This installation guide is designed for system administrators who already have a knowledge of basic UNIX system and network administration. Basic knowledge includes commands such as tar, mkdir, and simple shell scripting. Also required is basic familiarity with the specific platform and operating system where Storage Foundation is installed.

Only users with superuser (root) privileges can install, upgrade, or initialize Veritas Storage Foundation on HP-UX.

Review the preinstallation requirements and system requirements. Install the operating system, before installing the Veritas software.

The product documentation is available on the web at the following location:

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index.jsp

To produce a report of the preinstallation requirements, run the installer with the precheck option.

If ssh is configured, use the following command:

# ./installer -precheck

If rsh is configured, use the following command:

# ./installer -rsh -precheck

If patches to the HP-UX operating system are required, the patches should be applied prior to installing the Veritas products. Patches may be required to resolve HP-UX kernel, product performance, or other issues. Patches may be required for Veritas, HP-UX, or Oracle software.

The system should be in a quiescent state before adding patches.

See the product Release Notes for last minute information on recommended patches.

You must obtain new licenses to use all of the features in the Veritas Storage Foundation software. Any Veritas licenses for the previous releases that are currently installed allow you to use only a limited subset of these features.

For remote installation, or installation on multiple systems, set up remsh or ssh.

See Configuring secure shell (ssh) or remote shell before installing products.

Mount the Veritas software disc, or download and uncompress the Storage Foundation software.

See Mounting a software disc.

See Downloading the Storage Foundation and High Availability software.