Procedure

The following steps occur on the computer that will be used to download and create the bootable media.

  1. Download a vStor server-supported operating system ISO file. It is suggested to download the DVD ISO file which will require at least a flashdrive of more than 4 GB in size.

  2. Using an OS image flasher, such as Etcher or Rufus, create the bootable media using the downloaded ISO file and an empty flashdrive.

Follow these steps on the computer on to which vStor is to be installed.

  1. Connect the flashdrive that contains the bootable image.

  2. During boot-up, press the appropriate key sequence to load the boot menu so that the computer boots from the USB flashdrive instead of the internal storage.

  3. Follow the normal installation steps for the operating system making note of the password entered for the root account.

  4. After the installation is complete, remove the flashdrive and reboot the computer.

  5. Log in to the newly installed operating system and open a terminal.

  6. At the command prompt, enter the nmcli d command to get the name of the Ethernet network device:

$ nmcli d

  1. Run the NetworkManager Text User Interface (nmtui) command to modify the network configuration:

$ nmtui

  1. Using the directional keys, select Edit a connection on the menu and press the Enter key.

  2. Select the Ethernet network device found in Step 6 and then select <Edit…>. Press the Enter key.

  3. Set both the IPv4 CONFIGURATION and IPv6 CONFIGURATION to <Automatic>.

  4. Enable the Automatically connect option by selecting it and pressing the Space Bar.

  5. Select and then OK to exit the NetworkManager Text User Interface tool.

  6. At the command prompt, obtain the IP address that is assigned to the Ethernet device.

$ ip addr show | grep inet

On another computer that is on the same network as the computer onto which vStor will be installed, follow these steps.

  1. Ensure that you can successfully connect to the machine using SSH using the IP address obtained in Step 13 and the root password created in Step 3 of the second section.

$ ssh root@<vstor_ip_address>

  1. Download the vstor-dist-<x.x.x>.run file to the computer making note of the download location, where <x.x.x> is the version number.

  2. Transfer the vstor-dist-<x.x.x>.run file from the computer to the operating system machine on to which vStor will be installed using the secure copy (scp) command. Here, <path_to_file> is the path to the vStor-dist-<x.x.x>.run file, <ip_address> is the IP address obtained in Step 13, and <x.x.x> is the version number. When prompted, use the root password created in Step 3 of the second section above.

$ scp <path_to_file>/vstor-dist-<x.x.x>.run root@<vstor_ip_address>

On the machine on to which vStor is to be installed, follow these steps.

  1. Launch the terminal.

  2. Disable SE Linux on the machine by entering the following command.

$ setenforce 0

  1. Prevent SE Linux from being re-enabled after a reboot.

$ sed -i 's/SELINUX=enforcing/SELINUX=permissive/' /etc/selinux/config

  1. Make the run file executable that was transferred to this machine through scp, substituting <x.x.x> for the version number in the file name.

$ chmod +x vstor-dist-<x.x.x>.run

  1. Begin the vStor installation by executing the run file, substituting <x.x.x> for the version number in the file name.

$ ./vstor-dist-<x.x.x>.run

  1. Accept the User Agreement when displayed.

  2. Accept the installation of the new kernel when prompted.

  3. Once the installation process completes, restart the machine.

$ reboot

  1. Log back into the machine and ensure that the vStor service is running:

$ service vstor status

  1. Enter the vstor command to verify that the CLI was correctly added to bash.

$ vstor

On another computer that is on the same network as the computer onto which vStor is installed, follow these steps.

  1. Launch a supported web browser by navigating to https://<vStor hostname or IP>:8900 where is the FQDN or IP address of the vStor server.

  2. Log in to the vStor server. You will be prompted to change the password after logging in for the first time. For more information and default credentials, see the section Default User Names and Passwords for Catalogic vStor in this guide.

  3. After logging in to the vStor web-based UI, initialize the storage when prompted.

Note. For more information about using vStor with DPX, view the QuickStart with vStor Guide that is available on Catalogic MySupport.

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