Symantec 5 Chapter 4 Installing and configuring VCS

Creating authentication broker accounts on root broker
system........................................................................... 34
Creating encrypted files for the security infrastructure ... ... ... ... ... .. 35
Preparing the installation system for the security
infrastructure ................................................................. 37
Performingpreinstallationtasks..................................................... 38
ObtainingVCSlicensekeys...................................................... 39
Settingup theprivatenetwork................................................. 40
ConfiguringSuSEnetworkinterfaces......................................... 42
Setting up inter-system communication ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ... .... . 44
Settingup sharedstorage........................................................ 46
Settingthe PATHvariable....................................................... 47
Settingthe MANPATHvariable................................................ 47
Settingthe kernel.panictunable............................................... 48
Optimizing LLT media speed settings on private NICs ... ... ... .... ... ... 48
Guidelines for setting the media speed of the LLT
interconnects .................................................................. 48
Mountingtheproductdisc....................................................... 49
Performing automated pre-installation check ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 49
Chapter 4 Installing and configuring VCS ......................................... 51
AboutinstallingandconfiguringVCS.............................................. 51
Getting your VCS installation and configuration information
ready................................................................................... 52
OptionalVCSRPMs................................................................ 54
AbouttheVCSinstallationprogram................................................ 55
Optional features of the installvcs program ... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... . 55
Interacting with the installvcs program ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... .... . 56
About installvcs program command options ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... ... 56
Installing VCS using installonly option ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... ... 59
Configuring VCS using configure option ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 59
InstallingandconfiguringVCS5.0RU3............................................ 60
Overviewoftasks................................................................... 60
Startingthesoftwareinstallation.............................................. 61
Specifyingsystemsforinstallation............................................ 62
LicensingVCS....................................................................... 63
ChoosingVCSRPMsforinstallation.......................................... 64
Choosing to install VCS RPMs or configure VCS ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ... .. 65
Startingthesoftwareconfiguration........................................... 66
Specifyingsystemsforconfiguration......................................... 67
Configuringthebasiccluster.................................................... 67
Configuringtheclusterinsecuremode...................................... 69
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