Storage Foundation 7.2 Configuration and Upgrade Guide - Solaris

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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (7.2)
Platform: Solaris
  1. Section I. Introduction and configuration of Storage Foundation
    1. Introducing Storage Foundation
      1. About Storage Foundation
        1.  
          About Veritas Replicator Option
      2.  
        About Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager
      3.  
        About Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools (SORT)
    2. Configuring Storage Foundation
      1.  
        Configuring Storage Foundation using the installer
      2. Configuring SF manually
        1. Configuring Veritas Volume Manager
          1.  
            Starting and enabling the configuration daemon
          2.  
            Starting the volume I/O daemon
          3.  
            Using vxinstall to configure Veritas Volume Manager
        2. Configuring Veritas File System
          1.  
            Loading and unloading the file system module
          2.  
            vxtunefs command permissions and Cached Quick I/O
      3.  
        Configuring SFDB
  2. Section II. Upgrade of Storage Foundation
    1. Planning to upgrade Storage Foundation
      1.  
        About the upgrade
      2.  
        Supported upgrade paths
      3. Preparing to upgrade SF
        1.  
          Getting ready for the upgrade
        2.  
          Creating backups
        3. Pre-upgrade planning for Volume Replicator
          1. Planning an upgrade from the previous VVR version
            1.  
              Planning and upgrading VVR to use IPv6 as connection protocol
          2.  
            Additional settings for using VVR in a localized environment
        4.  
          Verifying that the file systems are clean
        5.  
          Upgrading the array support
      4.  
        Using Install Bundles to simultaneously install or upgrade full releases (base, maintenance, rolling patch), and individual patches
    2. Upgrading Storage Foundation
      1. Upgrading Storage Foundation to 7.2 using the product installer
        1.  
          Upgrading Storage Foundation with the product installer
      2. Upgrading Volume Replicator
        1. Upgrading VVR without disrupting replication
          1.  
            Upgrading VVR on the Secondary
          2.  
            Upgrading VVR on the Primary
      3.  
        Upgrading language packages
      4.  
        Upgrading SFDB
    3. Performing an automated SF upgrade using response files
      1.  
        Upgrading SF using response files
      2.  
        Response file variables to upgrade SF
      3.  
        Sample response file for SF upgrade
    4. Upgrading SF using Boot Environment upgrade
      1.  
        About ZFS Boot Environment (BE) upgrade
      2.  
        Supported upgrade paths for Boot Environment upgrade
      3. Performing Boot Environment upgrade on Solaris 11 systems
        1.  
          Creating a new Solaris 11 BE on the primary boot disk
        2.  
          Upgrading SF using the installer for upgrading BE on Solaris 11
        3.  
          Completing the SF upgrade on BE on Solaris 11
        4.  
          Verifying Solaris 11 BE upgrade
        5. Administering BEs on Solaris 11 systems
          1.  
            Reverting to the primary BE on a Solaris 11 system
      4.  
        About Live Upgrade in a Volume Replicator (VVR) environment
    5. Performing post-upgrade tasks
      1.  
        Optional configuration steps
      2.  
        Recovering VVR if automatic upgrade fails
      3.  
        Resetting DAS disk names to include host name in FSS environments
      4.  
        Upgrading disk layout versions
      5.  
        Upgrading VxVM disk group versions
      6.  
        Updating variables
      7.  
        Setting the default disk group
      8. Upgrading the Array Support Library
        1.  
          Adding JBOD support for storage arrays for which there is not an ASL available
        2. Unsuppressing DMP for EMC PowerPath disks
          1.  
            Converting a foreign disk to auto:simple
          2.  
            Converting a defined disk to auto:simple
          3.  
            Converting a powervxvm disk to auto:simple
      9.  
        Converting from QuickLog to Multi-Volume support
      10.  
        Verifying the Storage Foundation upgrade
  3. Section III. Post configuration tasks
    1. Performing configuration tasks
      1.  
        Changing root user into root role
      2.  
        Installing language packages
      3.  
        Switching on Quotas
      4.  
        Enabling DMP support for native devices
      5. About configuring authentication for SFDB tools
        1.  
          Configuring vxdbd for SFDB tools authentication
  4. Section IV. Configuration and Upgrade reference
    1. Appendix A. Installation scripts
      1.  
        Installation script options
      2.  
        About using the postcheck option
    2. Appendix B. Configuring the secure shell or the remote shell for communications
      1.  
        About configuring secure shell or remote shell communication modes before installing products
      2.  
        Manually configuring passwordless ssh
      3.  
        Setting up ssh and rsh connection using the installer -comsetup command
      4.  
        Setting up ssh and rsh connection using the pwdutil.pl utility
      5.  
        Restarting the ssh session
      6.  
        Enabling and disabling rsh for Solaris

Response file variables to upgrade SF

Table: Response file variables for upgrading SF lists the response file variables that you can define to configure SF.

Table: Response file variables for upgrading SF

Variable

Description

CFG{accepteula}

Specifies whether you agree with the EULA.pdf file on the media.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: required

CFG{systems}

List of systems on which the product is to be installed or uninstalled.

List or scalar: list

Optional or required: required

CFG{upgrade}

Upgrades all packages installed.

List or scalar: list

Optional or required: required

CFG{keys}{keyless}

CFG{keys}{license}

CFG{keys}{keyless} gives a list of keyless keys to be registered on the system.

CFG{keys}{license} gives a list of user defined keys to be registered on the system.

List or scalar: list

Optional or required: required

CFG{opt}{keyfile}

Defines the location of an ssh keyfile that is used to communicate with all remote systems.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: optional

CFG{opt}{tmppath}

Defines the location where a working directory is created to store temporary files and the packages that are needed during the install. The default location is /var/tmp.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: optional

CFG{opt}{logpath}

Mentions the location where the log files are to be copied. The default location is /opt/VRTS/install/logs.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: optional

  

CFG{mirrordgname}{system}

If the root dg is encapsulated and you select split mirror is selected:

Splits the target disk group name for a system.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: optional

CFG{splitmirror}{system}

If the root dg is encapsulated and you select split mirror is selected:

Indicates the system where you want a split mirror backup disk group created.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: optional

CFG{opt}{disable_dmp_native_support}

If it is set to 1, Dynamic Multi-pathing support for the native LVM volume groups and ZFS pools is disabled after upgrade. Retaining Dynamic Multi-pathing support for the native LVM volume groups and ZFS pools during upgrade increases package upgrade time depending on the number of LUNs and native LVM volume groups and ZFS pools configured on the system.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: optional

CFG{opt}{patch_path}

Defines the path of a patch level release to be integrated with a base or a maintenance level release in order for multiple releases to be simultaneously installed .

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: optional

CFG{opt}{patch2_path}

Defines the path of a second patch level release to be integrated with a base or a maintenance level release in order for multiple releases to be simultaneously installed.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: optional

CFG{opt}{patch3_path}

Defines the path of a third patch level release to be integrated with a base or a maintenance level release in order for multiple releases to be simultaneously installed.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: optional

CFG{opt}{patch4_path}

Defines the path of a fourth patch level release to be integrated with a base or a maintenance level release in order for multiple releases to be simultaneously installed.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: optional

CFG{opt}{patch5_path}

Defines the path of a fifth patch level release to be integrated with a base or a maintenance level release in order for multiple releases to be simultaneously installed.

List or scalar: scalar

Optional or required: optional