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See “Mounting the product disc” on page 49.

To prepare for installation

◆Depending on the OS distribution, replace the dist in the command with rhel5 or sles10. Replace the arch in the command with ppc64.

# cd /mnt/cdrom/dist_arch/cluster_server/rpms

Installing VCS RPMs for a manual installation

VCS has both required and optional RPMs. Install the required RPMs first. All

RPMs are installed in the /opt directory.

When you select the optional RPMs, review the following information:

■Symantec recommends that you install the RPMs for VCS manual pages (VRTSvcsmn).

■The I/O fencing RPM (VRTSvxfen) can be used only with the shared disks that support SCSI-3 Persistent Reservations (PR). See the Veritas Cluster Server User's Guide for a conceptual description of I/O fencing. You need to test shared storage for SCSI-3 PR and to implement I/O fencing.

See “About setting up disk-based I/O fencing” on page 89.

Use this procedure if you install VCS for the first time. Make sure the system does not have any of the VCS RPMs already installed. If VCS is already installed, either remove the RPMs before you perform this procedure or upgrade VCS on the new node.

Perform the steps to install VCS RPMs on each node in the cluster.

To install VCS RPMs on a node

◆Install the required VCS RPMs in the order shown. Do not install any RPMs already installed on the system. Pay special attention to operating system distribution and architecture.

■RHEL5/ppc64, required RPMS

#rpm -i VRTSvlic-3.02.33.4-0.ppc64.rpm

#rpm -i VRTSperl-5.10.0.1-RHEL5.2.ppc64.rpm

#rpm -i VRTSspt-5.5.00.0-GA.noarch.rpm

#rpm -i VRTSllt-5.0.33.00-RU3_RHEL5.ppc64.rpm

#rpm -i VRTSgab-5.0.33.00-RU3_RHEL5.ppc64.rpm

#rpm -i VRTSvxfen-5.0.33.00-RU3_RHEL5.ppc64.rpm

#rpm -i VRTSvcs-5.0.33.00-RU3_RHEL5.ppc64.rpm

#rpm -i VRTSvcsag-5.0.33.00-RU3_RHEL5.ppc64.rpm

#rpm -i VRTSvcsdr-5.0.33.00-RU3_RHEL5.ppc64.rpm

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Contents

Veritas Cluster Server Installation Guide Veritas Cluster Server Installation Guide Legal Notice Symantec Corporation Ellis Street Mountain View, CA Technical Support Contacting Technical Support Licensing and registration Customer serviceDocumentation feedback Maintenance agreement resources Additional enterprise services Contents Contents Chapter Configuring VCS clusters for data integrity Chapter Adding and removing cluster nodes 121 171 Index 173 Contents About VCS basics About Veritas Cluster ServerThis chapter includes the following topics About shared storage About multiple nodesExample of a four-node VCS cluster About LLT and GAB See About the LLT and GAB configuration files onAbout network channels for heartbeating About preexisting network partitions About VCS seeding About VCS features Veritas Installation Assessment ServiceAbout VCS notifications About global clusters About I/O fencing About VCS optional componentsYou can add the following optional components to VCS About Symantec Product Authentication Service AT See Preparing to configure the clusters in secure mode on See Installing the Java Console onAbout Cluster Manager Java Console About Veritas Cluster Server Management Console About VCS optional components Page Hardware requirements About planning to install VCS1lists the hardware requirements for a VCS cluster Hardware requirements for a VCS cluster Required disk spaceDescription Supported operating systems Kernel Architecture Required Linux RPMs for VCS Rhel Supported software Planning to install VCS Supported software About preparing to install VCS Preparing to configure the clusters in secure mode 1depicts the flow of configuring VCS cluster in secure mode Workflow to configure VCS cluster in secure mode Tasks Preparatory tasks to configure a cluster in secure modeThis task See About Symantec Product Authentication Service AT on Installing the root broker for the security infrastructure# ./installer Venus # vssat showalltrustedcreds Venus # vssat showprpl --pdrtype root \ Creating encrypted files for the security infrastructure Venus # vssat showbrokerhash Addprpl command For example RootBroker # vssat createpkg \ Performing preinstallation tasks Task Reference Obtaining VCS license keysHttps//licensing.symantec.com Setting up the private network You can use network switches instead of hubsPage Configuring SuSE network interfaces See About installing and configuring VCS on Run the command Where ethX is the interface name For example# cd /etc/sysconfig # ifconfig -a # ifconfig eth0 Setting up inter-system communication# cd /etc/sysconfig/network Accept the default location of ~/.ssh/iddsa Setting up ssh on cluster systems# ssh-keygen -t dsa Setting up shared storage See About setting up disk-based I/O fencing on# chmod 755 ~/.ssh # exec /usr/bin/ssh-agent $SHELL # ssh-add Setting the Manpath variable Setting the Path variableFor the C Shell csh or tcsh, type Optimizing LLT media speed settings on private NICs Setting the kernel.panic tunableCase of a panic, the node will reboot after 10 seconds Mounting the product disc Performing automated pre-installation check# mount -o ro /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom # ./installvcs -precheck galaxy nebula About installing and configuring VCS VCS Example galaxy, nebula To configure Veritas Cluster Server you needExample vcscluster27 To configure Smtp email notification optional, you need To configure VCS clusters in secure mode optional, you needVar/tmp/privatedir/roothash To configure global clusters optional, you need To configure Snmp trap notification optional, you needOptional VCS RPMs About the VCS installation program Optional features of the installvcs programVRTSvcsmn Manual pages for VCS commands See About preparing to install VCS on Interacting with the installvcs program About installvcs program command optionsInstallvcs command usage takes the following form Optional action Reference Installvcs system1 system2... options Option and Syntax Description Nooptionalpkgs Installing VCS using installonly option Configuring VCS using configure option Installing and configuring VCS 5.0 RU3 See Configuring the basic cluster on3lists the installation and the configuration tasks Overview of tasks Starting the software installation Specifying systems for installation Start the installvcs program# ./installvcs -rsh # cd /clusterserver Licensing VCS See Checking licensing information on the system on Choosing VCS RPMs for installation Enter keys for additional product features Choosing to install VCS RPMs or configure VCS Starting the software configuration See Configuring VCS using configure option on Specifying systems for configuration Configuring the basic cluster# ./installvcs -configure # cd /dvdrom/clusterserverPage Configuring the cluster in secure mode East.symantecexample.com Symantecexample.comRoot@east.symantecexample.com Root/roothash Configuring Smtp email notification Enter the user’s name, password, and level of privilegesAdding VCS users To add a user, enter y at the prompt See Configuring Snmp trap notification on Configuring Snmp trap notification See Configuring global clusters onIf you do not want to add, answer n Verify and confirm the Smtp notification information Configuring global clusters Verify and confirm the Snmp notification information Installing VCS RPMs See Creating VCS configuration files on Creating VCS configuration files Verifying the NIC configuration Starting VCS Completing the installationSet the Persistentname for all the NICs File description VCS node authentication broker Installing the Java Console Software requirements for the Java ConsoleHardware requirements for the Java Console See Software requirements for the Java Console on Installing the Java Console on Linux for IBM Power Installing the Java Console on a Windows systemNavigate to the folder that contains the RPMs # cd /mnt/cdrom/distarch/clusterserver/rpms Installing VCS Simulator Installing VCS Simulator on Unix systemsInstalling VCS Simulator on Windows systems Software requirements for VCS Simulator Reviewing the installation Verifying the cluster after installation See About verifying the VCS installation onVerifying and updating licenses on the system Checking licensing information on the system Updating product licenses using vxlicinst Replacing a VCS demo license with a permanent license# cd /opt/VRTS/bin # hastop -all -force Accessing the VCS documentation To access the VCS documentationStart VCS on each node # hastart Configuring VCS clusters for data integrity About configuring VCS clusters for data integrity About I/O fencing components About data disksAbout coordination points See About data disks on About setting up disk-based I/O fencing 1illustrates the tasks involved to configure I/O fencing Workflow to configure disk-based I/O fencing I/O fencing configuration files include Preparing to configure disk-based I/O fencing Initializing disks as VxVM disks # fdisk -l # vxddladm listsupport all Libnamevidpid Checking shared disks for I/O fencing Identifying disks to use as coordinator disksExample specifies the CDS format Testing the shared disks for SCSI-3 Verifying that the nodes have access to the same diskSee Testing the disks using vxfentsthdw utility on See Removing permissions for communication on Testing the disks using vxfentsthdw utility# /opt/VRTSvcs/vxfen/bin/vxfentsthdw # /opt/VRTSvcs/vxfen/bin/vxfentsthdw -n If you use rsh for communicationDev/sdr Setting up disk-based I/O fencing manually Setting up coordinator disk groups# vxdg init vxfencoorddg sdx sdy sdz # vxdg -g vxfencoorddg set coordinator=on For raw device configuration Creating I/O fencing configuration filesDeport the coordinator disk group Make a backup copy of the main.cf file Modifying VCS configuration to use I/O fencingStop VCS on all nodes Verifying I/O fencing configuration # hacf -verify /etc/VRTSvcs/conf/configStart VCS # /etc/init.d/vxfen start Removing permissions for communication # vxfenadm -dPage About verifying the VCS installation About the LLT and GAB configuration files Galaxy Nebula About the VCS configuration file main.cf Sample main.cf file for VCS clusters Page Sample main.cf file for global clusters ClusterAddress = Wac requires gcoip Gcoip requires csgnicApplication wac IP gcoip NIC csgnic Verifying the LLT, GAB, and VCS configuration files Verify the content of the configuration filesSee Setting the Path variable on Verifying LLT, GAB, and cluster operation Verifying LLT See Verifying the cluster onOutput on galaxy resembles Output on nebula resembles Eth1 UP Verifying GAB Output resembles Verifying the cluster Verifying the cluster nodes Current Eth1 UP eth2 UP About adding and removing nodes Adding a node to a cluster Setting up the hardware See Adding a license key on Preparing for a manual installation when adding a node Installing VCS RPMs for a manual installation See Mounting the product disc on Checking licensing information on the system Adding a license keySLES10/ppc64, required Rpms Setting up the node to run in secure mode See Configuring LLT and GAB onSee Configuring the authentication broker on node saturn on See Setting up VCS related security configuration on Configuring the authentication broker on node saturn Configuring LLT and GAB Setting up VCS related security configuration # /sbin/lltconfig -c On the new system, run the commandIf the file on one of the existing nodes resembles Adding the node to the existing cluster To verify GAB On the new node, run the commandAdd the new system to the cluster Removing a node from a cluster Starting VCS and verifying the clusterStop VCS on the new node Start VCS on the new node Verifying the status of nodes and service groups Check the status of the systems and the service groups Deleting the departing node from VCS configuration# hastatus -summary # hagrp -dep # hagrp -switch grp3 -to nebula# haconf -makerw # hagrp -unlink grp4 grp1 Save the configuration, making it read only Check the statusDelete the node from the cluster # hagrp -delete grp4 Modifying configuration files on each remaining node Removing security credentials from the leaving node Stop GAB and LLT To determine the RPMs to remove, enter# /etc/init.d/gab stop # /etc/init.d/llt stop # rpm -qa grep Vrts Remove the LLT and GAB configuration files # rm /etc/llttab # rm /etc/gabtab # rm /etc/llthosts About installing VCS on a single node Creating a single-node cluster using the installer program Preparing for a single node installation Starting the installer for the single node clusterTasks to create a single-node cluster using the installer See Starting the software installation on Installing the VCS software manually on a single node Creating a single-node cluster manuallySee Licensing VCS on Set the path variable Renaming the LLT and GAB startup files Modifying the startup filesVerifying single-node operation # hastart -onenode Adding a node to a single-node cluster Setting up a node to join the single-node cluster Installing VxVM or VxFS if necessary Configuring the shared storage See Setting up shared storage onDisplay the service groups currently configured Bringing up the existing node Configuring LLT Freeze the service groupsStop VCS on Node a Rename the GAB and LLT startup files so they can be used Setting up /etc/llthosts Setting up /etc/llttabLLT directives See LLT directives on LLT directives Additional considerations for LLTDirective Description Configuring GAB when adding a node to a single node cluster Reconfiguring VCS on the existing nodeReconfigure VCS on the existing nodes Starting LLT and GAB Verifying configuration on both nodes Unfreeze the service groups Implement the new two-node configurationStart the VCS on Node B Verify that VCS is up on both nodesPage Preparing to uninstall VCS About the uninstallvcs programSee About adding and removing nodes on # cd /opt/VRTS/install # ./uninstallvcs Uninstalling VCS 5.0 RU3Removing VCS 5.0 RU3 RPMs Running uninstallvcs from the VCS 5.0 RU3 disc Uninstallvcs program is not available in /opt/VRTS/install Using the UDP layer for LLT When to use LLT over UDPConfiguring LLT over UDP Following checklist is to configure LLT over UDP Link command in the /etc/llttab file See Sample configuration links crossing IP routers onBroadcast address in the /etc/llttab file See Broadcast address in the /etc/llttab file on Set-addr command in the /etc/llttab file Table A-2describes the fields of the set-addr command Selecting UDP ports Configuring the netmask for LLT# setparms ipaddress Configuring the broadcast address for LLT Sample configuration direct-attached linksFor second network interface # cat /etc/llttab UDP File for Node 1 resembles Sample configuration links crossing IP routers Figure A-2 Performing automated VCS installations /etc/llttab file on Node 0 resembles Syntax in the response file Example response fileOr, in the case of an integer value Or, in the case of a list Response file variable definitions Table A-3 Response file variables Variable Description $CPICFGOPTLICENSE $CPICFGOPTPKGPATH $CPICFGKEYS Table A-3 See Installing and configuring VCS 5.0 RU3 on $CPICFGOPTUNINSTALL # ./installvcs -responsefile /tmp/installvcs-uui.response Index GAB RAM VCS