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Installing Veritas Storage Foundation Basic

This section describes how to install Veritas Storage Foundation Basic.

  Note   The Storage Foundation Basic license key is automatically installed by the Veritas product installer.

SF Basic systems can be administered with the Storage Foundation Management Server.
See Preinstallation instructions

 To install Veritas Storage Foundation Basic

  1. If you are installing from the Veritas Storage Foundation Basic disc, insert the disc into your system's DVD-ROM drive, and mount the disc on a suitable mount point, for example:

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

  2. Move to the top-level directory on the mounted disc, or in the extracted download, for example:

    # cd /mnt/cdrom

  3. 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.

  1. At the product status page, enter I for the product installer and press Return. The product installation begins.

    Enter the system names separated by spaces on which

    to install SF: host1 host2

  2. Enter the system names on which the software is to be installed. The script performs an initial check on each system, installs the licensing packages, and displays the packages that will be installed. You are prompted to press Return to page through the list of packages.

    It is optional to configure SF Basic now. If you choose to
    configure SF Basic later, you can either do so manually or
    run the installsf -configure command.

    Are you ready to configure SF Basic? [y,n,q,?] (y)

  3. Press Return to continue installing the packages and to configure the software.

    Installation completed successfully on all systems

    The enclosure-based naming scheme is a feature of Volume

    Manager. It allows one to reference disks using a symbolic

    name that is more meaningful than the operating system's

    normal device access name. This symbolic name is typically

    derived from the array name.

    Do you want to set up the enclosure-based naming scheme?

    [y,n,q,?] (n)

  4. Enter y or enclosure-based naming scheme, or n to use.

    Volume Manager default disk group configuration:

    Many Volume Manager commands affect the contents or

    configuration of a disk group. Such commands require that

    the user specify a disk group. This is accomplished by using

    the -g option of a command or setting the VXVM_DEFAULTDG

    environment variable. An alternative to these two methods is

    to configure the default disk group of a system.

    Do you want to set up a default disk group for each system?

    [y,n,q,?] (y)

  5. Press Return to set up the default disk group for each system. You are prompted to specify one disk group name for all eligible systems.

    Will you specify one disk group name for all eligible

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

  6. Press Return to specify a disk group name for all eligible systems.

    Specify a default disk group name for system host1. [?] sfbdg

  7. Enter the name of the default disk group for each system.

    Is this correct? [y,n,q] (y)

  8. Press Return to confirm the name of the default disk group.
  9. If you are prompted to configure Veritas FlashSnapTM Agent for Symmetrix (VxFAS), follow the instructions to configure or unconfigure VxFAS, or skip this step.

    Verify the install systems Fully Qualified Hostnames.

    Querying fully qualified domain name of host "host1" ... ok

    Is the fully qualified hostname of system "host1" = "host1.your.domain.name"? [y,n,q] (y)

  10. Press Return to confirm the fully qualified host name of each system.
  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 configuration of the Storage Foundation Management Server.

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

    Do you want to start Storage Foundation Basic processes now?

    [y,n,q] (y)

    Press Return to start the Storage Foundation Basic processes.

      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.

  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

      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. See Storage Foundation Basic technical support.


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