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Installing the Veritas Enterprise Administrator client

If you plan to run the VEA client, you must install the VRTSobgui, VRTSat, VRTSpbx, and VRTSicsco packages on the machine you are planning to use.

By default, the VRTSobgui, VRTSat, VRTSpbx, and VRTSicsco packages are installed when you install a Veritas Storage Foundation product. You only need to install the packages manually if you are installing on a machine other than the server.

Installing on Solaris

 To install the VEA client on a Solaris machine using pkgadd

1. Log in as superuser (root).
2. First, check to determine whether the VEA client package is already installed.

   # pkginfo | grep VRTSobgui

   This command will return VRTSobgui if VRTSobgui is already installed. It will return nothing if the package has not been installed.

3. To install the VEA client package for Solaris, insert the appropriate media disc into your system's DVD-ROM or CD-ROM drive.
4. Copy the VRTSobgui.tar.gz package, and the dependent packages (VRTSat, VRTSpbx, and VRTSicsco) to the current working directory on your system.

   # cp /cdrom/cdrom0/storage_foundation/pkgs/VRTSobgui.tar.gz .

   # cp /cdrom/cdrom0/storage_foundation/pkgs/VRTSat.tar.gz .

   # cp /cdrom/cdrom0/storage_foundation/pkgs/VRTSicsco.tar.gz .

   # cp /cdrom/cdrom0/storage_foundation/pkgs/VRTSpbx.tar.gz .

5. Decompress the packages, and then extract the contents.

   # /cdrom/cdrom0/gnu/gunzip *.tar.gz

   # tar xvf VRTSobgui.tar

   # tar xvf VRTSat.tar

   # tar xvf VRTSicsco.tar

   # tar xvf VRTSpbx.tar

6. Use the pkgadd command to install the packages, in the following order, to allow for dependencies. Answer any questions, as the installation proceeds.

   # pkgadd -d . VRTSicsco

   # pkgadd -d . VRTSat

   # pkgadd -d . VRTSpbx

   # pkgadd -d . VRTSobgui

7. The VEA client package for Solaris, and dependent packages, are installed.

Installing on Windows

The VEA client runs on Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows 98, and Windows 95 machines. If you plan to run VEA from a Windows machine, install the optional Windows package after you have installed the VEA server on a Solaris machine.

Before you install VEA on a Windows machine, you must uninstall any existing Veritas Volume Manager Storage Administrator^™ (VMSA) packages and remove the old setup.exe from that machine. Only one VEA package can be installed on a Windows machine at any given time.

  Note   If you plan to install the GUI client on Windows NT 4.0, Windows Installer must be upgraded to version 2.0. For more information about upgrading Windows Installer, visit http://www.microsoft.com. If you are using Windows NT 4.0, it is also recommended that you use Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6.

 To install the VEA client on a Windows machine

1. Insert the appropriate media disc into your system's DVD-ROM drive.
2. Using Windows Explorer or a DOS Command window, go to the \windows directory and execute the vrtsobgui.msi program with Windows Installer.
3. Follow the instructions presented by the vrtsobgui.msi program.
4. After installation is complete, ensure environment changes made during installation take effect by performing one of the following procedures:
   • For Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows 2003 or Windows XP, log out and then log back in.
   • For Windows ME, Windows 98 or Windows 95, restart the computer.