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VCS cluster 6.2 LAB : Installing VCS

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If you have followed the first 4 posts of this series then you are ready to install the SFHA on the 2 nodes. We would also configure the I/O fencing using the installer. Unlike older version the I/O fencing can be configured with the help of installer. We don’t even have to initialize the disks or create diskgroup for fencing.

Makes sure you have fulfilled all the pre-requisites before proceeding with the installation. Download the trialware from the Symantec website which can be installed using the keyless licensing option. First, copy the installation media to the VM node01. Extract the contents and run the installer.

[root@node01 tmp]# gzip -d VRTS_SF_HA_Solutions_6.2_RHEL.tar.gz
[root@node01 tmp]# tar -xvf VRTS_SF_HA_Solutions_6.2_RHEL.tar
[root@node01 tmp]# cd /dvd1-redhatlinux/rhel6_x86_64
[root@node01 tmp]# ./installer

Select the install and upgrade option (I).

install sfha vcs 6.2

Select SFHA as the product to be installed.

sfha install option 4 vcs cluster

Select Install recommended rpms option and specify the nodes in the clsuter.

specify nodes sfha install vcs

Installer would run some pre-checks. If there are any missing dependent rpms like pam, glibc etc, it would notify the same. If you have configured the public yum repo properly, the installer would install the missing rpms for you.

After successful installation of SFHA rpms, installer would ask for the license keys, for which we would choose the keyless licensing.

sfha keyless licencing vcs cluster

The next screen would be about I/O fencing and cluster related information like cluster name, ID and information about llt links.

io fencing sf standard vs enterprise
sfha vcs cluster name
sfha llt information vcs cluster

We would not configure any virtual IP for the cluster.

virtual IP vcs sfha cluster

Configure the cluster in secure mode. Do not enable SNMP and SMTP notifications. The cluster would stop and start SFHA processes after this to reconfigure SFHA. The next step is to configure fencing.

io fencing configuration sfha
specify disks for fencing configuration sfha vcs cluster

After the configuration of fencing, installer would restart the SFHA processes again. This would complete the installation of SFHA on 2 nodes of OEL. Check the hastatus and gabconfig output to verify the same.

[root@node01 ~]# hastatus -sum

-- SYSTEM STATE
-- System               State                Frozen

A  node01               RUNNING              0
A  node02               RUNNING              0
[root@node01 ~]# gabconfig -a
GAB Port Memberships
===============================================================
Port a gen   e61601 membership 01
Port b gen   e61607 membership 01
Port h gen   e6160a membership 01
VCS cluster 6.2 LAB with working I/O fencing : The setup
VCS cluster 6.2 LAB : Installing and configuring OEL
VCS cluster 6.2 LAB : Installing Open-E DSS
VCS cluster 6.2 LAB : Configuring Open-E DSS
VCS cluster 6.2 LAB : Installing VCS

Filed Under: VCS Tagged With: vcs/sfha install

Some more articles you might also be interested in …

  1. VCS (Infoscale Availability) – Difference Between Frozen and TFrozen attributes
  2. VCS (Infoscale Availability) : How to online and offline resources
  3. VCS cluster 6.2 LAB : Installing and configuring OEL
  4. VCS cluster 6.2 LAB with working I/O fencing : The setup
  5. VCS (Infoscale Availability) : How to online and offline a Service Group
  6. VCS cluster 5.1 LAB using VMware workstation : Configuring openfiler
  7. VCS cluster 6.2 LAB : Installing Open-E DSS
  8. How to configure VCS I/O fencing – Command line and installer utility
  9. VCS (Infoscale Availability) : How to freeze a Service Group
  10. VCS cluster 5.1 LAB using VMware workstation : Installing VCS

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