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

Creating a NIC bond

An administrator can create a bond NIC interface from a given list of public NIC interfaces during Veritas Access installation. This feature allows an administrator to save a number of physical IP addresses that are used for installation and post-installation bond creation.

If you do not want to create a bond interface, continue with the installation.

To create a bond

  1. After you choose manual selection mode, the installer prompts you to enter your selection. Enter 5 to create a new bond.
    NIC selection/NIC bonding/NIC VLAN configuration
    
    Common NICs on all systems:
    
    NIC        Type       Properties       Public
    ====================================================
    ens161     Physical   -                N
    ens192     Physical   -                Y
    ens193     Physical   -                Y
    ens224     Physical   -                Y
    ens225     Physical   -                Y
    ens256     Physical   -                N
    ens257     Physical   -                Y
    
         1)  Select public NICs
         2)  Select private NICs
         3)  Exclude NICs
         4)  Include NICs
         5)  Create a new bond
         6)  Add NICs to a bond
         7)  Remove bonds
         8)  Remove NICs from the bond list
         9)  Create VLAN device
        10)  Delete VLAN device
        11)  Save and continue
    
    Select the NIC option to be configured in this cluster: [1-11,q] 5
    
  2. Select a bond mode for the new bond.
    Configure the mode of the NIC bonding:
    
         1)  balance-rr
         2)  active-backup
         3)  balance-xor
         4)  broadcast
         5)  802.3ad
         6)  balance-tlb
         7)  balance-alb
         b)  Back to previous menu
    
    Select the bonding mode: [1-7,b,q] 1
    
    bond0 is created. Please add NICs to bond0 to enable it.
    
    Press [Enter] to continue:

    If you choose 3 or 5, you need to choose the bond option for the bond mode:

    1)	layer2
    2)	layer3+4
    3)	default
    
    Select the bonding option: [1-3,b,q] 1

    The installer prompts you to select the NIC option that you want to configure for the cluster.

  3. Enter 6 to add NICs to bond.

    Note:

    You need to have NIC in bond.

    NIC selection/NIC bonding/NIC VLAN configuration
    
    Common NICs on all systems:
    
    NIC        Type       Properties       Public
    ====================================================
    ens161     Physical   -                N
    ens192     Physical   -                Y
    ens193     Physical   -                Y
    ens224     Physical   -                Y
    ens225     Physical   -                Y
    ens256     Physical   -                N
    ens257     Physical   -                Y
    bond0      Virtual    Bond balance-rr  -
    
         1)  Select public NICs
         2)  Select private NICs
         3)  Exclude NICs
         4)  Include NICs
         5)  Create a new bond
         6)  Add NICs to a bond
         7)  Remove bonds
         8)  Remove NICs from the bond list
         9)  Create VLAN device
        10)  Delete VLAN device
        11)  Save and continue
    
    Select the NIC option to be configured in this cluster: [1-11,q] 6
  4. Enter 6 to select a NIC that you want to add in a bond.
    Choose NICs for bonding
    
         1)  ens161
         2)  ens192
    	    3)  ens193
         4)  ens224
         5)  ens225
         6)  ens256
         7)  ens257
         b)  Back to previous menu
    
    Choose NICs, separated by spaces: [1-7,b,q,?] 4 5
    
  5. Select a bond name for which you want to add the NIC
    Choose a bond name to add NICs
    
         1)  bond0
         b)  Back to previous menu
    
    Choose bonds, separated by spaces: [1-1,b,q] 1
    
    Adding ens224 ens225 to bond0 was successful
    
    Press [Enter] to continue:
    
    NIC selection/NIC bonding/NIC VLAN configuration
    
    Common NICs on all systems:
    
    NIC        Type       Properties       Public
    ====================================================
    ens161     Physical   -                N
    ens192     Physical   -                Y
    ens193     Physical   -                Y
    ens224     Physical   Slave of bond0
    ens225     Physical   Slave of bond0
    ens256     Physical   -                N
    ens257     Physical   -                Y
    bond0      Virtual    Bond balance-rr  Y
    
         1)  Select public NICs
         2)  Select private NICs
         3)  Exclude NICs
         4)  Include NICs
         5)  Create a new bond
         6)  Add NICs to a bond
         7)  Remove bonds
         8)  Remove NICs from the bond list
         9)  Create VLAN device
        10)  Delete VLAN device
        11)  Save and continue
    
    Select the NIC option to be configured in this cluster: [1-11,q]