Storage Foundation 7.4 Configuration and Upgrade Guide - Linux

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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (7.4)
Platform: Linux
  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
    2. Configuring Storage Foundation
      1.  
        Configuring Storage Foundation using the installer
      2. Configuring SF manually
        1.  
          Configuring Veritas Volume Manager
        2. Configuring Veritas File System
          1.  
            Loading and unloading the file system module
      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.  
          Determining if the root disk is encapsulated
        4. Pre-upgrade planning when VVR is configured
          1. Planning an upgrade from the previous VVR version
            1.  
              Planning and upgrading VVR to use IPv6 as connection protocol
        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 from previous versions to 7.4
        1.  
          Upgrading Storage Foundation using 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 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.  
        Re-joining the backup boot disk group into the current disk group
      3.  
        Reverting to the backup boot disk group after an unsuccessful upgrade
      4.  
        Recovering VVR if automatic upgrade fails
      5.  
        Resetting DAS disk names to include host name in FSS environments
      6.  
        Upgrading disk layout versions
      7.  
        Upgrading VxVM disk group versions
      8.  
        Updating variables
      9.  
        Setting the default disk group
      10.  
        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. 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 rsh for Linux

Enabling rsh for Linux

The following section describes how to enable remote shell.

Veritas recommends configuring a secure shell environment for Veritas InfoScale product installations.

See Manually configuring passwordless ssh.

See the operating system documentation for more information on configuring remote shell.

To enable rsh for rhel6/sles

  1. To ensure that the rsh and rsh-server RPMs are installed, type the following command:
    # rpm -qa | grep -i rsh

    If it is not already in the file, type the following command to append the line "rsh" to the /etc/securetty file:

    # echo "rsh" >> /etc/securetty
  2. Modify the line disable = no in the /etc/xinetd.d/rsh file.
  3. In the /etc/pam.d/rsh file, change the "auth" type from "required" to "sufficient":
    auth     sufficient
  4. Add the "promiscuous" flag into /etc/pam.d/rsh and /etc/pam.d/rlogin after item "pam_rhosts_auth.so".
  5. To enable the rsh server, type the following command:
    # chkconfig rsh on
  6. Modify the .rhosts file. Each line of the .rhosts file contains a fully qualified domain name or IP address for each remote system. This file also contains the name of a user having access to the local system. For example, if the root user must remotely access sys1 from sys2, add an entry for sys2.companyname.com to the .rhosts file on sys1 by typing the following command:
    # echo "sys2.companyname.com" >> $HOME/.rhosts
  7. Install the Veritas InfoScale product.

To disable rsh for rhel6/sles

  1. Remove the "rsh" entry in the /etc/securetty file.
  2. Disable the rsh server by typing the following command:
    # chkconfig rsh off
  3. After you complete an installation procedure, delete the .rhosts file from each user's $HOME directory to ensure security:
    # rm -f $HOME/.rhosts

To enable rsh for rhel7

  • Run the following commands to enable rsh passwordless connection:
    # systemctl start rsh.socket
# systemctl start rlogin.socket
# systemctl enable rsh.socket 
# systemctl enable rlogin.socket 
# echo rsh >> /etc/securetty
# echo rlogin >> /etc/securetty
#echo "+ +" >> /root/.rhosts

To disable rsh for rhel7

  • Run the following commands to disable rsh passwordless connection:
    # systemctl stop rsh.socket
# systemctl stop rlogin.socket
# systemctl disable rsh.socket 
# systemctl disable rlogin.socket