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Installing the product

The Veritas product installer is the recommended method to license and install the product. The installer also enables you to configure or uninstall the product, verify preinstallation requirements, and view the product's description.

At most points during an installation, you can type "b" ("back") to return to a previous section of the installation procedure. The back feature of the installation scripts is context-sensitive, so it returns to the beginning of a grouped section of questions. If an installation procedure hangs, use Control-c to stop and exit the program. There is a short delay before the script exits.

The following sample procedure is based on the installation of a Storage Foundation for DB2 Enterprise HA cluster with two nodes: "host1" and "host2." The nodes are Intel Xeon EM64T systems running under Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 3. If you are installing on standalone systems only, the cluster-configuration steps are unnecessary, and these are indicated. Default responses are enclosed by parentheses. Press Return to accept defaults.

  Note   Veritas Storage Foundation Enterprise HA will install similarly, without the database packages.

 To install a Storage Foundation product

1. Log in as superuser.
2. Place the Veritas software disc into a DVD drive connected to your system.
3. After inserting the software disc, type the following command:

   # mount -o ro /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom

4. Move to the top-level directory on the disc:

# cd /mnt/dvdrom

5. From this directory, type the following command if you are installing on the local system only, or if you are using the secure shell (SSH) utilities to install on remote systems:

# ./installer

If you are using the remote shell (RSH) utilities to install on remote systems, additionally specify the -rsh option:

# ./installer -rsh

The sample installation assumes that SSH is being used.

6. Enter I to install a product and press Return to begin.
7. When the list of available products is displayed, select the product you want to install and enter the corresponding number and press Return.

   The product installation begins automatically.

8. You are prompted to enter the systems names (in the following example, "host1" and "host2") on which the software is to be installed. Enter the system name or names and then press Return.

   Enter the system names separated by spaces on which to

   install product_name: host1 host2

9. Enter the product license information.

   Enter a product_name license key for host1: [?] XXXX-XXXX

   -XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-X

   XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-X successfully registered on
   host1

   Do you want to enter another license key for host1? [y,n,q,?]

   (n)

   Enter a product_name license key for host2: [?] XXXX-XXXX

   -XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-X

   XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-X successfully registered on
   host2

   Do you want to enter another license key for host2? [y,n,q,?]

   (n)

   Enter n if you have no further license keys to add for a system. You are then prompted to enter the keys for the next system.

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     Note   Each system requires a product license before installation. License keys for additional product features should also be added at this time.

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10. You can choose to either install only required packages or all packages. Each option displays the disk space required for installation. Select which option you want to install and press Return. For example, you should see output similar to the following:

    SF can be installed without optional filesets to conserve

    diskspace. Additional filesets are typically installed to

    simplify future upgrades.

    1) Required Veritas Storage Foundation filesets - 928 MB

    required

    2) All Veritas Storage Foundation filesets - 1063 MB

    required

    Select the filesets to be installed on all systems? [1-

    2,q,?] (2)

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      Note   If you are installing Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle, do not select the "Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC packages" option unless you have the correct license or setup.

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11. Reboot the system.
12. If you are installing on a cluster, you must configure the cluster.
    See Configuring Storage Foundation on a cluster.

    If you are not installing on a cluster, you can complete the installation procedure.

    See Completing the installation procedure.