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Installation of Storage Foundation for Windows High Availability 5.1 SP2. Daniel Schnack. Principle Technical Support Engineer. Learning Objectives. Pre-installation Tasks Prerequisites Configuration Checker Installation Licensing Options System Selection Installation Summary
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Installation of Storage Foundation for Windows High Availability 5.1 SP2 Daniel Schnack Principle Technical Support Engineer Installation of Storage Foundation for Windows High Availability 5.1 SP2
Learning Objectives • Pre-installation Tasks • Prerequisites • Configuration Checker • Installation • Licensing • Options • System Selection • Installation Summary • Troubleshooting Learning Objectives
Pre-installation Tasks Hardware Requirements, OS Requirements, Configuration Checker Pre-installation Tasks
Hardware Requirements Pre-installation Tasks
Software Requirements • Windows Server 2003 x86: Web Edition (SP2 required) • Windows Server 2003 x86, x64, IA64: Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition, Datacenter Edition (SP2 required for all editions) • Windows Server 2003 R2 x86, x64: Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition, Datacenter Edition (SP2 required for all editions) • Windows Server 2003 R2 x86, x64: Small Business Server (SP2 required) • Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 x86, x64: Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition (SP2 required for these editions) • Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 x86, x64: Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition (SP2 required for these editions) • Windows 2008 Server Core • Windows 2008 R2 Server Core • Windows 2008 SP2 Server Core • Windows Server 2008 x86, x64: Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition, Datacenter Edition, Web Edition, Small Business Sever (SP1 or SP2 required for all editions) Pre-installation Tasks
Configuration Checker • A utility that will analyze the system and report if configuration changes need to be made prior to installation. • After downloading, execute ConfigChecker.bat to launch the utility. • For more information on the Configuration Checker, click on SORT. Pre-installation Tasks
Installation Walking through the installation Installation
Launch installation by selecting Complete/Custom. Installation
Enter your license key or use the evaluation key • Enter permanent license keys or use the 2-month evaluation key to continue installation. • License Keys can be updated after installation to replace evaluation keys or to introduce new options into an existing installation. • An evaluation key should only be used in a lab environment. Installation
Select the options to install • Storage Foundation Options include the optional features for Storage Foundation for Windows. • Global Cluster Option allows two or more clusters to be linked together and provides the ability to fail over applications between geographically distributed clusters. • Database Agents control SQL and Oracle databases. • Application Agents control Exchange 2003 and higher and SharePoint 2010. http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH138722 Installation
Select the options to install (continued) • Hardware Replication Agents manage supported hardware replication devices. • EV Cluster Setup Wizard puts EV under cluster control • Symantec Trusted Certificates allows for Driver Signing during installations. • Replace Disk Management Snap-In replaced Windows Logical Disk Manager to the Veritas Enterprise Administrator GUI. • Client Components are the GUI tools to manage the storage and the cluster. This includes the VEA and the Cluster Manager – Java Console. Installation
Select the systems for installation Installation
Review the Pre-install Report and begin installation Installation
A dialog box may be presented as a reminder that the Symantec Product Installer will reboot the systems. Installation
The Symantec Product Installer begins the installation. Installation
The Symantec Product Installer completes installation. Installation
Scroll through the Post-install Report for details on all packages installed on all systems. Installation
After installation is successful, select Next to view the Post-installation summary. Installation
Reboot the local system to complete the installation. Installation
Troubleshooting Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting If the installation of Storage Foundation for Windows experiences a failure, you should perform the following steps: • Write down the exact error that is displayed. • Search Symantec’s Knowledge Base located on the Symantec Enterprise Support website at http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=home. • If no KB articles to address the issue are found, Search or post the issue on Symantec’s Support Forums. Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting continued.. • If you are unable to find any KB articles to address the issue, clear the error, exit the installation, and run the Symantec VxExplorer log gathering utility to capture all of the necessary files including the Symantec Product Installer logs. For more information about VxExplorer, please refer to KB article http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH83192. • After VxExplorer has completed, please contact Technical Support for further assistance. There are a number of different ways that you can contact Technical Support . Please refer to Symantec Enterprise Support website at http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=home. Troubleshooting
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