To configure VCS on a cluster

1. Start the web-based installer.

2. Select the following on the Select Product/Task screen:

   • From the list of tasks, select Configure a product.

   • From the list of products, select Veritas Cluster Server.

   • By default, the communication between the systems is selected as SSH. If SSH is used for communication between systems, the SSH commands execute without prompting for passwords or confirmations.

   • Click Next.

   Note:

   You can click Quit to quit the web-installer at any time during the configuration process.

3. Select the following on the Select Systems screen:

   • Enter the system names on which VCS is to be configured, and then click Validate.

     Example: galaxy nebula

     The installer performs the initial system verification. It checks that communication between systems has been set up. It also checks for release compatibility, installed product version, platform version, and performs product prechecks.

   • Click Next after the installer completes the system verification successfully.

4. Select the following on the Set Cluster Name/ ID screen.

   • Enter the unique cluster name and Cluster ID number.

   • Select the number of heartbeat links.

   • Select Low priority heartbeat if you want to configure one heartbeat link as a low priority link.

   • Select Unique NICs per system if you do not want to use the same NIC details to configure private heartbeat links on other systems.

   • Click Next.

5. Select the following on the Set Cluster Heartbeat screen.

   • If you are using the same NICs to configure private heartbeat links on all the systems, select the NIC for the first private heartbeat NIC on each system.

     Select the NIC for the second private heartbeat NIC on each system.

   • If you have selected Unique NICs per system in the previous screen, provide the NIC details for each system.

   • Click Next.

6. In the VCS Optional Configure screen, select the VCS options that you want to configure, namely Virtual IP, User, SMTP, SNMP, and GCO. Depending on the options that you select, you can enter the details regarding each option.

   • To configure the virtual IP, do the following:

     • Select Configure Virtual IP.

     • If each system uses a separate NIC, select Configure NICs for every system separately.

     • Select the interface on which you want to configure the virtual IP.

     • Enter a virtual IP address and value for the netmask.

   • To configure the VCS users, enter the following information:

     • Reset the password for the Admin user, if necessary.

     • Click Add to add a new user.

       Specify the user name, password, and user privileges for this user.

   • To configure SMTP notification, enter the following information:

     • If all the systems use the same NIC, select the NIC for the VCS Notifier to be used on all systems. If not, select the NIC to be used by each system.

     • Enter the domain-based hostname of the SMTP server. Example: smtp.yourcompany.com

     • Enter the full email address of the SMTP recipient. Example: user@yourcompany.com.

     • Select the minimum security level of messages to be sent to each recipient.

     • Click Add to add more SMTP recipients, if necessary.

   • To configure SNMP notification, enter the following information.

     • If all the systems use the same NIC, select the NIC for the VCS Notifier to be used on all systems. If not, select the NIC to be used by each system.

     • Enter the SNMP trap daemon port: (162).

     • Enter the SNMP console system name.

     • Select the minimum security level of messages to be sent to each console.

     • Click Add to add more SNMP consoles, if necessary.

   • If you installed a valid HA/DR license, you can select the gco option to configure this cluster as a global cluster.

     See Veritas Cluster Server Administrator's Guide for instructions to set up VCS global clusters.

     • Select a NIC.

     • Enter a virtual IP address and value for the netmask.

     • Click Next.

       The installer proceeds to configure VCS based on the configuration details you provided.

7. In the Starting Processes screen, the installer completes the VCS configuration.

   The installer starts VCS and its components on each system.

   After the startup process is complete, click Next to move to the next screen.

8. Click Next to complete the process of configuring VCS.

   View the summary file, log file, or response file, if needed, to confirm the configuration.

9. Select the checkbox to specify whether you want to send your installation information to Symantec.

   Would you like to send the information about this installation to Symantec to help improve installation in the future?

   Click Finish. The installer prompts you for another task.