Red Hat Storage 2.1

Installation Guide

Installing Red Hat Storage 2.1

Edition 1

Bhavana Mohanraj

Red Hat Engineering Content Services

Anjana Suparna Sriram

Red Hat Engineering Content Services

Divya Muntimadugu

Red Hat Engineering Content Services

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Abstract

This guide describes the prerequisites and provides step-by-instructions to install Red Hat Storage using different methods.
Preface
1. Audience
2. License
3. Document Conventions
3.1. Typographic Conventions
3.2. Pull-quote Conventions
3.3. Notes and Warnings
4. Getting Help and Giving Feedback
4.1. Do You Need Help?
4.2. We Need Feedback!
1. Introduction
2. Obtaining Red Hat Storage
2.1. Obtaining Red Hat Storage Server for On-Premise
2.2. Obtaining Red Hat Storage Server for Public Cloud
3. Planning Red Hat Storage Installation
3.1. Prerequisites
3.1.1. Network Time Protocol Setup
3.2. Hardware Compatibility
3.3. Port Information
4. Installing Red Hat Storage
4.1. Installing from an ISO Image
4.2. Installing from a PXE Server
4.3. Installing from Red Hat Satellite Server
5. Registration to the Red Hat Network (RHN)
6. Upgrading Red Hat Storage
6.1. Upgrading from Red Hat Storage 2.0 to Red Hat Storage 2.1 using an ISO
6.2. Upgrading from Red Hat Storage 2.0 to Red Hat Storage 2.1 using yum
6.3. Upgrading from Red Hat Storage 2.0 to Red Hat Storage 2.1 Using Red Hat Satellite Server
6.4. Upgrading from Red Hat Storage 2.0 to Red Hat Storage 2.1 in a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization-Red Hat Storage Environment
6.4.1. Upgrading using an ISO
6.4.2. Upgrading using yum
7. Setting up Software Updates
7.1. Updating Red Hat Storage in the Offline Mode
7.2. In Service Software Upgrade from Red Hat Storage 2.1
7.2.1. Pre-upgrade Tasks
7.2.2. Upgrade Process with Service Impact
7.2.3. In Service Software Upgrade
7.2.4. Special Consideration for In Service Software Upgrade
7.2.5. In Service Software Rollback
8. Managing the glusterd Service
8.1. Manually Starting and Stopping glusterd
9. Using the Gluster Command Line Interface
A. Revision History