How To Install hypervvssd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hypervvssd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.
What is hypervvssd.x86_64
Hypervvssd is an implementation of HyperV VSS functionality for Linux. The daemon is used for host initiated guest snapshot on HyperV 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 to install hypervvssd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install hypervvssd.x86_64.
Install hypervvssd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install hypervvssd.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install hypervvssd.x86_64
How To Uninstall hypervvssd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
To uninstall only the hypervvssd.x86_64 package we can use the following command:
sudo yum remove hypervvssd.x86_64
hypervvssd.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2
/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.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.