Symantec 5 Computer Accessories User Manual


 
About VCS features
You can use the Veritas Installation Assessment Service to assess your setup for
VCS installation.
See Veritas Installation Assessment Serviceon page 17.
VCSoffers thefollowingfeatures thatyou canconfigure duringVCSconfiguration:
See About VCS notifications on page 17.VCS notifications
See About global clusters on page 17.VCS global clusters
See About I/O fencing on page 18.I/O fencing
Veritas Installation Assessment Service
The Veritas Installation Assessment Service (VIAS) utility assists you in getting
readyfor aVeritas StorageFoundationand HighAvailability Solutionsinstallation
or upgrade. The VIAS utility allows the preinstallation evaluation of a
configuration, to validate it prior to starting an installation or upgrade.
https://vias.symantec.com/
About VCS notifications
You can configure both SNMP and SMTP notifications for VCS. Symantec
recommends you to configure one of these notifications. You have the following
options:
Configure SNMP trap notification of VCS events using the VCS Notifier
component
Configure SMTP email notification of VCS events using the VCS Notifier
component.
See the Veritas Cluster Server Users Guide.
About global clusters
Globalclusters providethe ability tofail overapplications betweengeographically
distributed clusters when disaster occurs. You require a separate license to
configure global clusters. You must add this license during the installation. The
installer only asks about configuring global clusters if you have used the global
cluster license.
See the Veritas Cluster Server User's Guide.
17Introducing Veritas Cluster Server
About VCS features