Getting Your Vcs Installation And Configuration Information Ready - Symantec Veritas Cluster Server Installation Manual

52 Installing and configuring VCS

Getting your VCS installation and configuration information ready

Getting your VCS installation and configuration
information ready
The VCS installation and configuration program prompts you for information
about certain VCS components.
When you perform the installation, prepare the following information:
To install VCS RPMs you need:
The system names where you
plan to install VCS
The required license keys
To decide whether to install:
the required VCS RPMs
all the VCS RPMs
To configure Veritas Cluster Server you need:
A name for the cluster
A unique ID number for the
cluster
The device names of the NICs
that the private networks use
among systems
Example: galaxy, nebula
Depending on the type of installation, keys include:
A valid site license key
A valid demo license key
A valid license key for VCS global clusters
See "Obtaining VCS license keys"
Install only the required RPMs if you do not want to
configure any optional components or features.
The default option is to install all RPMs.
See "Optional VCS RPMs"
The cluster name must begin with a letter of the
alphabet. The cluster name can contain only the
characters "a" through "z", "A" through "Z", the numbers
"0" through "9", the hyphen "-", and the underscore "_".
Example: vcs_cluster27
A number in the range of 0-65535. Within the site that
contains the cluster, each cluster must have a unique
ID.
Example: 7
A network interface card that is not part of any
aggregated interface, or an aggregated interface.
Do not use the network interface card that is used for
the public network, which is typically eth0.
Example: eth1, eth2
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