Configuring VCS using response files

Typically, you can use the response file that the installer generates after you perform VCS configuration on one cluster to configure VCS on other clusters. You can also create a response file using the -makeresponsefile option of the installer.

To configure VCS using response files

  1. Make sure the VCS filesets are installed on the systems where you want to configure VCS.
  2. Copy the response file to one of the cluster systems where you want to configure VCS.

    See Sample response file for configuring VCS.

  3. Edit the values of the response file variables as necessary.

    To configure optional features, you must define appropriate values for all the response file variables that are related to the optional feature.

    See Response file variables to configure Veritas Cluster Server.

  4. Start the configuration from the system to which you copied the response file. For example:

    # /opt/VRTS/install/installvcs<version> 
    -responsefile /tmp/response_file

    Where <version> is the specific release version, and /tmp/response_file is the response file's full path name.

    See About the Veritas installer.