VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Installation Guide (August 2002)

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Installing VERITAS Volume Manager
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If you areinstalling VxVMfromtheHP-UX pre-AR0902CD, thentheBase VxVMpackage
is installed by default, and includes all the necessary VxVM products.
This chapter describes only with installing the VxVM product from the VERITAS CD. It
includes the following topics:
◆ Mounting the CD-ROM
◆ Installing VxVM
◆ Installing VEA
◆ Removing Previous Licensing Packages
Mounting the CD-ROM
Before you install the VxVM or VEA, you need to mount the VxVM CD-ROM on your
system as follows:
1. Log in as superuser.
2. Insert the VxVM CD-ROM into your system’s CD-ROM drive.
3. Determine the block device file for the CD-ROM drive by entering:
# ioscan -fnC disk
Make a note of the device file as it applies to your system.
4. Run the following commands to start PFS (Portable File System):
# nohup pfs_mountd &
# nohup pfsd &
5. Mount the CD-ROM. For example, to mount the CD-ROM at the mount point /cdrom, enter:
# /usr/sbin/pfs_mount -t rrip /dev/dsk/c#t#d# /cdrom
where /c#t#d# is the location of the drive.