Installation and Upgrade Checklist Report for SFORA 5.1 Solaris 10 x86-64

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Index

Important Notes

System requirements

Product documentation

Patches for Storage Foundation for Oracle 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

There is no independent SFDB2/SFSYB/SFORA in 5.1. As to installing SF 5.1, please refer to Storage Foundation 5.1 Installation Guide.

When upgrading from 4.x or 5.0 SF for ORACLE (HA)/SFRAC to 5.1 SF(HA)/SFRAC, the following SFDB features will no longer be supported:

Oramap (libvxoramap) and storage mapping commands (dbed_analyzer, vxstorage_stats)
DBED providers (DBEDAgent), Java GUI, and dbed_dbprocli. The DBED Oracle GUI features can only be done through command lines. Database cloning, database flashsnap and DBDST scheduling features will not be supported through the GUI. You can use Storage Foundation Manager 2.1 that is a separate product, to display Oracle database information such as tablespaces, database to lun mapping, and tablespace to lun mapping.
dbdst_makelbfs, vxdbts_fstatsummary, dbdst_fiostat_collector, vxdbts_get_datafile_stats
dbed_saveconfig, dbed_checkconfig
dbed_ckptplan, dbed_ckptpolicy
qio_convertdbfiles -f option that is used to check for file fragmentation
dbed_scheduler
The sfua_db_config functionality has changed in 5.1. This command is no longer needed to create a SFDB repository. You can issue dbed_update to create a new SQLite SFDB repository. The sfua_db_config will be used to set user and group access to various SFDB directories instead.
The sfua_rept_adm command was used in 5.0 to perform repository backup and restore. This command will be obsolete in 5.1. The sfua_rept_util command can be used instead to perform SQLite repository backup and restore.

Symantec's Storage Foundation 5.1 documentation set is available at the following URL: http://www.symantec.com/business/support/overview.jsp?pid=15107 .

Veritas File Systems with Disk Layout Version 4 or Version 5 Cannot be Mounted or Upgraded with Veritas File System Release 5.1
As documented in the 5.1 Release Notes, Veritas File System (VxFS) 5.1 supports only disk layout Version 6 and Version 7, and no prior disk layout versions can be created or mounted.

Due to a software restriction, the vxfsconvert utility in release 5.1 is currently unable to support a layout upgrade from disk layout Version 4 or Version 5 to disk layout Version 7. The vxfsconvert utility in release 5.1 can still be used to upgrade disk layout Version 2 and Version 3 to disk layout Version 7.

If an upgrade to release 5.1 is performed, it will not be possible to mount any file systems with disk layout Version 4 or Version 5, nor will it be possible to upgrade from disk layout Version 4 or Version 5 to disk layouts Version 6 or Version 7.

For complete details and our recommendations, please visit the following reference document: File systems with disk layout Version 4 or Version 5 cannot be mounted or upgraded running VERITAS File System (VxFS) 5.1 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/339064

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 disk space:

Partitions	Minimum space required	Maximum space required	Recommended space
/opt	82 MB	334 MB	254 MB
/root	39 MB	40 MB	39 MB
/usr	148 MB	148 MB	148 MB
/var	1 MB	1 MB	1 MB

Supported architectures:

AMD Opteron architecture [1][2]
Intel EM64T architecture [1][2]

1. Supports Solaris 10, 64 bit only.
2. Check Oracle's HCL for specific models: http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/hcl/index.html.

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Product documentation

Compatibility lists
	Hardware Compatibility List for Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) and High Availability Solutions 5.1 (including SFCFS for Oracle RAC for RHEL, SLES and OEL) - English
Product guides
File System Guides	Veritas File System Administrator's Guide - English
File System Guides	Veritas File System Programmer's Reference Guide - English
Storage Foundation Guides	Veritas Storage Foundation: Storage and Availability Management for Oracle Databases - English
Storage Foundation Cluster File System Guides	Veritas Storage Foundation: Storage and Availability Management for Oracle Databases - English
Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC Guides	Veritas Storage Foundation: Storage and Availability Management for Oracle Databases - English

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Patches for Storage Foundation for Oracle and Platform

Product (recommended)

No patches found.

Platform (required)

Solaris patch number: 118844-26
Solaris patch number: 119131-09
Solaris patch number: 119375-03
Solaris patch number: 119043-02
Solaris patch number: 125732-02
Solaris patch number: 128307-05
Solaris patch number: 118844-19
Solaris patch number: 127112-01

To check if the patch has been installed, use the showrev -p | grep patch_number command

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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)
2009-12-05	2016-12-19	2018-12-31	2024-12-31

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Platform configuration

Supported platform version

Product version	Platform version
5.1	Solaris 10

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
3PAR E-Class, S-Class		libvx3par (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Dell EqualLogic PS3000 series		libvxeqlogic (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Dell EqualLogic PS4000 series		libvxeqlogic (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Dell EqualLogic PS5000 series		libvxeqlogic (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Dell EqualLogic PS6000 series		libvxeqlogic (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	libvxpp (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 with PowerPath	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 CX3 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 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		libvxpp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
EMC CLARiiON CX4 series		libvxCLARiiON (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	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 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	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 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 with PowerPath		libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
EMC Symmetrix VMAX 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 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		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 P2000 G3 MSA series		libvxmsa2kfc_sa (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		libvxxp1281024 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxxp12k (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
		libvxxp1281024 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxxp12k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise P9500		libvxxp1281024 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxxp12k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxxp256 (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 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 USP/NSC 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 USPV/USPVM		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 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
IBM ESS 750/800 series	IBM Enterprise Storage Server family 750/800	libvxshark (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 System Storage DS3000 series		libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
IBM System Storage DS3000 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 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	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	IBM DS4000 series: Overview - IBM TotalStorage Disk Storage Systems	libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
IBM TotalStorage DS4000 series		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 Axiom series		libvxpillaraxiom (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		libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxhds9980 (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
		libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance series		libvxsun7x10 (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		libvxhds9980 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Oracle StorageTek 9990V system		libvxhdsusp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxhds (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxhds9980 (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 StorEdge 3510/3511		libvxsunse3k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Sun StorageTek 6130		libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Sun StorageTek 6130		libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Sun StorageTek 6540		libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote

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