Veritas Access Installation Guide

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Product(s): Access (7.4.2)
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.  
      Add-on license for using Veritas Data Deduplication
    6.  
      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.  
          Required kernel RPMs
        3.  
          Required Oracle Linux kernel RPMs
        4.  
          Required operating system RPMs for OL 7.4
        5.  
          Required operating system RPMs for OL 7.5
        6.  
          Required operating system RPMs for RHEL 7.4
        7.  
          Required operating system RPMs for RHEL 7.5
      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 Oracle versions and host operating systems
      8.  
        Required 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
  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
      3. Installing the Oracle Linux operating system on the target Veritas Access cluster
        1.  
          Setting up the Oracle Linux yum server repository
    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.  
      Reconfiguring the Veritas Access cluster name and network
    13.  
      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. Performing a rolling upgrade
    1.  
      About rolling upgrade
    2.  
      Performing a rolling upgrade using the installer
  10. Uninstalling Veritas Access
    1.  
      Before you uninstall Veritas Access
    2. Uninstalling Veritas Access using the installer
      1.  
        Removing Veritas Access 7.4.2 RPMs
      2.  
        Running uninstall from the Veritas Access 7.4.2 disc
  11. Appendix A. Installation reference
    1.  
      Installation script options
  12. 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
  13. 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

Before adding new nodes in the cluster

After you have installed the operating system, you can install and configure a multiple node Veritas Access cluster at one time. If you want to add additional nodes to the cluster after that, you need to complete the following procedures:

  • Install the appropriate operating system software on the additional nodes.

  • Disable SELinux on the new node.

  • You do not need to install the Veritas Access software on the additional node before you add the node. The Veritas Access software is installed when you add the nodes. If the Veritas Access software is already installed, it is uninstalled and the product (same version as the cluster) is installed after that. The reason to uninstall and then install the product is to make sure that the new node is installed with exactly the same version, and patch level (if any) as the other cluster nodes. The packages are stored in the cluster nodes so the product image is not needed during the addition of the new node.

  • Verify that the existing cluster has sufficient physical IP addresses for the new nodes. You can add additional IP addresses using the following command: .

    Network> ip addr add command

    For example:

    Network> ip addr add 192.168.30.107 255.255.252.0 physical 
ACCESS ip addr SUCCESS V-288-1031 ip addr add successful.
    Network> ip addr show
IP            Netmask/Prefix  Device  Node       Type     Status
--            --------------  ------  ----       ----     ------
192.168.30.10 255.255.252.0   pubeth0 snas_01    Physical
192.168.30.11 255.255.252.0   pubeth1 snas_01    Physical
192.168.30.12 255.255.252.0   pubeth0 snas_02    Physical
192.168.30.13 255.255.252.0   pubeth1 snas_02    Physical
192.168.30.14 255.255.252.0           ( unused ) Physical
192.168.30.15 255.255.252.0           ( unused ) Physical
192.168.30.16 255.255.252.0   pubeth0 snas_01    Virtual  ONLINE (Con IP)
192.168.30.17 255.255.252.0   pubeth1 snas_01    Virtual  ONLINE
192.168.30.18 255.255.252.0   pubeth1 snas_01    Virtual  ONLINE
192.168.30.19 255.255.252.0   pubeth1 snas_01    Virtual

    In the example, the unused IP addresses 192.168.30.14 and 192.168.30.15 can be used by the new node as physical IP addresses.

    Note:

    The network configuration on the new nodes should be the same as that of the cluster nodes, that is, NICs should have same names and connectivity.

    Bonds and vLANs are created automatically to match the cluster configuration if they do not exist already.

  • If you want to add nodes to a cluster that has RDMA-based LLT links, disable iptables on the cluster nodes using the service iptables stop command.

    For example:

    # service iptables stop
iptables: Setting chains to policy ACCEPT: filter          [  OK  ]
iptables: Flushing firewall rules:                         [  OK  ]
iptables: Unloading modules:                               [  OK  ]

    Note:

    Before proceeding, make sure that all of the nodes are physically connected to the private and public networks.

  • Add the node to your existing cluster.