Veritas Access Installation Guide

Last Published:
Product(s): Access (7.4)
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 7.3
        5.  
          Required operating system RPMs for OL 7.4
        6.  
          Required operating system RPMs for RHEL 7.3
        7.  
          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.  
      Connecting the network hardware
    4. About obtaining IP addresses
      1.  
        About calculating IP address requirements
      2.  
        Reducing the number of IP addresses required at installation time
    5.  
      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
    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
  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.  
      Adding a node in mixed mode environment
    6.  
      Deleting a node from the cluster
    7.  
      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 the rolling upgrades
    2.  
      Supported rolling upgrade paths for upgrades on RHEL and Oracle Linux
    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 7.4 RPMs
      2.  
        Running uninstall from the Veritas Access 7.4 disc
  12. Appendix A. Installation reference
    1.  
      Installation script options
  13. Appendix B. Configuring the secure shell for communications
    1.  
      Manually configuring passwordless SSH
    2.  
      Setting up the SSH and the RSH connections
  14. 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

Response file variables to install and configure Veritas Access

Table: Response file variables for installing Veritas Access lists the response file variables that you can define to install and configure Veritas Access.

Table: Response file variables for installing Veritas Access

Variable

Description

CFG{bondmode}{bond<n>}

Defines the bond modes for BOND.

List or scalar: list

Optional or required: optional

CFG{bondname}

List of bond names for BOND.

List or scalar: list

Optional or required: optional

CFG{config_majority_based_fencing}

Enables the majority of the fencing. The value is set to 1. It cannot be used with I/O fencing variables that are 'fencing_scsi3_disk_policy', 'fencing_newdg_disks', and 'fencing_dgname'.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required for majority-based fencing

CFG{fencing_dgname}

Specifies the disk group for I/O fencing. The value is sfscoorddg.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required for the I/O fencing

CFG{fencing_newdg_disks}

Defines the fencing disks.

List or scalar: list

Optional or required: required for the I/O fencing

CFG{fencing_option}

Specifies the I/O fencing configuration mode. The value is 2 for the disk-based I/O fencing.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required for the I/O fencing

CFG{fencing_scsi3_disk_policy}

Specifies the SCSI-3 disk policy to use the I/O fencing. The value is dmp.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required for the I/O fencing

CFG{fencingenabled}

Defines whether fencing is enabled. The value is 1 if enabled.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required for the I/O fencing

CFG{opt}{licensefile}

Specifies the location of the Veritas perpetual or subscription license key file.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required

CFG{keys}{"node_ip"}

Specifies the Veritas Access license for each node.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required

CFG{newnodes}

Specifies the new access IP for the cluster nodes. The value must be the first public IP address for each node.

List or scalar: list

Optional or required: required

CFG{opt}{comcleanup}

Cleans up the SSH connection. The installer adds this connection after the configuration. The value is 1.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required

CFG{opt}{confignic}

Performs the NIC configuration with all the network variable values. The value is 1.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required

CFG{opt}{configure}

Performs the configuration if the packages are already installed.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required

CFG{opt}{install}

Installs Veritas Access RPMs. Configuration can be performed at a later time using the -configure option.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: optional

CFG{opt}{installallpkgs}

Instructs the installer to install all the Veritas Access RPMs based on the variable that has the value set to 1.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required

CFG{opt}{noipc}

Disables the connection to SORT for updates check. The value is 0.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required

CFG{opt}{ssh}

Determines whether to use SSH for communication between systems. The value is 1 if enabled.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required

CFG{prod}

Defines the product to be installed or uninstalled.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required

CFG{publicnetmaskarr}

List of the netmasks that are assigned to public NICs or bonds.

List or scalar: list

Optional or required: required

CFG{publicparr}

List of public IPs that are assigned to public NICs or bonds.

List or scalar: list

Optional or required: required

CFG{redhat_subscription_username}

Specifies the user name to register with Red Hat subscription management.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required, if some of the required OS RPMs are not found on the systems.

The user name should be enclosed in single quotes (for example : '1234@abc') if it contains any special character.

CFG{redhat_subscription_password}

Specifies the password to register with Red Hat subscription management.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required, if some of the required OS RPMs are not found on the systems.

The password should be enclosed in single quotes (for example, '1234@abc') if it contains any special character.

CFG{snas_clustername}

Defines the cluster name of the product.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required

CFG{snas_consoleip}

Defines the console IP of the product.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required

CFG{snas_defgateway}

Defines the gateway of the product.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required

CFG{snas_dnsdomainname}

Defines the DNS domain name of the product.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required

CFG{snas_dnsip}

Defines the DNS IP of the product.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required

CFG{snas_ntpserver}

Defines the NTP server name of the product.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required

CFG{snas_nvip}

Defines the number of VIPs on each NIC.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required

CFG{snas_pipprefix}

Defines the prefix of public IPs (only in IPV6 environments).

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required

CFG{snas_pipstart}

Defines the initial IP of the public IPs.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required

CFG{snas_pnmaskstart}

Defines the netmask of public IPs (only in IPV4 environments).

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required

CFG{snas_sepconsoleport}

Defines if use of separate console port. 1 for yes, 0 for no.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required

CFG{snas_vipprefix}

Defines the prefix of virtual IPs (only in IPV6 environments).

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required

CFG{snas_vipstart}

Defines the initial IP of the virtual IPs.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required

CFG{snas_vnmaskstart}

Defines the netmask of virtual IPs (only in IPV4 environments).

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required

CFG{systems}

List of systems on which the product is to be installed or to be uninstalled.

List or scalar: list

Optional or required: required

CFG{vcs_allowcomms}

Indicates whether to start LLT or GAB when the user wants to set up a single node cluster.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required

CFG{vcs_clusterid}

Defines the unique cluster ID with a string number.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required

CFG{vcs_lltlink<n>}{"new_node_ip"}

Defines the NIC name for the first heartbeat link.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required

CFG{vcs_userenpw}

Defines the encrypted user password.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required

CFG{vcs_username}

Defines the added user name for VCS.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required

CFG{vcs_userpriv}

Defines the user privilege.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required

CFG{virtualiparr}

List of the virtual IPs that are assigned to public NICs or bonds.

List or scalar: list

Optional or required: required

CFG{virtualnetmaskarr}

List of the netmasks that are assigned to public NICs or bonds.

List or scalar: list

Optional or required: required