Veritas Storage Foundation™ and High Availability Solutions 5.0.1 Getting Started Guide

Note: Upgrades are not supported in this RU3 release.
Only users with superuser (root) privileges can install, upgrade, or initialize Veritas
Storage Foundation on HP-UX.
Review the preinstallation requirements and system requirements. Install the
operating system, before installing the Veritas software.
The product documentation is available on the web at the following location:
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index.jsp
To produce a report of the preinstallation requirements, run the installer with
the precheck option.
If ssh is configured, use the following command:
# ./installer -precheck
If rsh is configured, use the following command:
# ./installer -rsh -precheck
If patches to the HP-UX operating system are required, the patches should be
applied prior to installing the Veritas products. Patches may be required to resolve
HP-UX kernel, product performance, or other issues. Patches may be required for
Veritas, HP-UX, or Oracle software.
The system should be in a quiescent state before adding patches.
See the product Release Notes for last minute information on recommended
patches.
You must obtain new licenses to use all of the features in the Veritas Storage
Foundation software. Any Veritas licenses for the previous releases that are
currently installed allow you to use only a limited subset of these features.
For remote installation, or installation on multiple systems, set up remsh or ssh.
See “Configuring secure shell (ssh) or remote shell before installing products”
on page 23.
Mount the Veritas software disc, or download and uncompress the Storage
Foundation software.
See “Mounting a software disc” on page 28.
See “Downloading the Storage Foundation and High Availability software”
on page 29.
Installation overview
Performing preinstallation checks and configuration
22