Symantec 5 manual Starting the software installation, Task Reference

Installing and configuring VCS 61

Installing and configuring VCS 5.0 RU3

Table 4-3	Installation and configuration tasks
Task	Reference

License and install VCS

Configure the cluster and its features

■See “Starting the software installation” on page 61.

■See “Specifying systems for installation” on page 62.

■See “Licensing VCS” on page 63.

■See “Choosing VCS RPMs for installation” on page 64.

■See “Choosing to install VCS RPMs or configure VCS” on page 65.

■See “Installing VCS RPMs” on page 75.

■See “Starting the software configuration” on page 66.

■See “Specifying systems for configuration” on page 67.

■See “Configuring the basic cluster” on page 67.

■See “Adding VCS users” on page 71. (optional)

■See “Configuring SMTP email notification” on page 71. (optional)

■See “Configuring SNMP trap notification” on page 73. (optional)

■See “Configuring global clusters” on page 74. (optional)

Create configuration files

Start VCS and its components

For clusters that run in secure mode, enable LDAP authentication plug-in if VCS users belong to LDAP domain.

Perform the post-installation tasks

Verify the cluster

See “Creating VCS configuration files” on page 76.

■See “Starting VCS” on page 77.

■See “Completing the installation” on page 77.

■See “About enabling LDAP authentication for clusters that run in secure mode” on page 78.

■See “About configuring VCS clusters for data integrity” on page 87.

■See “Installing the Java Console” on page 80.

See “Verifying the cluster after installation” on page 84.

Starting the software installation

You can install VCS using the Veritas product installer or the installvcs program.