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About response files

Use response files to standardize and automate installations on multiple clusters.

You can perform the following installation activities using a response file:

You can perform end-to-end installations or modular deployments.

For more information on modular deployments:

See Modular deployments using response files.

Table: Options for obtaining a response file lists the various options available for creating or obtaining a response file.

Table: Options for obtaining a response file

Option

Description

Create a response file

Create a response file based on the response file template provided with SF Oracle RAC.

The file is located at /opt/VRTSvcs/rac/install.

Reuse or customize the response files generated by an installation

The Veritas installation programs generate a response file during the installation, configuration, upgrade, or uninstallation of SF Oracle RAC and for installer-based pre-installation tasks for Oracle RAC.

The response file generated by the installer is located in the following directory:

/opt/VRTS/install/logs/installsfrac-installernumber\
/installsfrac-installernumber.response file

You can reuse or customize the response files to perform a complete end-to-end installation or to perform a specialized activity, such as setting up the PrivNIC or MultiPrivNIC configuration on your clusters. All you need to do is update the response file variable definitions to enable or disable the options, depending on the task you want to perform.

Note:

Response files are not created if the tasks terminated abruptly or if you entered q to quit the installation. To generate the response file when you plan to discontinue a task, use the Exit SF Oracle RAC configuration option.

Use the installation simulator

Create a response file by specifying the -makeresponsefile option with the SF Oracle RAC installer.

Mount the product disc and navigate to the folder that contains the installation program. Start the installation program.

# ./installsfrac -makeresponsefile

The option creates a response file by simulating an installation. The response file is created in the directory /opt/VRTS/install/logs/.

Note:

You can use the -makeresponsefile option to create response files only for installing, configuring, and uninstalling SF Oracle RAC.

For more information:

See About the installation simulator.

At the end of the SF Oracle RAC installation, the following files are created:

Note:

The SF Oracle RAC response files also contain VCS variables used for the installation and configuration of VCS.

For the VCS variable definitions, see the Veritas Cluster Server Installation Guide.
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