VERITAS Storage Foundation 4.1 Cluster File System HP Serviceguard Storage Management Suite Extracts, December 2005

Installing and Configuring

This chapter describes how to install the VERITAS Storage Foundation Cluster File

System (SFCFS). SFCFS requires several VERITAS software packages to configure a

cluster and to provide messaging services. These packages include

VERITAS Low Latency

Transport (LLT) and VERITAS Group Membership and Atomic Broadcast (GAB) for

communication and messaging, the VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) to create the

shared volumes necessary for cluster file systems, and the VERITAS File System package.

Topics covered in this chapter include:

◆ Hardware Overview

◆ Software Components

◆ Installing the Product

◆ Configuring the Components

◆ Verifying the Configuration Files

◆ Verifying Agent Configuration

◆ Creating a Dynamic (Shared) Disk Group

◆ Creating a Dynamic (Shared) Volume