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Installing the software

To install the SF Oracle RAC software, you may use the Symantec common product installer with the -installonly option or the installsfrac script with -installonly option.

The common product installer offers a high-level approach to installing multiple products along with Symantec Product Authentication Service, Veritas Cluster Management Console, and Veritas Central Management Server. Each of these products and features are covered in depth in their respective product guides.

The common product installer is the recommended method to license and install the product. The installer also enables you to configure the product, verify pre-installation requirements, and view the product's description. 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 installsfrac -installonly script offers a more direct approach to specifically installing SF Oracle RAC. The script takes the user only through the installation of packages.

  Note   If you have obtained a Veritas product from an electronic download site, the single product download files do not contain the installer installation script, so you must use the product installation script to install the product. For example, if you download Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC, use the installsfrac script instead of the installer script.

  Note   Configuring the software with the installsfrac -configure script occurs after you install the product and run required system checks.

 To install SF Oracle RAC

1. Insert the disc containing the Veritas Storage Foundation software in a disc drive connected to one of the nodes for installation.

   The Solaris volume-management tool automatically mounts the disc.

2. Log in as root user.
3. Navigate to the directory containing the installation program:

   # cd /cdrom/dvd1/storage_fountation_for_oracle_rac

4. Start the installsfrac script:

# ./installsfrac -installonly

By default, the installsfrac program uses SSH for remote communication. However, to use RSH, specify the -rsh option with the installsfrac program.

# ./installsfrac -rsh -installonly

5. Enter the names of the nodes separate by spaces where you want to install the software:

   Enter the system names separated by spaces on which to
   install SFRAC: galaxy nebula

6. After the script verifies that the local node running the script can communicate with remote nodes and that VRTScpi and VRTSvlic are present on each node, enter the license key for SF Oracle RAC.

   You can also enter keys for other products:

   Enter a SFRAC license key for galaxy:
   XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXX

   XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXX successully registered on
   on galaxy

   SFRAC license registered on galaxy

   Do you want to enter another license key for galaxy?

   [y,n,q,?] (n)

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     Note   At this time, you can add another license. If you desire the Veritas Volume Replicator option for global clustering and disaster recovery, you can add it now.

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7. Respond to the script as it verifies system requirements and installs the software. If requirements for installation are not met, the utility stops and indicates the actions required to proceed with the process.
   • The script determines if any packages are already installed.
   • The script checks whether the required operating system patches are installed. The installer notes missing patches and recommends to stop the installation and install them.

     See Software requirements.

   • The script checks for the required file system space.
   • The script checks for the presence of processes that could conflict with the installation.
8. At the conclusion of the installation, the installer displays information about where to find installation log files:

   ...

   Installing SFRAC: 100%

   Installation completed successfully on all systems Installation log files, summary file, and response file are saved at:

   /opt/VRTS/install/logs/installsfrac-lB2coI