InfoScale™ 9.0 Storage Foundation Configuration and Upgrade Guide - Linux

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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (9.0)
Platform: Linux
  1. Section I. Introduction and configuration of Storage Foundation
    1. Introducing Storage Foundation
      1. About Storage Foundation
        1.  
          About Veritas Replicator Option
      2.  
        About InfoScale Operations Manager
      3.  
        About Services and Operations Readiness Tools (SORT)
    2. Configuring Storage Foundation
      1.  
        Configuring Storage Foundation using the installer
      2. Configuring SF manually
        1.  
          Configuring Veritas Volume Manager
        2. Configuring Veritas File System
          1.  
            Loading and unloading the file system module
      3.  
        Configuring SFDB
  2. Section II. Upgrade of Storage Foundation
    1. Planning to upgrade Storage Foundation
      1.  
        About the upgrade
      2.  
        Supported upgrade paths
      3. Preparing to upgrade SF
        1.  
          Getting ready for the upgrade
        2.  
          Creating backups
        3.  
          Determining if the root disk is encapsulated
        4. Pre-upgrade planning when VVR is configured
          1.  
            Considerations for upgrading SF to 7.4 or later on systems with an ongoing or a paused replication
          2. Planning an upgrade from the previous VVR version
            1.  
              Planning and upgrading VVR to use IPv6 as connection protocol
        5.  
          Upgrading the array support
      4.  
        Using Install Bundles to simultaneously install or upgrade full releases (base, maintenance, rolling patch), and individual patches
    2. Upgrading Storage Foundation
      1. Upgrading Storage Foundation from previous versions to 9.0
        1.  
          Upgrading Storage Foundation using the product installer
      2. Upgrading Volume Replicator
        1. Upgrading VVR without disrupting replication
          1.  
            Upgrading VVR sites for InfoScale 7.3.1
          2.  
            Upgrading VVR sites with InfoScale 7.4 or later
          3.  
            Post-upgrade tasks for VVR sites
      3.  
        Upgrading SFDB
    3. Performing an automated SF upgrade using response files
      1.  
        Upgrading SF using response files
      2.  
        Response file variables to upgrade SF
      3.  
        Sample response file for SF upgrade
    4. Upgrading SF using YUM
      1.  
        About SF upgrade support using YUM
      2.  
        Upgrade SF using the YUM tool
    5. Performing post-upgrade tasks
      1.  
        Optional configuration steps
      2.  
        Re-joining the backup boot disk group into the current disk group
      3.  
        Reverting to the backup boot disk group after an unsuccessful upgrade
      4.  
        Recovering VVR if automatic upgrade fails
      5.  
        Resetting DAS disk names to include host name in FSS environments
      6.  
        Upgrading disk layout versions
      7.  
        Upgrading VxVM disk group versions
      8.  
        Updating variables
      9.  
        Setting the default disk group
      10.  
        Verifying the Storage Foundation upgrade
  3. Section III. Post configuration tasks
    1. Performing configuration tasks
      1.  
        Switching on Quotas
      2.  
        Enabling DMP support for native devices
      3. About configuring authentication for SFDB tools
        1.  
          Configuring vxdbd for SFDB tools authentication
  4. Section IV. Configuration and upgrade reference
    1. Appendix A. Installation scripts
      1.  
        Installation script options
      2.  
        About using the postcheck option
    2. Appendix B. Configuring the secure shell or the remote shell for communications
      1.  
        About configuring secure shell or remote shell communication modes before installing products
      2.  
        Manually configuring passwordless ssh
      3.  
        Setting up ssh and rsh connection using the installer -comsetup command
      4.  
        Setting up ssh and rsh connection using the pwdutil.pl utility
      5.  
        Restarting the ssh session
      6.  
        Enabling rsh for Linux

Setting the default disk group

You may find it convenient to create a system-wide default disk group. The main benefit of creating a default disk group is that VxVM commands default to the default disk group. You do not need to use the -g option.

You can set the name of the default disk group after installation by running the following command on a system:

# vxdctl defaultdg diskgroup

See the Storage Foundation Administrator's Guide.