HP Veritas Storage Foundation Getting Started Guide

Veritas Storage Foundation™ and High Availability Solutions 5.0.1 Getting

Started Guide

HP-UX 11i v3

HP Part Number: 5900-0081 Published: August 2010 Edition: 1.0

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Contents

Technical Support ... . . ...... . ..... . . . ...... . . ...... . ..... . . . ...... . . ...... . ....... . ...... . . ...... . . ...... . ...... 4

Chapter 1 Product overview ... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . . ...... . ....... . 9

About Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability

products ..... . . ...... . . ...... . ....... . ...... . . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . . ...... . .... 9

Component software ... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . . ...... . ..... . . . ...... . . ...... . ....... . .... 9

Symantec Product Authentication Service ... . . . ...... . . ...... . ..... . . . ...... . 9

Storage Foundation Management Server .. . ...... . . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . .. 10

Veritas Storage Foundation ... . . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . . ...... . ..... . . . ...... . . . 10

About this product ... . ...... . . ...... . . ...... . ..... . . . ...... . . ...... . ..... . . . ...... . 10

Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle .... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . . ...... . ..... . . . . 11

About Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle® ... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . . . 11

Storage Foundation Cluster File System .. . ...... . . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . . . 12

About Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System ..... . . ...... . . ... 12

Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC ... . . ...... . . ...... . ..... . . . ...... . . ...... . ...... 12

About Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle® RAC ...... . ..... . . . ...... . 12

Chapter 2 How the discs are organized . . ..... . . . ...... . . ...... . ....... . ...... . . .... 15

Contents of the software discs in the media kit ..... . . ...... . ..... . . . ...... . . ... 15

Contents of the product disc . ...... . . ...... . ..... . . . ...... . . ...... . ..... . . . ...... 15

Disc directory structure .... . . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . . ...... . ..... . . . ...... . . .... 16

Chapter 3 Installation overview . . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . . ...... . ....... . ...... . . ...... . . . 17

Documentation references, before you install .. . ....... . ...... . . ...... . . ...... . .. 17

Performing preinstallation checks and configuration ... . . ...... . ...... . . ..... 17

Configuring secure shell (ssh) or remote shell before installing

products . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . . ...... . ....... . ...... . . 18

Configuring and enabling ssh ....... . ...... . . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . . ... 19

Enabling remsh ...... . . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . . ...... . ..... . . . ...... . . ...... . 23

Mounting a software disc ..... . . ...... . ....... . ...... . . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . . . 24

Downloading the Storage Foundation and High Availability software

... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . . ...... . ..... . . . ...... . . ...... . ....... . ...... . . ...... . . ...... . .. 24

Copying and unzipping the downloaded release . . ....... . ...... . . ...... . . ...... 25

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Chapter 4 Where to find more information ..... . ...... . . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . . 27

Documentation .... . ...... . . ...... . . ...... . ..... . . . ...... . . ...... . ..... . . . ...... . . ...... . .. 27

Service and support . . ...... . . ...... . ...... . . ...... . . ...... . ..... . . . ...... . . ...... . ....... 27

Product overview

This chapter includes the following topics:

■ About Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability products

■ Component software

■ Veritas Storage Foundation

■ Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle

■ Storage Foundation Cluster File System

■ Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC

Chapter

About Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability products

The following sections describe the products and component software available in this Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions release.

Component software

The following component software are available in this Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions release.

Symantec Product Authentication Service

The 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

Product overview

Veritas Storage Foundation

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.

This document is located at the following directory in the release media.

authentication_service/docs/vxat_install.pdf

Before you select this method of setting up the authentication service, also read the product installation guide and release notes.

Storage Foundation Management Server

Storage Foundation Management Server (SF Management Server) provides a centralized management console for Veritas Storage Foundation products. You can use SF Management Server to monitor, visualize, and manage storage resources and generate reports about those resources. SF Management Server is not available on the Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions release and must be obtained separately. For information on ordering SF Management Server, visit the following URL:

www.symantec.com/enterprise/sfms

Veritas Storage Foundation

Before you install this product, complete the following tasks:

■ Read the product release notes.

■ Review the preliminary information.

■ Follow the instructions in the Storage Foundation Installation Guide.

These documents are located at the following directories in the release media.

storage_foundation/docs/sf_notes.pdf

storage_foundation/docs/sf_install.pdf

About this product

Veritas Storage Foundation by Symantec includes Veritas File System by Symantec (VxFS) and Veritas Volume Manager by Symantec (VxVM) with various feature levels.

Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle

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.

VxFS and 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 them as individual components.

Veritas Storage Foundation has the following products:

■ Storage Foundation Standard

■ Storage Foundation Enterprise

The Veritas products table lists the optionally licensed features available with each Storage Foundation version.

11Product overview

Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle

Before you install this product, complete the following tasks:

■ Read the product release notes.

■ Review the preliminary information.

■ Follow the instructions in the Storage Foundation Installation Guide.

These documents are located at the following directories in the release media.

storage_foundation/docs/sf_notes.pdf

storage_foundation/docs/sf_install.pdf

About Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle®

Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle® by Symantec is an integrated set of system software enhancements and configuration guidelines. The enhancements and guidelines help Oracle database administrators configure a database system with high performance, availability, manageability, and reliability.

Product overview

Storage Foundation Cluster File System

Before you install this product, complete the following tasks:

■ Read the product release notes.

■ Review the preliminary information.

■ Follow the instructions in the Storage Foundation Installation Guide.

These documents are located at the following directories in the release media.

storage_foundation/docs/sf_notes.pdf

storage_foundation_cluster_file_system/docs/sfcfs_install.pdf

About 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.

Storage Foundation Cluster File System HA adds the failover functionality. This functionality can protect everything from a single critical database instance to very large multiple-application clusters in networked environments. Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System also provides increased automation and intelligent management of availability and performance.

Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC

Before you install this product, review the preliminary information.

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.

storage_foundation_for_oracle_rac/docs/sfrac_notes.pdf

storage_foundation/docs/sf_notes.pdf

storage_foundation_for_oracle_rac/docs/sfrac_install.pdf

About Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle® RAC

Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle® RAC 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

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