Symantec 5 manual To configure Veritas Cluster Server you need, Example galaxy, nebula

52Installing and configuring VCS

Getting your VCS installation and configuration information ready

Getting your VCS installation and configuration information ready

The VCS installation and configuration program prompts you for information about certain VCS components.

When you perform the installation, prepare the following information:

■To install VCS RPMs you need:

The system names where you plan to install VCS

The required license keys

To decide whether to install:

■the required VCS RPMs

■all the VCS RPMs

Example: galaxy, nebula

Depending on the type of installation, keys include:

■A valid site license key

■A valid demo license key

■A valid license key for VCS global clusters

See “Obtaining VCS license keys” on page 39.

Install only the required RPMs if you do not want to configure any optional components or features.

The default option is to install all RPMs.

See “Optional VCS RPMs” on page 54.

■To configure Veritas Cluster Server you need:

A name for the cluster

A unique ID number for the cluster

The device names of the NICs that the private networks use among systems

The cluster name must begin with a letter of the alphabet. The cluster name can contain only the characters "a" through "z", "A" through "Z", the numbers "0" through "9", the hyphen "-", and the underscore "_".

Example: vcs_cluster27

A number in the range of 0-65535. Within the site that contains the cluster, each cluster must have a unique ID.

Example: 7

A network interface card that is not part of any aggregated interface, or an aggregated interface.

Do not use the network interface card that is used for the public network, which is typically eth0.

Example: eth1, eth2