Installing the Linux Agent on a Citrix Hypervisor (XenServer) VM

Scope

This articles describes the requirements needed prior to installing the Datto Linux Agent to a Citrix Hypervisor (XenServer) VM working on CentOS 6 or Debian 7.

Limitations

When you reboot the VM, the next backup will be a full backup.

Prerequisites

To install and run the Datto Linux Agent on CentOS6 or Debian 7, the following steps must be followed prior to installation:

CentOS

Run the following command prior to the installation:

echo "options dattobd may_hook_syscalls=0" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/dattobd.conf

Debian 7

Add the following line to the existing /etc/modules file:

dattobd may_hook_syscalls=0

Once complete, see How to Install the Linux Agent for further steps to install the agent.