Installing VERITAS Volume Manager

This section describes how to install the VERITAS Volume Manager software and license key. If you are installing VERITAS Storage Foundation or VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle, see Installing the VERITAS Storage Foundation 4.1 Software.

  To install VERITAS Volume Manager

1. Log in as superuser.
2. Run the installer command to install VERITAS Volume Manager. For example:
               # cd /dvdrom
      # ./installer

   From the product installer, choose the I option for Install, and select VERITAS Volume Manager.

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     Note    If you have obtained a VERITAS product from an electronic download site, the single product download files do not contain the installer installation script, so you must use the product installation script to install the product. For example, if you download VERITAS Volume Manager, use the installvm script instead of the installer script.

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3. Enter one or more system names on which VERITAS Volume Manager is to be installed. For example:
   Enter the system names separated by spaces on which to install
   VxVM: system01
4. After the system check completes successfully, press Return to continue.
5. After the Infrastructure packages are installed successfully, press Return to continue.
6. Enter a VxVM license key. For example:
   Enter a VxVM license key for system01:[?] XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-X
7. Enter another license key. For example:
   Do you want to enter another license key for system02? [y,n,q,?]
   (n)
8. After VxVM licensing completes successfully, press Return to continue.
9. Select the optional packages to be installed. For example:
     VRTSobgui    VERITAS Enterprise Administrator
     VRTSvmdoc    VERITAS Volume Manager Documentation
     VRTSap       VERITAS Action Provider
     VRTStep      VERITAS Task Provider
   
        1)  Install all of the optional packages
        2)  Install none of the optional packages
        3)  View package descriptions and select optional packages
   
     Select the optional packages to be installed on all systems?
     [1-3,q,?] (1)
10. After the VERITAS Volume Manager installation completes successfully, press Return to continue.
11. Reboot the system.
      # /sbin/usr/shutdown -r -y now