SIOS Protection Suite Software Packaging

SPS for Linux Installation Image File

The SPS for Linux image file (sps.img) 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 Linux distribution that you are running and, through a series of questions you answer, installs various packages required to ensure a successful SPS installation, including packages used to allow communications between servers.

The type and sequence of the questions is dependent upon your Linux distribution. Read each question carefully to ensure a proper response. Under normal circumstances, you should be answering Yes to each question in order to complete all the steps required by the installation image file.

The SPS for Linux image file includes a core package cluster containing the following software packages:

SPS Core Package Cluster

• LifeKeeper (steeleye-lk). The LifeKeeper core packages provide recovery software for core system components, such as memory, CPUs, the operating system, the SCSI disk subsystem and file systems.

• LifeKeeper GUI (steeleye-lkGUI). The LifeKeeper GUI package provides a graphical user interface for LifeKeeper administration and monitoring.

• DataKeeper (steeleye-lkDR). The DataKeeper package provides data replication (synchronous or asynchronous mirrors) with intent logging.

• IP Recovery Kit (steeleye-lkIP). The LifeKeeper IP Recovery Kit provides switchover software for automatic recovery of IP addresses.

• Raw I/O Recovery Kit (steeleye-lkRAW). The LifeKeeper Raw I/O Recovery Kit provides support for applications that use raw i/o to bypass kernel buffering.

• Man Pages (steeleye-lkMAN). The LifeKeeper Man Page package provides reference manual pages for the LifeKeeper product.

Optional Recovery Software

Recovery kits are also released with the SPS Core software. During the installation, you will be presented with a complete, up-to-date, selectable list of available recovery kits. For information regarding these recovery kits, see the Application Recovery Kits section of the SPS Technical Documentation.