Veritas Access 7.3.0.1 Installation Guide

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Product(s): Access (7.3.0.1)
  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.  
          Required operating system RPM for RHEL 7.3
      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
    5. Installing Veritas Access on the target cluster nodes
      1.  
        Installing and configuring the Veritas Access software on the cluster
      2.  
        Veritas Access 7.3.0.1 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. Uninstalling Veritas Access
    1.  
      Before you uninstall Veritas Access
    2. Uninstalling Veritas Access using the installer
      1.  
        Removing Veritas Access 7.3.0.1 RPMs
      2.  
        Running uninstall from the Veritas Access 7.3.0.1 disc
  10. Appendix A. Installation reference
    1.  
      Installation script options
  11. 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

Configuring LLT over RDMA for Veritas Access

During the Veritas Access installation, the installer automatically configures LLT over RDMA if there are InfiniBand NICs on the cluster nodes, unless the InfiniBand NICs are excluded.

This section describes the required hardware and configuration for LLT to support RDMA for Veritas Access. The high-level steps to configure LLT over RDMA are as follows:

1. Choose NICs, network switches, and cables that support RDMA.

Table: RDMA-enabled hardware

Hardware

Supported types

Reference

Network card

Mellanox-based Host Channel Adapters (HCAs) (VPI, ConnectX, ConnectX-2 and 3)

For detailed installation information, refer to the hardware vendor documentation.

Network switch

Mellanox, InfiniBand switches

Ethernet switches must be Data Center Bridging (DCB) capable

For detailed installation information, refer to the hardware vendor documentation.

Cables

Copper and Optical Cables, InfiniBand cables

For detailed installation information, refer to the hardware vendor documentation.

2. Connect the first two non-excluded InfiniBand NICs as private NICs.

Note:

Cross-links connection is not supported for private NICs in an RDMA environment.

3. Make sure that the required packages to enable RDMA, InfiniBand drivers, and utilities are installed with the base operating system. Or they can be installed from the yum repository.

Table: Drivers and utilities required for RDMA, InfiniBand, or an Ethernet network

Packages

Drivers and utilities

Device drivers for RDMA operations

  • libmthca

  • libmlx4

  • rdma

  • librdmacm-utils

OpenSM-related package

  • opensm

  • opensm-libs

  • libibumad

InfiniBand troubleshooting and performance tests

  • ibutils

  • infiniband-diags

  • perftest

libibverbs packages for InfiniBand operations

  • libibverbs-devel

  • libibverbs-utils