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Technical Support		4
Chapter 1	Introducing Veritas Cluster Server	13
	About Veritas Cluster Server	13
	About VCS basics	13
	About multiple nodes	14
	About shared storage	14
	About LLT and GAB	15
	About network channels for heartbeating	15
	About preexisting network partitions	16
	About VCS seeding	16
	About VCS features	17
	Veritas Installation Assessment Service	17
	About VCS notifications	17
	About global clusters	17
	About I/O fencing	18
	About VCS optional components	18
	About Symantec Product Authentication Service (AT)	19
	About Cluster Manager (Java Console)	20
	About Veritas Cluster Server Management Console	20
	About VCS Simulator	20
Chapter 2	Planning to install VCS	23
	About planning to install VCS	23
	Hardware requirements	23
	Required disk space	24
	Supported operating systems	25
	Required Linux RPMs for VCS	26
	Supported software	27
Chapter 3	Preparing to install VCS	29
	About preparing to install VCS	29
	Preparing to configure the clusters in secure mode	29
	Installing the root broker for the security infrastructure	33

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Veritas Cluster Server Installation Guide Legal Notice Veritas Cluster Server Installation Guide Symantec Corporation Ellis Street Mountain View, CA Contacting Technical Support Technical Support Licensing and registration Customer serviceDocumentation feedback Additional enterprise services Maintenance agreement resources Contents Contents Chapter Configuring VCS clusters for data integrity 121 Chapter Adding and removing cluster nodes Index 173 171 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 VCS seeding About preexisting network partitions About global clusters About VCS featuresVeritas Installation Assessment Service About VCS notifications About I/O fencing About VCS optional componentsYou can add the following optional components to VCS About Symantec Product Authentication Service AT About Veritas Cluster Server Management Console See Preparing to configure the clusters in secure mode onSee Installing the Java Console on About Cluster Manager Java 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 Kernel Architecture Supported operating systems Rhel Required Linux RPMs for VCS Supported software Planning to install VCS Supported software Preparing to configure the clusters in secure mode About preparing to install VCS 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 showprpl --pdrtype root \ Venus # vssat showalltrustedcreds Venus # vssat showbrokerhash Creating encrypted files for the security infrastructure Addprpl command RootBroker # vssat createpkg \ For example Performing preinstallation tasks Task Reference Obtaining VCS license keysHttps//licensing.symantec.com You can use network switches instead of hubs Setting up the private networkPage See About installing and configuring VCS on Configuring SuSE network interfaces # ifconfig -a Run the commandWhere ethX is the interface name For example # cd /etc/sysconfig # 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 # exec /usr/bin/ssh-agent $SHELL # ssh-add Setting up shared storageSee About setting up disk-based I/O fencing on # chmod 755 ~/.ssh 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 VCS About installing and configuring 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 See About preparing to install VCS on About the VCS installation programOptional features of the installvcs program VRTSvcsmn Manual pages for VCS commands Optional action Reference Interacting with the installvcs programAbout installvcs program command options Installvcs command usage takes the following form Installvcs system1 system2... options Nooptionalpkgs Option and Syntax Description Configuring VCS using configure option Installing VCS using installonly option Overview of tasks Installing and configuring VCS 5.0 RU3See Configuring the basic cluster on 3lists the installation and the configuration tasks Starting the software installation # cd /clusterserver Specifying systems for installationStart the installvcs program # ./installvcs -rsh See Checking licensing information on the system on Licensing VCS Enter keys for additional product features Choosing VCS RPMs for installation Choosing to install VCS RPMs or configure VCS See Configuring VCS using configure option on Starting the software configuration # cd /dvdrom/clusterserver Specifying systems for configurationConfiguring the basic cluster # ./installvcs -configurePage Configuring the cluster in secure mode Root/roothash East.symantecexample.comSymantecexample.com Root@east.symantecexample.com To add a user, enter y at the prompt Configuring Smtp email notificationEnter the user’s name, password, and level of privileges Adding VCS users See Configuring Snmp trap notification on Verify and confirm the Smtp notification information Configuring Snmp trap notificationSee Configuring global clusters on If you do not want to add, answer n Verify and confirm the Snmp notification information Configuring global clusters See Creating VCS configuration files on Installing VCS RPMs Verifying the NIC configuration Creating VCS configuration files Starting VCS Completing the installationSet the Persistentname for all the NICs File description VCS node authentication broker See Software requirements for the Java Console on Installing the Java ConsoleSoftware requirements for the Java Console Hardware requirements for the Java Console # cd /mnt/cdrom/distarch/clusterserver/rpms Installing the Java Console on Linux for IBM PowerInstalling the Java Console on a Windows system Navigate to the folder that contains the RPMs Software requirements for VCS Simulator Installing VCS SimulatorInstalling VCS Simulator on Unix systems Installing VCS Simulator on Windows systems Reviewing the installation Checking licensing information on the system Verifying the cluster after installationSee About verifying the VCS installation on Verifying and updating licenses on the system # hastop -all -force Updating product licenses using vxlicinstReplacing a VCS demo license with a permanent license # cd /opt/VRTS/bin # hastart Accessing the VCS documentationTo access the VCS documentation Start VCS on each node About configuring VCS clusters for data integrity Configuring VCS clusters for data integrity See About data disks on About I/O fencing componentsAbout data disks About coordination points 1illustrates the tasks involved to configure I/O fencing About setting up disk-based 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 # fdisk -l Initializing disks as VxVM disks Libnamevidpid # vxddladm listsupport all 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 # vxdg -g vxfencoorddg set coordinator=on Setting up disk-based I/O fencing manuallySetting up coordinator disk groups # vxdg init vxfencoorddg sdx sdy sdz 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 # /etc/init.d/vxfen start Verifying I/O fencing configuration# hacf -verify /etc/VRTSvcs/conf/config Start VCS # vxfenadm -d Removing permissions for communicationPage About the LLT and GAB configuration files About verifying the VCS installation 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 LLT, GAB, and cluster operation Verifying the LLT, GAB, and VCS configuration filesVerify the content of the configuration files See Setting the Path variable on Output on nebula resembles Verifying LLTSee Verifying the cluster on Output on galaxy resembles Eth1 UP Output resembles Verifying GAB Verifying the cluster Verifying the cluster nodes Current Eth1 UP eth2 UP Adding a node to a cluster About adding and removing nodes See Adding a license key on Setting up the hardware Preparing for a manual installation when adding a node See Mounting the product disc on Installing VCS RPMs for a manual installation Checking licensing information on the system Adding a license keySLES10/ppc64, required Rpms See Setting up VCS related security configuration on Setting up the node to run in secure modeSee Configuring LLT and GAB on See Configuring the authentication broker on node saturn on Configuring the authentication broker on node saturn Setting up VCS related security configuration Configuring LLT and GAB # /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 Start VCS on the new node Removing a node from a clusterStarting VCS and verifying the cluster Stop 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 # hagrp -delete grp4 Save the configuration, making it read onlyCheck the status Delete the node from the cluster Removing security credentials from the leaving node Modifying configuration files on each remaining node # rpm -qa grep Vrts Stop GAB and LLTTo determine the RPMs to remove, enter # /etc/init.d/gab stop # /etc/init.d/llt stop # rm /etc/llttab # rm /etc/gabtab # rm /etc/llthosts Remove the LLT and GAB configuration files Creating a single-node cluster using the installer program About installing VCS on a single node See Starting the software installation on Preparing for a single node installationStarting the installer for the single node cluster Tasks to create a single-node cluster using the installer Set the path variable Installing the VCS software manually on a single nodeCreating a single-node cluster manually See Licensing VCS on # hastart -onenode Renaming the LLT and GAB startup filesModifying the startup files Verifying single-node operation Adding a node to a single-node cluster Installing VxVM or VxFS if necessary Setting up a node to join the single-node cluster Bringing up the existing node Configuring the shared storageSee Setting up shared storage on Display the service groups currently configured Rename the GAB and LLT startup files so they can be used Configuring LLTFreeze the service groups Stop VCS on Node a See LLT directives on Setting up /etc/llthostsSetting up /etc/llttab LLT directives LLT directives Additional considerations for LLTDirective Description Starting LLT and GAB Configuring GAB when adding a node to a single node clusterReconfiguring VCS on the existing node Reconfigure VCS on the existing nodes Verifying configuration on both nodes Verify that VCS is up on both nodes Unfreeze the service groupsImplement the new two-node configuration Start the VCS on Node BPage 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 Following checklist is to configure LLT over UDP Using the UDP layer for LLTWhen to use LLT over UDP Configuring LLT over UDP See Broadcast address in the /etc/llttab file on Link command in the /etc/llttab fileSee Sample configuration links crossing IP routers on Broadcast address in the /etc/llttab file Table A-2describes the fields of the set-addr command Set-addr command in the /etc/llttab file Selecting UDP ports Configuring the netmask for LLT# setparms ipaddress # cat /etc/llttab Configuring the broadcast address for LLTSample configuration direct-attached links For second network interface File for Node 1 resembles UDP Figure A-2 Sample configuration links crossing IP routers /etc/llttab file on Node 0 resembles Performing automated VCS installations Or, in the case of a list Syntax in the response fileExample response file Or, in the case of an integer value Table A-3 Response file variables Variable Description Response file variable definitions $CPICFGOPTLICENSE $CPICFGOPTPKGPATH $CPICFGKEYS Table A-3 $CPICFGOPTUNINSTALL See Installing and configuring VCS 5.0 RU3 on # ./installvcs -responsefile /tmp/installvcs-uui.response Index GAB RAM VCS