Installing VolServ

Extract Files from CD

Step 1. Place the VolServ CDROM into the CD drive.

Step 2. Login to the VolServ host computer as the root user.

Step 3. If a windowing environment is used, expand the shell window to a width of 80 columns or more.

Step 4. Remote only: Edit the remote host’s /.rhosts file by adding the hostname (of the machine that VolServ is being installed on) to the file.

Step 5. Local only: When you are using a local CD device, use the command as shown below to extract the installation script:

#tar xvf /cdromdevice/vs50/volserv/platform_dist/install_scripts

where:

Option

Description

 

 

platform

Enter your UNIX server platform

 

type:

 

• Solaris 7= SUNOS570sparc

 

• Solaris 8 = SUNOS580sparc

 

• IRIX 6.5 = IRIX650

 

 

Step 6. Remote only: Or, if you are doing a remote installation, use the command as shown below to extract the installation script:

#rsh remote_host dd if=/cdromdevice/vs50/volserv/platform_dist\ /install_scripts ibs=20b tar xvBf -

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