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Installing the product

The product installer is the recommended method to license and install the product. The installer also enables you to configure 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 Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System HA cluster with two nodes: "system01" and "system02." If you are installing on standalone systems only, some steps are unnecessary, and these are indicated. Default responses are enclosed by parentheses. Press Return to accept defaults.


  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 Cluster File System, use the installsfcfs script instead of the installer script.


 To install the product

  1. Log in as superuser.
  2. Insert the appropriate media disc into your system's DVD-ROM drive connected to your system.
  3. After inserting the software disc, type the following command:

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

  4. Change directory to /mnt/cdrom:

# cd /mnt/cdrom

  1. Run the installer command to install SFCFS. The installer script uses ssh to communicate with remote nodes as default:

# ./installer

If you want to use rsh you must specify on the command line:

# ./installer -rsh

  1. From the Installation menu, choose the I option for Install and select 6 the Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System. You are prompted to continue with the installation.
  2. Enter y to continue with the installation.

    Do you wish to continue with the installation? [y,n,q] (y)

  3. Enter one or more system names to install SFCFS.

    Enter the system names separted by spaces on which to install
    SFCFS: system01 system02

  4. Enter the license key for system01.

    Enter a SFCFS license key for system01?

  5. Enter y to accept another license key or enter n to proceed.

    Do you want to enter another license key for system02?

    [y,n,q] (n)

  6. Enter 1, 2 or 3 to be installed on all systems.

    Select the rpms to be installed on all systems? [1-3,q,?] (2)

  7. Press Return to continue.

    Press [Return] to continue:

  8. Enter y for configuring SFCFS.

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

  9. Enter y or n for configuring I/O Fencing in enable mode.

Will you be configuring I/O Fencing in enabled mode?

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

See VCS Administration Guide.

  1. Answer the information about the cluster:

    Enter the unique cluster name: [?]

    Enter the unique Cluster ID number between 0-65535: [b,?]

Discovering NICs on system01 ......... discovered eth0

inet6 eth1 inet6 sit0

Enter the NIC for the first private heartbeat link on

system01: [b,?]

Would you like to configure a second private heartbeat link?

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

Enter the NIC for the second private heartbeat link on

system01: [b,?]

Are you using the same NICs for private heartbeat links on

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

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.

.

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

  1. Enter y or n to configure SFCFS to use Veritas Security Services.

    Would you like to configure SFCFS to use Veritas Security

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

  2. Enter y or n to set the username and password. the Cluster Monitor.

    Do you want to set the username and/or password for the Admin

    user (default username = 'admin', password= 'password')?

    [y,n,q] (n)

  3. Enter y or n to add another user to the cluster.

Do you want to add another user to the cluster? [y,n,q] (y)

  1. Enter y if the information is correct.

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

  1. Enter y or n to configure SMTP notification.

    Do you want to configure SMTP notification? [y,n,q] (y)

  2. Enter y or n to configure SNMP notification.

    Do you want to configure SNMP notification? [y,n,q] (y)

  3. Enter y to set up a default disk group or n to continue.

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

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

  4. Enter y to accept the fully qualified domain name.

    Is the fully qualified hostname of system "system01" =

    system01.veritas.com"? [y,n,q]

  5. Enter y to accept the fully qualified domain name.

    Is the fully qualified hostname of sytem "system02" =

    system02.veritas.com"? [y,n,q]

  1. Enter y or n to configure Storage Foundation Management Server Management.

    Enable Storage Foundation management Server Mangement?

    [y,n,q] (y)

    .

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Starting SFCFS: 100%

Configuring CFS agents for SFCFSHA:

Confirming VxVM configuration daemons startup.....All

systems Enabled

Starting CFS agents.................................Started

You declined to set up the name of the default disk group

for system01.

You declined to set up the name of the default disk group for

system02.

Installation log files, summary file, and response file are

saved at:

/opt/VRTS/install/logs/installer-3OibjC

See the Storage Foundation Cluster File System

Administrator's Guide for more information.

When installer installs software, some software may be applied rather than committed. It is the responsibility of the system administrator to commit the software, which can be performed later with the -c option of the installp command.