and this has SUSE 11 SP3 so I need to download the following ISOs you will need to get the ISO for your version...  something like rsync will likely be on DVD1

SLES-11-SP3-DVD-x86_64-GM-DVD1.iso                 29-Nov-2013 12:58      3G

SLES-11-SP3-DVD-x86_64-GM-DVD2.iso                 29-Nov-2013 13:05      5G

Mount DVD1 to the VM from vSphere Console then do this on the VM

mkdir /mnt/cd

mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cd

zypper addrepo /mnt/cd/ cdrom

zypper refresh

#list all packges in repo

zypper pa -ir cdrom

zypper install rsync


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