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Installing using the product installer

The product installer simplifies the process of installing Veritas software and Veritas strongly recommends this method of installation. The installer enables you to configure the product, verify preinstallation requirements, and view the product's description.

Select a product to install from the product installer menu to invoke the product installation script.

  Note   If you obtained a Veritas product from an electronic download site, the single product download files do not contain the product installer, so you must use the product installation script to install the product.

See Installation script options

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 Enterprise HA cluster with two nodes: "host1" and "host2." If you are installing on stand-alone systems only, some steps are unnecessary, and these are indicated. Default responses are enclosed by parentheses. Press Return to accept defaults.

 To install a Veritas Storage Foundation product

  1. Insert the product software disc into a DVD drive attached to your system and mount it (see Mounting the software disc).
  2. Move to the DVD directory:

    # cd /cdrom/cdrom0

  3. From the this directory, invoke the installer script:

    # ./installer (to install using ssh)

    or

    # ./installer -rsh (to install using rsh)

    For information on installing on multiple hosts, see Completing the installation procedure.

  4. Enter I to install a product and press Return to begin.
  5. When the list of available products is displayed, select the product you want to install and enter the corresponding number and press Return.

    The product installation begins automatically.

  6. You are prompted to enter the systems names (in the following example, "host1" and "host2") on which the software is to be installed. Enter the system name or names and then press Return.

    Enter the system names separated by spaces on which to

    install product_name: host1 host2

  7. Enter the product license information.

    Enter a product_name license key for host1: [?] XXXX-XXXX

    -XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-X 

        XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-X successfully registered on

        host1
 

        Do you want to enter another license key for host1? [y,n,q,?]




        (n)




        Enter a product_name license key for host2: [?] XXXX-XXXX




       -XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-X



        XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-X successfully registered on

        host2
 

        Do you want to enter another license key for host2? [y,n,q,?]




        (n)




  Enter n if you have no further license keys to add for a system. You are then prompted to enter the keys for the next system. 



 
 
Note
  Each system requires a product license before installation. License keys for additional product features should also be added at this time.
  1. You can choose to either install only required packages or all packages. Each option displays the disk space required for installation. Select which option you want to install and press Return. For example, you should see output similar to the following:

    SF can be installed without optional filesets to conserve

    diskspace. Additional filesets are typically installed to

    simplify future upgrades.

    1) Required Veritas Storage Foundation filesets - 928 MB

    required

    2) All Veritas Storage Foundation filesets - 1063 MB

    required

    Select the filesets to be installed on all systems? [1-

    2,q,?] (2)

      Note   The list of optional filesets may differ depending on the license key that you entered.

      Note   If you are installing Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle, do not select the "Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC packages" option unless you have the correct license or setup.

  2. Reboot the system.
  3. If you are installing on a cluster, you must configure the cluster. If you are not installing on a cluster, initialize (where required), set up, and use the Veritas software shipped with Veritas Storage Foundation.

    See Configuring a Veritas Storage Foundation product on a cluster

    See Configuring the Veritas Storage Foundation software

  4. If you are installing Veritas Storage Foundation for DB2 or Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle in a stand-alone configuration, create a new repository database.

    See Upgrading to the new repository database for DB2 and Oracle


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