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Installing the VCS Java Console

You can administer VCS using the VCS Java-based graphical user interface, Java Console. After VCS has been installed, install the Java Console on a Windows NT, Windows 2000 Professional system, Windows XP, or Windows 2003 system, or AIX system with X-Windows. The system from which you run the Java Console can be a system in the cluster or a remote workstation; the latter enables each system in the cluster to be administered remotely.

For information about using the Cluster Manager and the Configuration Editor components of the Java Console, see the applicable chapter in the Veritas Cluster Server User's Guide.

Installing the Java Console on AIX

 To install Java console on AIX

1. Log in as superuser on the node where you intend to install the fileset.
2. Create a directory for the installation of the VCS 5.0 Java Console:

   # mkdir /tmp/install

3. Determine the device access name of the disc drive. For example, enter:

   # lsdev -C -c cdrom

   The output might resemble:

   cd0 Available 10-60-00-4,0 16 Bit SCSI Multimedia CD-ROM Drive

   In this example, cd0 is the disc's device access name.

4. Insert the software disc with the VCS software into a drive connected to the system.
5. Mount the disc using the device access name found in step 3:

   # mkdir -p /cdrom

   # mount -V cdrfs -o ro /dev/cd0 /cdrom

   # cd /cdrom

6. Copy the compressed files from the software disc to the temporary directory:

   # cp -r cluster_server/pkgs/VRTScscm.rte.gz /tmp/install

7. If your system does not have the gunzip utility, copy from the disc:

   # cp /cdrom_path/gnu/gunzip /tmp/install

8. Go to the temporary directory and unzip the compressed package file:

   # cd /tmp/install

   # gunzip VRTScscm.rte.gz

   The following file is now present in the temporary directory:

   VRTScscm.rte.bff

9. Install the fileset using the following command:

   # installp -a -d VRTScscm.rte.bff VRTScscm.rte

10. Answer "y" if prompted.

Installing the Java Console on a Windows system

You can install the VCS Java Console (Cluster Manager) on a Windows NT, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP, or Windows 2003 system to administer the cluster.

 To install the Java Console on a Windows system

1. Insert the software disc with the VCS software into a drive on your Windows system.
2. Using Windows Explorer, select the disc drive.
3. Go to \windows\VCSWindowsInstallers\ClusterManager.
4. Open the language folder of your choice, for example EN.
5. Double-click setup.exe.
6. The Veritas Cluster Manager Install Wizard guides you through the installation process.