This installation guide is designed for system administrators who already have a knowledge of basic UNIX system and network administration. Basic knowledge includes commands such as tar, mkdir, and simple shell scripting. Also required is basic familiarity with the specific platform and operating system where Storage Foundation is installed.

If you already have an earlier version of any of the Veritas products installed, refer to the upgrade procedures.

Only users with superuser (root) privileges can install Veritas products.

Review the preinstallation requirements and system requirements. Install the operating system, before installing the Veritas software.

The product documentation is available on the web at the following location:

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index.jsp

To produce a report of the preinstallation requirements, run the installer with the precheck option.

# ./installer -precheck

If patches to the Solaris operating system are required, the patches should be applied prior to installing the Veritas products. Patches may be required to resolve Solaris kernel, product performance, or other issues.

See the product Release Notes for last minute information on recommended patches.

For remote installation, or installation on multiple systems, set up remsh or ssh.

Mount the Veritas software disc, or download and uncompress the Storage Foundation software.