EMC 300-000-978 REV A03 manual Installing the PowerPath Volume Manager VCS Agent

Installing PowerPath

Installing the PowerPath Volume Manager VCS Agent

You can install the VCS Agent at the time you install PowerPath, or you can install the agent separately. This section describes how to install the agent separately.

Mount the CD-ROM1. Log in as root.

2.Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

If the CD mounts automatically, continue with Install the Software, which follows.

If the CD does not mount automatically, you must mount it manually. Continue with step 3.

3.Mount the CD on your file system. For example, to mount the CD on /cdrom/cdrom0, enter:

mount -F hsfs -r /dev/dsk/cxtydzs0 /cdrom/cdrom0

where x, y, and z are values specific to the host’s CD-ROM drive. For example:

mount -F hsfs -r /dev/dsk/c0t2d0s0 /cdrom/cdrom0

Install the VCS Agent 1. If you do not have a graphics terminal, run the script filename

Software command to record pkgadd output in the specified file. (After pkgadd completes, use CTRL-Dto stop recording the output.)

2.Change to the /mount_point/UNIX/SOLARIS directory. For example, enter:

cd /cdrom/cdrom0/UNIX/SOLARIS

3.Start the installation program. Enter:

/usr/sbin/pkgadd -d .

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