Symantec Veritas Cluster Server One, Installation Manual

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22 Getting ready to install VCS One
Running installation prechecks
To open the required ports on Linux
1 Log on as a user who has the privileges to change the firewall configuration.
2 Set up the table of IP packet filter rules for each of the ports you want to
open. Enter the following:
iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport port -j ACCEPT
iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --dport port -j ACCEPT
Where
port
is the port number. Specify
INPUT
for an inbound port, and
OUTPUT
for an outbound port. For example, the commands to open the
required ports for the VCS One client on Linux are:
iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 14154 -j ACCEPT
iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 14151 -j ACCEPT
iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 14159 -j ACCEPT
Running installation prechecks
For each software installation, you can check the target systems before
installation to verify that:
■
The system has enough disk space for the installation.
■
The product being installed is not already installed.
Logging on and mounting the product disc
Follow the instructions in this section to mount the product disc on Solaris,
Linux, AIX, or HP-UX.
To log on and mount the product disc
1 Log on as root on a system where you want to install VCS One.
2 Insert the product disc into a DVD drive connected to your system.
3 Mount the VCS One software disc. For details, see the appropriate section for
your platform:
■ For Solaris, see the next section “ Mounting the product disc manually
on Solaris .”
■ For Linux, see “ Mounting the product disc manually on Linux ” on
page 23.
■ For AIX, see “ Mounting the product disc on AIX ” on page 23.
■ For HP-UX, see “ Mounting the product disc on HP-UX ” on page 23.