To prepare a station for NSP auxiliary database installation
Purpose
The following steps describe how to configure a station in advance of NSP auxiliary database software installation.
Note: You require root user privileges on the station.
Note: A leading # character in a command line represents the root user prompt, and is not to be included in a typed command.
Steps
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Log in as the root user on the proposed auxiliary database station. |
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Open a console window. |
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Add a hostname entry for the new station to the /etc/hosts file on the new station using the following criteria:
Note: Hostnames are case-sensitive. |
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Perform To apply the RHEL 8 swappiness workaround on the station. |
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Download the following installation files to an empty local directory: Note: You must ensure that the directory is empty. Note: In subsequent steps, the directory is called the software directory. where R.r.p is the NSP release identifier, in the form MAJOR.minor.patch v is a version number |
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Navigate to the software directory. Note: The directory must contain only the installation files. |
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Enter the following: # chmod +x * ↵ |
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Enter the following: # ./VerticaSw_PreInstall.sh ↵ The script displays configuration messages like the following, and a prompt: INFO: About to set kernel parameters in /etc/sysctl.conf... INFO: Completed setting kernel parameters in /etc/sysctl.conf... INFO: About to change the current values of the kernel parameters INFO: Completed changing the current values of the kernel parameters INFO: About to set ulimit parameters in /etc/security/limits.conf... INFO: Completed setting ulimit parameters in /etc/security/limits.conf... Checking Vertica DBA group samauxdb... Adding Vertica DBA group samauxdb... Checking Vertica user samauxdb... Adding samauxdb... Set password for samauxdb... New password: |
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Enter a password that conforms to the RHEL password criteria. The following prompt is displayed: Retype new password: |
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Re-enter the password. Messages like the following are displayed: Changing password for user samauxdb. passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully. Changing ownership of the directory /opt/nsp/nfmp/auxdb to samauxdb:samauxdb. Adding samauxdb to sudoers file. Changing ownership of /opt/nsp/nfmp/auxdb files. INFO: About to add setting to /etc/rc.d/rc.local... INFO: Completed adding setting to /etc/rc.d/rc.local... |
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If the script instructs you to perform a restart, perform the following steps.
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Enter the following: # tar xvf vertica-R.r.p-rel.tar $(tar tf vertica-R.r.p-rel.tar | sort -V | tail -1) ↵ |
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Enter the following: # dnf install *.rpm ↵ The dnf utility resolves any package dependencies, and displays the following prompt for each package: Total size: nn G Installed size: nn G Is this ok [y/d/N]: |
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Enter y. The following and the installation status are displayed as each package is installed: Downloading Packages: Running transaction check Transaction check succeeded. Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded. Running transaction The package installation is complete when the following is displayed: Complete! |
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When the package installation is complete, close the console window. End of steps |