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Completing the installation procedure

At this point in the installation and configuration procedure, the utility begins to install the packages on one node and copy them to any other specified nodes. The following sample output is for a Storage Foundation Enterprise HA installation.

 To complete the installation procedure

1. If you are completing the intallation procedure in a cluster configuration, skip this step. If you are completing the installation procedure on a stand-alone configuration, invoke the common installer, run the installer command on the disc as shown in this example:

   # cd /dvdrom

   # ./installer

   At the product status page, enter C for the Configure an Installed Product and press Return. The product installer is displayed.

2. As the utility continues the procedure, you are prompted to choose whether to install on all systems simultaneously. Enter y or press Return to accept simultaneous installation.

   Would you like to install product_name on

   all systems simultaneously? [y,n,q,?] (y) y

3. A message displays notifying you of successful installation. Press Return to continue.
4. A message displays describing the VxVM enclosure-based naming scheme and showing which nodes are eligible. When prompted to configure this feature, enter n if you want to decline. If required, you can use the vxdiskadm command or the Veritas Enterprise Administrator to configure this feature after installation.

   See the vxdiskadm(1M) manual page and the "Administering Disks" chapter of the Veritas Volume Manager Administrator's Guide for more information.

5. If you are installing an HA version of the product, a message displays indicating the VCS configuration files are being created and copied. Press Return to continue.
6. A message displays indicating which systems can be started and on the systems that VxVM selects as targets.
7. Press Return to continue. If you are installing an HA version of the product, a message displays notifying you that Cluster Server is starting. This message also contains information about configuring a default disk group.
8. You are now given the option of specifying the name of a default disk group that is to be assumed by Veritas Volume Manager commands if a disk group is not otherwise specified.

   Do you want to set up the default disk group for each system? [y,n,q,?] (y) n

   Enter n if you do not want to specify the name of the default disk group at this time. You can set the name of the default disk group after installation by running the vxdctl defaultdg diskgroup command on a system. See the vxdctl(1M) manual page and the "Creating and administering disk groups" chapter of the Veritas Volume Manager Administrator's Guide for more information.

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     Note   If you specify the name of a default disk group, this step does not create the disk group. After installation, you can use menu item 1 in the vxdiskadm utility or the Veritas Enterprise Administrator to create the disk group.

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9. If you have a VVR license installed, the next phase concerns configuration of VVR:

   Do you want to change any of the VVR ports ... [y, n, q]

10. If you have a VVR license installed, you are now asked questions regarding the frequency of VVR statistics collection.
11. The next phase of the configuration procedure consists of setting up a centrally managed host:

    Enable Centralized Management? [y,n,q]

    If you select to enable centralized management, you are asked a series of questions relating to the names of the systems that are to be managed.

12. Finally, you are asked whether you want to start the Storage Foundation processes on the target systems.

    Do you want to start Veritas Storage Foundation processes now? [y,n,q,?] (y) y

    Enter y to start the processes on each of the systems.

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      Note   If you attempt to install the Veritas software on an unsupported kernel, an error such as the following is displayed when an attempt is made to start the modules:
    
        ERROR: No appropriate modules found. Error in loading
    module "vxdmp".

    This message is also listed in the log file, /etc/vx/.cpi_vm_rpm_msg. You must upgrade your system to a supported kernel version.
    
    See Supported Linux operating systems.

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13. A message displays notifying you of a successful installation and the locations of the /opt/VRTS/install files.

    Installation log files, summary file, and response file are saved at:

    /opt/VRTS/install/logs/installsf-xSY2LZ

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      Note   Do not remove the log files until the Veritas products are working properly on your system. Technical Support will need these log files for debugging purposes.

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14. After you complete the installation procedure, review important details about initializing (where required), setting up, and using the Veritas software shipped with Veritas Storage Foundation.
15. If you installed Veritas Storage Foundation for DB2 or Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle, you must run the db2ed_update or dbed_update command, respectively.

    See Upgrading to the new repository database for DB2 and Oracle