Symantec 5 About preparing to install VCS, Preparing to configure the clusters in secure mode

Chapter 3

Preparing to install VCS

This chapter includes the following topics:

■About preparing to install VCS

■Preparing to configure the clusters in secure mode

■Performing preinstallation tasks

About preparing to install VCS

Before you perform the preinstallation tasks, make sure you reviewed the installation requirements, set up the basic hardware, and planned your VCS setup.

Preparing to configure the clusters in secure mode

You can set up Symantec Product Authentication Service (AT) for the cluster during the VCS installation or after the installation.

If you want to enable AT in a cluster at a later time, refer to the Veritas Cluster Server User's Guide for instructions.

The prerequisites to configure a cluster in secure mode are as follows:

■A system in your enterprise is configured as root broker (RB).

If a root broker system does not exist, install and configure root broker on a system.

See “Installing the root broker for the security infrastructure” on page 33.

■An authentication broker (AB) account for each node in the cluster is set up on the root broker system.

See “Creating authentication broker accounts on root broker system” on page 34.