This document is designed for system administrators who already have a basic knowledge of 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 privileges can install and initialize Storage Foundation.

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

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

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

# ./installer -precheck

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.

Veritas products are installed under the /opt directory on the specified host systems. Ensure that the directory /opt exists and has read/write/execute permissions for root before you start an installation procedure.