Installing the SIOS 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.

IMPORTANT: Please review the Linux Dependencies topic prior to installing SPS for Linux.

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 or Entitlement ID of your server. Host IDs and/or Entitlement 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:

Installing SPS on your shared storage is not supported. Each server should have its own copy installed on its local disk.
All SPS packages are installed in the directory /opt/LifeKeeper.

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.
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.

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

IMAGE_NAME is the name of the image

MOUNT_POINT is the path to mount location

Change to the sps.img mounted directory and type the following:

./setup

Text will appear explaining what is going to occur during the installation procedure. You will now be asked a series of questions where you will answer “y” for Yes or “n” for No. The type and sequence of the questions are dependent upon your Linux distribution.

Read each question carefully to ensure a proper response. It is recommended that you answer Yes to each question in order to complete all the steps required for a successful SPS Installation.

Note: The Installation image file may install kernel modules to support shared storage devices or the optional NFS Recovery Kit.

Note: Beginning with SPS 8.1, when performing a kernel upgrade on Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems, it is no longer a requirement that the setup script (./setup) from the installation image be rerun. Modules should be automatically available to the upgraded kernel without any intervention as long as the kernel was installed from a proper Red Hat package (rpm file).

Next, the SPS Core Packages will be installed.
The setup script will then perform the installation of the licensing utilities. See Obtaining and Installing the License for details.

After you have answered all the questions posed by the setup script, you will be informed that the installation was successful and then be presented with a list of all SPS Recovery Kits available for installation.

Note: Trace information for execution of the setup scripts is saved in /var/log/LK_install.log.

Note: During an upgrade, please make sure to stop LifeKeeper before running setup.

Note: Previous to SPS for Linux Version 8.1, recovery kits would need to be installed from their individual image files once the core package install was completed. Now, once the packages have been installed, you are presented with a list of available kits for selection.

Select the kits you would like installed by highlighting the kit and pressing the "space" bar. This will place an "i" next to each kit that will be installed. Then press Enter.

Note: To add kits at a later time, simply run setup again followed by -k:

./setup -k
Install the SPS software, as appropriate, on the other server(s) in the cluster using the same procedure.

For upgrade installations, see Upgrading SPS.