Veritas InfoScale™ 8.0.1 Installation and Upgrade Guide - Windows

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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (8.0.1)
Platform: Windows
  1. Preinstallation and planning
    1.  
      About the Veritas InfoScale product suite
    2.  
      Supported hardware and software
    3.  
      Disk space requirements
    4.  
      Installation requirements
    5.  
      Requirements for installing InfoScale Storage in a Microsoft Failover Cluster
    6.  
      Recommendations and best practices
    7. About InfoScale licenses
      1.  
        Licensing notes
      2.  
        vxlicrep command
      3.  
        About Veritas License Audit Tool
    8.  
      About telemetry data collection in InfoScale
  2. Installing the Veritas InfoScale products
    1.  
      About installing the InfoScale products
    2.  
      About the co-existence of InfoScale products
    3.  
      Installing the server components using the installation wizard
    4.  
      Applying the selected installation and product options to multiple systems
    5.  
      Installing the server components using the command-line installer
    6.  
      Parameters for Setup.exe
    7.  
      Available product options and supported DMP DSMs
    8.  
      Registering the InfoScale Storage resource DLLs
    9.  
      Installing the client components
  3. Administering the InfoScale product installation
    1.  
      Adding or removing product options
    2.  
      Managing InfoScale licenses
    3.  
      Managing the Veritas Telemetry Collector
    4.  
      Repairing an InfoScale product installation
    5.  
      About reinstalling InfoScale products
  4. Uninstalling the InfoScale products
    1.  
      About uninstalling the InfoScale products
    2.  
      Uninstalling the InfoScale products using the installation wizard
  5. Performing application upgrades in an InfoScale environment
    1. Upgrading Microsoft SQL Server
      1. Upgrading to later versions of SQL Server
        1.  
          Upgrading SQL Server on the first cluster node
        2.  
          Upgrading SQL Server on additional failover nodes
        3.  
          Creating the new SQL Server service group
    2. Upgrading Oracle
      1.  
        Performing the post upgrade tasks
      2.  
        Associating the updated Oracle database with the listener
      3. Configuring the Oracle database and listener to use the virtual IP address
        1.  
          Setting the dispatchers parameter in PFILE
        2.  
          Setting the dispatchers parameter in SPFILE
      4.  
        Configuring Oracle and listener services
      5.  
        Modifying the ServiceName attribute for the netlsnr resource
    3. Upgrading application service packs in an InfoScale environment
      1. Upgrading the SQL Server service packs
        1.  
          Upgrading SQL Server to a compatible service pack
  6. Appendix A. Services and ports
    1.  
      InfoScale ports and services
  7. Appendix B. Migrating from a third-party multi-pathing solution to DMP
    1.  
      Migrating from EMC PowerPath
    2. Migrating from Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager (HDLM)
      1.  
        Uninstalling HDLM in a non-clustered environment
      2.  
        Uninstalling HDLM in a clustered (MSCS or VCS) environment
    3.  
      Configuring DMP for Active/Active load balancing in a cluster

Licensing notes

Review the following licensing notes before you install or upgrade the product.

  • If you are installing the product for the first time, the Keyless option is selected by default. However, you can also choose to install the product using a permanent license.

  • If you use a keyless license option, you must configure Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager within two months of product installation and add the node as a managed host to a Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager Management Server. Failing this, a warning message for non-compliance is displayed periodically.

    For more details on configuring Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager, refer to Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager product documentation.

  • The text-based license keys that are used in version 7.3.1 and earlier are not supported when upgrading to version 7.4 and later. If your current product is installed using a permanent license key and you do not have a permanent license key file for the newer InfoScale version, you can temporarily upgrade using the keyless licensing. Then you must procure a permanent license key file from the Veritas license certificate and portal within 60 days, and upgrade using the permanent key to continue using the product.

  • The license key file must be present on the same node where you are trying to install the product.

  • You can manage the license keys using the vxlicinstupgrade utility.

    See Managing InfoScale licenses.

  • Before upgrading the product, review the licensing details and back up the older license key. If the upgrade fails for some reason, you can temporarily revert to the older product using the older license key to avoid any application downtime.