Configuring Storage Foundation using response files

Typically, you can use the response file that the installer generates after you perform Storage Foundation configuration on one cluster to configure Storage Foundation on other clusters. You can also create a response file using the -makeresponsefile option of the installer.

To configure Storage Foundation using response files

  1. Make sure the Storage Foundation RPMs are installed on the systems where you want to configure Storage Foundation.

  2. Copy the response file to one of the cluster systems where you want to configure Storage Foundation.

  3. Edit the values of the response file variables as necessary.

    To configure optional features, you must define appropriate values for all the response file variables that are related to the optional feature.

  4. Start the configuration from the system to which you copied the response file. For example:

    # /opt/VRTS/install/installsf -responsefile /tmp/response_file

    Where /tmp/response_file is the response file's full path name.