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

Network and firewall requirements

Table: Default Veritas Access ports displays the default ports that Veritas Access uses to transfer information.

Table: Default Veritas Access ports

Port

Protocol or Service

Purpose

Impact if blocked

21

FTP

Port where the FTP server listens for connections.

Note:

Users can configure another port if desired.

FTP features are blocked.

22

SSH

Secure access to the Veritas Access server

Veritas Access is not accessible.

25

SMTP

Sending SMTP messages.

The SMTP messages that are sent from Veritas Access are blocked.

53

DNS queries

Communication with the DNS server

Domain name mapping fails.

111

rpcbind

RPC portmapper services

RPC services fail.

123

NTP

Communication with the NTP server

Server clocks are not synchronized across the cluster. NTP-reliant features (such as DAR) are not available.

139

CIFS

CIFS client to server communication

CIFS clients cannot access the Veritas Access cluster

161

SNMP

Sending SNMP alerts

SNMP alerts cannot be broadcast.

445

CIFS

CIFS client to server communication

CIFS clients cannot access the Veritas Access cluster.

514

syslog

Logging program messages

Syslog messages are not recorded.

756, 757, 755

statd

NFS statd port

NFS v3 protocol cannot function correctly.

2049

NFS

NFS client to server communication

NFS clients cannot access the Veritas Access cluster.

3172, 3173

ServerView

ServerView port

ServerView cannot work.

3260

iSCSI

iSCSI target and initiator communication

Initiator cannot communicate with the target.

4001

mountd

NFS mount protocol

NFS clients cannot mount file systems in the Veritas Access cluster.

4045

lockd

Processes the lock requests

File locking services are not available.

5634

HTTPS

Management Server connectivity

Web GUI may not be accessible.

56987

Replication

File synchronization, Veritas Access replication

Veritas Access replication daemon is blocked. Replication cannot work.

8088

REST server

REST client to server communication

REST client cannot access REST API of Veritas Access.

8143

S3

Data port for Veritas Access S3 server

User will not able to use Veritas Access object server.

8144

ObjectAccess service

Administration port for Veritas Access S3 server.

User cannot create access or secret keys for using Objectaccess service.

10082

spoold

Veritas Data Deduplication engine

Cannot use the Veritas Data Deduplication service for deduplicating data

10102

spad

Veritas Data Deduplication manager

Cannot use the Veritas Data Deduplication service for deduplicating data

11211

Memcached port

Veritas Access command-line interface framework

Veritas Access command-line interface cannot function correctly, and cluster configuration may get corrupted.

30000:40000

FTP

FTP passive port

FTP passive mode fails.

14161

HTTPS

Veritas Access GUI

User is unable to access Veritas Access GUI

51001

UDP

LLT over RDMA

LLT is not working.

51002

UDP

LLT over RDMA

LLT is not working.