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Important Notes

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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.

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System requirements

Required number of CPUs: 1

Required disk space:

Partitions	Required disk space
/opt	984 MB
/root	75 MB
/usr	146 MB
/var	1 MB

Supported architectures:

Power3 series
Power4 series
Power4+ series
Power5 series
Power5+ series
Power6 series [1][2]
Power6+ series [1][2]
Power7 series
PowerPC 970MP series

1. For SAS driver support under Symantec Volume Manager (VxVM), a minimum version of Storage Foundation 5.0MP1RP1 + HF1 is required.
2. A patch is required for 5.0MP1 Storage Foundation CPI installation. Check the Late Breaking News for requirement and details: http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH46478.

Product features

The features in the list are enabled in this release.

Feature	Storage Foundation DB2 Standard	Storage Foundation DB2 Enterprise
1-256 TB File System
Concurrent I/O
Data management application programming interface (DMAPI)
Direct I/O
Dirty region logging
Dynamic LUN expansion
Dynamic Multi-pathing
Enclosure based naming
File Change Log
File system snapshots
Full size instant snapshots
Hardware assisted copy
Hot-relocation
Named data streams
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)
Portable Data Containers (formerly known as Cross-Platform Data Sharing (CDS))
Quick I/O (QIO) and Cached QIO (CQIO)
Remote mirrors for campus clusters
SCSI-3 based I/O fencing
Space-optimized instant snapshot
Split-mirror snapshot
User & group quotas
Volume Replicator option	Optional	Optional
Dynamic Storage Tiering
File system storage checkpoints
Flashsnap: Disk group split & join
Flashsnap: Fast resynchronization
Import cloned LUN
Site awareness with remote mirrors
Database Dynamic Storage Tiering		Oracle & DB2 only
Database storage checkpoints & rollback		Oracle & DB2 only
FlashSnap: Database		Oracle & DB2 only

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Product documentation

Hardware compatibility list (HCL)

Hardware Compatibility List for Storage Foundation (tm) and High Availability Solutions 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1, 5.0 Maintenance Pack 2 (including SFCFS for Oracle RAC for RHEL, SLES and OEL), 5.0 Maintenance Pack 3, 5.0 Maintenance Pack 4, and 5.0.1

Veritas product documentation

Patches for Storage Foundation for DB2 and Platform

Product (recommended)

Patch	Date	Size
vea-aix-5.0MP1RP2	2010-01-04	63.33 MB
sig_vrtsweb-aix-5.0HF1	2009-12-09	5.57 MB
5.0.1.0 (AxRT 5.0 MP1)	2006-12-12	919.49 MB

Platform (required)

AIX patch number: devices.fcp.disk.rte-5.3.0.2 (devices.fcp.disk.rte-5.3.0.2)
AIX patch number: devices.scsi.disk.rte-5.3.0.2 (devices.scsi.disk.rte-5.3.0.2)

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End of Support Life information

Last updated on 2019-12-10. Refer to support fundamental for more information about support.

Release Date(GA)	Extended Support Starts	Sustaining Support Starts	End of Support Life Date(EOSL)
2006-08-05	2014-08-30	2017-07-14	-

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Platform configuration

Supported platform version

Product version	Platform version
5.0	AIX 5.3

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). For more details, click the link to the 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 7.4.

Documentation

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Array Support Libraries (ASLs)

Array family (model)	Documentation	Libraries
EMC CLARiiON CX series with PowerPath	CLARiiON CX Series	libvxpp	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
EMC CLARiiON CX series	CLARiiON CX Series	libvxpp	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
EMC CLARiiON CX series	CLARiiON CX Series	libvxCLARiiON	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
EMC CLARiiON CX3 series with PowerPath		libvxpp	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
EMC CLARiiON CX3 series		libvxCLARiiON	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
EMC CLARiiON CX3 series		libvxpp	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
EMC CLARiiON CX4 series		libvxpp	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
EMC CLARiiON CX4 series		libvxCLARiiON	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
EMC CLARiiON CX4 series with PowerPath		libvxpp	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
EMC Symmetrix 8000 series	EMC Symmetrix 8000 Series	libvxpp	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
EMC Symmetrix 8000 series	EMC Symmetrix 8000 Series	libvxemc	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
EMC Symmetrix 8000 series with AIX VIO	EMC Symmetrix 8000 Series	libvxpp	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
EMC Symmetrix 8000 series with AIX VIO	EMC Symmetrix 8000 Series	libvxemc	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
EMC Symmetrix 8000 series with PowerPath	EMC Symmetrix 8000 Series	libvxpp	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
EMC Symmetrix DMX series	EMC Symmetrix DMX Architecture	libvxemc	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
EMC Symmetrix DMX series	EMC Symmetrix DMX Architecture	libvxpp	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
EMC Symmetrix DMX series with AIX VIO	EMC Symmetrix DMX Architecture	libvxpp	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
EMC Symmetrix DMX series with AIX VIO	EMC Symmetrix DMX Architecture	libvxemc	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
EMC Symmetrix DMX series with PowerPath	EMC Symmetrix DMX Architecture	libvxpp	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
EMC Symmetrix VMAX series		libvxemc	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
EMC VNX series		libvxCLARiiON	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
EMC VNX2 series		libvxCLARiiON	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Fujitsu ETERNUS DX400/DX500/DX600 series		libvxFJTSYe8k	See TechNote
Fujitsu ETERNUS DX8000 series		libvxFJTSYe8k	See TechNote
Fujitsu ETERNUS2000 series	ETERNUS2000 Disk Storage Systems	libvxfjtsye2k	See TechNote
Fujitsu ETERNUS4000 series	ETERNUS4000 Disk Storage Systems	libvxFJTSYe8k	See TechNote
Fujitsu ETERNUS8000 series	ETERNUS8000 Disk Storage Systems	libvxFJTSYe8k	See TechNote
Fujitsu ETERNUS DX60		libvxfjtsye2k	See TechNote
Fujitsu ETERNUS DX80		libvxfjtsye2k	See TechNote
Fujitsu ETERNUS DX90		libvxfjtsye2k	See TechNote
Fujitsu ETERNUS VS850		libvxibmsvc	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Hitachi AMS/WMS series		libvxhdsalua	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Hitachi AMS/WMS series		libvxhdsalua	See TechNote
Hitachi Lightning 9900V series	Lightning 9900V Series Enterprise Storage Systems	libvxhds9980	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Hitachi Lightning 9900V series with AIX VIO	Lightning 9900V Series Enterprise Storage Systems	libvxhds9980	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Hitachi SMS/AMS2000 series		libvxhdsalua	See TechNote
Hitachi SMS/AMS2000 series		libvxhdsalua	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Hitachi Thunder 9500V series	Thunder 9500V Series Modular Storage Systems	libvxhdsalua	See TechNote
Hitachi Thunder 9500V series	Thunder 9500V Series Modular Storage Systems	libvxhdsalua	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Hitachi USP/NSC series		libvxhdsusp	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Hitachi USP/NSC series with AIX VIO		libvxhdsusp	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Hitachi USPV/USPVM		libvxhdsusp	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Hitachi TMS1000		libvxhdsalua	See TechNote
Hitachi TMS1000		libvxhdsalua	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Hitachi VSP		libvxhdsusp	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
IBM ESS 750/800 series with AIX VIO	IBM Enterprise Storage Server family 750/800	libvxvpath	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
IBM ESS 750/800 series with AIX VIO	IBM Enterprise Storage Server family 750/800	libvxshark	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
IBM ESS 750/800 series	IBM Enterprise Storage Server family 750/800	libvxvpath	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
IBM ESS 750/800 series	IBM Enterprise Storage Server family 750/800	libvxshark	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
IBM Storwize series		libvxibmsvc	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
IBM System Storage DS5000 series		libvxlsiall
IBM System Storage DS6000 series	IBM System Storage DS6000 Series	libvxibmds6k	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
IBM System Storage DS8000 series	IBM System Storage DS8000 series	libvxibmds8k	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
IBM System Storage DS8000 series with AIX VIO	IBM System Storage DS8000 series	libvxibmds8k	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
IBM System Storage XIV series		libvxxiv	See TechNote
IBM TotalStorage DS4000 series with RDAC	IBM DS4000 series: Overview - IBM TotalStorage Disk Storage Systems	libvxibmds4k	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Oracle Storage 6580/6780 series		libvxlsiall
Oracle StorageTek 9900 series		libvxhds9980	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Oracle StorageTek 9985/9990 series		libvxhds9980	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Oracle StorageTek 6140 array		libvxlsiall
Oracle StorageTek 9985V system		libvxhds9980	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Oracle StorageTek 9990V system		libvxhds9980	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Oracle Sun Storage 6180 array		libvxlsiall
StorageTek FlexLine 200/300 series		libvxlsiall
Sun StorageTek 6540		libvxlsiall

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