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

Installation overview
Cluster Server is included in all Veritas high availability (HA) products. If you
have purchased a Veritas product suite that includes Cluster Server, it is installed
and updated as part of that product suite. Do not install or update it as an
individual component.
About this product
Veritas Cluster Server by Symantec (VCS) is an open systems clustering solution
that provides the following benefits:
■ Eliminates the downtime
■ Facilitates the consolidation and the failover of servers
■ Effectively manages a wide range of applications in heterogeneous
environments
Veritas high availability agents
Before you install this product, review the preliminary information and follow
the instructions in the relevant agent installation and configuration guide.
The high availability agents are in the cluster_server directory. You cannot
install or configure agents using the product installer. Before you start the
installation, read the relevant agent installation and configuration guide.
These documents are located at the following directory in the release media.
cluster_server/docs/vcs_oracle_install.pdf
cluster_server/docs/vcs_sybase_install.pdf
cluster_server/docs/vcs_db2_install.pdf
Installation overview
Agents are typically installed as part of a Storage Foundation product.
For example, the high availability agent for Oracle is installed with the Storage
Foundation for Oracle RAC product.
About this product
Veritas agents provide high availability for specific resources and applications.
Each agent manages resources of a particular type. For example, the Oracle agent
manages Oracle databases. Typically, agents start, stop, and monitor resources
and report state changes.
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