Symantec 5 manual Installing VCS using installonly option, Configuring VCS using configure option

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Installing and configuring VCS 59

 

 

About the VCS installation program

Table 4-2

installvcs options (continued)

Option and Syntax

Description

-rsh

 

Specifies that rsh and rcp are to be used for communication

 

 

between systems instead of ssh and scp. This option requires

 

 

that systems be preconfigured such that rsh commands

 

 

between systems execute without prompting for passwords

 

 

or confirmations

-security

 

Enable or disable Symantec Product Authentication Service

 

 

in a VCS cluster that is running. Install and configure Root

 

 

Broker for Symantec Product Authentication Service.

 

 

See “About Symantec Product Authentication Service (AT)”

 

 

on page 19.

-serial

 

Performs the installation, uninstallation, start, and stop

 

 

operations on the systems in a serial fashion. By default, the

 

 

installer performs these operations simultaneously on all the

 

 

systems.

-timeout

 

Specifies the timeout value (in seconds) for each command

 

 

that the installer issues during the installation. The default

 

 

timeout value is set to 600 seconds.

-tmppath tmp_path

Specifies that tmp_path is the working directory for installvcs

 

 

program. This path is different from the /var/tmp path. This

 

 

destination is where initial logging is performed and where

 

 

RPMs are copied on remote systems before installation.

-verbose

 

Displays the details when the installer installs the RPMs. By

 

 

default, the installer displays only a progress bar during the

 

 

RPMs installation.

Installing VCS using installonly option

In certain situations, users may choose to install the VCS RPMs on a system before they are ready for cluster configuration. During such situations, the installvcs -installonlyoption can be used. The installation program licenses and installs VCS RPMs on the systems that you enter without creating any VCS configuration files.

Configuring VCS using configure option

If you installed VCS and did not choose to configure VCS immediately, use the installvcs -configureoption. You can configure VCS when you are ready for

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Symantec 5 manual Installing VCS using installonly option, Configuring VCS using configure option