Installation and Upgrade Checklist Report for InfoScale Enterprise (IE)

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 HA
Storage Foundation HA
Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC
Storage Foundation for Sybase ASE CE
Cluster Server

Get more introduction of Veritas InfoScale.

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Upgrade Information

Upgrade the OS to RHEL6 update 7 or later. Then use the installer to upgrade your product to 7.3.

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System requirements

Required CPU number and memory:

	Required number of CPUs	Required memory
SF or SFHA	N/A	2GB
SF Oracle RAC or SF Sybase CE	2	2GB
SFCFS or SFCFSHA	2	2GB
VCS	N/A	2GB

Required disk space:

Total space required:

Partitions	Minimum space required	Maximum space required	Recommended space
/opt	92 MB	1672 MB	132 MB
/root	2 MB	112 MB	2 MB
/usr	0 MB	119 MB	0 MB

Supported architectures:

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

1. Supports only the 64-bit versions of the software stacks.

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Product features

The features in the list are enabled in this release.

Feature	InfoScale Enterprise
1-256 TB File System
64 Node Cluster Support
ALUA and Generic ALUA Array Support
AWS: Full Stack InfoScale Support
AWSIP agent for AWS
Adaptive HA
Application Agents
Application Isolation
Atomic I/O
Auto-Clear Faults
Bundled Agents
CFS Multi-transaction server
Cluster File System
Cluster Volume Manager
Compression
Concurrent I/O
Data management application programming interface (DMAPI)
Deduplication
Device names consistent across cluster nodes
Device names using Array Volume IDs
Direct I/O
Dirty region logging
Docker plug-in enhancements
Dynamic LUN expansion
Dynamic Multi-pathing
Dynamic Multi-pathing - Intelligent pathing for EMC VPLEX
Enable S3 devices to be consumed by VM/FS
Enclosure based naming
Encryption of data at rest - Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) Certified
FSS Performance for Ethernet (10GB/40GB)
FSS auto healing
FSS performance improvements(CPU usage optimization and throughput improvements)
Fault tolerant file system
File Change Log
File Replicator option
File system migration from EXT4 to VxFS
File system snapshots
File system storage checkpoints
FireDrill
Flashsnap: Disk group split & join
Flashsnap: Fast resynchronization
Flexible Storage Sharing (64 node support)
Full 64-bit support without additional packages
Full size instant snapshots
Generic ASL support for NVMe or SSD type devices
Global Cluster Option (GCO)
Hardware assisted copy
Heartbeats: LLT over UDP
Heartbeats: Low-priority
Heartbeats:Dedicated Private Network connections
Heartbeats:Infiniband and 10GB Ethernet with RDMA
Heterogeneous Application Mobility for InfoScale Managed workloads
Hot-relocation
IPv6 NFS MountAgent Support
Import cloned LUN
Installer - Required patches for OS updates
Installer-SORT Integration
Intelligent Monitoring Framework (IMF)
Just In Time(JIT) target VM Availability (VMware) for Planned/unplanned Failover
Keyless licensing
Large cluster deployments (up to 128 node)
Live migration from Oracle ASM Single Instance to VxFS
Logging enhancements on Dynamic Multi-Pathing for VMware
Manual Campus Cluster Failover
Migration from Native (ext4) to VxFS
Monitor Only Resource
Mount lock
NFSv4 support
Named data streams
Non-SCSI3 Fencing with Coordination Point Servers
Online coordinator disk replacement
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
Oracle Disk Manager (ODM) and Cached ODM (CODM)
Partitioned directories
Portable Data Containers (formerly known as Cross-Platform Data Sharing (CDS))
Preferred Application or Service Group I/O Fencing
Preferred Node I/O Fencing
Preferred Site I/O Fencing
Priority Based Failover
Public Cloud support - Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure
Puppet support
Quality of Service (QoS) for applications
Remote mirrors for campus clusters
Replication Agents (if they change direction upon failover)
Replicator option (formerly Volume Replicator)
Rolling upgrade
Route53 agent for AWS
SCSI-3 based I/O fencing
SCSI3-PGR Fencing with Coordinator Disks
SSD device exploitation
Security Exceptions for VIOM
Site awareness with remote mirrors
SmartAssist - SmartIO analysis & enablement tool
SmartIO - Volume Manager and File System Read Caching
SmartIO - Write Back Caching (up to DLV 13)
SmartIO Support for vMotion with DMP for VMware with SmartPools
SmartMove
SmartTier (formerly Dynamic Storage Tiering)
Space-optimized instant snapshot
Split-mirror snapshot
Storage management plugin for Docker containers
Support for Erasure Coded volumes
Support for Oracle Flex-ASM and Oracle PDB
Support for SmartIO Parallel Cache
Support for native 4k sector size storage devices
Support systemd
Sybase ASE CE Integration
Thin storage reclamation
Thin storage reclamation using UNMAP
Usability enhancements on Veritas File Replicator
Usability enhancements on large clusters management using VIOM
User & group quotas
VBS Cross Site Recovery Plan
VCS - Online Upgrade
Virtual Business Services
iSCSI device support
Database storage checkpoints & rollback	Oracle only
FlashSnap: Database	Oracle only
Oracle RAC integration	Oracle only
SmartTier for Oracle (formerly Database DST)	Oracle only

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Product documentation

Hardware compatibility list (HCL)

Veritas InfoScale Foundation, Availability, Storage and Enterprise Solutions 7.3, 7.3.1 (AIX, Linux, Solaris) Hardware Compatibility List

Veritas product documentation

Software compatibility list (SCL)

Veritas InfoScale 7.3 Software Compatibility List (SCL) - Linux

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Patches for InfoScale Enterprise and Platform

Product (recommended)

Patch	Date	Size
vxfen-rhel6_x86...Patch-7.3.0.200	2017-10-05	3.68 MB

Platform (required)

No patches required.

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End of Support Life information

Last updated on 2019-02-14. Refer to support fundamental for more information about support.

Release Date	GA of Next Release Date (End of Life Begin - EOLB)	End of Standard Support Date	End of Support Life Date
2017-06-04	-	2022-06-04	-

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Platform configuration

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

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

Product version	Platform version
7.3	Update 7, 8, 9

Required platform packages:

policycoreutils.x86_64
glibc.x86_64
readline.x86_64
findutils.x86_64
coreutils.x86_64
ed.x86_64
module-init-tools.x86_64
libstdc++.x86_64
libacl.x86_64
libgcc.x86_64
openssl.x86_64
ksh.x86_64
zlib.x86_64
perl.x86_64

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.

Compatibility lists

Online Help

Product guides

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Array Support Libraries (ASLs)

Array family (model)	Documentation	Libraries
Amazon Elastic Block Store		libvxxvd (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Amazon Instance Store		libvxxvd (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Dell EMC CLARiiON AX series		libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Dell EMC EqualLogic PS3000 series		libvxeqlogic (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Dell EMC EqualLogic PS4000 series		libvxeqlogic (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Dell EMC EqualLogic PS6000 series		libvxeqlogic (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Dell EMC SC Series		libvxcompellent (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Dell EMC Symmetrix DMX series		libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Dell EMC Symmetrix VMAX series with PowerPath		libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Dell EMC Symmetrix VMAX series		libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Dell EMC Unity series		libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Dell EMC VMAX3/VMAX All Flash Family series		libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Dell EMC VMAX3/VMAX All Flash Family series with PowerPath		libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Dell EMC VNX series		libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Dell EMC VNX2 series		libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Dell EMC VNX2e series		libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Dell EMC ScaleIO		libvxemcscaleIO (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Dell EMC VPLEX		libvxInvista (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Dell EMC VPLEX		libvxInvista (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Dell EMC VPLEX with PowerPath		libvxInvista (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Dell EMC XtremIO		libvxXtremio (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 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 ETERNUS4000 series	ETERNUS4000 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
Hewlett Packard Enterprise 3PAR F/T-Class, StoreServ 7000/8000/9000/10000/20000 Storage		libvx3par (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise MSA2000fc series		libvxmsa2k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
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)	See TechNote
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)	See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise MSA2012sa		libvxmsa2kfc_sa (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise MSA2012sa		libvxmsa2kfc_sa (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise P9500		libvxxp12k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxxp256 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxxp1281024 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hewlett Packard Enterprise XP7		libvxxp1281024 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxxp12k (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
		libvxxp256 (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 SMS/AMS2000 series		libvxhdsalua (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Hitachi VSP G 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
Hitachi VSP Gx00/Fx00 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
Hitachi HUS VM		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 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 OceanStor Series		libvxhuawei (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Huawei S5000 series		libvxhuawei (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Huawei VIS series		libvxhuawei (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Huawei 18500		libvxhuawei (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Huawei 18800		libvxhuawei (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Huawei 18800F		libvxhuawei (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Huawei HVS85T		libvxhuawei (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Huawei HVS88T		libvxhuawei (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 DS3500 series		libvxlsiall (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 XIV series		libvxxiv (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Imation Nexsan E-Series Systems		libvxnexsan (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Infinidat InfiniBox F-Series		libvxinfinibox (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Kaminario K2		libvxKaminario (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
NEC iStorage D1/D3 series		libvxnipnyis (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
NEC iStorage D8 series		libvxnipnyis (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
NEC iStorage M series		libvxnipnyis (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
NEC Symmetrix DMX-4		libvxpp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
NEC Symmetrix DMX-4		libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
NEC Symmetrix DMX-4 with PowerPath		libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
NEC Symmetrix DMX-4 with PowerPath		libvxpp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
NEC Symmetrix VMAX with PowerPath		libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
NEC Symmetrix VMAX		libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
NetApp AFF Series		libvxnetapplsi (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
NetApp AFF Series		libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
NetApp E_SERIES		libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
NetApp E_SERIES		libvxnetapplsi (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
NetApp FAS2000/FAS900/FAS200 series		libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
NetApp FAS2000/FAS900/FAS200 series		libvxnetapplsi (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
NetApp FAS3000/V3000 series		libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
NetApp FAS3000/V3000 series		libvxnetapplsi (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
NetApp FAS6000/V6000 series		libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
NetApp FAS6000/V6000 series		libvxnetapplsi (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
NetApp FAS8000/FAS9000 Series		libvxnetapp (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
NetApp FAS8000/FAS9000 Series		libvxnetapplsi (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Nexsan SATABeast2		libvxnexsan (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
NimbleStorage CS/AF-Series		libvxnimble (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 9900 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
Oracle StorageTek 9985/9990 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 ZFS Storage Appliance series		libvxsun7x10 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Oracle FS1-2		libvxoracle-FS1 (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Oracle StorageTek 6140 array		libvxlsiall (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Oracle StorageTek 9985V 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 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
Pure Storage FlashArray series		libvxpurestorage (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
SanDisk ioMemory PX600 series		libvxfusionio (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
SanDisk ioMemory SX300 series		libvxfusionio (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
SanDisk ioMemory SX350 series		libvxfusionio (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
SanDisk ioDrive		libvxfusionio (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
SanDisk ioDrive Duo		libvxfusionio (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
SanDisk ioDrive2		libvxfusionio (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
SanDisk ION Data Accelerator		libvxfusionION (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
SanDisk ioScale2		libvxfusionio (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote
Shannon Direct-IO		libShannonSSD (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
Violin Memory Violin 3000/6000 series		libvxviolin (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm)	See TechNote

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