VSFCFS Installation Guide for AIX v5.0

N18486JVeritasStorageFoundation™ClusterFileSystemInstallationGuideAIX5.0VeritasStorageFoundationClusterFileSystemInstallationGuideCopyright©2006SymantecCorporation.Allrightsreserved.SFCFS5.0Symantec,theSymanteclogo,Veritas,andVeritasStorageFoundationClusterFileSystemaretrademarksorregisteredtrademarksofSymantecCorporationoritsaffiliatesintheU.S.andothercountries.Othernamesmaybetrademarksoftheirrespectiveowners.Theproductdescribedinthisdocumentisdistributedunderlicensesrestrictingitsuse,copying,distribution,anddecompilation/reverseengineering.NopartofthisdocumentmaybereproducedinanyformbyanymeanswithoutpriorwrittenauthorizationofSymantecCorporationanditslicensors,ifany.THISDOCUMENTATIONISPROVIDED“ASIS”ANDALLEXPRESSORIMPLIEDCONDITIONS,REPRESENTATIONSANDWARRANTIES,INCLUDINGANYIMPLIEDWARRANTYOFMERCHANTABILITY,FITNESSFORAPARTICULARPURPOSEORNON-INFRINGEMENT,AREDISCLAIMED,EXCEPTTOTHEEXTENTTHATSUCHDISCLAIMERSAREHELDTOBELEGALLYINVALID,SYMANTECCORPORATIONSHALLNOTBELIABLEFORINCIDENTALORCONSEQUENTIALDAMAGESINCONNECTIONWITHTHEFURNISHINGPERFORMANCE,ORUSEOFTHISDOCUMENTATION.THEINFORMATIONCONTAINEDINTHISDOCUMENTATIONISSUBJECTTOCHANGEWITHOUTNOTICE.TheLicensedSoftwareandDocumentationaredeemedtobe“commercialcomputersoftware”and“commercialcomputersoftwaredocumentation”asdefinedinFARSections12.212andDFARSSection227.7202.SymantecCorporation20330StevensCreekBlvd.Cupertino,CA95014://support.veritas.comandselectphoneoremailsupport.UsetheKnowledgeBasesearchfeaturetoaccessresourcessuchasTechNotes,productalerts,softwaredownloads,hardwarecompatibilitylists,andourcustomeremailnotificationservice.ContentsChapter1InstallingandconfiguringtheproductHardwareoverview..............................................................................................10Sharedstorage..............................................................................................11Fibrechannelswitch...................................................................................11Clusterplatforms.........................................................................................11Softwarecomponents..........................................................................................12Preinstallation......................................................................................................15ReleaseNotes................................................................................................15Productlicensing.........................................................................................15SettingPATHandMANPATHenvironmentvariables..........................16Securecommunication................................................................................16VeritasEnterpriseAdministrator.............................................................16Prerequisites.........................................................................................................17Installingtheproduct.........................................................................................18Usingthelogfiles................................................................................................21Installationlogfile.......................................................................................21Responsefile.................................................................................................22Summaryfile................................................................................................22Verifyingtheconfigurationfiles.......................................................................22LowLatencyTransportconfigurationfiles.............................................22CheckingLowLatencyTransportoperation...........................................23GroupMembershipandAtomicBroadcastconfigurationfiles............25CheckingGroupMembershipandAtomicBroadcastoperation..........26Checkingclusteroperation........................................................................27Verifyingagentconfiguration...........................................................................29SynchronizingtimeonClusterFileSystems...................................................29ConfiguringVCS...................................................................................................30main.cffile....................................................................................................30SFCFSHAOnly.................................................................