Custom Reports Using Data Collectors

Installation and Upgrade Checklist Report for Storage Foundation Cluster File System HA 6.1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 , x86-64
  
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Important Notes

Note: You have not selected the latest product version. Consider installing or upgrading to the latest version; otherwise, you may encounter issues that have already been fixed. To run a new report for the latest product version, select it from the Veritas product drop-down list.

In the VxFS 6.1 release, you can create and mount only file systems with disk layout Version 7, Version 8, Version 9 and Version 10. VxFS 6.1 does not support disk layout version 4 and version 6. You can upgrade these unsupported layout versions online using the vxupgrade utility before installing VxFS 6.1. Or after installing VxFS 6.1, you can convert version 4 offline using vxfsconvert or upgrade version 6 online using vxupgrade utility.

It is recommended to upgrade VxFS disk layouts to a supported version prior to installing VxFS 6.1. However, VxFS 6.1 can mount disk layout version 6 locally only to perform an online upgrade. Cluster mount for disk layout version 6 is not supported in VxFS 6.1.

Array Support Libraries (ASLs)
When installing Veritas products, please be aware that ASLs updates are not included in the patches update bundle. Please go to the Array Support Libraries (ASLs) to get the latest updates for your disk arrays.

Technical Solution
VxFS file system disabled with message vx_metaioerr - vx_iasync_wait
  
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System requirements

Required number of CPUs: 2
Recommended speed of CPUs: 1 GHz
Required memory: 2 GB
Required disk space:
    Partitions Minimum space required Maximum space required Recommended space
    /opt 375 MB 671 MB 649 MB
    /root 71 MB 72 MB 72 MB
    /usr 83 MB 84 MB 84 MB
Supported architectures:
  • AMD Opteron architecture [1]
  • Intel EM64T architecture [1]
  • 1. Supports only the 64-bit versions of the software stacks.
  
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Product features

The features in the list are enabled in this release.
FeatureStorage Foundation CFSHA
1-256 TB File System
CFS Multi-transaction server
Cluster File System
Cluster Volume Manager
Compression
Concurrent I/O
Data management application programming interface (DMAPI)
Deduplication
Device names consistent across cluster nodes
Device names using Array Volume IDs
Direct I/O
Dirty region logging
Dynamic LUN expansion
Dynamic Multi-pathing
Enclosure based naming
File Change Log
File system snapshots
File system storage checkpoints
Flashsnap: Disk group split & join
Flashsnap: Fast resynchronization
Flexible Storage Sharing
Full size instant snapshots
Hardware assisted copy
Hot-relocation
Import cloned LUN
Keyless licensing
Mount lock
Named data streams
Online coordinator disk replacement
Online file system defragmentation
Online file system grow & shrink
Online relay out
Online volume grow & shrink
Operations Manager
Oracle Disk Manager (ODM) and Cached ODM (CODM)
Partitioned directories
Portable Data Containers (formerly known as Cross-Platform Data Sharing (CDS))
Remote mirrors for campus clusters
Rolling upgrade
SCSI-3 based I/O fencing
SSD device exploitation
Site awareness with remote mirrors
SmartIO - Volume Manager and File System Read Caching
SmartIO - Write Back Caching
SmartMove
SmartTier (formerly Dynamic Storage Tiering)
Space-optimized instant snapshot
Split-mirror snapshot
Thin storage reclamation
User & group quotas
iSCSI device support
File Replicator optionOptional
Replicator option (formerly Volume Replicator)Optional
Database storage checkpoints & rollbackOracle only
FlashSnap: DatabaseOracle only
SmartTier for Oracle (formerly Database DST)Oracle only
  
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Patches for Storage Foundation Cluster File System HA and Platform

Product (recommended)
Patch Date Size
cpi-Patch-6.1.1.800 2016-11-03 32.98 KB
cpi-Patch-6.1.0.1000 2016-11-03 33.02 KB
sfha-sles11_x86...Patch-6.1.1.200 2016-07-29 44.34 MB
perl-sles11_x86...Patch-6.1.1.100 2015-10-14 14.49 MB
gab-sles11_x86...Patch-6.1.0.100 2015-04-27 1.62 MB
sfha-sles11_x86_64-6.1.1 2014-07-24 215.54 MB
Platform (required)
No patches required.
  
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End of Support Life information

Last updated on 2024-03-25.  Refer to support fundamental for more information about support.
Release Date(GA)Extended Support StartsSustaining Support StartsEnd of Support Life Date(EOSL)
2013-12-012019-12-012021-12-302027-12-30
  
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Platform configuration

    Unless otherwise stated, the specified Veritas product supports all platform kernel versions.
Supported platform version. Last updated on 2018-06-12
    Product versionPlatform version
    6.1SP2, SP3
Required platform packages:
  • For SLES11SP2:
  • parted-2.3-10.21.18.x86_64
  • glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.31.1.x86_64
  • pam-32bit-1.1.5-0.10.17.x86_64
  • libstdc++46-32bit-4.6.1_20110701-0.13.9.x86_64
  • libgcc46-32bit-4.6.1_20110701-0.13.9.x86_64
  • glibc-2.11.3-17.31.1.x86_64
  • libacl-32bit-2.2.47-30.34.29.x86_64
  • findutils-4.4.0-38.26.1.x86_64
  • libncurses5-5.6-90.55.x86_64
  • ed-0.2-1001.30.1.x86_64
  • coreutils-8.12-6.19.1.x86_64
  • module-init-tools-3.11.1-1.21.1.x86_64
  • libgcc46-4.6.1_20110701-0.13.9.x86_64
  • libacl-2.2.47-30.34.29.x86_64
  • zlib-1.2.3-106.34.x86_64
  • libstdc++46-4.6.1_20110701-0.13.9.x86_64
  • ksh-93u-0.6.1.x86_64
  • zlib-32bit-1.2.3-106.34.x86_64
  • For SLES11SP3:
  • parted-2.3-10.38.16.x86_64
  • glibc-32bit-2.11.3-17.54.1.x86_64
  • pam-32bit-1.1.5-0.10.17.x86_64
  • libstdc++6-32bit-4.7.2_20130108-0.15.45.x86_64
  • libgcc_s1-32bit-4.7.2_20130108-0.15.45.x86_64
  • glibc-2.11.3-17.54.1.x86_64
  • libacl-32bit-2.2.47-30.34.29.x86_64
  • findutils-4.4.0-38.26.1.x86_64
  • libncurses5-5.6-90.55.x86_64
  • ed-0.2-1001.30.1.x86_64
  • coreutils-8.12-6.25.27.1.x86_64
  • module-init-tools-3.11.1-1.28.5.x86_64
  • libgcc_s1-4.7.2_20130108-0.15.45.x86_64
  • libacl-2.2.47-30.34.29.x86_64
  • zlib-1.2.7-0.10.128.x86_64
  • libstdc++6-4.7.2_20130108-0.15.45.x86_64
  • ksh-93u-0.18.1.x86_64
  • zlib-32bit-1.2.7-0.10.128.x86_64
  
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Host bus adapter (HBA) parameters and switch parameters

Unless otherwise stated, the specified Veritas product supports all HBAs (except iSCSI HBAs) and fibre channel switches supported by the platform and storage array manufacturers listed in the hardware compatibility list (HCL).

  
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Operations Manager

Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager gives you a single, centralized management console for the InfoScale products. You can use it to monitor, visualize, and manage storage and cluster resources, and generate reports about these components in the Management Server domain.It can also help administrators centrally manage diverse data center environments. This section lists the documents for Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager 8.0.2.
Documentation
  
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Array Support Libraries (ASLs)

Array family (model)DocumentationLibraries
3PAR E-Class, S-Class libvx3par (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Dell EMC CLARiiON CX3 series libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Dell EMC CLARiiON CX4 series libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Dell EMC EqualLogic PS3000 series libvxeqlogic (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Dell EMC EqualLogic PS4000 series libvxeqlogic (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Dell EMC EqualLogic PS5000 series libvxeqlogic (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Dell EMC EqualLogic PS6000 series libvxeqlogic (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Dell EMC SC Series libvxcompellent (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Dell EMC Symmetrix DMX series with PowerPath libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Dell EMC Symmetrix DMX series libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Dell EMC Symmetrix VMAX series with PowerPath libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Dell EMC Symmetrix VMAX series libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Dell EMC Unity series libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Dell EMC VMAX3/VMAX All Flash Family series with PowerPath libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Dell EMC VMAX3/VMAX All Flash Family series libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Dell EMC VNX series libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Dell EMC VNX2 series libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Dell EMC VNX2e series libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Dell EMC VPLEX libvxInvista (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Dell EMC XtremIO libvxXtremio (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Fujitsu ETERNUS DX400/DX500/DX600 series libvxFJTSYe8k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxFJTSYe8k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Fujitsu ETERNUS DX60/DX80/DX90/DX100/DX200 series libvxfjtsye2k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Fujitsu ETERNUS DX8000 series libvxFJTSYe8k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxFJTSYe8k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Fujitsu ETERNUS2000 seriesETERNUS2000 Disk Storage Systems
libvxfjtsye2k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Fujitsu ETERNUS4000 seriesETERNUS4000 Disk Storage Systems
libvxFJTSYe8k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxFJTSYe8k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Fujitsu ETERNUS8000 seriesETERNUS8000 Disk Storage Systems
libvxFJTSYe8k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxFJTSYe8k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Fujitsu FibreCAT SX80/100 series libvxfsc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Fujitsu ETERNUS VS850 libvxibmsvc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise 2000 G2 series libvxmsa2kfc_sa (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise 3PAR F/T-Class, StoreServ 7000/8000/9000/10000/20000 Storage libvx3par (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise EVA4100/6100/8100 libvxhpalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise EVA4400/6400/8400 series libvxhpalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise MSA2000fc series libvxmsa2k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise P2000 G3 MSA series libvxmsa2kfc_sa (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise XP10000/12000 libvxxp12k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxxp1281024 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxxp256 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise XP20000/24000 libvxxp256 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxxp1281024 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxxp12k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise MSA 1040 SAN libvxmsa2kfc_sa (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise MSA 2040 SAN libvxmsa2kfc_sa (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise P6300 libvxhpalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise P6350 libvxhpalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise P6500 libvxhpalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise P6550 libvxhpalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise P9500 libvxxp12k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxxp1281024 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxxp256 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Hitachi HUS 100 seriesHitachi Unified Storage 100 Family
libvxhdsalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Hitachi SMS/AMS2000 series libvxhdsalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Hitachi USP/NSC series libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Hitachi USPV/USPVM libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Hitachi VSP G series libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Hitachi VSP Gx00/Fx00 series libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Hitachi HUS VM libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Hitachi VSP libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Huawei 18000 series libvxhuawei (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Huawei OceanStor Series libvxhuawei (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Huawei S5000 series libvxhuawei (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Huawei VIS series libvxhuawei (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
IBM Spectrum Virtualize series libvxibmsvc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
IBM Storwize series libvxibmsvc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
IBM System Storage DS3000 series libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
IBM System Storage DS3500 series libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
IBM System Storage DS5000 series libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
IBM System Storage DS6000 seriesIBM System Storage DS6000 Series
libvxibmds6k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
IBM System Storage DS8000 seriesIBM System Storage DS8000 series
libvxibmds8k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
IBM System Storage N seriesIBM System Storage N series
IBM System Storage N7000 Modular Disk Storage System
libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxnetapplsi (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxnetapplsi (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
IBM System Storage XIV series libvxxiv (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
IBM DS3950 libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
IBM DS5020 libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
NetApp AFF Series libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxnetapplsi (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxnetapplsi (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
NetApp E_SERIES libvxnetapplsi (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxnetapplsi (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
NetApp FAS2000/FAS900/FAS200 series libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxnetapplsi (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxnetapplsi (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
NetApp FAS3000/V3000 series libvxnetapplsi (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxnetapplsi (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
NetApp FAS6000/V6000 series libvxnetapplsi (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxnetapplsi (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
NetApp FAS8000/FAS9000 Series libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxnetapplsi (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxnetapplsi (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Oracle Storage 6580/6780 series libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Oracle StorageTek 2500 series libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Oracle StorageTek 9900 series libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Oracle StorageTek 9985/9990 series libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Oracle StorageTek 6140 array libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Oracle StorageTek 9985V system libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Oracle StorageTek 9990V system libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Oracle Sun Storage 6180 array libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Pure Storage FlashArray series libvxpurestorage (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxpurestorage (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
SanDisk ioMemory PX600 series libvxfusionio (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxfusionio (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxfusionio (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
SanDisk ioMemory SX300 series libvxfusionio (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxfusionio (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxfusionio (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
SanDisk ioDrive libvxfusionio (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxfusionio (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxfusionio (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxfusionio (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
SanDisk ioDrive2 libvxfusionio (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxfusionio (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxfusionio (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxfusionio (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
SanDisk ION Data Accelerator libvxfusionION (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
Violin Memory Violin 3000/6000 series libvxviolin (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote
libvxviolin (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)See TechNote