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Table of Contents
Identifying the Servers running InfoScale....................................................................................... 3
Overview of License/Deployment Report Gathering Methods ....................................................... 4
SORT Data Collector ...................................................................................................................... 4
Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager (VIOM) ................................................................................. 5
License/Deployment Report Generation Using SORT Data Collector ............................................ 5
Instructions for Windows (Graphical User Interface) ......................................................................... 5
Instructions for Windows (Command Line Interface)....................................................................... 10
Instructions for Linux and UNIX (Solaris/AIX/HP-UX)...................................................................... 11
License/Deployment Report Generation Using VIOM .................................................................. 18

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Identifying the Servers running InfoScale

Identification of the Servers running Veritas InfoScale/Storage Foundation High Availability Product should
be based on infrastructure knowledge, and other tools and inventories. Following is the list of
products/components that come from Veritas InfoScale Product family and a license/deployment report is
needed from all the Servers that have any of the following installed.

InfoScale Foundation
InfoScale Availability
InfoScale Storage
InfoScale Enterprise
Storage Foundation Basic
DMP (Standalone)
DMP for VMware
Cluster Server
Cluster Server HA/DR
Storage Foundation Standard/Enterprise
Storage Foundation Cluster File System Enterprise
Storage Foundation Cluster File System Enterprise HA/DR
Storage Foundation Standard HA
Storage Foundation Enterprise HA
Storage Foundation Enterprise HA/DR
Storage Foundation for Sybase Standard
Storage Foundation for DB2 Standard
Storage Foundation for Oracle Standard
Storage Foundation for Sybase Enterprise
Storage Foundation for DB2 Enterprise
Storage Foundation for Oracle Enterprise
Storage Foundation for Sybase Enterprise HA
Storage Foundation for DB2 Enterprise HA
Storage Foundation for Oracle Enterprise HA
Storage Foundation for Sybase Enterprise HA/DR
Storage Foundation for DB2 Enterprise HA/DR
Storage Foundation for Oracle Enterprise HA/DR
Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC Enterprise HA
Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC Enterprise HA/DR
Storage Foundation for Sybase ASE
Storage Foundation for Sybase ASE HA/DR
Veritas Volume Replicator

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Overview of License/Deployment Report Gathering Methods

SORT Data Collector

SORT Data Collector helps generate various types of reports for Veritas Products by gathering the required
information about systems in your network. In this guide we will learn how to use SORT Data Collectors for
generating the License/Deployment report for Veritas InfoScale/Storage Foundation High Availability Product
family.

SORT Data Collector is Operating System specific; correct Data Collector needs to be selected to match the
system from or on which data collection will be run. It operates on the principle of a central collection point
and is the preferred Method. You run the Data Collector on one Server, but you can use it to gather information
on any system in your environment.

The Services and Operational Readiness Tool (SORT) web site is where the Data Collectors are available for
Veritas Products. The below figure shows Data Collectors for different Operating Systems/Platforms :

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Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager (VIOM)

Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager (formerly Veritas Operations Manager) is a comprehensive
management platform for Veritas InfoScale (and the earlier Storage Foundation High Availability or SFHA)
environments.

VIOM can serve as an alternate data gathering method; however, VIOM is a viable option only if it is actively
used to manage the Veritas InfoScale/Storage Foundation/Veritas Cluster environment. VIOM can only report
on Servers that are registered to the VIOM Management Server.

License/Deployment Report Generation Using SORT Data Collector

Instructions for Windows (Graphical User Interface)

1. Download the latest Graphical User Interface based SORT Data Collector for Windows platform using the
URL https://sort.veritas.com/dc_download/get_dc/windows
The downloaded file will be an executable file named “WinDC_GUI.exe”.

Note: To run the data collector, you must have administrator privileges.

2. Copy the SORT Data Collector (WinDC_GUI.exe) to the Server where InfoScale is installed or to the Server
from where data collection will be run. In the Windows Data Collector download directory, double-click
“WinDC_GUI.exe”.

3. Accept the Terms of Service.

4. On the Welcome screen, select the product family “Storage Foundation / Veritas InfoScale”, and click
“Next”.
If you want to generate a Sanitized report, where the IPs and hostnames are masked, please check/tick
the following option which is present at the bottom of the Welcome screen before clicking “Next”.

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5. On the System Selection screen, select the systems for which you want to generate the report.

The “Systems” field displays your local computer. Do one of the following and click “Next”.

a. To select the local computer, click Add.

b. To select other systems, enter them in the System field or click Browse. If you specify multiple system
names, separate them with commas. If you click Browse, a list of available systems appears in a pop-
up window. Use < and > to add or remove systems from the list. When you are done, click Add.

Note: You only need to specify one system in a Veritas cluster. The data collector discovers the others
automatically.

Note: You can use IP addresses instead of hostnames, if required.

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6. On the Validation Options screen, select only the “License / Deployment Report” option and click on “Next”.

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7. The Data Collector will then start gathering “License / Deployment Report” related information for
“Storage Foundation / Veritas InfoScale” Product family for all the added Servers in a single file.

On the Summary screen, click on “Save” to save the generated report. The report will be saved in “.xml”
format. After the report is saved, click “Finish” to exit the Data Collector.

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Instructions for Windows (Command Line Interface)

1. Download the latest Command Line Interface based SORT Data Collector for Windows platform using the
URL https://sort.veritas.com/dc_download/get_dc/windows_cli
The downloaded file will be an executable file named “WinDC_CLI.exe”.

2. Copy the SORT Data Collector (WinDC_CLI.exe) to the Server where InfoScale is installed or to the Server
from where data collection will be run.

3. To run the Windows Data Collector from the command line:

a. Navigate to the directory where the data collector is copied.

b. Extract the data collector binary file. Enter:

WinDC_CLI.exe -o<data_collector_directory>

Notes:
* Do not put a space between the “-o” option and the directory name.
*If the directory you specify does not exist, it is created for you.

c. The WindowsDataCollector.exe file is generated on the path

“<data_collector_directory>/WinDataCollector”

d. Navigate to the “<data_collector_directory>/WinDataCollector” directory and Enter :

WinDataCollector.exe /s update=No id=lic_inv node=<"target1, target2, ...">

resultsdir=<"RESULTSDIR"> upload=No

If you want to mask the IPs and hostnames, enter the above-mentioned command using
“decorator=yes” option as shown below :

WinDataCollector.exe /s update=No id=lic_inv node=<"target1, target2, ...">

resultsdir=<"RESULTSDIR"> upload=No decorator=yes

Example :
C:\Users\Downloads\Sort_win_cli\WinDataCollector>WinDataCollector.exe /s update=No id=lic_inv
node="Server101, Server102, Server103" resultsdir="C:\Users\Downloads\SORT_WIN_REPORTS "
upload=No decorator=yes

Where,

id=lic_inv : To specify the type of report “License / Deployment Report”

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target : To specify machine name within quotes, you can input multiple targets (separated by comma).

resultsdir : To specify results directory within quotes to save the report in that directory

upload=No : To specify not to upload report to SORT website

decorator=yes : To run the Data Collector with all your IPs and host names masked in Data Collector reports

4. The generated report will be saved in .xml format in the directory specified with “resultsdir” option.

Instructions for Linux and UNIX (Solaris/AIX/HP-UX)

You only need to download the data collector “.sh” file once. You can install the data collector on a system
and gather information from multiple target systems on any of the supported platforms. For example, you
can download the Linux data collector to run it on the Linux Server, but gather information about AIX, HP-
UX, Linux, and Solaris systems.

1. Download the latest SORT Data Collector for the Linux/UNIX Operating System matching with the
Platform of the Server on which Data Collector will be run. In the Platform column, click the operating
system on which you will run the data collector.

URL to download the Data Collectors - https://sort.veritas.com/data_collectors

Following table mentions direct URLs to download the Data Collectors for specified Platforms:

Platform Direct URL to SORT Data Collector

AIX https://sort.veritas.com/dc_download/get_dc/aix
Linux (x86-32) https://sort.veritas.com/dc_download/get_dc/linux_i686
Linux (x86-64) https://sort.veritas.com/dc_download/get_dc/sol_sparc
Solaris (SPARC) https://sort.veritas.com/dc_download/get_dc/sol_sparc
Solaris (x86-64) https://sort.veritas.com/dc_download/get_dc/sol_x64
Install and run the data collector from an AIX, Linux, or Solaris server
HP-UX to gather data from HP-UX Server remotely.

Note: If you want to use SFTP or FTP to transfer the data collector “.sh” file to a remote system, use binary mode;
otherwise, when the file is decompressed, a corrupted data error or checksum failed execution error occurs.

2. Install the data collector by following below mentioned steps :

a. On the system that will run the data collector, uncompress the data collector file by entering one of
the following commands. Please note that it needs to be run as “root” user.

# sh <filename>.sh
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# ./<filename>.sh

where <filename> is in the form “sort_” followed by the operating system type.

If you already have a data collector installed, the script prompts you if you want to back up the sort
directory.

b. At the prompt, specify whether you want to run the data collector. Please enter “y”.

3. When prompted to select the Product and the task to accomplish, please select “Storage Foundation and
HA Solutions / InfoScale Solutions” and “License/Deployment report” respectively.

4. After selecting the Product family, you will be asked to select the Systems from which data needs to be
gathered. Following are the three methods using which you can choose to provide the System names

a. This System only

b. One or more remote Systems
c. IP Address Range

You can specify multiple system names separated by space or a range of IP addresses.

5. For recommended inputs to the other interactive questions, please refer the example for Linux Server
mentioned below; similar options should be selected for Solaris SPARC/Solaris x86/AIX Servers.

6. Once the tool completes collecting the required information, it will generate 3 files of the formats “.xlsx”,
“.xml” and “.txt” which are the License/deployment reports. The location of these files will be mentioned
on the screen as shown in the example below, they would be stored in the “reports” directory under “sort”
folder.

EXAMPLE :

[root@server101 tmp] # ./sort_linux_x64.sh

Do you want to back up the old "sort" directory? [y,n] (y)

|*******************************************************************************************
**************************|
Uncompressing SORT data collector: 100%
|*******************************************************************************************
***********************|

Would you like to run the data collector now? [y,n] (y)

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In the future, you can start the data collector by running:

cd sort
./sortdc

===========================================================================
| Checking available driver (server101) resources
===========================================================================
Working directory file system type: ext4
Open files limit: 1024
Virtual memory limit: unlimited
Free swap: 3967 MB

Loading data collector...

Directory '/var/VRTS/VRTSspt' does not exist. Do you want to create it? [y,n,q] (y) y

Temporary directory '/var/VRTS/VRTSspt' created.

Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools (SORT)

Copyright (c) 2021 Veritas Technologies LLC. All rights reserved. Veritas and the Veritas Logo are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Veritas Technologies
LLC or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Press [Return] to indicate your acceptance of the terms and conditions as indicated in the
/var/tmp/./sort/advanced/terms.txt file, or q to decline: (y) y

The data collector writes logs to /var/VRTS/VRTSspt/sortdc-202110060036RTQ.

Starting the data collector [Build: 6.0.20210929]...

Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools (SORT)

Connecting to Veritas SORT to check for the latest data collector version ................................................... .......... .
Connected
You have the most current data collector version.

The SCL/HCL/NBU EEB files can be updated either manually, or automatically via Internet.

To update the files manually, follow the steps below:

1. Download the SCL/HCL/NBU EEB files from

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"https://sort.veritas.com/data/install/hcl_scl_6.0.20211005.tar.gz"
2. Copy the file hcl_scl_6.0.20211005.tar.gz to the directory
"/var/tmp/sort/advanced/data/install".
3. Unzip the file with the following command on all Unix platforms:
"gunzip -c hcl_scl_6.0.20211005.tar.gz | tar xvf -"
4. Run command "echo 6.0.20211005 > /var/tmp/sort/advanced/.hcl_scl_version"

Do you want to automatically update the SCL/HCL/NBU EEB files to the latest version via the Internet? [y,n,q] (y) n

The End of Supported Life (EOSL) information for the Veritas product on the local machine is version 4.6.202109220800 with
release date 2021-09-22 00:00:00.
An updated EOSL version (4.6.202110041500 updated on 2021-10-04 00:00:00) is available on the Veritas SORT Update
Server.

Do you want to update the local EOSL data in the data collector? [y,n,q] (y) n

Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools (SORT)

Main Menu:

Choose the Veritas enterprise product family:

1) NetBackup Family
2) Storage Foundation and HA Solutions / InfoScale Solutions

Choose your option: [1-2,q] (1) 2

Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools (SORT)

Main Menu->Storage Foundation and HA Solutions / InfoScale Solutions:

What task do you want to accomplish?

1) Installation/Upgrade report
2) Risk Assessment report
3) License/Deployment report
4) VxExplorer report
5) Other tasks
b) Back to previous menu

Choose your option (separate multiple selections with commas): [1-5,b,q] (1,2,3) 3

Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools (SORT)

Main Menu->Storage Foundation and HA Solutions / InfoScale Solutions->License/Deployment report:

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On which systems do you want to run and report?

1) This system only(<server101>)
2) One or more remote systems
3) IP Address Range
b) Back to previous menu

Choose your option: [1-3,b,q] (1) 2

Enter one or more system names separated by space, or the full-qualified path to a file containing a list of systems
names: [b,q,?] server101 server102 server103

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# SSH/RSH/HACLI Client Configuration in sortdc.conf

INFO: RSH client not found at its expected path [/usr/bin/rsh]

Do you want to specify the path of RSH Client? [y,n,q] (y)n

INFO: RCP client not found at its expected path [/usr/bin/rcp]

Do you want to specify the path of RCP Client? [y,n,q] (y)n

WARNING: Clients RSH, RCP are not available at their expected paths /usr/bin/rsh, /usr/bin/rcp respectively. Please check and
set the client paths by editing sortdc.conf or re-run this to configure it in an interactive way.
INFO: Only SSH, HACLI clients will be used to connect to target systems

Systems Discovery and Authentication

Systems Discovery and Authentication

Enter a user name to access the remote system(s): [q,?] (root)

Discovering transport (ssh,hacli) on server101 ................................................................................................ localhost

Discovering transport (ssh,hacli) on server102 .................................................................................... ssh passwordless
Collected basic system information from server102 .............................................................................................. Done
Discovering transport (ssh,hacli) on server103 .................................................................................... ssh passwordless
Collected basic system information from server103 .............................................................................................. Done
Authenticating system(s):

Number of systems requiring authentication ..................................................................................................... 0

Summary:
3 of 3 hosts are accessible via ssh, hacli.

Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools (SORT)

Logs are being written to /var/VRTS/VRTSspt/sortdc-202110060036RTQ while sortdc is in progress

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Collecting information: 0%
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________

Estimated time remaining: (mm:ss) 00:00:05 1 of 2

Collecting basic data ............................................................................................................................. Done

Collecting detailed data
Collecting information: 100%

Estimated time remaining: (mm:ss) 00:00:00 2 of 2

Collecting basic data ............................................................................................................................... Done

Collecting detailed data .......................................................................................................................... Done
Total collection time: 44.81

Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools (SORT)

Logs are being written to /var/VRTS/VRTSspt/sortdc-202110060036RTQ while sortdc is in progress
Analyzing systems: 100%
Estimated time remaining: (mm:ss) 00:00:00 10 of 10

Detecting processor cores ........................................................................................................................ Done

Detecting core plus tier ............................................................................................................................ Done
Detecting server tier ................................................................................................................................ Done
Detecting processor tier ........................................................................................................................... Done
Detecting product evidence ..................................................................................................................... Done
Detecting marker package version for the installed products ..................................................................... Done
Detecting product count .......................................................................................................................... Done
Detecting installed products .................................................................................................................... Done
Detecting installed patches ..................................................................................................................... Done
Detecting processor cores virtual environment ......................................................................................... Done

Do you want to create a sanitized report with no hostnames and IP addresses? [y,n,q] (n) n

Generating a License/Deployment report...

Generating a non-sanitized report...

README ................................................................................................................................................ Done

Customer Information ............................................................................................................................. Done
Deployment Details ................................................................................................................................ Done
Deployment Details - Virtual ................................................................................................................... Done
EOSL Details .......................................................................................................................................... Done
Deployment by Server Tier ...................................................................................................................... Done
Deployment by Processor Tier ................................................................................................................. Done
Deployment - SPVU ............................................................................................................................... Done

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Deployment - Per core ........................................................................................................................ Done

IBR License Summary ........................................................................................................................ Done
What-if Analysis ................................................................................................................................ Done
Deployment - Core Plus ..................................................................................................................... Done

XML, text and Excel files have been generated based on the system name and the date you ran the SORT data collector
/var/tmp/./sort/reports/server103andothers_PDR_20211006_003752.xlsx was created
/var/tmp/./sort/reports/server103andothers_PDR_20211006_003752.txt was created
/var/tmp/./sort/reports/server103andothers_PDR_20211006_003752.xml was created

You can upload the XML file to the SORT web site to view your custom report that contains documentation and links related
to your environment. The text
file lacks this additional information.

Would you like to upload this report now? [y,n,q] (y) n

The generated report is under the '/var/tmp/./sort/reports' folder. You can also batch upload reports later. Launch the
command line version of the data
collector, and select 'Main Menu' -> 'Other tasks'->'Upload the reports generated in the current session view at SORT Web
site'.
Would you like to send SORT Data collector session logs to Veritas to help improve SORT Data collector in future?
[y,n,q] (y) n

Your tasks are completed. Would you like to exit the data collector? [y,n,q] (y) y
The hostname to IP address mapping can be found at : /var/tmp/./sort/hostname_to_ip_map.txt

Would you like to provide feedback for the data collector? [y,n,q] (y) n
SORT data collector current session log files are saved at server101:/var/tmp/sort/log/sortdc-202110060036RTQ
[root@server101 tmp]#

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License/Deployment Report Generation Using VIOM

1. Log on to VIOM Management Server console using the admin user credentials to sign in.
URL to login : https://HOST_NAME:14161/vom
where, HOST_NAME is the name of the VIOM Management Server. You can also use the IP address, or fully qualified
domain name of the VIOM Management Server.

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2. Click on the “Licensing” key option present at the bottom of the page to see the Licensing information for
the servers that are registered to the VIOM Management Server.

Note : Before generating the License Deployment report, please ensure that all the Servers (Managed
hosts) are registered and reporting fine to the VIOM Management Server.

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3. On the Licensing page, go to the “Deployment details” tab and wait for the list of servers to populate. Please
uncheck the “Hide non chargeable licenses” option and select “Group by” option as “None”.

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4. To generate the License/Deployment Report click on the “Save” icon on the right side of this page. A small
window will pop-up asking to Open/Save the file generated in .csv format. Should you need to check the
file, please import it into excel.

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