Specifications

Installing the SteelEye Protection Suite Software
Install the SPS software on each server in the SPS configuration. Each SPS server must have the
packages necessary to support your configuration requirements, including any optional SPS
Recovery Kit packages.
The SPS core package cluster and any optional recovery kits will be installed through the command
line using the SPS Installation Image File (sps.img). This image file provides a set of installation
scripts designed to perform user-interactive system setup tasks that are necessary when installing
SPS on your system. The installation image file identifies what Linux distribution you are running and,
through a series of questions you answer, installs various packages required to ensure a successful
SPS installation. A licensing utilities package is also installed providing utilities for obtaining and
displaying the Host ID of your server. Host IDs are used to obtain valid licenses for running SPS.
Refer to the SPSfor Linux Release Notes for additional information.
Note: These installation instructions assume that you are familiar with the Linux operating system
installed on your servers.
Important:
l Installing SPS on your shared storage is not supported. Each server should have its own copy
installed on its local disk.
l
All SPS packages are installed in the directory /opt/LifeKeeper .
l If you are re-installing the existing version of LifeKeeper, you should remove the old LifeKeeper
packages first. A standard LifeKeeper installation requires that you redefine any existing
resource hierarchies. If you wish to retain your current resource hierarchy definitions, refer to
the SPS for Linux Release Notes and Upgrading SPS for upgrade instructions.
l If you receive an error message referencing the LifeKeeper Distribution Enabling package
when you are installing SPS, you should run/re-run the setup script on the SPS Installation
Image File.
Installing the SPS Software
SPS will be installed through the command line regardless of the Linux distribution you are operating
under.
1. Mount the sps.img file using the following command:
mount PATH/IMAGE_NAME MOUNT_POINT -t iso9660 -o loop
Where PATH is the path to the image
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