Veritas Access Installation Guide
- Introducing Veritas Access
- Licensing in Veritas Access
- System requirements
- System requirements
- Linux requirements
- Linux requirements
- Network and firewall requirements
- Preparing to install Veritas Access
- Deploying virtual machines in VMware ESXi for Veritas Access installation
- Installing and configuring a cluster
- Installing the operating system on each node of the cluster
- Installing Veritas Access on the target cluster nodes
- About managing the NICs, bonds, and VLAN devices
- About VLAN tagging
- Automating Veritas Access installation and configuration using response files
- Displaying and adding nodes to a cluster
- Upgrading Veritas Access and operating system
- Upgrading Veritas Access using a rolling upgrade
- Uninstalling Veritas Access
- Appendix A. Installation reference
- Appendix B. Configuring the secure shell for communications
- Appendix C. Manual deployment of Veritas Access
Installing the operating system on the target Veritas Access cluster
This first task in the installation process is to install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system on each node of the cluster.
To install the operating system
- Insert the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 operating system installation DVD, and boot the server from the DVD.
See Linux requirements.
You can also use an external USB DVD-ROM.
- Select Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4.
- After the system loads, select English as a language for installation, and then click Continue.
After the installer displays installation summary, you can customize the installation process.
- Click Date & Time, choose your system location from the provided map, and then click Done to apply the configuration.
- Select English language for the Language System Support and the Keyboard language.
- To select your system software, click Software Selection and select a base installation environment from the list.
- Select Minimal Install with Compatibility Libraries Add-ons, and then click Done to apply these changes to the installation process.
- Select a disk and perform disk partition manually to configure the system partitions.
See System requirements.
- Click Network & Hostname and provide a system host name to set up your network connection.
After you set up the host name, set the Ethernet to On to bring your network interface up. Click Configure and provide your static network settings for your appropriate network connection.
- After you finish editing the Ethernet Interface Settings, click Done.
The default installer window is displayed.
- Verify the installation settings, and then click Begin Installation to start the system installation.
- Click Root Password, enter the password, and then click Done.
After the installation is finished, the installer displays details of the successful installation.
- Your Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation is now complete. You can follow the same steps that are shown in this section to install the operating system on other nodes of the cluster.
See the Red Hat Enterprise Linux documentation for the detailed procedure.