How To Install hypervvssd on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hypervvssd on Rocky Linux 8.
What is hypervvssd
Hypervvssd is an implementation of Hyper-V VSS functionality for Linux. The daemon is used for host initiated guest snapshot on Hyper-V hypervisor. The daemon first registers with the kernel driver. After this is done it waits for instructions from Windows Host if to “freeze” or “thaw” the filesystem on the Linux Guest.
We can use yum or dnf to install hypervvssd on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install hypervvssd.
Install hypervvssd on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install hypervvssd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install hypervvssd
Install hypervvssd on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install hypervvssd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install hypervvssd
How To Uninstall hypervvssd on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the hypervvssd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove hypervvssd
hypervvssd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/fc54b1f23b11f9f70ab5b17d4c0397c96b8590
/usr/lib/systemd/system/hypervvssd.service
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/70-hypervvss.rules
/usr/sbin/hypervvssd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hypervvssd on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.