InfoScale™ 9.0 Storage Foundation Configuration and Upgrade Guide - AIX

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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (9.0)
Platform: AIX
  1. Section I. Introduction and configuration of Storage Foundation
    1. Introducing Storage Foundation
      1. About Storage Foundation
        1.  
          About Veritas Replicator Option
      2.  
        About InfoScale Operations Manager
      3.  
        About Services and Operations Readiness Tools (SORT)
    2. Configuring Storage Foundation
      1.  
        Configuring Storage Foundation using the installer
      2. Configuring SF manually
        1.  
          Configuring Veritas File System
      3.  
        Configuring DMP support for booting over a SAN
      4.  
        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.  
          Preparing for an upgrade of Storage Foundation
        3.  
          Creating backups
        4. Pre-upgrade planning when VVR is configured
          1.  
            Considerations for upgrading SF to 7.4 or later on systems with an ongoing or a paused replication
          2. Planning an upgrade from the previous VVR version
            1.  
              Planning and upgrading VVR to use IPv6 as connection protocol
        5.  
          Verifying that the file systems are clean
        6.  
          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 with the product installer
      2. Upgrade Storage Foundation and AIX on a DMP-enabled rootvg
        1.  
          Upgrading from prior version of SF on AIX 7.3 to SF 9.0 on a DMP-enabled rootvg
        2.  
          Upgrading the operating system from AIX 7.2 to AIX 7.3 in Veritas InfoScale 9.0
      3.  
        Upgrading SF on a Virtual I/O server (VIOS) from 7.3.1 or later to 9.0
      4.  
        Upgrading the AIX operating system
      5. Upgrading Volume Replicator
        1. Upgrading VVR without disrupting replication
          1.  
            Upgrading VVR sites for InfoScale 7.3.1
          2.  
            Upgrading VVR sites with InfoScale 7.4 or later
          3.  
            Post-upgrade tasks for VVR sites
      6.  
        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. 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.  
        Verifying the Storage Foundation upgrade
  3. Section III. Post configuration tasks
    1. Performing configuration tasks
      1.  
        Switching on Quotas
      2.  
        Enabling DMP support for native devices
      3. About configuring authentication for SFDB tools
        1.  
          Configuring vxdbd for SFDB tools authentication
  4. Section IV. Configuration and upgrade reference
    1. Appendix A. Support for AIX Live Update
      1.  
        Support for AIX Live Update (Technology preview)
    2. Appendix B. Installation scripts
      1.  
        Installation script options
      2.  
        About using the postcheck option
    3. Appendix C. 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 rsh for AIX
    4. Appendix D. Changing NFS server major numbers for VxVM volumes
      1.  
        Changing NFS server major numbers for VxVM volumes

Configuring vxdbd for SFDB tools authentication

To configure vxdbd, perform the following steps as the root user

  1. Run the sfae_auth_op command to set up the authentication services.
    # /opt/VRTS/bin/sfae_auth_op -o setup
Setting up AT
Starting SFAE AT broker
Creating SFAE private domain
Backing up AT configuration
Creating principal for vxdbd
  2. Stop the vxdbd daemon.
    # /opt/VRTS/bin/sfae_config disable
vxdbd has been disabled and the daemon has been stopped.
  3. Enable authentication by setting the AUTHENTICATION key to yes in the /etc/vx/vxdbed/admin.properties configuration file.

    If /etc/vx/vxdbed/admin.properties does not exist, then usecp /opt/VRTSdbed/bin/admin.properties.example /etc/vx/vxdbed/admin.properties.

  4. Start the vxdbd daemon.
    # /opt/VRTS/bin/sfae_config enable
vxdbd has been enabled and the daemon has been started.
It will start automatically on reboot.

The vxdbd daemon is now configured to require authentication.