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InfoScale™ 9.0 Installation Guide - Linux
Last Published:
2025-06-24
Product(s):
InfoScale & Storage Foundation (9.0)
Platform: Linux
- Section I. Planning and preparation
- Introducing Arctera InfoScale
- Licensing Arctera InfoScale
- System requirements
- Preparing to install
- Mounting the ISO image
- Setting up ssh or rsh for inter-system communications
- Obtaining installer patches
- Disabling external network connection attempts
- Verifying the systems before installation
- Setting up the private network
- Setting up shared storage
- Synchronizing time settings on cluster nodes
- Setting the kernel.hung_task_panic tunable
- Planning the installation setup for SF Oracle RAC systems
- Preparing for deployment in a Secure Boot environment
- Section II. Installation of Arctera InfoScale
- Installing Arctera InfoScale using the installer
- Installing Arctera InfoScale using response files
- Installing Arctera InfoScale using operating system-specific methods
- Completing the post installation tasks
- Section III. Uninstallation of Arctera InfoScale
- Section IV. Installation reference
- Appendix A. Installation scripts
- Appendix B. Tunable files for installation
- About setting tunable parameters using the installer or a response file
- Setting tunables for an installation, configuration, or upgrade
- Setting tunables with no other installer-related operations
- Setting tunables with an un-integrated response file
- Preparing the tunables file
- Setting parameters for the tunables file
- Tunables value parameter definitions
- Appendix C. Troubleshooting installation issues
- Appendix D. Managing InfoScale digital signatures (Secure Boot environment)
Sample Kickstart configuration file
The following is a sample RedHat Enterprise Linux 7 (RHEL7) Kickstart configuration file.
# The packages below are required and will be installed from
OS installation media automatically during the automated installation
of products in the DVD, if they have not been installed yet.
%packages
libudev.i686
device-mapper
device-mapper-libs
parted
libgcc.i686
compat-libstdc++-33
ed
ksh
nss-softokn-freebl.i686
glibc.i686
libstdc++.i686
audit-libs.i686
cracklib.i686
db4.i686
libselinux.i686
pam.i686
libattr.i686
libacl.i686
%end
%post --nochroot
# Add necessary scripts or commands here to your need
# This generated kickstart file is only for the automated
installation of products in the DVD
PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
export PATH
#
# Notice:
# * Modify the BUILDSRC below according to your real environment
# * The location specified with BUILDSRC should be NFS accessible
# to the Kickstart Server
# * Copy the whole directories of rpms from installation media
# to the BUILDSRC
#
BUILDSRC="<hostname_or_ip>:/path/to/rpms"
#
# Notice:
# * You do not have to change the following scripts
#
# define path varibles
ROOT=/mnt/sysimage
BUILDDIR="${ROOT}/build"
RPMDIR="${BUILDDIR}/rpms"
# define log path
KSLOG="${ROOT}/opt/VRTStmp/kickstart.log"
echo "==== Executing kickstart post section: ====" >> ${KSLOG}
mkdir -p ${BUILDDIR}
mount -t nfs -o nolock,vers=3 ${BUILDSRC} ${BUILDDIR} >> ${KSLOG} 2>&1# install rpms one by one for RPM in VRTSperl VRTSvlic VRTSspt VRTSvxvm VRTSaslapm VRTSvxfs VRTSllt VRTSgab VRTSvxfen VRTSamf VRTSvcs VRTScps VRTSvcsag VRTSvcsea VRTSdbed VRTSglm VRTScavf VRTSgms VRTSodm VRTSdbac VRTSsfmh VRTSvbs VRTSsfcpi VRTSvcswiz
do
echo "Installing package -- $RPM" >> ${KSLOG}
rpm -U -v --root ${ROOT} ${RPMDIR}/${RPM}-* >> ${KSLOG} 2>&1
done
umount ${BUILDDIR}
CALLED_BY=KICKSTART ${ROOT}/opt/VRTS/install/bin/UXRT90/
add_install_scripts >> ${KSLOG} 2>&1
echo "==== Completed kickstart file ====" >> ${KSLOG}
exit 0
%end