Configuring VVR and Starting VVR Processes

After you have purchased a VVR license, use the VERITAS product installer to configure and start VVR.

1. Start the VERITAS product installer. The Getting Started Guide, included with the VERITAS products disc, provides complete information on using the product installer.
2. Select the Configure an Installed Product option.
3. At the prompt, enter the name of the system or systems on which you want to configure VVR.
   Enter the system names separated by spaces on which to configure VVR: seattle london
4. The script performs an initial system check. The script confirms success by displaying information, such as the OS version, whether the communication is established with the remote hosts, and whether the required VVR packages are installed. When the initial system check completes, the following message is displayed:
   Initial system check completed successfully.
5. Press Return to continue. The script proceeds to verify whether the required licenses are installed. If a valid license for VVR is not present, the script prompts you to enter a license. The script validates whether the license entered enables VVR. If you need a license, refer to Obtaining a License Key. You cannot proceed until you enter a valid VVR license. If a valid VVR license is present on the system, the script provides the option to add additional licenses.

   The following message displays when the license check is complete:

   
   VVR licensing verified successfully.
6. Press Return to continue. The script prompts you to configure VVR.
   Are you ready to configure VVR? [y,n,q] (y)
7. Press Return to continue. The script enables you to choose whether you want to use enclosure-based naming. If you enter Y to the enclosure-based naming question, the script decides whether the system is eligible for enclosure-based naming. If it is eligible, you will be asked to confirm that you want to go ahead. For more information about enclosure-based naming, refer to the VERITAS Volume Manager documentation.
   Do you want to set up the enclosure-based naming scheme? [y,n,q,?] (n)
8. The script displays the default ports that will be used by VVR. Follow the instructions on the screen if you want to change the VVR ports.
   Do you want to change any of the VVR ports on seattle? [y,n,q] (n) 
   Do you want to use the same port settings on all systems? [y,n,q] (y)
9. Change the VRAS log size if required.
   The maximum size of the VRAS debug log on seattle is set to 30 MB.
   Do you want to change this ? [y,n,q] (n)
   Do you want to use the same setting on all systems? [y,n,q] (y) 
10. Change the frequency of online stats collection, if required.
    The frequency of online stats collection on seattle is set to per 10 seconds.
    Do you want to change the frequency of online stats collection on seattle ? [y,n,q] (n)
11. Change the maximum number of days that online stats are retained, if required.
    The maximum number of days for which online stats can be retained is set to 3 on seattle
    
    Do you want to change the maximum number of days for online stats ? [y,n,q] (n)
12. Configure the VVR tunables if required. For more information about the VVR tunables, refer to the VERITAS Volume Replicator Tuning and Planning Guide.

    Starting with VVR 4.1, a new tunable, vol_rvio_maxpool_sz, serves the same purpose as the voliomem_maxpool_sz tunable.

    If you set the voliomem_maxpool_sz tunable in a prior release, you must set the vol_rvio_maxpool_sz tunable for this release.

    
    Do you want to view or modify VVR tunables on any of the hosts? [y,n,q,?] (n)

    The script displays a message indicating whether the configuration is successful. Press Return to continue.

13. To start the VVR processes (vradmind, vxnetd, and vxrsyncd), press Return.
    Do you want to start VERITAS Volume Replicator processes now? [y,n,q] (y)
14. Confirm whether you want to set up default disk groups. The script determines whether the systems are eligible.

    After setting up default disk groups and starting the VVR processes, the script displays the following messages:

    VERITAS Volume Replicator was started successfully.

    
    Configuration of VERITAS Volume Replicator 4.1 has completed successfully.

    The script also displays the location of the log files which were created in the configuration process.