4.2. Installing Red Hat Storage Server on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Layered Install)

Layered install involves installing Red Hat Storage over Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Important

Layered Installation is not available to all customers. Contact your Red Hat representative for more details on whether you can use it.

  1. Perform a base install of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server version 6.5 or 6.6.

  2. Register the System with Subscription Manager

    Run the following command and enter your Red Hat Network user name and password to register the system with the Red Hat Network: 
    # subscription-manager register

  3. Identify Available Entitlement Pools

    Run the following commands to find entitlement pools containing the channels required to install Red Hat Storage: 
    # subscription-manager list --available | grep -A8 "Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server"
# subscription-manager list --available | grep -A8 "Red Hat Storage"

  4. Attach Entitlement Pools to the System

    Use the pool identifiers located in the previous step to attach the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server and Red Hat Storage entitlements to the system. Run the following command to attach the entitlements: 
    # subscription-manager attach --pool=[POOLID]

  5. Enable the Required Channels

    Run the following commands to enable the channels required to install Red Hat Storage: 
    # subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-6-server-rpms
# subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-scalefs-for-rhel-6-server-rpms
# subscription-manager repos --enable=rhs-3-for-rhel-6-server-rpms
    1. For Red Hat Storage 3.0.4 and later, if you require Samba, then enable the following channel: 
      # subscription-manager repos --enable=rh-gluster-3-samba-for-rhel-6-server-rpms

  6. Verify if the Channels are Enabled

    Run the following command to verify if the channels are enabled: 
    #yum repolist

  7. Kernel Version Requirement

    Red Hat Storage requires the kernel-2.6.32-431.17.1.el6 version or higher to be used on the system. Verify the installed and running kernel versions by running the following command: 
    # rpm -q kernel
kernel-2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64
kernel-2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64
    # uname -r
2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64

  8. Install the Required Kernel Version

    From the previous step, if the kernel version is found to be lower than kernel-2.6.32-431.17.1.el6, install the kernel-2.6.32-431.17.1.el6 or later:
    1. To install kernel-2.6.32-431.17.1.el6 version, run the command: 
      # yum install kernel-2.6.32-431.17.1.el6
    2. To install the latest kernel version, run the command: 
      # yum update kernel

  9. Install Red Hat Storage

    Run the following command to install Red Hat Storage: 
    # yum install redhat-storage-server
    1. For Red Hat Storage 3.0.4 and later, if you require Samba, then execute the following command to install Samba: 
      # yum groupinstall "Samba (SMB) server for gluster"
    2. If you require Samba Active Directory integration with gluster, execute the following command: 
      # yum groupinstall "Active Directory Integration"

  10. Reboot the system

    Warning

    Red Hat Storage server currently does not support SELinux. You must reboot the system after the layered install is complete, in order to disable SELinux on the system.