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Installing VxFS using the product installer

 To install VxFS

1. Mount the disc.

   See Mounting the software disc.

2. Go to the top level directory of the disc:

   # cd /cdrom/cdrom0

3. Run the product installer:

   # ./installer

   The Selection Menu appears and prompts you to enter a letter indicating your selection. In the following example, the selection is "I" to select a product. The product being installed is Veritas Volume Manager.

4. You are then prompted to enter the system names. The installation script performs an initial system check, and confirms success by displaying information regarding the OS version, whether the VRTSvxfs package is installed, and whether the necessary patches are installed.
5. You will now be asked which set of packages should be installed.

   1) Required Veritas File System packages - 437 MB required

   2) All Veritas File System packages - 441 MB required

6. The packages will be installed.
7. The system will then begin license verification.
8. Enter the license key. For example:

   XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXX

   The output resembles the following:

        XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXX successfully registerd on
test1.
 
        Do you want to enter another license key for test1? [y,n,q,?]
(n)
 

9. Repeat step 8 as prompted for any other systems. When this is complete, the following is displayed:

   VxVM licensing completed successfully.

10. Follow instructions until the installation is complete. You are then asked if you would like to configure Veritas Volume Manager:

    Are you ready to configure VM [y, n, q]

11. The next phase of the configuration procedure consists of setting up a centrally managed host:

    Enable Centralized Management? [y,n,q]

12. Finally, if you selected centralized management, you will be asked a series of questions relating to host names and the VEA agent password.
13. When the procedure is complete, the system will ask you:

        Do you want to start Veritas File System processes now? [y,
n, q]
 

14. You should see the message:

    Startup completed successfully on all systems

    Installation log files, summary file, and response file are

    saved at:

    /opt/VRTS/install/logs/installfs-J8aIMn

    Reboot all systems on which VxFS was installed or upgraded.

    shutdown -y -i6 -g0

    See the Veritas File System Administrators Guide for

    information on using VxFS.