Veritas Access Installation Guide

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Product(s): Access (7.4.2.400)
Platform: Linux
  1. Licensing in Veritas Access
    1.  
      About Veritas Access product licensing
    2.  
      Per-TB licensing model
    3.  
      TB-Per-Core licensing model
    4.  
      Per-Core licensing model
    5.  
      Notes and functional enforcements for licensing
  2. System requirements
    1.  
      Important release information
    2. System requirements
      1. Linux requirements
        1.  
          Required operating system RPMs and patches
      2.  
        Software requirements for installing Veritas Access in a VMware ESXi environment
      3.  
        Hardware requirements for installing Veritas Access virtual machines
      4.  
        Management Server Web browser support
      5.  
        Required NetBackup versions
      6.  
        Required OpenStack versions
      7.  
        Required IP version 6 Internet standard protocol
    3. Network and firewall requirements
      1.  
        NetBackup ports
      2.  
        CIFS protocols and firewall ports
    4.  
      Maximum configuration limits
  3. Preparing to install Veritas Access
    1.  
      Overview of the installation process
    2.  
      Hardware requirements for the nodes
    3. About using LLT over the RDMA network for Veritas Access
      1.  
        RDMA over InfiniBand networks in the Veritas Access clustering environment
      2.  
        How LLT supports RDMA for faster interconnections between applications
      3.  
        Configuring LLT over RDMA for Veritas Access
      4.  
        How the Veritas Access installer configures LLT over RDMA
      5.  
        LLT over RDMA sample /etc/llttab
    4.  
      Connecting the network hardware
    5. About obtaining IP addresses
      1.  
        About calculating IP address requirements
      2.  
        Reducing the number of IP addresses required at installation time
    6.  
      About checking the storage configuration
  4. Deploying virtual machines in VMware ESXi for Veritas Access installation
    1.  
      Setting up networking in VMware ESXi
    2.  
      Creating a datastore for the boot disk and LUNs
    3.  
      Creating a virtual machine for Veritas Access installation
  5. Installing and configuring a cluster
    1.  
      Installation overview
    2.  
      Summary of the installation steps
    3.  
      Before you install
    4. Installing the operating system on each node of the cluster
      1.  
        About the driver node
      2.  
        Installing the RHEL operating system on the target Veritas Access cluster
    5. Installing Veritas Access on the target cluster nodes
      1.  
        Installing and configuring the Veritas Access software on the cluster
      2.  
        Veritas Access Graphical User Interface
    6. About managing the NICs, bonds, and VLAN devices
      1.  
        Selecting the public NICs
      2.  
        Selecting the private NICs
      3.  
        Excluding a NIC
      4.  
        Including a NIC
      5.  
        Creating a NIC bond
      6.  
        Removing a NIC bond
      7.  
        Removing a NIC from the bond list
    7. About VLAN tagging
      1.  
        Creating a VLAN device
      2.  
        Removing a VLAN device
      3.  
        Limitations of VLAN Tagging
    8.  
      Replacing an Ethernet interface card
    9.  
      Configuring I/O fencing
    10.  
      About configuring Veritas NetBackup
    11.  
      About enabling kdump during an Veritas Access configuration
    12.  
      Configuring a KMS server on the Veritas Access cluster
  6. Automating Veritas Access installation and configuration using response files
    1.  
      About response files
    2.  
      Performing a silent Veritas Access installation
    3.  
      Response file variables to install and configure Veritas Access
    4.  
      Sample response file for Veritas Access installation and configuration
  7. Displaying and adding nodes to a cluster
    1.  
      About the Veritas Access installation states and conditions
    2.  
      Displaying the nodes in the cluster
    3.  
      Before adding new nodes in the cluster
    4.  
      Adding a node to the cluster
    5.  
      Adding a node in mixed mode environment
    6.  
      Deleting a node from the cluster
    7.  
      Shutting down the cluster nodes
  8. Upgrading the operating system and Veritas Access
    1.  
      Supported upgrade paths for upgrades on RHEL
    2.  
      Upgrading the operating system and Veritas Access
  9. Migrating from scale-out and erasure-coded file systems
    1.  
      Preparing for migration
    2.  
      Migration of data
    3.  
      Migration of file systems which are exported as shares
  10. Migrating LLT over Ethernet to LLT over UDP
    1.  
      Overview of migrating LLT to UDP
    2.  
      Migrating LLT to UDP
  11. Performing a rolling upgrade
    1.  
      About rolling upgrade
    2.  
      Performing a rolling upgrade using the installer
  12. Uninstalling Veritas Access
    1.  
      Before you uninstall Veritas Access
    2. Uninstalling Veritas Access using the installer
      1.  
        Removing Veritas Access 7.4.2.400 RPMs
      2.  
        Running uninstall from the Veritas Access 7.4.2.400 disc
  13. Appendix A. Installation reference
    1.  
      Installation script options
  14. Appendix B. Configuring the secure shell for communications
    1.  
      Manually configuring passwordless secure shell (ssh)
    2.  
      Setting up ssh and rsh connections using the pwdutil.pl utility
  15. Appendix C. Manual deployment of Veritas Access
    1.  
      Deploying Veritas Access manually on a two-node cluster in a non-SSH environment
    2.  
      Enabling internal sudo user communication in Veritas Access
  16.  
    Index

Limitations of VLAN Tagging

Note the following limitations for using VLAN Tagging:

  • Support only for a fresh installation.

  • Support only for creating a VLAN device on a bonded NIC.

  • Support only for creating one VLAN device at installation time.