Veritas Access Installation Guide

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Product(s): Access (7.3.1)
Platform: Linux
  1. Introducing Veritas Access
    1.  
      About Veritas Access
  2. Licensing in Veritas Access
    1.  
      About Veritas Access product licensing
  3. System requirements
    1.  
      Important release information
    2. System requirements
      1. Linux requirements
        1.  
          Operating system RPM installation requirements and operating system patching
        2.  
          Kernel RPMs that are required to be installed with exact predefined RPM versions
        3.  
          OL kernel RPMs that are required to be installed with exact predefined RPM versions
        4.  
          Required operating system RPMs for OL 6.8
        5.  
          Required operating system RPMs for OL 7.3
        6.  
          Required operating system RPMs for OL 7.4
        7.  
          Required operating system RPMs for RHEL 6.6
        8.  
          Required operating system RPMs for RHEL 6.7
        9.  
          Required operating system RPMs for RHEL 6.8
        10.  
          Required operating system RPMs for RHEL 7.3
        11.  
          Required operating system RPMs for RHEL 7.4
      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.  
        Supported NetBackup versions
      6.  
        Supported OpenStack versions
      7.  
        Supported Oracle versions and host operating systems
      8.  
        Supported 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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 operating system on the target Veritas Access cluster
      3.  
        Installing the Oracle Linux operating system on the target Veritas Access cluster
      4.  
        Obtaining the Red Hat Enterprise Linux compatible kernels
    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 NIC bonding and NIC exclusion
      1.  
        Excluding a NIC
      2.  
        Including a NIC
      3.  
        Creating a new NIC bond
      4.  
        Removing a NIC bond
      5.  
        Removing a NIC from the bond list
    7. About VLAN Tagging
      1.  
        Adding a VLAN device on a particular NIC
      2.  
        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
  7. 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
  8. 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.  
      Deleting a node from the cluster
    6.  
      Shutting down the cluster nodes
  9. Upgrading Veritas Access and operating system
    1.  
      Upgrading the operating system and Veritas Access
  10. Upgrading Veritas Access using a rolling upgrade
    1.  
      About rolling upgrades
    2.  
      Supported rolling upgrade paths for upgrades on RHEL
    3.  
      Performing a rolling upgrade using the installer
  11. Uninstalling Veritas Access
    1.  
      Before you uninstall Veritas Access
    2. Uninstalling Veritas Access using the installer
      1.  
        Removing Veritas Access 7.3.1 RPMs
      2.  
        Running uninstall from the Veritas Access 7.3.1 disc
  12. Appendix A. Installation reference
    1.  
      Installation script options
  13. Appendix B. Troubleshooting the LTR upgrade
    1.  
      Locating the log files for troubleshooting the LTR upgrade
    2.  
      Troubleshooting pre-upgrade issues for LTR
    3.  
      Troubleshooting post-upgrade issues for LTR
  14. Appendix C. 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

Excluding a NIC

When you install Veritas Access on a cluster, you may want to use some of the NICs for other storage purposes. You can use the Exclude a NIC functionality to exclude some NICs that you do not want to use for Veritas Access.

Note:

The NIC bonding/NIC exclusion configuration options support both a single NIC or bond, and multiple NICs or bonds.

To exclude a NIC

  1. During Veritas Access installation, the installer asks if you want to configure NIC bonding or exclude NICs. Enter y if you want to exclude a NIC.
    Do you want to configure NIC bonding or exclude NICs or configure VLAN 
tagging? [y,n,q] (n)
  2. The installer prompts you to enter your selection. Enter 1 to exclude a NIC.
    Veritas Access 7.3.1 Configure Program                                          
10.200.114.45 10.200.114.46                                                 

NIC bonding/NIC exclusion configuration

NIC bonding supports only public NICs. Make sure the NICs you choose 
are connected to public network.

NIC  PCI ID       bond status    If excluded 
=============================================
eth2 0000:02:03.0 (physical NIC) 	N           
eth3 0000:02:04.0 (physical NIC) 	N           
eth4 0000:02:05.0 (physical NIC) 	N           
eth5 0000:02:06.0 (physical NIC) 	N           
eth6 0000:02:07.0 (physical NIC) 	N           
eth7 0000:02:08.0 (physical NIC) 	N           

     1)  Exclude NICs
     2)  Include NICs
     3)  Create a new bond
     4)  Add NICs to a bond
     5)  Remove bonds
     6)  Remove NICs from the bond list
     7)  Create VLAN device
     8)  Delete VLAN device
     9)  Save and Continue

Select the NIC option to be configured in this cluster: [1-9,q] 1
  3. The installer prompts you to select the NIC that you want to exclude. Enter your choice.
    Choose NICs for exclusion

     1)  eth2 0000:02:03.0 (physical NIC)
     2)  eth3 0000:02:04.0 (physical NIC)
     3)  eth4 0000:02:05.0 (physical NIC)
     4)  eth5 0000:02:06.0 (physical NIC)
     5)  eth6 0000:02:07.0 (physical NIC)
     6)  eth7 0000:02:08.0 (physical NIC)
					7)  Exclude NICs per node
     b)  Back to previous menu

Choose NICs: [1-7,b,q] 1 2(1,2)
  4. The installer goes back to the previous menu. You can choose another NIC for exclusion. Enter 1 to exclude another NIC. Or you can save your configurations and continue with the installation of Veritas Access.

    If you want to save your configurations, enter 9 :

                                             
Veritas Access 7.3.1 Configure Program                                          
10.200.114.45 10.200.114.46                                                 

NIC bonding/NIC exclusion configuration

NIC bonding supports only public NICs. Make sure the NICs you choose 
are connected to public network.

NIC  PCI ID       bond status    If excluded 
=============================================
eth2 0000:02:03.0 (physical NIC) 	Y           
eth3 0000:02:04.0 (physical NIC) 	Y           
eth4 0000:02:05.0 (physical NIC) 	N           
eth5 0000:02:06.0 (physical NIC) 	N           
eth6 0000:02:07.0 (physical NIC) 	N           
eth7 0000:02:08.0 (physical NIC) 	N           

					1)  Exclude NICs
     2)  Include NICs
     3)  Create a new bond
     4)  Add NICs to a bond
     5)  Remove bonds
     6)  Remove NICs from the bond list
     7)  Create VLAN device
     8)  Delete VLAN device
     9)  Save and Continue
 
Select the NIC option to be configured in this cluster: [1-9,q] 9
  5. If you want to exclude NICs per node, in Step To exclude a NIC enter 7. The NICs with inconsistent PCI IDs are listed:
    Choose NICs for exclusion

     1)  eth2 0000:02:03.0 (physical NIC)
     2)  eth3 0000:02:04.0 (physical NIC)
     3)  eth4 0000:02:05.0 (physical NIC)
     4)  eth5 0000:02:06.0 (physical NIC)
     5)  eth6 0000:02:07.0 (physical NIC)
     6)  eth7 0000:02:08.0 (physical NIC)
					7)  Exclude NICs per node
     b)  Back to previous menu

Choose NICs: [1-7,b,q] 7

Choose items: [1-1,b,q] 1
     1    0000:02:00.0 (10.198.95.214)
     2    0000:02:01.0 (10.198.95.214)
     3    0000:02:06.0 (10.198.95.212)
     4    0000:02:09.0 (10.198.95.214)
     5    0000:02:14.0 (10.198.95.212)
     6    0000:02:15.0 (10.198.95.212)
     b)  Back to previous menu
Choose NICs: [1-6,b,q] 1 2 3 4 5 6

Note:

NIC exclusion function is supported on InfiniBand NICs, but all the NICs with the same PCI ID are excluded during the exclusion operation. See About using LLT over the RDMA network for Veritas Access.