About the script-based installer


About the script-based installer
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You can use the script-based installer to install Symantec products (version 6.1 and later) from a driver system that runs any supported platform to a target system that runs different supported platforms.

To install your Symantec product, use one of the following methods:

The general product installer (installer). The general product installer script provides a menu that simplifies the selection of installation and configuration options. Use the general product installer if you want to install multiple products from a disc.
Product-specific installation scripts (installsfha). The product-specific installation scripts provide command-line interface options. Installing and configuring with the installsfha script is identical to running the general product installer and specifying SFHA from the list of products to install. Use the product-specific installation scripts to install or configure individual products you download electronically. You can find these scripts at the root of the product media. These scripts are also installed with the product.

Table: Product installation scripts lists all the SFHA Solutions product installation scripts. The list of product-specific installation scripts that you find on your system depends on the product that you install on your system.

Table: Product installation scripts

Symantec product name	Script name in the media	Script name after an installation
For all SFHA Solutions products	installer	N/A
Symantec ApplicationHA	installapplicationha	installapplicationha<version>
Symantec Cluster Server (VCS)	installvcs	installvcs<version>
Symantec Storage Foundation (SF)	installsf	installsf<version>
Symantec Storage Foundation and High Availability (SFHA)	installsfha	installsfha<version>
Symantec Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability (SFCFSHA)	installsfcfsha	installsfcfsha<version>
Symantec Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC (SF Oracle RAC)	installsfrac	installsfrac<version>
Symantec Storage Foundation for Sybase ASE CE (SF Sybase CE)	installsfsybasece	installsfsybasece<version>
Symantec Dynamic Multi-pathing (DMP)	installdmp	installdmp<version>

When you install from the installation media, the script name does not include a product version.

When you configure the product after an installation, the installation scripts include the product version in the script name.

For example, for the 6.2 version:

# /opt/VRTS/install/installsfha62 -configure

Note:

The general product installer (installer) script does not include the product version.

At most points during the installation you can type the following characters for different actions:

Use b (back) to return to a previous section of the installation procedure. The back feature of the installation scripts is context-sensitive, so it returns to the beginning of a grouped section of questions.
Use Ctrl+c to stop and exit the program if an installation procedure hangs. After a short delay, the script exits.
Use q to quit the installer.
Use ? to display help information.
Use the Enter button to accept a default response.