Veritas InfoScale™ for Kubernetes Environments 8.0.220 - Linux

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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (8.0.220)
Platform: Linux
  1. Overview
    1.  
      Introduction
    2.  
      Features of InfoScale in Containerized environment
    3.  
      CSI Introduction
    4.  
      I/O fencing
    5.  
      Disaster Recovery
    6.  
      Licensing
    7.  
      Encryption
  2. System requirements
    1.  
      Introduction
    2.  
      Supported platforms
    3.  
      Disk space requirements
    4.  
      Hardware requirements
    5.  
      Number of nodes supported
    6.  
      DR support
  3. Preparing to install InfoScale on Containers
    1. Setting up the private network
      1.  
        Guidelines for setting the media speed for LLT interconnects
      2.  
        Guidelines for setting the maximum transmission unit (MTU) for LLT
    2.  
      Synchronizing time settings on cluster nodes
    3.  
      Securing your InfoScale deployment
    4.  
      Configuring kdump
  4. Installing Veritas InfoScale on OpenShift
    1.  
      Introduction
    2.  
      Prerequisites
    3.  
      Additional Prerequisites for Azure RedHat OpenShift (ARO)
    4.  
      Considerations for configuring cluster or adding nodes to an existing cluster
    5. Installing InfoScale on a system with Internet connectivity
      1. Installing from OperatorHub by using web console
        1.  
          Adding Nodes to an InfoScale cluster by using OLM
        2.  
          Undeploying and uninstalling InfoScale
      2. Installing from OperatorHub by using Command Line Interface (CLI)
        1.  
          Configuring cluster
        2.  
          Adding nodes to an existing cluster
        3.  
          Undeploying and uninstalling InfoScale by using CLI
      3. Installing by using YAML
        1.  
          Configuring cluster
        2.  
          Adding nodes to an existing cluster
        3.  
          Undeploying and uninstalling InfoScale
    6. Installing InfoScale in an air gapped system
      1.  
        Prerequisites to install by using YAML or OLM
      2.  
        Additional prerequisites to install by using yaml
      3.  
        Installing from OperatorHub by using web console
      4.  
        Installing from OperatorHub by using Command Line Interface (CLI)
      5.  
        Installing by using YAML
    7.  
      Removing and adding back nodes to an Azure RedHat OpenShift (ARO) cluster
  5. Installing Veritas InfoScale on Kubernetes
    1.  
      Introduction
    2. Prerequisites
      1.  
        Installing Node Feature Discovery (NFD) Operator and Cert-Manager on Kubernetes
    3. Tagging the InfoScale images on Kubernetes
      1.  
        Downloading side car images
    4.  
      Applying licenses
    5.  
      Tech Preview: Installing InfoScale on an Azure Kubernetes Service(AKS) cluster
    6.  
      Considerations for configuring cluster or adding nodes to an existing cluster
    7. Installing InfoScale on Kubernetes
      1.  
        Configuring cluster
      2.  
        Adding nodes to an existing cluster
    8.  
      Installing InfoScale by using the plugin
    9.  
      Undeploying and uninstalling InfoScale
  6. Configuring KMS-based Encryption on an OpenShift cluster
    1.  
      Introduction
    2.  
      Adding a custom CA certificate
    3.  
      Configuring InfoScale to enable transfer of keys
    4.  
      Enabling rekey for an encrypted Volume
  7. Configuring KMS-based Encryption on a Kubernetes cluster
    1.  
      Introduction
    2.  
      Adding a custom CA certificate
    3.  
      Configuring InfoScale to enable transfer of keys
    4.  
      Enabling rekey for an encrypted Volume
  8. InfoScale CSI deployment in Container environment
    1.  
      CSI plugin deployment
    2.  
      Raw block volume support
    3.  
      Static provisioning
    4. Dynamic provisioning
      1.  
        Reclaiming provisioned storage
    5.  
      Resizing Persistent Volumes (CSI volume expansion)
    6. Snapshot provisioning (Creating volume snapshots)
      1.  
        Dynamic provisioning of a snapshot
      2.  
        Static provisioning of an existing snapshot
      3.  
        Using a snapshot
      4.  
        Restoring a snapshot to new PVC
      5.  
        Deleting a volume snapshot
      6.  
        Creating snapshot of a raw block volume
    7. Managing InfoScale volume snapshots with Velero
      1.  
        Setting up Velero with InfoScale CSI
      2.  
        Taking the Velero backup
      3.  
        Creating a schedule for a backup
      4.  
        Restoring from the Velero backup
    8. Volume cloning
      1.  
        Creating volume clones
      2.  
        Deleting a volume clone
    9.  
      Using InfoScale with non-root containers
    10.  
      Using InfoScale in SELinux environments
    11.  
      CSI Drivers
    12.  
      Creating CSI Objects for OpenShift
  9. Installing and configuring InfoScale DR Manager on OpenShift
    1.  
      Introduction
    2.  
      Prerequisites
    3.  
      Creating Persistent Volume for metadata backup
    4.  
      External dependencies
    5. Installing InfoScale DR Manager by using OLM
      1.  
        Installing InfoScale DR Manager by using web console
      2.  
        Configuring InfoScale DR Manager by using web console
      3.  
        Installing from OperatorHub by using Command Line Interface (CLI)
    6. Installing InfoScale DR Manager by using YAML
      1.  
        Configuring Global Cluster Membership (GCM)
      2.  
        Configuring Data Replication
      3.  
        Additional requirements for replication on Cloud
      4.  
        Configuring DNS
      5.  
        Configuring Disaster Recovery Plan
  10. Installing and configuring InfoScale DR Manager on Kubernetes
    1.  
      Introduction
    2.  
      Prerequisites
    3.  
      Creating Persistent Volume for metadata backup
    4.  
      External dependencies
    5. Installing InfoScale DR Manager
      1.  
        Configuring Global Cluster Membership (GCM)
      2.  
        Configuring Data Replication
      3.  
        Additional requirements for replication on Cloud
      4.  
        Configuring DNS
      5.  
        Configuring Disaster Recovery Plan
  11. Disaster Recovery scenarios
    1.  
      Migration
    2.  
      Takeover
  12. Configuring InfoScale
    1.  
      Logging mechanism
    2.  
      Configuring Veritas Oracle Data Manager (VRTSodm)
    3.  
      Enabling user access and other pod-related logs in Container environment
  13. Administering InfoScale on Containers
    1.  
      Adding Storage to an InfoScale cluster
    2.  
      Managing licenses
  14. Upgrading InfoScale
    1.  
      Prerequisities
    2.  
      On a Kubernetes cluster
    3.  
      On an OpenShift cluster
  15. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      Collecting logs by using SORT Data Collector
    2.  
      Known Issues
    3.  
      Limitations

Tagging the InfoScale images on Kubernetes

Complete the following steps to upload and tag InfoScale images in the private registry/repository and prepare the cluster for installing InfoScale.

Prerequisites

  • You must have a docker registry or you must set up a new docker registry.

  • If the registry is insecure, your Kubernetes nodes must be configured to access the registry by using http method.

Complete the following steps

  • Download Veritas_InfoScale_8.0.220_Containers_<OS>_Linux.tar.gz and setup_vtas_registry.sh from the Veritas Download Center to a node where the private repository is configured.

    Note:

    setup_vtas_registry.sh is available in tools_8.0.220.tar.gz .

  • Run the following command on this node

    setup_vtas_registry.sh -c <IP address of custom registry>:<port number>/vtas_test -t Veritas_InfoScale_8.0.220_Containers_<OS>_Linux.tar.gz

  • If you want to install InfoScale on an AKS cluster, run the following command.

    ./setup_vtas_registry.sh -c <Name of the Azure Cluster Registry>.azurecr.io -t Veritas_InfoScale_8.0.220_Containers_Ubuntu_Linux.tar.gz

After this command is successfully run, you have the ISO image as <IP address of custom registry>:<port number>/vtas_test/infoscale-sds-operator-8.0.220-<sles15/rhel8/ol8> and CR custom registry as <IP address of custom registry>:<port number>/vtas_test.

Alternatively, you can download Veritas_InfoScale_8.0.220_Containers_<OS>_Linux.tar.gz and individually load, tag, and push each image file. See the following steps.

  1. Download Veritas_InfoScale_8.0.220_Containers_<OS>_Linux.tar.gz and run the following command to extract the tar file.

    tar -xvf Veritas_InfoScale_8.0.220_Containers_<OS>_Linux.tar.gz

  2. After you unzip and untar Veritas_InfoScale_8.0.220_Containers_<OS>_Linux.tar.gz, you get the following image files

    • infoscale-sds-8.0.220-<os-version>.img

    • infoscale-sds-operator-8.0.220-<os-version>.img

    • infoscale-sds-operator-bundle-8.0.220-<os-version>.img

    • infoscale-sds-operator-catalog-8.0.220-<os-version>.img

    • infoscale-licensing-operator-8.0.220-<os-version-major>.img

    • infoscale-licensing-operator-bundle-8.0.220-<os-version-major>.img

    • infoscale-licensing-operator-catalog-8.0.220-<os-version-major>.img

    • infoscale-fencing-2.0.200-<os-version-major>.img

    • infoscale-csi-2.0.200--<os-version-major>.img

    • infoscale-dr-manager-8.0.220-<os-version-major>.img

    • infoscale-dr-manager-bundle-8.0.220-<os-version-major>.img

    • infoscale-dr-manager-catalog-8.0.220-<os-version-major>.img

    You must load, tag, and push each image file into the custom registry.

    Note:

    The following commands are applicable to docker as the runtime environment. These commands change as per your container runtime environment. Refer to the documentation for the equivalent commands.

  3. For infoscale-sds-operator-8.0.220-<os-version>.img, run the following commands-

    • docker load -i infoscale-sds-operator-8.0.220-<os-version>.img

    • docker tag localhost/veritas/infoscale-sds-operator-8.0.220-<os-version> <IP address of custom registry>:<port number>/infoscale-sds-operator-8.0.220-<os-version>

    • docker push <IP address of custom registry>:<port number>/ infoscale-sds-operator-8.0.220-<os-version>

  4. For infoscale-licensing-operator-8.0.220-<os-version-major>.img, run the following commands-

    • docker load -i infoscale-licensing-operator-8.0.220-<os-version-major>.img

    • docker tag localhost/infoscale-licensing:8.0.220-<os-version-major> <IP address of custom registry>:<port number>/ infoscale-licensing-operator-8.0.220-<os-version-major>

    • docker push <IP address of custom registry>:<port number>/ infoscale-licensing-operator-8.0.220-<os-version-major>

  5. For infoscale-sds-8.0.220-<os-version>.img , run the following commands

    Note:

    You must be ready with the kernel version of the Operating system on each worker node. You can run uname -r to know the kernel version. If worker nodes have different kernel versions, you must run the following commands separately for worker nodes with identical kernel versions.

    • docker load -i infoscale-sds-8.0.220-<os-version>.img

    • docker tag localhost/infoscale:8.0.220-<os-version>-<kernel-version> <IP address of custom registry>:<port number>/infoscale:8.0.220-<os-version>-<kernel-version>

    • docker push <IP address of custom registry>:<port number>/infoscale:8.0.220-<os-version>-<kernel-version>

  6. For infoscale-fencing-2.0.200-<os-version-major>.img, run the following commands -

    • docker load -i infoscale-fencing-2.0.200-<os-version-major>.img

    • docker tag localhost/veritas/infoscale-fencing-2.0.200-<os-version-major> <IP address of custom registry>:<port number>/infoscale-fencing:2.0.200-<os-version-major>

    • docker push <IP address of custom registry>:<port number>/ infoscale-fencing-2.0.200-<os-version-major>

  7. For infoscale-csi-2.0.200-<os-version-major>.img, run the following commands -

    • docker load -i infoscale-csi-2.0.200-<os-version-major>.img

    • docker tag localhost/veritas/infoscale-csi-2.0.200-<os-version-major> <IP address of custom registry>:<port number>/infoscale-csi-2.0.200-<os-version-major>

    • docker push localhost/veritas/infoscale-csi-2.0.200-<os-version-major> <IP address of custom registry>:<port number>/infoscale-csi-2.0.200-<os-version-major>