HP Data Protector 6.1 software VMware Integration Installation Best Practice

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Installation Method A – Data Protector Installation Server
Prepare the ESX Server to get access
1. You can access the ESX server either through the console or through remote access tools (such
as Putty or ReflectionX). These remote access tools are based on the SSH protocol.
By default SSH is blocked by the ESX server. To enable the login on the ESX server with SSH,
see Appendix A: “Enable SSH-login on ESX Server”.
2. The push-installation of the Data Protector-VMware integration requires a Data Protector UNIX
Installation Server and an SSH connection between the Installation Server and the ESX server.
3. Create a public/private key pair:
To create an SSH key pair on the Data Protector UNIX Installation Server, the command ssh-
keygen has to be processed. Do not enter a passphrase.
#ssh-keygen
Generating a public/private rsa key pair.
Please be patient... Key generation may take a few minutes
Enter file in which to save the key (//.ssh/id_rsa):
Created directory '//.ssh'.
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:
Your identification has been saved in //.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in //.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
33:15:17:5c:c0:83:52:76:7a:3b:13:ef:57:04:c9:6c root@server
Explanations:
The file //.ssh/id_rsa contains the private key. The default location was chosen, so it is
stored in the ssh-directory of root user (<$HOME>/.ssh).
33:15:17:5c:c0:83:52:76:7a:3b:13:ef:57:04:c9:6c is the fingerprint of the Data
Protector Installation Server, server.domain.com.
4. Check the newly generated files:
# cd /.ssh
# ls -la
-rw------- 1 root sys 1679 Apr 26 14:12 id_rsa
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 393 Apr 26 14:12 id_rsa.pub
5. To establish the SSH connection with the DP-client (ESX-server), append the public key to the
file <$HOME>/.ssh/authorized_keys on the ESX server. This can be easily done as follows:
Transfer the id_rsa.pub file to a temporary location on the ESX server:
# scp id_rsa.pub [e-mail]:.ssh/
The authenticity of host 'esx.domain.com(16.xx.yy.zz)' can't be
established.
RSA key fingerprint is
3d:d2:1b:5e:7e:56:7e:b3:4d:9c:74 :ff:0d:f4:64:b0.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added 'esx.domain.com,16.xx.yy.zz' (RSA) to the
list of known hosts.
[e-mail]'s password:
id_rsa.pub 100% 393 0.4KB/s 0.4KB/s 00:00 Max throughput:0.4KB/s
Possible error messages:
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@ WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! @
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