Veritas InfoScale™ 7.3.1 Installation Guide - AIX

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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (7.3.1)
  1. Section I. Introduction to Veritas InfoScale
    1. Introducing Veritas InfoScale
      1.  
        About the Veritas InfoScale product suite
      2.  
        About Veritas InfoScale Foundation
      3.  
        About Veritas InfoScale Storage
      4.  
        About Veritas InfoScale Availability
      5.  
        About Veritas InfoScale Enterprise
      6.  
        Components of the Veritas InfoScale product suite
    2. Licensing Veritas InfoScale
      1.  
        About Veritas InfoScale product licensing
      2.  
        Registering Veritas InfoScale using product license keys
      3.  
        Registering Veritas InfoScale product using keyless licensing
      4.  
        Updating your product licenses
      5.  
        Using the vxlicinstupgrade utility
      6.  
        About the VRTSvlic package
  2. Section II. Planning and preparation
    1. System requirements
      1.  
        Important release information
      2.  
        Disk space requirements
      3. Hardware requirements
        1.  
          SF and SFHA hardware requirements
        2.  
          SFCFS and SFCFSHA hardware requirements
        3.  
          SF Oracle RAC hardware requirements
        4.  
          VCS hardware requirements
        5.  
          Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) requirements
      4.  
        Supported operating systems and database versions
      5.  
        Number of nodes supported
    2. Preparing to install
      1.  
        Mounting the ISO image
      2.  
        Setting up ssh or rsh for inter-system communications
      3.  
        Obtaining installer patches
      4.  
        Disabling external network connection attempts
      5.  
        Verifying the systems before installation
      6. Setting up the private network
        1.  
          Optimizing LLT media speed settings on private NICs
        2.  
          Guidelines for setting the media speed for LLT interconnects
        3.  
          Guidelines for setting the maximum transmission unit (MTU) for LLT interconnects in Flexible Storage Sharing (FSS) environments
      7. Setting up shared storage
        1.  
          Setting the SCSI identifier value
        2.  
          Setting up Fibre Channel
      8.  
        Synchronizing time settings on cluster nodes
      9.  
        Configuring LLT interconnects to use Jumbo Frames
      10. Planning the installation setup for SF Oracle RAC systems
        1. Planning your network configuration
          1.  
            Planning the public network configuration for Oracle RAC
          2. Planning the private network configuration for Oracle RAC
            1.  
              High availability solutions for Oracle RAC private network
          3.  
            Planning the public network configuration for Oracle RAC
          4.  
            Planning the private network configuration for Oracle RAC
        2. Planning the storage
          1.  
            Planning the storage
          2. Planning the storage for Oracle RAC
            1. Planning the storage for OCR and voting disk
              1.  
                OCR and voting disk storage configuration for external redundancy
              2.  
                OCR and voting disk storage configuration for normal redundancy
            2.  
              Planning the storage for Oracle RAC binaries and data files
            3.  
              Planning for Oracle RAC ASM over CVM
        3.  
          Planning volume layout
        4.  
          Planning file system design
        5.  
          Setting the umask before installation
      11.  
        Updating the SCSI reserve ODM attribute settings for VIOS
  3. Section III. Installation of Veritas InfoScale
    1. Installing Veritas InfoScale using the installer
      1.  
        Installing Veritas InfoScale using the installer
    2. Installing Veritas InfoScale using response files
      1. About response files
        1.  
          Syntax in the response file
      2.  
        Installing Veritas InfoScale using response files
      3.  
        Response file variables to install Veritas InfoScale
      4.  
        Sample response file for Veritas InfoScale installation
    3. Installing Veritas Infoscale using operating system-specific methods
      1.  
        About installing Veritas InfoScale using operating system-specific methods
      2. Installing Veritas InfoScale using NIM and the installer
        1.  
          Preparing the installation bundle on the NIM server
        2.  
          Installing Veritas InfoScale on the NIM client using SMIT on the NIM server
        3.  
          Installing Veritas InfoScale and the operating system on the NIM client using SMIT
    4. Completing the post installation tasks
      1.  
        Verifying product installation
      2.  
        Setting environment variables
      3.  
        Next steps after installation
  4. Section IV. Uninstallation of Veritas InfoScale
    1. Uninstalling Veritas InfoScale using the installer
      1. Preparing to uninstall a Veritas InfoScale product
        1.  
          Moving volumes to physical disks
      2.  
        Removing the Replicated Data Set
      3.  
        Uninstalling Veritas InfoScale filesets using the installer
      4.  
        Removing Storage Foundation products using SMIT
      5.  
        Removing the Storage Foundation for Databases (SFDB) repository
    2. Uninstalling Veritas InfoScale using response files
      1.  
        Uninstalling Veritas InfoScale using response files
      2.  
        Response file variables to uninstall Veritas InfoScale
      3.  
        Sample response file for Veritas InfoScale uninstallation
  5. Section V. Installation reference
    1. Appendix A. Installation scripts
      1.  
        Installation script options
    2. Appendix B. Tunable files for installation
      1.  
        About setting tunable parameters using the installer or a response file
      2.  
        Setting tunables for an installation, configuration, or upgrade
      3.  
        Setting tunables with no other installer-related operations
      4.  
        Setting tunables with an un-integrated response file
      5.  
        Preparing the tunables file
      6.  
        Setting parameters for the tunables file
      7.  
        Tunables value parameter definitions
    3. Appendix C. Troubleshooting installation issues
      1.  
        Restarting the installer after a failed network connection
      2.  
        Troubleshooting an installation on AIX
      3.  
        Incorrect permissions for root on remote system
      4.  
        Resource temporarily unavailable
      5.  
        Inaccessible system

Installation script options

Table: Available command line options shows command line options for the installation script. For an initial install or upgrade, options are not usually required. The installation script options apply to all Veritas InfoScale product scripts, except where otherwise noted.

Table: Available command line options

Command Line Option

Function

-allpkgs

Displays all filesets required for the specified product. The filesets are listed in correct installation order. The output can be used to create scripts for command line installs, or for installations over a network.

-comcleanup

The -comcleanup option removes the secure shell or remote shell configuration added by installer on the systems. The option is only required when installation routines that performed auto-configuration of the shell are abruptly terminated.

-comsetup

The -comsetup option is used to set up the ssh or rsh communication between systems without requests for passwords or passphrases.

-configure

Configures the product after installation.

-disable_dmp_native_support

Disables Dynamic Multi-pathing support for the native LVM volume groups and ZFS pools during upgrade. Retaining Dynamic Multi-pathing support for the native LVM volume groups and ZFS pools during upgrade increases package upgrade time depending on the number of LUNs and native LVM volume groups and ZFS pools configured on the system.

- hostfile full_path_to_file

Specifies the location of a file that contains a list of hostnames on which to install.

-install

Used to install products on system

-online_upgrade

Used to perform online upgrade. Using this option, the installer upgrades the whole cluster and also supports customer's application zero down time during the upgrade procedure. Now this option is supported only in VCS.

-patch_path

Defines the path of a patch level release to be integrated with a base or a maintenance level release in order for multiple releases to be simultaneously installed .

-patch2_path

Defines the path of a second patch level release to be integrated with a base or a maintenance level release in order for multiple releases to be simultaneously installed.

-patch3_path

Defines the path of a third patch level release to be integrated with a base or a maintenance level release in order for multiple releases to be simultaneously installed.

-patch4_path

Defines the path of a fourth patch level release to be integrated with a base or a maintenance level release in order for multiple releases to be simultaneously installed.

-patch5_path

Defines the path of a fifth patch level release to be integrated with a base or a maintenance level release in order for multiple releases to be simultaneously installed.

- keyfile ssh_key_file

Specifies a key file for secure shell (SSH) installs. This option passes -I ssh_key_file to every SSH invocation.

-license

Registers or updates product licenses on the specified systems.

- logpath log_path

Specifies a directory other than /opt/VRTS/install/logs as the location where installer log files, summary files, and response files are saved.

-noipc

Disables the installer from making outbound networking calls to Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tool (SORT) in order to automatically obtain patch and release information updates.

-nolic

Allows installation of product filesets without entering a license key. Licensed features cannot be configured, started, or used when this option is specified.

-pkgtable

Displays product's packages in correct installation order by group.

- postcheck

Checks for different HA and file system-related processes, the availability of different ports, and the availability of cluster-related service groups.

-precheck

Performs a preinstallation check to determine if systems meet all installation requirements. Veritas recommends doing a precheck before installing a product.

-prod

Specifies the product for operations.

-component

Specifies the component for operations.

-redirect

Displays progress details without showing the progress bar.

-require

Specifies an installer patch file.

-requirements

The -requirements option displays required OS version, required filesets and patches, file system space, and other system requirements in order to install the product.

- responsefile response_file

Automates installation and configuration by using system and configuration information stored in a specified file instead of prompting for information. The response_file must be a full path name. You must edit the response file to use it for subsequent installations. Variable field definitions are defined within the file.

-rolling_upgrade

Starts a rolling upgrade. Using this option, the installer detects the rolling upgrade status on cluster systems automatically without the need to specify rolling upgrade phase 1 or phase 2 explicitly.

-rollingupgrade_phase1

The -rollingupgrade_phase1 option is used to perform rolling upgrade Phase-I. In the phase, the product kernel filesets get upgraded to the latest version.

-rollingupgrade_phase2

The -rollingupgrade_phase2 option is used to perform rolling upgrade Phase-II. In the phase, VCS and other agent filesets upgrade to the latest version. Product kernel drivers are rolling-upgraded to the latest protocol version.

-rsh

Specify this option when you want to use rsh and RCP for communication between systems instead of the default ssh and SCP.

- serial

Specifies that the installation script performs install, uninstall, start, and stop operations on each system in a serial fashion. If this option is not specified, these operations are performed simultaneously on all systems.

-settunables

Specify this option when you want to set tunable parameters after you install and configure a product. You may need to restart processes of the product for the tunable parameter values to take effect. You must use this option together with the -tunablesfile option.

-start

Starts the daemons and processes for the specified product.

-stop

Stops the daemons and processes for the specified product.

-timeout

The -timeout option is used to specify the number of seconds that the script should wait for each command to complete before timing out. Setting the -timeout option overrides the default value of 1200 seconds. Setting the -timeout option to 0 prevents the script from timing out. The -timeout option does not work with the -serial option

- tmppath tmp_path

Specifies a directory other than /var/tmp as the working directory for the installation scripts. This destination is where initial logging is performed and where filesets are copied on remote systems before installation.

-tunables

Lists all supported tunables and create a tunables file template.

-tunablesfile tunables_file

Specify this option when you specify a tunables file. The tunables file should include tunable parameters.

-uninstall

This option is used to uninstall the products from systems

-upgrade

Specifies that an existing version of the product exists and you plan to upgrade it.

-version

Checks and reports the installed products and their versions. Identifies the installed and missing packages and patches where applicable for the product. Provides a summary that includes the count of the installed and any missing filesets and patches where applicable. Lists the installed patches, patches, and available updates for the installed product if an Internet connection is available.