Installation and Upgrade Checklist Report for SFHA 5.1SP1 AIX 5.3 POWER

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Index

Important Notes

System requirements

Product documentation

Patches for Storage Foundation HA and Platform

Platform configuration

High availability agents

Host bus adapter (HBA) parameters and switch parameters

Operations Manager

Array Support Libraries (ASLs)

Additional tasks to consider

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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 memory: 1 GB

Required disk space:

Partitions	Minimum space required	Maximum space required	Recommended space
/opt	93 MB	456 MB	312 MB
/root	32 MB	33 MB	33 MB
/usr	391 MB	478 MB	478 MB
/var	0 MB	1 MB	0 MB

Supported architectures:

Power3 series
Power4 series
Power4+ series
Power5 series
Power5+ series
Power6 series
Power6+ series
Power7 series
Power7+ series
PowerPC 970MP series

Product documentation

Hardware compatibility list (HCL)

Hardware Compatibility List for Storage Foundation (tm) and High Availability Solutions 5.1 (including SFCFS for Oracle RAC for RHEL, SLES and OEL), 5.1 Platform Release 1, 5.1 Service Pack 1, 5.1 Service Pack 1 Platform Release 4, and VirtualStore 5.1 SP1 PR3

Database compatibility list

Supported Database Versions

Veritas product documentation

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Patches for Storage Foundation HA and Platform

Product (recommended)

Patch	Date	Size
cpi-5.1SP1RP4P3	2016-06-01	7.61 KB
cpi-5.1SP1HF14	2014-09-03	24.31 KB
sfha-aix-5.1SP1RP4	2013-08-21	297.17 MB
cpi-5.1SP1RP2P5	2013-03-27	5.15 KB
cpi-5.1SP1RP1P4	2012-10-31	6.77 KB

Platform (required)

No patches required.

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Platform configuration

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

Product version	Platform version
5.1SP1	Power7: TL11 with Service Pack 2 or later, TL10 with Service Pack 4 or later. Power6: TL7 with SP6 or later, TL8 with SP4 or later.

Required platform packages:

devices.common.IBM.fc.hba-api
devices.fcp.disk.rte 5.2.0.41
devices.scsi.disk.rte 5.2.0.41
xlC.aix50.rte 6.0.0.7

High availability agents

VCS agent	Application version	Release date
SambaServer, NetBios, SambaShare 5.1.100.000	Samba 3.0 and above	2011-11-08
Apache 5.1.100.000	Apache 1.3, 2.0, 2.2, 2.4.x and IBM HTTP Server 7.x, 8.x	2011-08-04
All File Share Agents 5.1.100.000	Veritas Bundled File Share agents 5.1SP1	2011-08-04
All Infrastructure and support agents 5.1.100.000	Veritas Bundled Infrastructure and support agents 5.1SP1	2011-08-04
All Network Agents 5.1.100.000	Veritas Bundled Network agents 5.1SP1	2011-08-04
All VVR Agents 5.1.100.000	Veritas Bundled Replication agents 5.1SP1	2011-08-04
All Service and Application Agents 5.1.100.000	Veritas Bundled Service and Application agents 5.1SP1	2011-08-04
All Storage Agents 5.1.100.000	Veritas Bundled Storage agents 5.1SP1	2011-08-04
Db2udb 5.1.0.0	IBM DB2 Database 8.1,8.2,9.1,9.5,9.7	2011-01-03
Oracle, Netlsnr, ASMInst, ASMDG 5.1.0.0	Oracle Database with ASM 10gR2, 11gR1,11gR2	2011-01-03
Sybase, SybaseBk 5.1.0.0	Sybase Database 12.5.x, 15.x (ASE/SQL Server, Backup Server)	2011-01-03
All VVR Agents 5.1.100.00	Veritas Volume Replicator agents 5.1SP1	2010-10-04

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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). 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
3PAR E-Class, S-Class		libvx3par (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
EMC CLARiiON AX series		libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
EMC CLARiiON CX series	CLARiiON CX Series	libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
EMC CLARiiON CX series	CLARiiON CX Series	libvxpp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
EMC CLARiiON CX series with PowerPath	CLARiiON CX Series	libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
EMC CLARiiON CX series with PowerPath	CLARiiON CX Series	libvxpp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
EMC CLARiiON CX3 series		libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
EMC CLARiiON CX3 series		libvxpp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
EMC CLARiiON CX3 series with PowerPath		libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
EMC CLARiiON CX3 series with PowerPath		libvxpp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
EMC CLARiiON CX4 series with AIX VIO		libvxpp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
EMC CLARiiON CX4 series with AIX VIO		libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
EMC CLARiiON CX4 series		libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
EMC CLARiiON CX4 series		libvxpp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
EMC CLARiiON CX4 series with PowerPath		libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
EMC CLARiiON CX4 series with PowerPath		libvxpp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
EMC Symmetrix 8000 series	EMC Symmetrix 8000 Series	libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
EMC Symmetrix 8000 series	EMC Symmetrix 8000 Series	libvxpp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
EMC Symmetrix 8000 series with PowerPath	EMC Symmetrix 8000 Series	libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
EMC Symmetrix 8000 series with PowerPath	EMC Symmetrix 8000 Series	libvxpp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
EMC Symmetrix DMX series	EMC Symmetrix DMX Architecture	libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
EMC Symmetrix DMX series	EMC Symmetrix DMX Architecture	libvxpp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
EMC Symmetrix DMX series with PowerPath	EMC Symmetrix DMX Architecture	libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
EMC Symmetrix DMX series with PowerPath	EMC Symmetrix DMX Architecture	libvxpp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
EMC Symmetrix VMAX series		libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
EMC Symmetrix VMAX series with PowerPath		libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
EMC VMAX3/VMAX All Flash Family series		libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
EMC VNX series		libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
EMC VNX series with PowerPath		libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
EMC VNX2 series with PowerPath		libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
EMC VNX2 series		libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
EMC VPLEX		libvxInvista (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Fujitsu ETERNUS DX400/DX500/DX600 series		libvxFJTSYe8k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Fujitsu ETERNUS DX400/DX500/DX600 series		libvxFJTSYe8k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Fujitsu ETERNUS DX60/DX80/DX90/DX100/DX200 series		libvxfjtsye2k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Fujitsu ETERNUS DX60/DX80/DX90/DX100/DX200 series		libvxfjtsye2k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Fujitsu ETERNUS DX8000 series		libvxFJTSYe8k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Fujitsu ETERNUS DX8000 series		libvxFJTSYe8k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Fujitsu ETERNUS2000 series	ETERNUS2000 Disk Storage Systems	libvxfjtsye2k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Fujitsu ETERNUS2000 series	ETERNUS2000 Disk Storage Systems	libvxfjtsye2k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Fujitsu ETERNUS4000 series	ETERNUS4000 Disk Storage Systems	libvxFJTSYe8k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Fujitsu ETERNUS4000 series	ETERNUS4000 Disk Storage Systems	libvxFJTSYe8k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Fujitsu ETERNUS6000 series	ETERNUS6000 Storage Systems	libvxFJTSYe6k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Fujitsu ETERNUS8000 series	ETERNUS8000 Disk Storage Systems	libvxFJTSYe8k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Fujitsu ETERNUS8000 series	ETERNUS8000 Disk Storage Systems	libvxFJTSYe8k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Fujitsu ETERNUS VS850		libvxibmsvc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Fujitsu ETERNUS VS850		libvxibmsvc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise 3PAR F/T-Class, StoreServ 7000/8000/10000/20000 Storage		libvx3par (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise EVA4000/6000/8000 with AIX VIO		libvxhpalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise EVA4000/6000/8000 with AIX VIO		libvxhpalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise EVA4000/6000/8000		libvxhpalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise EVA4000/6000/8000		libvxhpalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise EVA4100/6100/8100		libvxhpalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise EVA4100/6100/8100		libvxhpalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise EVA4400/6400/8400 series		libvxhpalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise EVA4400/6400/8400 series		libvxhpalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise P6000 EVA series		libvxhpalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise XP10000/12000 with AIX VIO		libvxxp12k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxxp1281024 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxxp1281024 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxxp256 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise XP10000/12000		libvxxp1281024 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxxp256 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxxp12k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxxp1281024 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise XP128/1024		libvxxp12k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxxp1281024 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxxp1281024 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxxp256 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise XP128/1024 with AIX VIO		libvxxp12k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxxp1281024 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxxp1281024 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxxp256 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise XP20000/24000		libvxxp1281024 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxxp256 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxxp12k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxxp1281024 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise P9500		libvxxp256 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxxp12k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxxp1281024 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxxp1281024 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hitachi AMS/WMS series		libvxhdsalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hitachi AMS/WMS series		libvxhdsalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hitachi AMS/WMS series with AIX VIO		libvxhdsalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hitachi AMS/WMS series with AIX VIO		libvxhdsalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hitachi HUS 100 series	Hitachi Unified Storage 100 Family	libvxhdsalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hitachi HUS 100 series	Hitachi Unified Storage 100 Family	libvxhdsalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hitachi Lightning 9900V series	Lightning 9900V Series Enterprise Storage Systems	libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hitachi Lightning 9900V series	Lightning 9900V Series Enterprise Storage Systems	libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hitachi SMS/AMS2000 series		libvxhdsalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hitachi SMS/AMS2000 series		libvxhdsalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hitachi Thunder 9500V series	Thunder 9500V Series Modular Storage Systems	libvxhdsalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hitachi Thunder 9500V series	Thunder 9500V Series Modular Storage Systems	libvxhdsalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hitachi Thunder 9500V series with AIX VIO	Thunder 9500V Series Modular Storage Systems	libvxhdsalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hitachi Thunder 9500V series with AIX VIO	Thunder 9500V Series Modular Storage Systems	libvxhdsalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hitachi USP/NSC series		libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hitachi USPV/USPVM		libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hitachi USPV/USPVM with AIX VIO		libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hitachi VSP G series		libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hitachi VSP Gx00/Fx00 series		libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hitachi HUS VM		libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hitachi TMS1000		libvxhdsalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hitachi TMS1000		libvxhdsalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hitachi VSP		libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Huawei S5000 series		libvxhuawei (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Huawei S5000 series		libvxhuawei (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Huawei S5000T series		libvxhuawei (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Huawei VIS series		libvxhuawei (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Huawei VIS series		libvxhuawei (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
IBM Storwize series		libvxibmsvc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
IBM Storwize series		libvxibmsvc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
IBM Storwize series with AIX VIO		libvxibmsvc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
IBM Storwize series with AIX VIO		libvxibmsvc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
IBM System Storage DS5000 series		libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
IBM System Storage DS5000 series		libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
IBM System Storage DS6000 series	IBM System Storage DS6000 Series	libvxibmds6k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
IBM System Storage DS8000 series with AIX VIO	IBM System Storage DS8000 series	libvxibmds8k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
IBM System Storage DS8000 series	IBM System Storage DS8000 series	libvxibmds8k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
IBM System Storage N series	IBM System Storage N series IBM System Storage N7000 Modular Disk Storage System	libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
IBM System Storage XIV series		libvxxiv (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
IBM System Storage XIV series		libvxxiv (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
IBM TotalStorage DS4000 series with RDAC	IBM DS4000 series: Overview - IBM TotalStorage Disk Storage Systems	libvxibmds4k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
IBM DS5020		libvxibmds4k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
NetApp FAS2000/FAS900/FAS200 series		libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
NetApp FAS3000/V3000 series		libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
NetApp FAS6000/V6000 series		libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
NetApp FAS8000/FAS9000 Series		libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Oracle Storage 6580/6780 series		libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Oracle Storage 6580/6780 series		libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Oracle StorageTek 2500 series		libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Oracle StorageTek 2500 series		libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Oracle StorageTek 9900 series		libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Oracle StorageTek 9985/9990 series		libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Oracle StorageTek 6140 array		libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Oracle StorageTek 6140 array		libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Oracle StorageTek 9985V system		libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Oracle StorageTek 9990V system		libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Oracle Sun Storage 6180 array		libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Oracle Sun Storage 6180 array		libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
StorageTek FlexLine 200/300 series		libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Sun StorageTek 6540		libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote

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