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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:  967MB
  
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Product features

The features in the list are enabled in this release.
FeatureInfoScale 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
Deployment simplification : Ansible support
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
Native package install/upgrade support for Linux
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
S3 cloud file level tiering
SELinux Support with RHEL 7.6 & other security enhancements
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
Telemetry : Licensing & Compliance
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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Patches for InfoScale Foundation and Platform

Product (recommended)
Patch Date Size
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.4000 2023-10-19 93.27 KB
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 StartsSustaining Support StartsEnd of Support Life Date(EOSL)
2019-02-012024-07-312026-07-31-
  
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Platform configuration

    Unless otherwise stated, the specified Veritas product supports all platform kernel versions.
Supported platform version. Last updated on 2019-01-31
    Product versionPlatform version
    7.4.1SP3, SP4
Required platform packages:
  • libncurses5.x86_64
  • glibc.x86_64
  • ed.x86_64
  • module-init-tools.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)DocumentationLibraries
Dell EMC EqualLogic PS3000 series libvxeqlogic (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Dell EMC EqualLogic PS4000 series libvxeqlogic (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Dell EMC EqualLogic PS6000 series libvxeqlogic (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Dell EMC SC Series libvxcompellent (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Dell EMC Symmetrix DMX series with PowerPath libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Dell EMC Symmetrix DMX series libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Dell EMC Symmetrix VMAX series with PowerPath libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Dell EMC Symmetrix VMAX series libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Dell EMC Unity series libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Dell EMC VMAX3/VMAX All Flash Family series libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Dell EMC VMAX3/VMAX All Flash Family series with PowerPath libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Dell EMC VNX series libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Dell EMC VNX2 series libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Dell EMC ScaleIO libvxemcscaleIO (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Dell EMC VNXe1600 libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Dell EMC VNXe3200 libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Dell EMC VPLEX with PowerPath libvxInvista (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Dell EMC VPLEX libvxInvista (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Dell EMC XtremIO libvxXtremio (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Fujitsu ETERNUS DX400/DX500/DX600 series libvxFJTSYe8k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Fujitsu ETERNUS DX60/DX80/DX90/DX100/DX200 series libvxfjtsye2k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Fujitsu ETERNUS DX8000 series libvxFJTSYe8k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Fujitsu ETERNUS2000 seriesETERNUS2000 Disk Storage Systems
libvxfjtsye2k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Fujitsu ETERNUS4000 seriesETERNUS4000 Disk Storage Systems
libvxFJTSYe8k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Fujitsu ETERNUS8000 seriesETERNUS8000 Disk Storage Systems
libvxFJTSYe8k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Fujitsu FibreCAT SX80/100 series libvxfsc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Fujitsu ETERNUS VS850 libvxibmsvc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Hewlett Packard Enterprise 3PAR F/T-Class, StoreServ 7000/8000/9000/10000/20000 Storage libvx3par (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Hewlett Packard Enterprise MSA2000fc series libvxmsa2k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Hewlett Packard Enterprise MSA 1040 SAN libvxmsa2kfc_sa (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Hewlett Packard Enterprise MSA 2040 SAN libvxmsa2kfc_sa (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Hewlett Packard Enterprise MSA2012sa libvxmsa2kfc_sa (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Hewlett Packard Enterprise P9500 libvxxp1281024 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxxp12k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxxp256 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Hewlett Packard Enterprise XP7 libvxxp1281024 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxxp12k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxxp256 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Hitachi HUS 100 seriesHitachi Unified Storage 100 Family
libvxhdsalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Hitachi SMS/AMS2000 series libvxhdsalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Hitachi VSP G series libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Hitachi VSP Gx00/Fx00 series libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Hitachi HUS VM libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Hitachi VSP libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Huawei OceanStor Series libvxhuawei (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Huawei S5000 series libvxhuawei (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Huawei VIS series libvxhuawei (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Huawei 18500 libvxhuawei (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Huawei 18800 libvxhuawei (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Huawei 18800F libvxhuawei (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Huawei HVS85T libvxhuawei (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Huawei HVS88T libvxhuawei (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
IBM Spectrum Virtualize series libvxibmsvc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
IBM Storwize series libvxibmsvc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
IBM System Storage DS3000 series libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
IBM System Storage DS3500 series libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
IBM System Storage DS8000 seriesIBM System Storage DS8000 series
libvxibmds8k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
IBM System Storage XIV series libvxxiv (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
IBM DS3950 libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
NetApp AFF Series libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxnetapplsi (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
NetApp E_SERIES libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxnetapplsi (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
NetApp FAS2000/FAS900/FAS200 series libvxnetapplsi (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
NetApp FAS3000/V3000 series libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxnetapplsi (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
NetApp FAS6000/V6000 series libvxnetapplsi (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
NetApp FAS8000/FAS9000 Series libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Oracle Storage 6580/6780 series libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Oracle StorageTek 2500 series libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Oracle StorageTek 9900 series libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Oracle StorageTek 9985/9990 series libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Oracle StorageTek 6140 array libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Oracle StorageTek 9985V system libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Oracle StorageTek 9990V system libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Oracle Sun Storage 6180 array libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Pure Storage FlashArray series libvxpurestorage (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
SanDisk ioMemory PX600 series libvxfusionio (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
SanDisk ioDrive libvxfusionio (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
SanDisk ioDrive2 libvxfusionio (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
SanDisk ION Data Accelerator libvxfusionION (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
StorageTek FlexLine 200/300 series libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Violin Memory Violin 3000/6000 series libvxviolin (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)