Getting Started Guide

Technical Support ............................................................................................... 4
Chapter 1 Product overview .................................................................. 9
About Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability
products ................................................................................ 9
Component software ...................................................................... 9
Symantec Product Authentication Service .................................... 9
Storage Foundation Management Server .................................... 10
Veritas Storage Foundation ............................................................ 10
About this product ................................................................. 10
Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle ............................................. 11
About Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle® ............................. 11
Storage Foundation Cluster File System ........................................... 12
About Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System .................. 12
Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC ................................................. 12
About Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle® RAC ...................... 12
Chapter 2 How the discs are organized ............................................. 15
Contents of the software discs in the media kit ................................. 15
Contents of the product disc ..................................................... 15
Disc directory structure ................................................................ 16
Chapter 3 Installation overview .......................................................... 17
Documentation references, before you install .................................... 17
Performing preinstallation checks and configuration ......................... 17
Configuring secure shell (ssh) or remote shell before installing
products .............................................................................. 18
Configuring and enabling ssh .................................................. 19
Enabling remsh ..................................................................... 23
Mounting a software disc .............................................................. 24
Downloading the Storage Foundation and High Availability software
........................................................................................... 24
Copying and unzipping the downloaded release ................................ 25
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