Installing Parallels Virtual Automation Manually

During the Parallels Server Bare Metal installation, the Parallels Virtual Automation application is not installed on the server in the following cases:

• You skipped the step of installing the license.
• Your license does not allow you to use Parallels Virtual Automation.
• You had no Internet connection when installing Parallels Server Bare Metal or the connection got broken for some reason.

Later on, if you make up your mind to use Parallels Virtual Automation for managing Parallels servers and their virtual machines and Containers, you can install this application manually by doing the following:

1. Obtain the appropriate license from Parallels. This step is required only if your license does not support using Parallels Virtual Automation.
2. Install the license on the server using Parallels Management Console or the vzlicload utility. For information on installing licenses using these tools, see the Parallels Management Console User's Guide and Parallels Server Bare Metal 5.0 User's Guide , respectively.
3. Once the license is installed, create the pva_opt.cfg file, open it for editing, and specify the following options:
   • PVA_AGENT=1 if you want to install the PVA Agent components or PVA_AGENT=0 if you do not want to.
   • PVA_MN=1 if you want to install the PVA Management Server and Control Center components or PVA_MN=0 if you do not want to.
   • PASSWD=" XXXXXX " where XXXXXX is the password of the root user on the Parallels server (you set this password during the Parallels Server Bare Metal installation). This option is mandatory if you choose to install PVA Management Server and Control Center components.
   • PVA_IP= " X.X.X.X " where X . X . X . X is the IP address to be assigned to the Management Node. You will then use this IP address to log in to the Management Node. This option is mandatory if you choose to install PVA Management Server and Control Center components.

     Note: The Management Node must be assigned a public IP address to download the installation files from the Parallels remote repository. Using alternative (local) repositories for downloading the Management Node installation files is also supported but via kickstart files only. For more information, see the Installation via PXE document.

   • PVA_HOSTNAME=" hostname " where hostname is the hostname to be assigned to the Management Node. This option is mandatory if you choose to install PVA Management Server and Control Center components
4. Make sure the Parallels server is connected to the Internet.
5. In a terminal, change to the directory where the pva_opt.cfg file is located, and run this command:

   # /usr/libexec/pva-setup.sh --install pva_opt.cfg