About installing SFW or SFW HA
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About installing SFW or SFW HA

This section describes the process for a new installation of SFW or SFW HA.

You can perform the installation using either the product installation wizard or the command line interface (CLI).

Note:

If you are installing SFW HA in a VMware environment, it is recommended to first install the Symantec High Availability Console and then install VCS.

As part of the Console installation, the installer registers the Symantec High Availability plugin for VMware vCenter Server. This plugin enables integration of Symantec High Availability with VMware vSphere Client and adds the following options to the VMware vSphere Client:

- Menu to install the Symantec High Availability guest components

- Symantec High Availability home page

- Symantec High Availability tab

- Symantec High Availability dashboard

For details, refer to the Symantec High Availability Solution for VMware Guide.

Before you begin to install the product, ensure that you have reviewed and performed the required preinstallation and planning tasks.

Note:

If the VOM Managed Host components of any version earlier to 5.0 are installed in your environment, then the guest components installer upgrades these components to its latest version.

During the installation you can choose to separately install the server components or the client components.

If you choose to install the server components, the following options are installed by default:

Client components

In case of SFW this installs the VEA Java GUI on the same nodes where the server components are installed.

In case of SFW HA this installs the VCS Java Console on the same nodes where the server components are installed.

High Availability Hardware Replication Agents

(Applicable in case of SFW HA)

  • Symantec Cluster Server Hardware Replication Agent for EMC SRDF

    Enables VCS to manage SRDF replicated devices.

  • Symantec Cluster Server Hardware Replication Agent for EMC SRDFSTAR

    Enables VCS to manage SRDFSTAR replicated devices.

  • Symantec Cluster Server Hardware Replication Agent for Hitachi TrueCopy

    Enables VCS to manage TrueCopy replicated devices.

High Availability Application Agents

(Applicable in case of SFW HA)

  • Symantec Cluster Server Application Agent for Exchange 2007

  • Symantec Cluster Server Database Agent for Exchange 2010

  • Symantec Cluster Server Application Agent for SharePoint Server 2010

  • Symantec Cluster Server Application Agent for SharePoint Server 2013

High Availability Database Agents

(Applicable in case of SFW HA)

  • Symantec Cluster Server Database Agent for SQL

  • Symantec Cluster Server Database Agent for Oracle

VRTSvbs package

Enables you to add the system as a managed host to the Virtual Business Services.

For more details about configuring Virtual Business Services, refer to the Virtual Business Service - Availability User's Guide.

Note:

The high availability agents that are installed with the product software are also available in the form of an agent pack. The agent pack is released on a quarterly basis. The agent pack includes support for new applications as well as fixes and enhancements to existing agents. You can install the agent pack on an existing SFW HA installation.

Refer to the Symantec Operations Readiness Tools (SORT) Web site for information on the latest agent pack availability.

https://sort.symantec.com

Refer to the agent-specific configuration guide for more details about the application agents.

To install the server or client components using the product installation wizard,

See Installing the SFW or SFW HA server components using the product installer.

See Installing the SFW or SFW HA client components using the product installer.

To install the server or client components using the CLI,

See Performing an automated installation for SFW or SFW HA server or client components.

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