Shell Script To Deploy vSphere Data Protection

Deploying vSphere Data Protection is always easy from the GUI. But with the 6.5 vCenter release there are a handful of issues with ova deployment. Hence, we use either ovf tool to deploy the VDP or we use govc CLI. If you use govc CLI, you can refer this article here.

Instead of that, you can now use the below script to deploy VDP. Download the script and the Read Me guide from my github repo here:
https://github.com/happycow92/vdp-deploy

The script:

#!/bin/bash
echo -e "*****************************************"
echo -e "*   This script is written by Suhas G   *"
echo -e "*           gsuhas@vmware.com           *"
echo -e "*****************************************"
echo -e "This Script Deploys vSphere Data Protection"
echo -e "\nDownloading govc for Linux"
curl -L https://github.com/vmware/govmomi/releases/download/v0.5.0/govc_linux_386.gz | gunzip -d > /usr/local/bin/govc
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/govc
echo -e "\nThe version of govc is"
govc version
echo -e "\nEnter the requested details"
read -p "Specify vCenter FQDN or IP Address: " GOVC_URL_a
read -p "Specify administrator username: " GOVC_USERNAME_a
read -p "Specify the password: " GOVC_PASSWORD_a
read -p "Specify the Datastore name: " GOVC_DATASTORE_a
read -p "Specify Network Portgroup: " GOVC_NETWORK_a
read -p "If needed Specify resource pool name: " GOVC_RESOURCE_POOL_a

export GOVC_INSECURE=1
export GOVC_URL=$GOVC_URL_a
export GOVC_USERNAME=$GOVC_USERNAME_a
export GOVC_PASSWORD=$GOVC_PASSWORD_a
export GOVC_DATASTORE=$GOVC_DATASTORE_a
export GOVC_NETWORK=$GOVC_NETWORK_a
export GOVC_RESOURCE_POOL=$GOVC_RESOURCE_POOL_a

echo -e "\n\nThe JSON Specification file is as below"
echo -e "Edit the file to enter your deployment details\n"
sleep 5
govc import.spec /vSphereDataProtection-6.1.3.ova | python -m json.tool
govc import.spec /vSphereDataProtection-6.1.3.ova | python -m json.tool > /vdp.json
vi /vdp.json
echo -e "Deploying VDP\n"
govc import.ova -options=/vdp.json /vSphereDataProtection-6.1.3.ova
echo "\n\nDeployment Complete. All Done!"

Hope this helps!