Installation and Upgrade Checklist Report for IF 7.4 AIX 7.1 POWER

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Index

Important Notes

Components for InfoScale

System requirements

Product features

Product documentation

Patches for InfoScale Foundation and Platform

End of Support Life information

Platform configuration

Host bus adapter (HBA) parameters and switch parameters

Operations Manager

Array Support Libraries (ASLs)

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Important Notes

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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Components for InfoScale

The InfoScale product you selected contains the following component(s).

Dynamic Multi-Pathing
Storage Foundation Basic

Get more introduction of Veritas InfoScale.

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System requirements

Required memory: 1 GB

Required disk space:

Total space required:

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Product features

The features in the list are enabled in this release.

Feature	InfoScale Foundation
1-256 TB File System
2FA/PKI (2 Factor Authentication) Support in InfoScale (VIOM)
ALUA and Generic ALUA Array Support
API for moving the host to DATA CENTER, based on organization rule (VIOM)
Ability to visualize the replication groups - Discovery (VIOM)
Alert for SG Freeze/Unfreeze with time counter
Data management application programming interface (DMAPI)
Deployment of InfoScale through CPI integration with CHEF automation platform
Device names consistent across cluster nodes
Device names using Array Volume IDs
Dirty region logging
Dynamic LUN expansion
Dynamic Multi-pathing
Dynamic Multi-pathing - Intelligent pathing for EMC VPLEX
Ease of Use: VIOM API Functionality and DR support using SRDF
Enclosure based naming
Fault tolerant file system
File Change Log
File system migration from EXT4 to VxFS
File system snapshots
Full size instant snapshots
Hot-relocation
Import cloned LUN
Keyless licensing
License Auditing Tool (VIOM)
Licensing simplification: SLIC Migration
Mount lock
Moving HOST to child organization, based on OE rule (VIOM)
Named data streams
NetApp C-Dot Array Support
Online file system defragmentation
Online file system grow & shrink
Online relay out
Online volume grow & shrink
Operations Manager
Partitioned directories
Puppet support
Quality of Service (QoS) for applications
Quick I/O (QIO) and Cached QIO (CQIO)
SNMP v3 support (VIOM)
SSD device exploitation
Security Improvements addressing issues reported by EOM partners and customers (Meltdown, Spectre, and Retpoline Kernel Support)
Site awareness with remote mirrors
SmartTier (formerly Dynamic Storage Tiering)
Space-optimized instant snapshot
Thin storage reclamation using UNMAP
Third Party Certificate Support
Third-party components upgrade ensuring security
VIOM API for service group management (Online/Offline/Switch)
iSCSI device support

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Product documentation

Manual pages
Manual Pages	Veritas™ InfoScale Foundation Manual Pages - English
Compatibility lists
Compatibility lists	Veritas InfoScale Hardware Compatibility List - English
Compatibility lists	Veritas InfoScale Software Compatibility List - English
	Veritas InfoScale™ Support Matrix for Sybase® - English
Product guides
Getting Started	Veritas InfoScale Getting Started Guide - English
Installation Guide	Veritas InfoScale Installation Guide - English
Installation Guide	Veritas InfoScale Chef Deployment Guide - English
Release Notes	Veritas InfoScale Release Notes - English
InfoScale Solutions Guides	Veritas InfoScale Troubleshooting Guide - English
Storage Foundation Guides	Storage Foundation Configuration and Upgrade Guide - English
	Storage Foundation Administrator's Guide - English
	Veritas File System System ProgrammerProgrammer's Reference Guide - English
Dynamic Multi-Pathing Guide	Dynamic Multi-Pathing Administrator's Guide - English

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Patches for InfoScale Foundation and Platform

Product (recommended)

Patch	Date	Size
cpi-Patch-7.4.0.1000	2021-08-25	19.16 KB
infoscale-aix-Patch-7.4.0.1100	2018-07-23	113.4 MB

Platform (required)

No patches required.

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End of Support Life information

Last updated on 2024-04-19. Refer to EOSL page for more information about support.

Release Date(GA)	Extended Support Starts	Sustaining Support Starts	End of Support Life Date(EOSL)
2018-05-30	2023-02-28	2025-02-28	-

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Platform configuration

Supported platform version. Last updated on 2018-06-12

Product version	Platform version
7.4	TL4, TL5

Required platform packages:

bos.net.nfs.client
xlC.aix61.rte 11.1.0.1
devices.common.IBM.fc.hba-api

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)	Documentation	Libraries
Dell EMC Symmetrix DMX series		libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Dell EMC Symmetrix DMX series with PowerPath		libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Dell EMC Symmetrix VMAX series		libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Dell EMC Symmetrix VMAX series with PowerPath		libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Dell EMC Symmetrix VMAX series with AIX VIO		libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Dell EMC Unity series with PowerPath		libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Dell EMC Unity series		libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Dell EMC VMAX3/VMAX All Flash Family series with PowerPath		libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Dell EMC VMAX3/VMAX All Flash Family series		libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Dell EMC VNX series with PowerPath		libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Dell EMC VNX series		libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Dell EMC VNX2 series with PowerPath		libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Dell EMC VNX2 series		libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Dell EMC VNX2e series with PowerPath		libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Dell EMC VNX2e series		libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Dell EMC VPLEX		libvxInvista (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Dell EMC XtremIO		libvxXtremio (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Fujitsu ETERNUS DX400/DX500/DX600 series		libvxFJTSYe8k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Fujitsu ETERNUS DX60/DX80/DX90/DX100/DX200 series		libvxfjtsye2k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Fujitsu ETERNUS DX8000 series		libvxFJTSYe8k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Fujitsu ETERNUS2000 series	ETERNUS2000 Disk Storage Systems	libvxfjtsye2k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Fujitsu ETERNUS4000 series	ETERNUS4000 Disk Storage Systems	libvxFJTSYe8k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Fujitsu ETERNUS8000 series	ETERNUS8000 Disk Storage Systems	libvxFJTSYe8k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Fujitsu ETERNUS VS850		libvxibmsvc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Hewlett Packard Enterprise 3PAR F/T-Class, StoreServ 7000/8000/9000/10000/20000 Storage		libvx3par (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Hewlett Packard Enterprise P9500		libvxxp256 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
		libvxxp12k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
		libvxxp1281024 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Hewlett Packard Enterprise XP7		libvxxp256 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
		libvxxp12k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
		libvxxp1281024 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Hitachi HUS 100 series	Hitachi Unified Storage 100 Family	libvxhdsalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Hitachi SMS/AMS2000 series with AIX VIO		libvxhdsalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Hitachi SMS/AMS2000 series		libvxhdsalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Hitachi VSP G series		libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
		libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
		libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Hitachi VSP Gx00/Fx00 series		libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
		libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
		libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Hitachi HUS VM		libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
		libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
		libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Hitachi VSP		libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
		libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
		libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Huawei 18000 series		libvxhuawei (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Huawei OceanStor Series		libvxhuawei (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Huawei S5000 series		libvxhuawei (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Huawei VIS series		libvxhuawei (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
IBM FlashSystem series		libvxramsan (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
IBM Spectrum Virtualize series with AIX VIO		libvxibmsvc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
IBM Spectrum Virtualize series		libvxibmsvc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
IBM Storwize series with AIX VIO		libvxibmsvc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
IBM Storwize series		libvxibmsvc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
IBM System Storage DS8000 series with AIX VIO	IBM System Storage DS8000 series	libvxibmds8k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
IBM System Storage DS8000 series	IBM System Storage DS8000 series	libvxibmds8k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
IBM System Storage XIV series		libvxxiv (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
IBM DS3950		libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
IBM DS3950		libvxibmds4k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Infinidat InfiniBox F-Series with AIX VIO		libvxinfinibox (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
NEC iStorage M series		libvxnipnyis (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
NetApp AFF Series		libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
NetApp FAS2000/FAS900/FAS200 series		libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
NetApp FAS3000/V3000 series		libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
NetApp FAS6000/V6000 series		libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
NetApp FAS8000/FAS9000 Series		libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Oracle Storage 6580/6780 series		libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Oracle StorageTek 2500 series		libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Oracle StorageTek 9900 series		libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
		libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
		libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Oracle StorageTek 9985/9990 series		libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
		libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
		libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Oracle StorageTek 6140 array		libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Oracle StorageTek 9985V system		libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
		libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
		libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Oracle Sun Storage 6180 array		libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Pure Storage FlashArray series		libvxpurestorage (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Sun StorageTek 6540		libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Violin Memory Violin 3000/6000 series		libvxviolin (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media

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