Installing VERITAS Cluster Server

Topic 1: Using the VERITAS Product

Installer
After completing this topic, you
will be able to install VCS using
the VPI utility.

Using the VERITAS Product Installer

The VERITAS product installer, the
recommended installation procedure for VCS:
Performs environment checking to ensure that
prerequisites are met
Enables you to add product licenses
Is started from the installer file in the CD mount
point directory
Runs the installvcs utility
Logs user input and program output to files in:
/opt/VRTS/install/logs

The installvcs Utility

The installvcs utility, called by the product installer:
Uses the platform-specific operating system command to
install the VCS packages on all the systems in the cluster
Configures Ethernet network links for the VCS
communications interconnect
Brings the cluster up with the ClusterService group,
which manages the VCS Web GUI (if configured during
installation)
The
Theinstallvcs
installvcsutility
utilityrequires
requiresremote
remoteroot
rootaccess
accessto
toother
other
systems
in
the
cluster
while
the
script
is
being
run.
systems in the cluster while the script is being run.
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filesafter
afterVCS
VCS
installation.
installation.
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Automated VCS Installation Procedure

Invoke
Invoke
installer
installer

Enter
Entersystem
systemnames.
names.
Enter
Enterlicense
licensekeys.
keys.

Verify
Verifycommunication
communication
and
install
and installVERITAS
VERITAS
infrastructure
infrastructurepackages.
packages.

Select
Selectoptional
optionalpackages.
packages.
Configure
Configurethe
thecluster
cluster
(name,
(name,ID,
ID,interconnect).
interconnect).

User input
to the script

What the script

does

Select
Selectroot
rootbroker
brokernode.
node.
Set
Setup
upVCS
VCSuser
useraccounts.
accounts.
Configure
Configurethe
theWeb
WebGUI
GUI
(device
(devicename,
name,IP
IPaddress,
address,
subnet
mask).
subnet mask).
Configure
ConfigureSMTP
SMTPand
andSNMP
SNMP
notification.
notification.

Install
InstallVCS
VCSpackages.
packages.
Configure
ConfigureVCS.
VCS.
Start
StartVCS.
VCS.

Installing VCS Updates

Check for any updates before proceeding to
configure your cluster:
http://support.veritas.com
Updates are usually provided as patches or
maintenance packs.
Read the installation instructions included
with the update to ensure that all prerequisites
are met before you start the installation
process.

Topic 2: VCS Configuration Files

After completing this topic, you
will be able to display the
configuration files created during
installation.

VCS File Locations

Directories

Contents

/sbin,
/usr/sbin,
/opt/VRTSvcs/bin
/etc

Executables, scripts, libraries

Configuration files for the cluster interconnect

/
Cluster configuration files
etc/VRTSvcs/conf/
config
/
Apache servelet engine for Web GUI
opt/VRTSvcs/gui/c
onf
/var/VRTSvcs/log VCS engine and agent log files

Communication Configuration Files

LLT configuration files:
/etc/llttab
Specifies the cluster ID number, the host name,
and the LLT network interfaces used for the cluster
interconnect
/etc/llthosts
Lists the host names of each cluster system with
its corresponding LLT node ID number

GAB configuration file:

/etc/gabtab
Specifies how many systems are members of the cluster
and starts GAB

Cluster Configuration Files

VCS configuration files
/etc/VRTSvcs/conf/config/types.cf
/etc/VRTSvcs/conf/config/main.cf
include "types.cf"
Cluster Name
cluster
VCS (

)
system train1 (
All the systems where
)
VCS is installed
system train2 (
)
group
ClusterService (

)
Information entered for
IP webip (
Web-based Cluster Manager
Device = eri0
Address = "192.168.105.101"
NetMask = "255.255.255.0"
Solaris
)

Topic 3: Viewing the Default VCS

Configuration
After completing this topic, you
will be able to view the VCS
configuration created during
installation.

Viewing Status
View LLT status:
# lltconfig
llt is running

View GAB status:

# gabconfig -a
GAB Port Memberships
================================
Port a gen a36e003 membership 01
Port h gen fd57002 membership 01

View VCS status:

# hastatus sum
-- System
State
A S1
RUNNING
0
A S2
RUNNING
0

Frozen

Topic 4: Other Installation Considerations

After completing this topic, you
will be able to describe other
components to consider at
installation time.

I/O Fencing Considerations

I/O Fencing is the recommended method for
protecting shared storage in a cluster
environment.
Configure fencing after initial VCS installation if:
Your shared storage devices support SCSI-3
Persistent Reservations; and
You installed a 4.0 or later version of VCS; and
You are using Volume Manager 4.0 or later.

Lab 4: Installing VCS

vcs1

Link 1:______
Link 2:______

Link 1:______
Link 2:______

Public:______

Public:______

node2

node1
4.x

# ./installer

Pre-4.0

# ./installvcs

Software
location:_______________________________
Subnet:_______