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StorNext 3.0 Upgrade Guide
Document 6-01620-04 Rev A
March 2007
Running the Pre-Installation Script 6
Running snPreInstall 0 To run the pre-installation script, use the StorNext installation CD.
1 Log on to the MDC as root.
2 Mount the StorNext installation CD and change to the CD root directory.
3 List the installation directories on the CD. At the command prompt, type:
ls -l
4 Identify the correct installation directory for your operating system and
hardware platform, and then change to that directory.
For example, for Red Hat Linux 4 running on an x86 64-bit platform, change
to the
RedHat40AS_26x86_64 directory.
5 Run the script. At the command prompt, type:
./snPreInstall
The pre-installation script runs (figure 1).
Figure 1 Pre-Installation Script
6 Follow the onscreen instructions, and answer each question when prompted.
The script outputs results based on the information you entered.
Interpreting snPreInstall
Output
0
After you enter all requested information, the pre-installation script outputs the
following results:
• Estimated disk space required for each support directory.
• Recommended file system location for each support directory.
Note: The pre-installation script ignores unmounted file systems. Before
running
snPreInstall, be sure to mount all local file systems that will
hold StorNext support information.