VERITAS Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 4.1 

Getting Started Guide 

Solaris x64 Platform Edition Maintenance Pack 1

Mounting a Software Disc
1. Log in as superuser.
2. Place the VERITAS software disc containing your product into a DVD drive connected to your system.
3. If Solaris volume management software is running on your system, the software disc automatically mounts as /cdrom/cdrom0.
4. If Solaris volume management software is not available to mount the CD, you must mount it manually. After inserting the software disc, enter:
# mount –F hsfs –o ro /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s2 /cdrom
where c0t6d0s2 is the default address for the CD-ROM drive.
5. Change to the appropriate directory and product subdirectory to view the product release notes and installation guides.

Installation Methods
There are two ways to install VERITAS products:
> Using the product installer
> Invoking product installation scripts from the command line
See the product installation guides for information on the other installation methods.
Note Do not make /opt a VxFS file system.
There are also two installation modes: > Single node local
> Multiple remote target systems
You can do remote installations using SSH or RSH. See “Configuring SSH or RSH Before Installing VERITAS Products” on page 26 for shell configuration information.
Using the Product Installer
The product installer simplifies the process of installing VERITAS software and is the recommended method of installation. Selecting a product to install from the product installer invokes the product installation script.
Note If you have obtained a VERITAS product from an electronic download site, the single product download files do not contain the installer installation script, so you must use the product installation script to install the product. For example, if you download VERITAS Storage Foundation, use the installsf script instead of the installer script.
To begin installing a VERITAS product:
1. Locate the name of the product to install on the product software disc. Insert the product software disc into a CD-ROM drive attached to your system and mount it (see Mounting a Software Disc on page 5).
2. Move to the cdrom directory: # cd /cdrom/cdrom0
Note If you are using the VERITAS Enterprise Administrator (VEA) GUI on your system, stop the VEA service before performing a new installation, an uninstall, or an upgrade. To stop the VEA service, on each system type:
# /opt/VRTS/bin/vxsvcctrl stop
3. From the cdrom directory, invoke the installer script: # ./installer (to install using rsh)
or: # ./installer -usessh (to install using ssh)
4. The product installer lists the following options to select:
VERITAS Product Version Installed Licensed
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Cluster Server no no
Volume Replicator no no
StorageFoundation no no
StorageFoundationforOracle no no
StorageFoundationforSybase no no
StorageFoundationClusterFileSystem no no
StorageFoundationforOracleRAC no no
I) Install/Upgrade a Product C) Configure an Installed Product
L) License a Product P) Perform a Preinstallation Check
U) Uninstall a Product D) View a Product Description
Q) Quit ?) Help
Enter a Selection: [I, C, L, P, U, D, Q,?]
Select Help (?) to display information about the options.
Note It is advisable to run the preinstallation check for all systems.
5. If you select I, the list of products and options to install is displayed: VERITAS Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 4.1
1) VERITAS Cluster Server
2) VERITAS Volume Replicator
3) VERITAS Storage Foundation
4) VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle
5) VERITAS Storage Foundation, for Sybase
6) VERITAS Storage Foundation Cluster File System
7) VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC
B) Back to previous menu
Select a product to install: [1-7, b, q]
6. If you select I, the list of products and options to install is displayed:
7. Enter the number of the product to install and press Return. Follow the instructions described in your product installation guide.
Product Installation Scripts
You can also install VERITAS products by running an installation script from the command line:
installvcs VERITAS Cluster Server
installvvr VERITAS Volume Replicator
installsfcfs VERITAS Storage Foundation Cluster File System
installsfrac VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC
installsf VERITAS Storage Foundation
installsfora VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle
installsfsyb VERITAS Storage Foundation for Sybase
Read the release notes and installation guide for your product before beginning an installation procedure.
Note If you are using the VERITAS Enterprise Administrator (VEA) GUI on your system, stop the VEA service before performing a new installation, an uninstall, or an upgrade. To stop the VEA service, on each system type:
# /opt/VRTS/bin/vxsvcctrl stop
Uninstalling VERITAS Infrastructure Packages
There are several packages, referred to as infrastructure packages, that are used by multiple VERITAS products. These packages are not removed when uninstalling a single VERITAS product. If you remove all VERITAS products from a system and want to ensure that there are no remaining VERITAS packages, you can run the uninstallinfr script.
# cd /opt/VRTS/install
# ./uninstallinfr
This script removes the VRTSvlic licensing package and the VRTScpi and VRTSperl packages required for product installation. The VERITAS Enterprise Administrator packages, VRTSob and VRTSobgui, are also removed.
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