This tutorial describes how to install the R1Soft CDP agent on a CentOS 7 server. The R1Soft agent requires an R1Soft Server software to be installed on a separate storage server.
MANUAL INSTALLATION:
Step 1: Update all packages to the latest version.
yum update
Step 2: Install the kernel-headers package
yum install kernel-headers kernel-devel
Step 3: Insert the following into a new repository file /etc/yum.repos.d/r1soft.repo
[r1soft]
name=R1Soft Repository Server
baseurl=http://repo.r1soft.com/yum/stable/$basearch/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
Step 4: Install the R1Soft Serverbackup agent
yum install serverbackup-agent
Step 5: Install the R1Soft Kernel module
serverbackup-setup --get-module
If you see the following error, proceed to Step 5.1 If not, proceed to Step 6.
Get module failed.
Falling back to old get-module …
exit status 1
Step 5.1: Stop the CDP agent
/etc/init.d/cdp-agent stop
Step 5.2: Visit the following URL to download a CentOS 7 beta kernel module for your kernel: http://beta.r1soft.com/modules/
/etc/init.d/cdp-agent stop
Step 5.3: Download the file that matches your kernel version to /lib/modules/r1soft. Change the URL below to your matching kernel version.
Change the wget URL below to your matching el7 kernel version from the repo above. If it does not exist, you can revert your kernel to an earlier version or try opening a ticket with R1Soft.
cd /lib/modules/r1soft wget http://beta.r1soft.com/modules/hcpdriver-cki-5.4.115-200.el7.x86_64.209.ko
Step 6: Start the CDP Agent
/etc/init.d/cdp-agent start
Step 7: Verify the R1Soft module loaded
modinfo /lib/modules/r1soft/hcpdriver*
Congratulations, you can now add your R1Soft agent to your R1soft CDP server