Creating a Single-System Cluster

The installation involves the following tasks:

  Install the software using the HP-UX utility, swinstall.
See Installing VCS 4.1 Manually

  Remove any LLT or GAB configuration files and rename LLT and GAB startup files. A single-node cluster does not require the node-to-node communication service, LLT, or the membership communication service, GAB.
See Renaming the LLT and GAB Startup Files

  Create and modify the VCS configuration files.
See Create Configuration Files on New System and Reconfiguring VCS on the Existing System

  Start VCS and verify single-node operation.
See Verifying Configuration on Both Systems

Setting the PATH Variable

The installation and other commands are located in the /sbin, /usr/sbin, and /opt/VRTSvcs/bin directories. Add these directories to your PATH environment variable.

If you are using the Bourne Shell (sh or ksh), use the following command:

If you are using the C Shell (csh or tcsh), use the following command:

Installing VCS 4.1 Manually

Install VCS manually by using the swinstall utility.

Adding a License Key

After all packages have been installed on the cluster node, use the vxlicinst command to add the VCS license key on the system:

Checking Licensing Information on the System

You can use the utility vxlicrep to display information about all VERITAS licenses on a system. For example, enter:

From the output, you can determine the license key, the type of license, the product for which it applies, and its expiration date, if any. Demo keys have expiration dates, permanent keys and site keys do not.