Response file variables to configure VCS

Table: Response file variables specific to configuring VCS lists the response file variables that you can define to configure VCS.

Table: Response file variables specific to configuring VCS

Variable

List or Scalar

Description

CFG{opt}{configure}

Scalar

Performs the configuration if the filesets are already installed.

(Required)

Set the value to 1 to configure VCS.

CFG{accepteula}

Scalar

Specifies whether you agree with EULA.pdf on the media.

(Required)

CFG{activecomponent}

List

Defines the component to be configured.

The value is VCS7.3 for VCS.

(Required)

CFG{keys}{keyless}

CFG{keys}{license}

List

CFG{keys}{keyless} gives a list of keyless keys to be registered on the system.

CFG{keys}{license} gives a list of user defined keys to be registered on the system.

(Optional)

CFG{systems}

List

List of systems on which the product is to be configured.

(Required)

CFG{prod}

Scalar

Defines the product for operations.

The value is AVAILABILITY7.3 for Veritas InfoScale Availability.

(Required)

CFG{opt}{keyfile}

Scalar

Defines the location of an ssh keyfile that is used to communicate with all remote systems.

(Optional)

CFG{opt}{rsh}

Scalar

Defines that rsh must be used instead of ssh as the communication method between systems.

(Optional)

CFG{opt}{logpath}

Scalar

Mentions the location where the log files are to be copied. The default location is /opt/VRTS/install/logs.

Note:

The installer copies the response files and summary files also to the specified logpath location.

(Optional)

CFG{uploadlogs}

Scalar

Defines a Boolean value 0 or 1.

The value 1 indicates that the installation logs are uploaded to the Veritas website.

The value 0 indicates that the installation logs are not uploaded to the Veritas website.

(Optional)

Note that some optional variables make it necessary to define other optional variables. For example, all the variables that are related to the cluster service group (csgnic, csgvip, and csgnetmask) must be defined if any are defined. The same is true for the SMTP notification (smtpserver, smtprecp, and smtprsev), the SNMP trap notification (snmpport, snmpcons, and snmpcsev), and the Global Cluster Option (gconic, gcovip, and gconetmask).

Table: Response file variables specific to configuring a basic VCS cluster lists the response file variables that specify the required information to configure a basic VCS cluster.

Table: Response file variables specific to configuring a basic VCS cluster

Variable

List or Scalar

Description

CFG{donotreconfigurevcs}

Scalar

Defines if you need to re-configure VCS.

(Optional)

CFG{donotreconfigurefencing}

Scalar

Defines if you need to re-configure fencing.

(Optional)

CFG{vcs_clusterid}

Scalar

An integer between 0 and 65535 that uniquely identifies the cluster.

(Required)

CFG{vcs_clustername}

Scalar

Defines the name of the cluster.

(Required)

CFG{vcs_allowcomms}

Scalar

Indicates whether or not to start LLT and GAB when you set up a single-node cluster. The value can be 0 (do not start) or 1 (start).

(Required)

CFG{fencingenabled}

Scalar

In a VCS configuration, defines if fencing is enabled.

Valid values are 0 or 1.

(Required)

Table: Response file variables specific to configuring private LLT over Ethernet lists the response file variables that specify the required information to configure LLT over Ethernet.

Table: Response file variables specific to configuring private LLT over Ethernet

Variable

List or Scalar

Description

CFG{vcs_lltlink#}

{"system"}

Scalar

Defines the NIC to be used for a private heartbeat link on each system. At least two LLT links are required per system (lltlink1 and lltlink2). You can configure up to four LLT links.

You must enclose the system name within double quotes.

(Required)

CFG{vcs_lltlinklowpri#}

{"system"}

Scalar

Defines a low priority heartbeat link. Typically, lltlinklowpri is used on a public network link to provide an additional layer of communication.

If you use different media speed for the private NICs, you can configure the NICs with lesser speed as low-priority links to enhance LLT performance. For example, lltlinklowpri1, lltlinklowpri2, and so on.

You must enclose the system name within double quotes.

(Optional)

Table: Response file variables specific to configuring LLT over UDP lists the response file variables that specify the required information to configure LLT over UDP.

Table: Response file variables specific to configuring LLT over UDP

Variable

List or Scalar

Description

CFG{lltoverudp}=1

Scalar

Indicates whether to configure heartbeat link using LLT over UDP.

(Required)

CFG{vcs_udplink<n>_address}

{<sys1>}

Scalar

Stores the IP address (IPv4 or IPv6) that the heartbeat link uses on node1.

You can have four heartbeat links and <n> for this response file variable can take values 1 to 4 for the respective heartbeat links.

(Required)

CFG

{vcs_udplinklowpri<n>_address}

{<sys1>}

Scalar

Stores the IP address (IPv4 or IPv6) that the low priority heartbeat link uses on node1.

You can have four low priority heartbeat links and <n> for this response file variable can take values 1 to 4 for the respective low priority heartbeat links.

(Required)

CFG{vcs_udplink<n>_port}

{<sys1>}

Scalar

Stores the UDP port (16-bit integer value) that the heartbeat link uses on node1.

You can have four heartbeat links and <n> for this response file variable can take values 1 to 4 for the respective heartbeat links.

(Required)

CFG{vcs_udplinklowpri<n>_port}

{<sys1>}

Scalar

Stores the UDP port (16-bit integer value) that the low priority heartbeat link uses on node1.

You can have four low priority heartbeat links and <n> for this response file variable can take values 1 to 4 for the respective low priority heartbeat links.

(Required)

CFG{vcs_udplink<n>_netmask}

{<sys1>}

Scalar

Stores the netmask (prefix for IPv6) that the heartbeat link uses on node1.

You can have four heartbeat links and <n> for this response file variable can take values 1 to 4 for the respective heartbeat links.

(Required)

CFG{vcs_udplinklowpri<n>_netmask}

{<sys1>}

Scalar

Stores the netmask (prefix for IPv6) that the low priority heartbeat link uses on node1.

You can have four low priority heartbeat links and <n> for this response file variable can take values 1 to 4 for the respective low priority heartbeat links.

(Required)

Table: Response file variables specific to configuring virtual IP for VCS cluster lists the response file variables that specify the required information to configure virtual IP for VCS cluster.

Table: Response file variables specific to configuring virtual IP for VCS cluster

Variable

List or Scalar

Description

CFG{vcs_csgnic}

{system}

Scalar

Defines the NIC device to use on a system. You can enter 'all' as a system value if the same NIC is used on all systems.

(Optional)

CFG{vcs_csgvip}

Scalar

Defines the virtual IP address for the cluster.

(Optional)

CFG{vcs_csgnetmask}

Scalar

Defines the Netmask of the virtual IP address for the cluster.

(Optional)

Table: Response file variables specific to configuring VCS cluster in secure mode lists the response file variables that specify the required information to configure the VCS cluster in secure mode.

Table: Response file variables specific to configuring VCS cluster in secure mode

Variable

List or Scalar

Description

CFG{vcs_eat_security}

Scalar

Specifies if the cluster is in secure enabled mode or not.

CFG{opt}{securityonenode}

Scalar

Specifies that the securityonenode option is being used.

CFG{securityonenode_menu}

Scalar

Specifies the menu option to choose to configure the secure cluster one at a time.

  • 1 - Configure the first node

  • 2 - Configure the other node

CFG{secusrgrps}

List

Defines the user groups which get read access to the cluster.

List or scalar: list

Optional or required: optional

CFG{rootsecusrgrps}

Scalar

Defines the read access to the cluster only for root and other users or user groups which are granted explicit privileges in VCS objects.

(Optional)

CFG{security_conf_dir}

Scalar

Specifies the directory where the configuration files are placed.

CFG{opt}{security}

Scalar

Specifies that the security option is being used.

CFG{defaultaccess}

Scalar

Defines if the user chooses to grant read access to everyone.

Optional or required: optional

CFG{vcs_eat_security_fips}

Scalar

Specifies that the enabled security is FIPS compliant.

Table: Response file variables specific to configuring VCS users lists the response file variables that specify the required information to configure VCS users.

Table: Response file variables specific to configuring VCS users

Variable

List or Scalar

Description

CFG{vcs_userenpw}

List

List of encoded passwords for VCS users

The value in the list can be "Administrators Operators Guests"

Note:

The order of the values for the vcs_userenpw list must match the order of the values in the vcs_username list.

(Optional)

CFG{vcs_username}

List

List of names of VCS users

(Optional)

CFG{vcs_userpriv}

List

List of privileges for VCS users

Note:

The order of the values for the vcs_userpriv list must match the order of the values in the vcs_username list.

(Optional)

Table: Response file variables specific to configuring VCS notifications using SMTP lists the response file variables that specify the required information to configure VCS notifications using SMTP.

Table: Response file variables specific to configuring VCS notifications using SMTP

Variable

List or Scalar

Description

CFG{vcs_smtpserver}

Scalar

Defines the domain-based hostname (example: smtp.example.com) of the SMTP server to be used for web notification.

(Optional)

CFG{vcs_smtprecp}

List

List of full email addresses (example: user@example.com) of SMTP recipients.

(Optional)

CFG{vcs_smtprsev}

List

Defines the minimum severity level of messages (Information, Warning, Error, SevereError) that listed SMTP recipients are to receive. Note that the ordering of severity levels must match that of the addresses of SMTP recipients.

(Optional)

Table: Response file variables specific to configuring VCS notifications using SNMP lists the response file variables that specify the required information to configure VCS notifications using SNMP.

Table: Response file variables specific to configuring VCS notifications using SNMP

Variable

List or Scalar

Description

CFG{vcs_snmpport}

Scalar

Defines the SNMP trap daemon port (default=162).

(Optional)

CFG{vcs_snmpcons}

List

List of SNMP console system names

(Optional)

CFG{vcs_snmpcsev}

List

Defines the minimum severity level of messages (Information, Warning, Error, SevereError) that listed SNMP consoles are to receive. Note that the ordering of severity levels must match that of the SNMP console system names.

(Optional)

Table: Response file variables specific to configuring VCS global clusters lists the response file variables that specify the required information to configure VCS global clusters.

Table: Response file variables specific to configuring VCS global clusters

Variable

List or Scalar

Description

CFG{vcs_gconic}

{system}

Scalar

Defines the NIC for the Virtual IP that the Global Cluster Option uses. You can enter 'all' as a system value if the same NIC is used on all systems.

(Optional)

CFG{vcs_gcovip}

Scalar

Defines the virtual IP address to that the Global Cluster Option uses.

(Optional)

CFG{vcs_gconetmask}

Scalar

Defines the Netmask of the virtual IP address that the Global Cluster Option uses.

(Optional)