Installation and Upgrade Checklist Report for IF 7.4 Linux RHEL7 x86-64

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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: 2 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
Encryption of data at rest - Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) Certified
Fault tolerant file system
File Change Log
File system migration from EXT4 to VxFS
File system snapshots
Generic ASL support for NVMe or SSD type devices
Import cloned LUN
InfoScale Ansible module (tech preview)
Installer - Required patches for OS updates
Installer-SORT Integration
Keyless licensing
License Auditing Tool (VIOM)
Licensing simplification: SLIC Migration
Logging enhancements on Dynamic Multi-Pathing for VMware
Modularized CPI (MCPI)
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 patching of selected Volume Manager packages
Online relay out
Online volume grow & shrink
Operations Manager
Partitioned directories
Public Cloud support - Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure
Public-Sector Compliance: IPv6 InfoScale Stack-Wide Support
Puppet support
Quality of Service (QoS) for applications
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
SmartIO Support for vMotion with DMP for VMware with SmartPools
SmartTier (formerly Dynamic Storage Tiering)
Support for Erasure Coded volumes
Support for native 4k sector size storage devices
Support systemd
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-rhel7...Patch-7.4.0.1700	2020-04-24	265.95 MB
infoscale-rhel7...Patch-7.4.0.1300	2019-04-01	170.01 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

Unless otherwise stated, the specified Veritas product supports all platform kernel versions.

Supported platform version. Last updated on 2020-04-01

Product version	Platform version
7.4	Update 3, 4, 5, 6 with product patch, 7 with product patch

Required platform packages:

bc.x86_64
policycoreutils.x86_64
glibc.x86_64
libgcc.x86_64
ncurses-libs.x86_64
ed.x86_64
coreutils.x86_64
findutils.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)	Documentation	Libraries
Amazon Elastic Block Store		libvxxvd (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Amazon Instance Store		libvxxvd (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Dell EMC CLARiiON AX series		libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Dell EMC EqualLogic PS3000 series		libvxeqlogic (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Dell EMC EqualLogic PS4000 series		libvxeqlogic (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Dell EMC EqualLogic PS6000 series		libvxeqlogic (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Dell EMC SC Series		libvxcompellent (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Dell EMC Symmetrix DMX 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		libvxemc (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		libvxemc (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 VNX series		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		libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Dell EMC ScaleIO		libvxemcscaleIO (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 VPLEX with PowerPath		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 MSA2000fc series		libvxmsa2k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Hewlett Packard Enterprise MSA 1040 SAN		libvxmsa2kfc_sa (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise MSA 1040 SAN		libvxmsa2kfc_sa (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Hewlett Packard Enterprise MSA 2040 SAN		libvxmsa2kfc_sa (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise MSA 2040 SAN		libvxmsa2kfc_sa (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Hewlett Packard Enterprise MSA2012sa		libvxmsa2kfc_sa (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise MSA2012sa		libvxmsa2kfc_sa (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Hewlett Packard Enterprise P9500		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
		libvxxp256 (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		libvxhdsalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Hitachi VSP G series		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
		libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Hitachi VSP Gx00/Fx00 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 HUS VM		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
		libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Hitachi VSP		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
		libvxhds (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 Spectrum Virtualize series		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 DS3000 series		libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
IBM System Storage DS3500 series		libvxlsiall (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
Imation Nexsan E-Series Systems		libvxnexsan (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Infinidat InfiniBox F-Series		libvxinfinibox (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Kaminario K2		libvxKaminario (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
NEC iStorage D1/D3 series		libvxnipnyis (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
NEC iStorage D8 series		libvxnipnyis (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
NEC Symmetrix DMX-4		libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
NEC Symmetrix DMX-4		libvxpp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
NEC Symmetrix DMX-4 with PowerPath		libvxpp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
NEC Symmetrix DMX-4 with PowerPath		libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
NEC Symmetrix VMAX		libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
NEC Symmetrix VMAX with PowerPath		libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
NetApp AFF Series		libvxnetapplsi (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 E_SERIES		libvxnetapplsi (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
NetApp E_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 FAS2000/FAS900/FAS200 series		libvxnetapplsi (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 FAS3000/V3000 series		libvxnetapplsi (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 FAS6000/V6000 series		libvxnetapplsi (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
NetApp FAS8000/FAS9000 Series		libvxnetapplsi (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
Nexsan SATABeast2		libvxnexsan (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
NimbleStorage CS/AF-Series		libvxnimble (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
NimbleStorage CS/AF/HF-Series		libvxnimble (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		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 StorageTek 9985/9990 series		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
		libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance series		libvxsun7x10 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Oracle FS1-2		libvxoracle-FS1 (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 StorageTek 9990V 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
SanDisk ioMemory PX600 series		libvxfusionio (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
SanDisk ioMemory SX300 series		libvxfusionio (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
SanDisk ioMemory SX350 series		libvxfusionio (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
SanDisk ioDrive		libvxfusionio (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
SanDisk ioDrive Duo		libvxfusionio (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
SanDisk ioDrive2		libvxfusionio (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
SanDisk ION Data Accelerator		libvxfusionION (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
SanDisk ioScale2		libvxfusionio (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Shannon Direct-IO		libShannonSSD (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
StorageTek FlexLine 200/300 series		libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	The required ASL is already embedded in the install media
Sun StorEdge 3510/3511		libvxsunse3k (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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