Veritas Storage Foundation 5.1 SP1 Cluster File System Installation Guide (5900-1510, April 2011)

Among its broad set of features, SORT provides patches, patch notifications, and
documentation for Symantec enterprise products.
To access SORT, go to:
http://sort.symantec.com
Prechecking your systems using the Veritas installer
The script-based and Web-based installer's precheck option checks for the
following:
■ Recommended swap space for installation
■ Recommended memory sizes on target systems for Veritas programs for best
performance
■ Required operating system versions
To use the precheck option
1
Start the script-based or Web-based installer.
2
Select the precheck option:
■ From the Web-based installer, select the PerformaPre-Installation Check
from the Task pull-down menu.
■ In the script-based installer, from root on the system where you want to
perform the check, start the installer.
# ./installer
In the Task Menu, press the p key to start the precheck.
3
Review the output and make the changes that the installer recommends.
Downloading the Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster
File System software
One method of obtaining the Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System
software is to download it to your local system from the Symantec Web site.
For a Trialware download, you can use the following link. For other downloads,
contact your Veritas representative for more information.
http://www.symantec.com/business/products/downloads/index.jsp
31Before you install
Downloading the Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System software