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Installing VxVM using JumpStart

These installation instructions using JumpStart assume a knowledge of the JumpStart procedure.

  Note   Hosts may be configured as managed hosts or as standalone hosts. A Management Server and Authentication Broker must have previously been set up if a managed host is required.

Only fresh installs of VxVM are supported using JumpStart. Upgrading is not supported.

 To install VxVM

1. Mount the software disc. See Mounting the software disc.
2. Copy the packages to a location to which you can write and then uncompress and untar the packages:

   # cp -R /cdrom/cdrom0/volume_manager/pkgs/* \

     /$jumpstart/vm_pkg_dir

3. Uncompress and extract the packages by using the gzcat command:

   # cd /$jumpstart/vm_pkg_dir

   # gzcat *.gz | tar xvf -

4. The pkgadd operations to install the packages must be coded in a script that can be used with the JumpStart server. The packages that are required for VxVM must be installed in the following order:

VRTSvlic VRTSperl VRTSicsco VRTSpbx VRTSsmf VRTSat VRTSobc33
VRTSob VRTSobgui
 
 


 VRTSccg VRTSmh VRTSaa VRTSspt SYMClma VRTSvxvm VRTSdsa


 VRTSfspro VRTSvmman


 


VRTSvmdoc VRTSdcli VRTSalloc VRTSvmpro VRTSvsvc VRTSvdid
VRTSddlpr VRTSvrpro
 
 


 VRTSvcsvr VRTSjre VRTSjre15 VRTSweb VRTSvrw VRTSvrdoc

The VRTSdcli, VRTSjre, VRTSvsvc, VRTSvxvm and VRTSweb packages require an empty response file, for example:

touch responsefile

pkgadd -r responsefile $pkg_name

The VRTSobc33 response file must contain the following settings:

VXPALSECURITY=n

VXPALLOCALHOSTNAME=

VXPALDOMAINCONTROLLER=

VXPALAUTHENTICATIONBROKER=

The VRTSob response file must contain the following settings:

SECURITYADMINPASSWORD=

ROOTAGENTPASSWORD=

CONFIGURESECURITY=n

The VRTSvdid response file must contain the following setting:

OPT=/opt

The -a adminfile option should be specified to pkgadd. This adminfile must be created in the current directory, and contain the following entries:

mail=

instance=overwrite

partial=nocheck

runlevel=quit

idepend=quit

rdepend=nocheck

space=quit

setuid=nocheck

conflict=nocheck

action=nocheck

basedir=default

On Solaris 10, the packages must be installed while in the global zone. If a package's pkginfo file contains the variable SUNW_PKG_ALLZONES set not equal to true, the -G option should additionally be specified to the pkgadd command.

5. JumpStart reboots the system after the packages have been installed.

   If it does not, then after the packages have been installed by JumpStart, manually reboot the system:

   # shutdown -i6 -g0 -y

6. To configure Volume Manager, run the following script from the mounted software disc:

   # cd /cdrom/cdrom0/volume_manager

   # ./installvm 'hostname' -configure