vRanger 7.8 - Integration Guide for Quest QoreStor

Installing and configuring QoreStor

Installing QoreStor

 

IMPORTANT: The information in this topic is a summary of that found in the Quest QoreStor documentation. Procedures in this topic are abbreviated to provide a high-level overview of the installation process. Before installing QoreStor, review the full set of documentation, including: • Quest QoreStor Interoperability Guide • Quest QoreStor Installation Guide • Quest QoreStor User Guide • Quest QoreStor Command Line Reference Guide

Installing QoreStor

Installing and configuring QoreStor

 

IMPORTANT: The information in this topic is a summary of that found in the Quest QoreStor documentation. Procedures in this topic are abbreviated to provide a high-level overview of the installation process. Before installing QoreStor, review the full set of documentation, including: • Quest QoreStor Interoperability Guide • Quest QoreStor Installation Guide • Quest QoreStor User Guide • Quest QoreStor Command Line Reference Guide

Prerequisites

Before installing QoreStor, ensure that the following requirements have been met:

•	Review the QoreStor Installation Guide and QoreStor Interoperability Guide for information on system requirements and supported platforms. Ensure that the server on which you are installing QoreStor meets the installation requirements.

•	You must use a supported version of vRanger and QoreStor. For more information, see the QoreStor Interoperability Guide.

•	Review the QoreStor Installation Guide and QoreStor Interoperability Guide for networking and port requirements.

Installing QoreStor

To install QoreStor:

1	Download QoreStor from the Quest website.

2	Copy the QoreStor installation files to the QoreStor server.

3	Set execution permissions on the installation files using chmod. For example:

$ chmod a+x qs_inst_6.0.0.589.bin

4	With elevated privileges (either as root or with the sudo command), execute the installation script according to one of the two options below :

a	qs_inst_6.0.0.589.bin -- -f –p <repository_path> -m <metadata_path> --mode=<demo|cloud-optimized|standard|large> --accept-eula --install deps

where

-f specifies that the installer should automatically apply firewall rules to open the necessary ports l

-p <repository_path> specifies the repository path l

-m <metadata_path> specifies where the dictionary and journals should be stored.If not specified, the repository path will be used. l

--mode=<demo|cloud-optimized|standard|large> specifies the installation mode. Refer to the QoreStor Installation Guide for more information on installation modes.

demo: 100GB max storage, 1GB dictionary l

cloud-optimized: 43TB max storage, 64GB dictionary l

standard: 150TB max. storage, 256GB dictionary l

Large: 360TB max storage; 256GB dictionary l

–accept-eula: implicitly accepts the EULA and bypasses the prompt to accept the terms and conditions of the EULA

–install-deps: implicit permission to download and install the nfs-utils and policycoreutils packages if they are not already installed

b	$ sudo ./qs_inst_6.0.0.589.bin

and follow the prompts to:

▫	provide a path for the storage directory

▫	[Optional] provide a separate path for metadata storage

▫	select an installation mode. Refer to QoreStor installation modes for more information

▫	add firewall exceptions