Overview of the installation process

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After completing the planning steps, you are ready to install the PowerHA® SystemMirror® software.

Step 1: Installing PowerHA SystemMirror on server nodes

In this step, you install PowerHA SystemMirror on all server nodes. Installing PowerHA SystemMirror on server nodes describes this step of the installation process.

Step 2: Installing PowerHA SystemMirror on client nodes

In this step, you install PowerHA SystemMirror on all client nodes. Installing PowerHA SystemMirror on client nodes describes this step of the installation process.

After installing PowerHA SystemMirror, you are ready to create a PowerHA SystemMirror cluster.

Overview of the cluster creation tasks

After installing the PowerHA SystemMirror software, you are ready to create a PowerHA SystemMirror cluster. This section provides an overview of the cluster creation process.

Step 1: Creating a PowerHA SystemMirror cluster

Note: Smart Assist products that provide rapid and flexible configuration for middleware solutions, such as SAP, DB2®, Websphere, Oracle, and other applications. For more information on the full range of available Smart Assist products, see Smart Assists for PowerHA SystemMirror.

Step 2: Configuring a PowerHA SystemMirror cluster

In this step, you perform tasks such as the following:

  • Configuring installed hardware
  • Defining shared Logical Volume Manager (LVM) components
  • Configuring AIX® for PowerHA SystemMirror

After you create a basic cluster and configure supporting components, you are ready to configure and monitor your cluster as described in the Administering PowerHA SystemMirror.

Overview of the migration tasks

If you are migrating an existing installation of PowerHA SystemMirror, follow the instructions from Upgrading a PowerHA SystemMirror cluster, and refer to Installing PowerHA SystemMirror on server nodes as needed.

Where to find documentation

The product README file is installed in the /usr/es/sbin/cluster directory.