Veritas Access 7.3 Installation Guide

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Product(s): Access (7.3)
Platform: Linux
  1. Introducing Veritas Access
    1.  
      About Veritas Access
  2. Licensing in Veritas Access
    1.  
      About Veritas Access product licensing
  3. System requirements
    1.  
      Important release information
    2. System requirements
      1. Linux requirements
        1.  
          Operating system RPM installation requirements and operating system patching
        2.  
          Kernel RPMs that are required to be installed with exact predefined RPM versions
        3.  
          OL kernel RPMs that are required to be installed with exact predefined RPM versions
        4.  
          Required operating system RPMs for OL 6.6
        5.  
          Required operating system RPMs for OL 6.7
        6.  
          Required operating system RPMs for OL 6.8
        7.  
          Required operating system RPMs for RHEL 6.6
        8.  
          Required operating system RPMs for RHEL 6.7
        9.  
          Required operating system RPMs for RHEL 6.8
      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.  
        Supported NetBackup versions
      6.  
        Supported OpenStack versions
      7.  
        Supported Oracle versions and host operating systems
      8.  
        Supported IP version 6 Internet standard protocol
    3. Network and firewall requirements
      1.  
        NetBackup ports
      2.  
        OpenDedup ports and disabling the iptable rules
      3.  
        CIFS protocols and firewall ports
    4.  
      Maximum configuration limits
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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 operating system on the target Veritas Access cluster
      3.  
        Installing the Oracle Linux operating system on the target Veritas Access cluster
      4.  
        Obtaining the Red Hat Enterprise Linux compatible kernels
    5. Installing Veritas Access on the target cluster nodes
      1.  
        Installing and configuring the Veritas Access software on the cluster
      2.  
        Veritas Access 7.3 Graphical User Interface (GUI)
    6. About NIC bonding and NIC exclusion
      1.  
        Excluding a NIC
      2.  
        Including a NIC
      3.  
        Creating a new NIC bond
      4.  
        Removing a NIC bond
      5.  
        Removing a NIC from the bond list
    7. About VLAN Tagging
      1.  
        Adding a VLAN device on a particular NIC
      2.  
        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.  
      Reconfiguring the Veritas Access cluster name and network
    13.  
      Configuring a KMS server on the Veritas Access cluster
  7. 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
  8. 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.  
      Deleting a node from the cluster
    6.  
      Shutting down the cluster nodes
  9. Upgrading Veritas Access
    1.  
      About types of Veritas Access patches
    2.  
      Downloading Veritas Access 7.3 release
    3.  
      Upgrading to Veritas Access 7.3 release
    4.  
      Displaying the current version
    5.  
      Displaying upgrade history of Veritas Access
    6.  
      Downloading a Veritas Access patch release
    7.  
      Displaying all Veritas Access releases that are available in the repository
    8.  
      Installing Veritas Access patches
    9.  
      Automatically execute your customized script before or after upgrade
  10. Upgrading Veritas Access using a rolling upgrade
    1.  
      About rolling upgrades
    2.  
      Supported rolling upgrade paths for upgrades on RHEL and Oracle Linux
    3.  
      Performing a rolling upgrade using the installer
  11. Uninstalling Veritas Access
    1.  
      Before you uninstall Veritas Access
    2. Uninstalling Veritas Access using the installer
      1.  
        Removing Veritas Access 7.3 RPMs
      2.  
        Running uninstall from the Veritas Access 7.3 disc
  12. Appendix A. Installation reference
    1.  
      Installation script options
  13. 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

Linux requirements

Veritas does not support the operating system on which Veritas Access runs. There are strict operating system versioning requirements for each release of Veritas Access.

The Veritas Access 7.3 release requires Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or the Oracle Linux (OL). It supports RHEL 6 Update 6, RHEL 6 Update 7, and RHEL 6 Update 8. It also supports OL 6 Update 6, OL 6 Update 7, and OL 6 Update 8 (only in RHEL-compatible mode). The minimum operating system requirements are enforced during the Veritas Access installation. A Kickstart file is also available on request for Veritas Access 7.3 to assist partners with the operating system installation requirements. Operating system patches, including security vulnerability patches, can be installed without requiring certification from Veritas. However, operating system Kernel RPMs should not be patched without specific approval from Veritas.

The certification of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) operating system updates can require a new minor version of Veritas Access. RHEL operating system updates cannot be installed without prior agreement with Veritas.

Veritas Access can be installed on computers running the following operating systems:

Requirement

Version

Version

Version

Red Hat Enterprise Linux version

RHEL 6 Update 6

RHEL 6 Update 7

RHEL 6 Update 8

Kernel version

2.6.32-504.el6

See Kernel RPMs that are required to be installed with exact predefined RPM versions.

2.6.32-573.el6

See Kernel RPMs that are required to be installed with exact predefined RPM versions.

2.6.32-642.el6

See Kernel RPMs that are required to be installed with exact predefined RPM versions.

Oracle Linux

OL 6 Update 6

OL 6 Update 7

OL 6 Update 8

Required RPMs

See Required operating system RPMs for RHEL 6.6.

See Required operating system RPMs for OL 6.6.

See Required operating system RPMs for RHEL 6.7.

See Required operating system RPMs for OL 6.7.

See Required operating system RPMs for OL 6.8.

More Information

Required operating system RPMs for RHEL 6.8