Veritas Access 7.3 Installation Guide

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Product(s): Access (7.3)
Platform: Linux
  1. Introducing Veritas Access
    1.  
      About Veritas Access
  2. Licensing in Veritas Access
    1.  
      About Veritas Access product licensing
  3. System requirements
    1.  
      Important release information
    2. System requirements
      1. Linux requirements
        1.  
          Operating system RPM installation requirements and operating system patching
        2.  
          Kernel RPMs that are required to be installed with exact predefined RPM versions
        3.  
          OL kernel RPMs that are required to be installed with exact predefined RPM versions
        4.  
          Required operating system RPMs for OL 6.6
        5.  
          Required operating system RPMs for OL 6.7
        6.  
          Required operating system RPMs for OL 6.8
        7.  
          Required operating system RPMs for RHEL 6.6
        8.  
          Required operating system RPMs for RHEL 6.7
        9.  
          Required operating system RPMs for RHEL 6.8
      2.  
        Software requirements for installing Veritas Access in a VMware ESXi environment
      3.  
        Hardware requirements for installing Veritas Access virtual machines
      4.  
        Management Server Web browser support
      5.  
        Supported NetBackup versions
      6.  
        Supported OpenStack versions
      7.  
        Supported Oracle versions and host operating systems
      8.  
        Supported IP version 6 Internet standard protocol
    3. Network and firewall requirements
      1.  
        NetBackup ports
      2.  
        OpenDedup ports and disabling the iptable rules
      3.  
        CIFS protocols and firewall ports
    4.  
      Maximum configuration limits
  4. Preparing to install Veritas Access
    1.  
      Overview of the installation process
    2.  
      Hardware requirements for the nodes
    3. About using LLT over the RDMA network for Veritas Access
      1.  
        RDMA over InfiniBand networks in the Veritas Access clustering environment
      2.  
        How LLT supports RDMA for faster interconnections between applications
      3.  
        Configuring LLT over RDMA for Veritas Access
      4.  
        How the Veritas Access installer configures LLT over RDMA
      5.  
        LLT over RDMA sample /etc/llttab
    4.  
      Connecting the network hardware
    5. About obtaining IP addresses
      1.  
        About calculating IP address requirements
      2.  
        Reducing the number of IP addresses required at installation time
    6.  
      About checking the storage configuration
  5. Deploying virtual machines in VMware ESXi for Veritas Access installation
    1.  
      Setting up networking in VMware ESXi
    2.  
      Creating a datastore for the boot disk and LUNs
    3.  
      Creating a virtual machine for Veritas Access installation
  6. Installing and configuring a cluster
    1.  
      Installation overview
    2.  
      Summary of the installation steps
    3.  
      Before you install
    4. Installing the operating system on each node of the cluster
      1.  
        About the driver node
      2.  
        Installing the operating system on the target Veritas Access cluster
      3.  
        Installing the Oracle Linux operating system on the target Veritas Access cluster
      4.  
        Obtaining the Red Hat Enterprise Linux compatible kernels
    5. Installing Veritas Access on the target cluster nodes
      1.  
        Installing and configuring the Veritas Access software on the cluster
      2.  
        Veritas Access 7.3 Graphical User Interface (GUI)
    6. About NIC bonding and NIC exclusion
      1.  
        Excluding a NIC
      2.  
        Including a NIC
      3.  
        Creating a new NIC bond
      4.  
        Removing a NIC bond
      5.  
        Removing a NIC from the bond list
    7. About VLAN Tagging
      1.  
        Adding a VLAN device on a particular NIC
      2.  
        Limitations of VLAN Tagging
    8.  
      Replacing an Ethernet interface card
    9.  
      Configuring I/O fencing
    10.  
      About configuring Veritas NetBackup
    11.  
      About enabling kdump during an Veritas Access configuration
    12.  
      Reconfiguring the Veritas Access cluster name and network
    13.  
      Configuring a KMS server on the Veritas Access cluster
  7. Automating Veritas Access installation and configuration using response files
    1.  
      About response files
    2.  
      Performing a silent Veritas Access installation
    3.  
      Response file variables to install and configure Veritas Access
    4.  
      Sample response file for Veritas Access installation and configuration
  8. Displaying and adding nodes to a cluster
    1.  
      About the Veritas Access installation states and conditions
    2.  
      Displaying the nodes in the cluster
    3.  
      Before adding new nodes in the cluster
    4.  
      Adding a node to the cluster
    5.  
      Deleting a node from the cluster
    6.  
      Shutting down the cluster nodes
  9. Upgrading Veritas Access
    1.  
      About types of Veritas Access patches
    2.  
      Downloading Veritas Access 7.3 release
    3.  
      Upgrading to Veritas Access 7.3 release
    4.  
      Displaying the current version
    5.  
      Displaying upgrade history of Veritas Access
    6.  
      Downloading a Veritas Access patch release
    7.  
      Displaying all Veritas Access releases that are available in the repository
    8.  
      Installing Veritas Access patches
    9.  
      Automatically execute your customized script before or after upgrade
  10. Upgrading Veritas Access using a rolling upgrade
    1.  
      About rolling upgrades
    2.  
      Supported rolling upgrade paths for upgrades on RHEL and Oracle Linux
    3.  
      Performing a rolling upgrade using the installer
  11. Uninstalling Veritas Access
    1.  
      Before you uninstall Veritas Access
    2. Uninstalling Veritas Access using the installer
      1.  
        Removing Veritas Access 7.3 RPMs
      2.  
        Running uninstall from the Veritas Access 7.3 disc
  12. Appendix A. Installation reference
    1.  
      Installation script options
  13. Appendix B. Configuring the secure shell for communications
    1.  
      Manually configuring passwordless secure shell (ssh)
    2.  
      Setting up ssh and rsh connections using the pwdutil.pl utility

Installing Veritas Access patches

You can use the Upgrade> install to install the latest Veritas Access patch on your system.

To install the latest patches on your system

  1. Make sure that the patch you want to install is available in the repository. You can use the Upgrade> repository command to view the patch releases that are available on the cluster node

    See Displaying all Veritas Access releases that are available in the repository.

  2. If the release you want to install does not display, download the patch release. You can use the Upgrade> get command to download the Veritas Access patch release and place it in the repository.

    See Downloading a Veritas Access patch release.

  3. To install the latest patches, enter the following:
    Upgrade> install version

    where <version> is the Veritas Access patch version you want to install. The patch should be already downloaded and stored in the repository.

    An example of a patch upgrade that does not require a cluster restart:

    Upgrade> install 7.3.0.1
    Veritas Access 7.3 Upgrade Program
    
    Copyright (c) 2017 Veritas Technologies LLC.  All rights reserved.  
    Veritas and the Veritas Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks 
    of Veritas Technologies LLC or its affiliates in the U.S. and other 
    countries. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
    
    The Licensed Software and Documentation are deemed to be "commercial
    computer software" and "commercial computer software documentation" 
    as defined in FAR Sections 12.212 and DFARS Section 227.7202.
    
    Logs are being written to /var/tmp/installaccess-201610031759uxY while
    installaccess is in progress.
    
    
                         Veritas Access 7.3 Upgrade Program
                                   isaA_01 isaA_02
    
    Logs are being written to /var/tmp/installaccess-201610031759uxY while
    installaccess is in progress
    
        Verifying systems: 100%
    
        Estimated time remaining: (mm:ss) 0:00                        7 of 7
    
        Checking system communication ............................ Done
        Checking release compatibility ........................... Done
        Checking installed product ............................... Done
        Checking platform version ................................ Done
        Checking prerequisite patches and rpms .... .............. Failed
        Checking file system free space .......................... Done
        Performing product prechecks ............................. Done
    
    System verification checks completed
    
    The systems give the following warnings:
    
    CPI WARNING V-9-30-1650 The supported version of openssl is
    1.0.1e-48.el6_8.1. Its current version on isaA_01 is 1.0.1e-42.el6. 
    Upgrade the openssl version before you proceed
    
    CPI WARNING V-9-30-1650 The supported version of openssl-devel is
    1.0.1e-48.el6_8.1. Its current version on isaA_01 is 1.0.1e-42.el6. 
    Upgrade the openssl-devel version before you proceed
    
    CPI WARNING V-9-30-1650 The supported version of httpd is 
    2.2.15-54.el6_8.
    Its current version on isaA_01 is 2.2.15-45.el6. 
    Upgrade the httpd version before you proceed
    
    CPI WARNING V-9-30-1650 The supported version of httpd-devel is
    2.2.15-54.el6_8. Its current version on isaA_01 is 2.2.15-45.el6. 
    Upgrade the httpd-devel version before you proceed
    
    CPI WARNING V-9-30-1650 The supported version of httpd-manual is
    2.2.15-54.el6_8. Its current version on isaA_01 is 2.2.15-45.el6. 
    Upgrade the httpd-manual version before you proceed
    
    CPI WARNING V-9-30-1650 The supported version of httpd-tools is
    2.2.15-54.el6_8. Its current version on isaA_01 is 2.2.15-45.el6. 
    Upgrade the httpd-tools version before you proceed
    
    CPI WARNING V-9-30-1650 The supported version of mod_ssl is 
    2.2.15-54.el6_8.
    Its current version on isaA_01 is 2.2.15-45.el6. Upgrade the 
    mod_ssl version before you proceed
    
    CPI WARNING V-9-30-1651 The following required OS rpms were not 
    found on isaA_01:
    openssl-1.0.1e-48.el6_8.1 openssl-devel-1.0.1e-48.el6_8.1
    httpd-2.2.15-54.el6_8 httpd-devel-2.2.15-54.el6_8
    httpd-manual-2.2.15-54.el6_8 httpd-tools-2.2.15-54.el6_8
    mod_ssl-2.2.15-54.el6_8
    
    CPI WARNING V-9-30-1652 The following required third party rpms or 
    their higher version were not found on isaA_01:
    ctdb samba-common samba-libs samba-client samba-winbind samba
    samba-winbind-clients samba-winbind-krb5-locator samba-winbind-modules
    nfs-ganesha nfs-ganesha-vxfs psutil python-crontab libuv
    
    CPI WARNING V-9-30-1650 The supported version of openssl is
    1.0.1e-48.el6_8.1. Its current version on isaA_02 is 1.0.1e-42.el6.
    Upgrade the openssl version before you proceed
    
    CPI WARNING V-9-30-1650 The supported version of openssl-devel is
    1.0.1e-48.el6_8.1. Its current version on isaA_02 is 1.0.1e-42.el6. 
    Upgrade the openssl-devel version before you proceed
    
    CPI WARNING V-9-30-1650 The supported version of httpd is 
    2.2.15-54.el6_8.
    Its current version on isaA_02 is 2.2.15-45.el6. 
    Upgrade the httpd version before you proceed
    
    CPI WARNING V-9-30-1650 The supported version of httpd-devel is
    2.2.15-54.el6_8. 
    Its current version on isaA_02 is 2.2.15-45.el6. 
    Upgrade the httpd-devel version before you proceed
    
    CPI WARNING V-9-30-1650 The supported version of httpd-manual is
    2.2.15-54.el6_8. Its current version on isaA_02 is 2.2.15-45.el6. 
    Upgrade the httpd-manual version before you proceed
    
    CPI WARNING V-9-30-1650 The supported version of httpd-tools is
    2.2.15-54.el6_8. Its current version on isaA_02 is 2.2.15-45.el6. 
    Upgrade the httpd-tools version before you proceed
    
    CPI WARNING V-9-30-1650 The supported version of mod_ssl is 
    2.2.15-54.el6_8.
    Its current version on isaA_02 is 2.2.15-45.el6. 
    Upgrade the mod_ssl version before you proceed
    
    CPI WARNING V-9-30-1651 The following required OS rpms were not 
    found on isaA_02:
    openssl-1.0.1e-48.el6_8.1 openssl-devel-1.0.1e-48.el6_8.1
    httpd-2.2.15-54.el6_8 httpd-devel-2.2.15-54.el6_8
    httpd-manual-2.2.15-54.el6_8 httpd-tools-2.2.15-54.el6_8
    mod_ssl-2.2.15-54.el6_8
    
    CPI WARNING V-9-30-1652 The following required third party rpms or 
    their higher version were not found on isaA_02:
    ctdb samba-common samba-libs samba-client samba-winbind samba
    samba-winbind-clients samba-winbind-krb5-locator samba-winbind-modules
    nfs-ganesha nfs-ganesha-vxfs psutil python-crontab libuv
    
    The installer provides some guidance on installing OS rpms using native
    methods, like yum, and manually installing the required OS rpms.
    
    Some of the required OS rpms only exist on Red Hat public YUM 
    repositories, it is required to set up Red Hat subscription first to 
    install these OS rpms.
    
    The installation may take a few minutes.
    
    Installing the required OS rpms ............................... Done
    
    System verification checks completed successfully
    
    The systems discovered the following information:
    
    CPI NOTE V-9-30-1405 ACCESS version 7.2.1.1 will be upgraded to ACCESS
    version 7.3.000 on isaA_01
    
    CPI NOTE V-9-30-1405 ACCESS version 7.2.1.1 will be upgraded to ACCESS
    version 7.3.000 on isaA_02
    
        Checking release compatibility on isaA_01 ................. Done
        Checking rolling upgrade prerequisites on isaA_01 ......... Done
        Checking service group status on isaA_01 .................. Done
        Checking release compatibility on isaA_02 ................. Done
        Checking rolling upgrade prerequisites on isaA_02 ......... Done
        Checking service group status on isaA_02 .................. Done
    
    The following service group(s) are online in the cluster:
    Service Groups Online on isaA_01: CanHostConsole CanHostNLM
    ManagementConsole Phantomgroup_pubeth0 Phantomgroup_pubeth1 RESTgroup
    ReconfigGroup TCPConnTrack VIPgroup1 VIPgroup3 cvm iSCSI_INIT
    Service Groups Online on isaA_02: CanHostConsole CanHostNLM NLMGroup
    Phantomgroup_pubeth0 Phantomgroup_pubeth1 ReconfigGroup TCPConnTrack
    VIPgroup2 VIPgroup4 cvm iSCSI_INIT
    
    The upgrade has started. Run 'cluster show' to see the progress of the
    upgrade. Upgrade details are saved at /opt/VRTSsnas/log/upgrade_output.
    installaccess log files and summary file are saved at:
    
    /opt/VRTS/install/logs/installaccess-201610031759uxY