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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
  • Storage Foundation Cluster File System
Get more introduction of Veritas InfoScale.
  
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System requirements

Required CPU number and memory:
     Required number of CPUsRequired memory
    SF or SFHAN/A2GB
    SFCFS or SFCFSHA22GB
Required disk space:
          Total space required:  1719MB
  
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Product features

The features in the list are enabled in this release.
FeatureInfoScale Storage
1-256 TB File System
2FA/PKI (2 Factor Authentication) Support in InfoScale (VIOM)
4K support
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
CFS Multi-transaction server
Cluster File System
Cluster Volume Manager
Compression
Concurrent I/O
Data management application programming interface (DMAPI)
Deduplication
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
Direct I/O
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
FSS performance enhancements
Fault tolerant file system
File Change Log
File system migration from EXT4 to VxFS
File system snapshots
File system storage checkpoints
Flashsnap: Disk group split & join
Flashsnap: Fast resynchronization
Full size instant snapshots
Hardware assisted copy
Heartbeats: LLT over UDP
Heartbeats: Low-priority
Heartbeats:Dedicated Private Network connections
Hot-relocation
Import cloned LUN
Improved VVR network bandwidth utilization for TCP protocol
Keyless licensing
License Auditing Tool (VIOM)
Licensing simplification: SLIC Migration
Mount lock
Moving HOST to child organization, based on OE rule (VIOM)
NFSv4 support
Named data streams
NetApp C-Dot Array Support
Online coordinator disk replacement
Online file system defragmentation
Online file system grow & shrink
Online relay out
Online volume grow & shrink
Operations Manager
Oracle 18c Support
Oracle Disk Manager (ODM) and Cached ODM (CODM)
Partitioned directories
Portable Data Containers (formerly known as Cross-Platform Data Sharing (CDS))
PubSec : IPv6 Stack-Wide Support
Puppet support
Quality of Service (QoS) for applications
Quick I/O (QIO) and Cached QIO (CQIO)
Remote mirrors for campus clusters
Replicator option (formerly Volume Replicator)
S3 cloud file level tiering
SCSI-3 based I/O fencing
SCSI3-PGR Fencing with Coordinator Disks
SNMP v3 support (VIOM)
SQL 2017 Support
SSD device exploitation
Site awareness with remote mirrors
SmartAssist - SmartIO analysis & enablement tool
SmartIO - Volume Manager and File System Read Caching
SmartIO - Write Back Caching (ALL DLV's )
SmartMove
SmartTier (formerly Dynamic Storage Tiering)
Space-optimized instant snapshot
Split-mirror snapshot
Sub-cluster support
Telemetry : Licensing & Compliance
Thin storage reclamation
Thin storage reclamation using UNMAP
Third Party Certificate Support
User & group quotas
VIOM API for service group management (Online/Offline/Switch)
VVR : Allow a slave node to be configured as logowner
VVR : Scale vradmind to work in a multi RVG environment
VVR Adaptive Synchronous Replication Mode (Technical Preview Feature)
iSCSI device support
Database storage checkpoints & rollbackOracle only
FlashSnap: DatabaseOracle only
SmartTier for Oracle (formerly Database DST)Oracle only
  
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Patches for InfoScale Storage and Platform

Product (recommended)
Patch Date Size
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.4000 2023-10-19 93.27 KB
infoscale-aix-Patch-7.4.1.1000 2022-01-16 470.12 MB
sig_licensing-a...-Patch-7.4.1.003 2020-01-14 310.28 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 StartsSustaining Support StartsEnd of Support Life Date(EOSL)
2019-02-012024-07-312026-07-31-
  
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Platform configuration

Supported platform version. Last updated on 2019-01-31
    Product versionPlatform version
    7.4.1TL4, TL5
Required platform packages:
  • bos.net.nfs.client
  • xlC.aix61.rte 11.1.0.1
  • devices.common.IBM.fc.hba-api
Related documentation
  
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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 Symmetrix DMX series libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Dell EMC Symmetrix DMX series with PowerPath libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Dell EMC Symmetrix VMAX series with PowerPath libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Dell EMC Symmetrix VMAX series with AIX VIO libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Dell EMC Symmetrix VMAX series libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Dell EMC Unity series with PowerPath libvxCLARiiON (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 VNX series with PowerPath libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Dell EMC VNX2 series libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Dell EMC VNX2 series with PowerPath libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Dell EMC VNXe1600 libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Dell EMC VNXe1600 with PowerPath libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Dell EMC VNXe3200 with PowerPath libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Dell EMC VNXe3200 libvxCLARiiON (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 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 P9500 libvxxp12k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxxp256 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxxp1281024 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Hewlett Packard Enterprise XP7 libvxxp12k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxxp256 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxxp1281024 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Hitachi HUS 100 seriesHitachi Unified Storage 100 Family
libvxhdsalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Hitachi SMS/AMS2000 series with AIX VIO libvxhdsalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Hitachi SMS/AMS2000 series libvxhdsalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Hitachi VSP G series 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) 
libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxhds9980 (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) 
Hitachi VSP 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 FlashSystem series libvxramsan (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
IBM Spectrum Virtualize series libvxibmsvc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
IBM Spectrum Virtualize series with AIX VIO libvxibmsvc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
IBM Storwize series libvxibmsvc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
IBM Storwize series with AIX VIO libvxibmsvc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
IBM System Storage DS8000 series with AIX VIOIBM System Storage DS8000 series
libvxibmds8k (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 libvxibmds4k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Infinidat InfiniBox F-Series with AIX VIO libvxinfinibox (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
NEC iStorage M series libvxnipnyis (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
NetApp AFF Series libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
NetApp FAS2000/FAS900/FAS200 series libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
NetApp FAS3000/V3000 series libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
NetApp FAS6000/V6000 series 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 libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Oracle StorageTek 9985/9990 series 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 libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
libvxhdsusp (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) 
Sun StorageTek 6540 libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) 
Violin Memory Violin 3000/6000 series libvxviolin (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)