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Overview of Veritas Storage Foundation installation tasks

Installation of Veritas Storage Foundation products consists of the following tasks:

• Reviewing Release Notes for the most current product information.
• Reviewing preinstallation requirements and making any necessary modifications.

  See Preinstallation Instructions

• Adding Solaris operating system patches, if needed. Refer to the Release Notes for specific software patch information.
• Obtaining a license key.

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    Note   Veritas Storage Foundation Basic does not require a license key.

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• Installing or upgrading the Veritas Storage Foundation software packages. For new installations, use the instructions in this chapter.

  See Upgrading a Veritas Storage Foundation product

After you complete the installation procedure, you need to initialize, set up, and use the Veritas software shipped with the Veritas Storage Foundation products.

See Configuring the Veritas Storage Foundation software

  Note   Installing Veritas Storage Foundation using the product installer will automatically configure the software. If you install using an alternative method, you will have to run the product installer to configure the software.