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Install CA Cloud Storage for System z

After you have met the requirements (see Planning CA Cloud Storage for System z Installation), you are ready to install the CA Cloud Storage for System z server.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to Linux on System z.
2. Create a user download directory or identify your standard software download directory.
3. Download the latest cacloud and ctcl rpms for CA Cloud Storage for System z from the CA Support Site. CA uses the following naming convention for the rpms:

   product-version.release-modification.platform.rpm

   1. Log in to CA Support and select Support by Product.
   2. Select or type CA Cloud Storage for System z.
   3. Select CA Cloud Storage for System z Maintenance Grid from the search results.

      If the link does not appear in the search results, select the Knowledge Base button.

4. Select the CA Cloud Storage for System z product download.
5. Install the ctcl rpm using the following Linux command:

   sudo rpm -ihv ctcl-cacloud.r-m.s390x.rpm
   

6. Verify the ctcl installation using the following Linux command:

   /sbin/modinfo ctcl
   

7. Install the cacloud rpm from the download directory to:
   • Create a cacloud user and group (uid/gid=325).
   • Install the Linux Server, support scripts, and configuration files.
   • Define the Virtual Volume Vault Directory (Vault).

   Install the rpm using the installation command:

   sudo rpm -ihv cacloud-v.r-m.s390x.rpm
   

8. Verify the cacloud rpm installation using the following command:

   cacloud help 
   

9. Mount the network storage disk device to the appropriate CA Cloud Storage for System z Virtual Volume Vault directory. The cacloud rpm creates /var/lib/cacloud/vault_01/mp_nn where nn is 01, 02, 03, and 04. You can use each mount point for a different disk storage appliance with different storage characteristics. If needed, you can define more Virtual Volume mount point subdirectories.
10. Start the Linux Server using the following command:

    sudo cacloud start
    

11. Check the connectivity, if you have already installed, configured, and started CA Vtape on z/OS. Use the following z/OS console command:

    SVTn X PING
    

12. Read Channel-to-Channel Overview and Definition and Mount Point Planning.
13. Perform the configuration steps.