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Veritas Storage Foundation and High
Availability Solutions 5.1 SP1 Getting
Started Guide
HP-UX 11i v3
HP Part Number: 5900-1498
Published: April 2011
Edition: 1.0
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© Copyright 2011 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
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Contents
Technical Support ................ . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 4
Chapter 1 Product overview ................ . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 9
About Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability
products ...... . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . 9
Veritas Storage Foundation . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 9
Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System ............. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 10
Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle® RAC .............. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 10
Symantec Product Authentication Service .............. . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . 11
Related products ................ . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . .. 11
Veritas Operations Manager . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 11
Chapter 2 How the discs are organized . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 13
Contents of the software discs in the media kit .... . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 13
Directory structure .......... . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 13
Chapter 3 Installation overview . . ... . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 15
Performing preinstallation checks and configuration ................ . . . . . . . . . 15
About the Veritas installer ......... . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 16
About the Web-based installer ............. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 17
Chapter 4 Where to find more information .......... . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 19
Documentation ............. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 19
Service and support ... . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 19
About Symantec Operations Readiness Tools ........ . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . 20
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Chapter
Product overview
This chapter includes the following topics:
■ About Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability products
■ Related products
About Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability products
The following sections describe the products and software components available
in this Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions release.
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Veritas Storage Foundation
Veritas Storage Foundation by Symantec includes Veritas File System (VxFS) and
Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) with various feature levels.
Veritas File System is a high performance journaling file system that provides
easy management and quick-recovery for applications. Veritas File System delivers
scalable performance, continuous availability, increased I/O throughput, and
structural integrity.
Veritas Volume Manager removes the physical limitations of disk storage. You
can configure, share, manage, and optimize storage I/O performance online
without interrupting data availability. Veritas Volume Manager also provides
easy-to-use, online storage management tools to reduce downtime.
Veritas File System (VxFS) and Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) are included in
all Veritas Storage Foundation products. If you have purchased a Veritas Storage
Foundation product, VxFS and VxVM are installed and updated as part of that
product. Do not install or update VxFS or VxVM as individual components.
Storage Foundation includes the dynamic multi-pathing functionality.
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About Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability products
Before you install the product, read the Storage Foundation Release Notes.
To install the product, follow the instructions in the Storage Foundation Installation
Guide.
These documents are located at the following directory in the release media.
storage_foundation/docs/
Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System
Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System by Symantec extends Veritas File
System and Veritas Volume Manager to support shared data in a storage area
network (SAN) environment. Using Storage Foundation Cluster File System,
multiple servers can concurrently access shared storage and files transparently
to applications.
Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System also provides increased automation
and intelligent management of availability and performance.
The Veritas Volume Replicator feature, which replicates data to remote locations
over an IP network, can also be licensed with this product.
Before you install the product, read the Storage Foundation Cluster File System
Release Notes.
To install the product, follow the instructions in the Storage Foundation Cluster
File System Installation Guide.
These documents are located at the following directories in the release media.
storage_foundation_cluster_file_system/docs/
Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle® RAC
Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle® RAC by Symantec is an integrated suite
of Veritas storage management and high-availability software. The software is
engineered to improve performance, availability, and manageability of Real
Application Cluster (RAC) environments. Certified by Oracle Corporation, Veritas
Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC delivers a flexible solution that makes it easy
to deploy and manage RAC.
The Veritas Volume Replicator feature, which replicates data to remote locations
over an IP network, can also be licensed with this product.
Before you start the installation, read the component product release notes and
installation guide.
These documents are located at the following directories in the release media.
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storage_foundation_for_oracle_rac/docs/
storage_foundation/docs/
Symantec Product Authentication Service
Symantec Product Authentication Service is a common Symantec feature. This
feature validates the identities that are based on existing network operating
system domains (such as NIS and NT) or private domains. The authentication
service protects communication channels among Symantec application clients
and services through message integrity and confidentiality services.
Before you install the authentication service, read the Storage Foundation and
High Availability Solutions appendix in the Symantec Product Authentication
Service Installation Guide.
These documents are located at the following directory in the release media.
authentication_service/docs
Related products
This section describes related products for Storage Foundation and High
Availability Solutions.
Related products
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Veritas Operations Manager
Symantec recommends use of Veritas Operations Manager to manage Storage
Foundation and Cluster Server environments.
The Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) console is no longer packaged with
Storage Foundation products. If you wish to continue using VEA, a version is
available for download from http://go.symantec.com/vcsm_download. Veritas
Storage Foundation Management Server is no longer supported.
If you wish to manage a single cluster using Cluster Manager (Java Console), a
version is available for download from http://go.symantec.com/vcsm_download.
Veritas Cluster Server Management Console is no longer supported.
Veritas Operations Manager provides a centralized management console for
Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability products. You can use Veritas
Operations Manager to monitor, visualize, and manage storage resources and
generate reports. Veritas Operations Manager is not available on the Storage
Foundation and High Availability Solutions release. You can download Veritas
Operations Manager at no charge at http://go.symantec.com/vom.
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Related products
Refer to the Veritas Operations Manger documentation for installation, upgrade,
and configuration instructions.
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How the discs are organized
This chapter includes the following topics:
■ Contents of the software discs in the media kit
■ Directory structure
Contents of the software discs in the media kit
The Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions media kit includes
multiple software discs. The contents of each disc are shown on the disc label.
Read the Getting Started Guide and Release Notes for your product before you
begin an installation procedure.
Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability is a licensed product. Refer to
the End User License Agreement (EULA) on the product disc for terms and
conditions that govern the use of this product.
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Directory structure
Table 2-1 lists the directory and contents of the Veritas Storage Foundation and
High Availability Solutions product suite.
Table 2-1
authentication_service
Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions disc directories
ContentsDirectory name or file name
The third-party legal notices documentation3rdpartyattributions.pdf
Symantec Authentication Services packages and
documentation
Veritas product packagesdepot
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Directory structure
Table 2-1
Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions disc directories
(continued)
dynamic_multipathing
getting_started.pdf
README_EULA.txt
storage_foundation
ContentsDirectory name or file name
The Copyright ©) filecopyright
Veritas Dynamic Multi-Pathing packages, scripts,
and documentation
Veritas File System packages and scriptsfile_system
The Veritas Storage Foundation and High
Availability Solutions Getting Started Guide
Product installation scriptinstaller
Perl language binaries and library functionsperl
The read me end user license agreement
documentation
The Veritas Storage Foundation read me first filereadme_first.txt
Veritas scriptsscripts
Veritas Storage Foundation, Veritas File System,
and Veritas Volume Manager packages, scripts,
and documentation
storage_foundation_high_availability
Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability
Solutions packages, scripts, and documentation
xprtld binaries used by the Web-based installerxprtl
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Installation overview
This chapter includes the following topics:
■ Performing preinstallation checks and configuration
■ About the Veritas installer
■ About the Web-based installer
Performing preinstallation checks and configuration
This document is designed for system administrators who already have a basic
knowledge of UNIX system and network administration. Basic knowledge includes
commands such as tar, mkdir, and simple shell scripting. Also required is basic
familiarity with the specific platform and operating system where Storage
Foundation is installed.
If you already have an earlier version of any of the Veritas products installed,
refer to the upgrade procedures.
Only users with superuser (root) privileges can install, upgrade, or initialize Veritas
Storage Foundation on HP-UX.
Review the preinstallation requirements and system requirements. Install the
operating system before installing the Veritas software.
Mount the Veritas software disc, or download and uncompress the Storage
Foundation software.
To generate a report of the preinstallation requirements, run the installer with
the precheck option.
If ssh is configured, use the following command:
# ./installer -precheck
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About the Veritas installer
If rsh is configured, use the following command:
# ./installer -rsh -precheck
If patches to the HP-UX operating system are required, the patches should be
applied prior to installing the Veritas products. Patches may be required to resolve
HP-UX kernel, product performance, or other issues. Patches may be required for
Veritas, HP-UX, or Oracle software.
The system should be in a quiescent state before adding patches.
See the product Release Notes for last minute information on recommended
patches.
You must obtain new licenses to use all of the features in the Veritas Storage
Foundation 5.1 SP1 software. Any Veritas licenses for the previous releases that
are currently installed allow you to use only a limited subset of these features.
For remote installation, or installation on multiple systems, set up remsh or ssh.
About the Veritas installer
The installer also enables you to configure the product, verify preinstallation
requirements, and view the product’s description.
If you obtained a standalone Veritas product from an electronic download site,
the single-product download files do not contain the general product installer.
Use the product installation script to install the product.
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 Control–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.
Additional options are available for the installer.
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About the Web-based installer
You use the webinstaller script to start and stop the Veritas XPortal Server
xprtlwid process. The webinstaller script can also be used to check the status
of the XPortal Server.
When the webinstaller script starts the xprtlwid process, the script displays a
URL. Use this URL to access the Web-based installer from Internet Explorer or
FireFox.
The Web installer creates log files whenever the Web installer is operating. While
the installation processes are operating, the log files are located in a session-based
directory under the /var/tmp directory. After the install process completes, the
log files are located in the /opt/VRTS/install/logs directory. It is recommended
that you keep the files for auditing, debugging, and for future use.
The location of the Veritas XPortal Server configuration file is
/var/opt/webinstaller/xprtlwid.conf.
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About the Web-based installer
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Where to find more information
This chapter includes the following topics:
■ Documentation
■ Service and support
■ About Symantec Operations Readiness Tools
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Documentation
Product documentation is available Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on
the product discs or with the downloaded software.
The documentation is available in the product_name/docs directory.
Make sure that you are using the current version of documentation. The document
version appears on page 2 of each guide. The latest product documentation is
available on the Symantec website.
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/overview.jsp?pid=15107
Service and support
To access the self-service knowledge base, go to the following URL:
http://entsupport.symantec.com
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About Symantec Operations Readiness Tools
About Symantec Operations Readiness Tools
Symantec™ Operations Readiness Tools (SORT) is a set of Web-based tools and
services that lets you proactively manage your Symantec enterprise products.
SORT automates and simplifies administration tasks, so you can manage your
data center more efficiently and get the most out of your Symantec products.
SORT lets you do the following:
■ Collect, analyze, and report on server configurations across UNIX or Windows
environments. You can use this data to do the following:
■ Assess whether your systems are ready to install or upgrade Symantec
enterprise products
■ Tune environmental parameters so you can increase performance,
availability, and use
■ Analyze your current deployment and identify the Symantec products and
licenses you are using
■ Upload configuration data to the SORT Web site, so you can share information
with coworkers, managers, and Symantec Technical Support
■ Compare your configurations to one another or to a standard build, so you can
determine if a configuration has "drifted"
■ Search for and download the latest product patches
■ Get notifications about the latest updates for:
■ Patches
■ Hardware compatibility lists (HCLs)
■ Array Support Libraries (ASLs)
■ Array Policy Modules (APMs)
■ High availability agents
■ Determine whether your Symantec enterprise product configurations conform
to best practices
■ Search and browse the latest product documentation
■ Look up error code descriptions and solutions
Note: Certain features of SORT are not available for all products.
To access SORT, go to:
http://sort.symantec.com
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