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Operating system requirements

Supported Linux kernels and architectures shows the architectures, operating systems, and kernels supported by the listed Veritas products. Veritas supports only those kernel binaries distributed by Red Hat and SUSE.

Supported Linux kernels and architectures

Operating System

Architecture

Kernel

Supported Veritas product

VCS

Storage Foundation SF for DB2/Oracle
SFCFS & SFRAC

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (RHEL 4)
Update 3 

x86 (32-bit) 

2.6.9-34.EL
2.6.9-34.smp
2.6.9-34.hugemem 

X 

 

x86_64 (Intel Xeon, AMD Opteron) 

2.6.9-34.EL
2.6.9-34.smp
2.6.9-34.hugemem 

X 

X 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 3  

x86_64 (Intel Xeon, AMD Opteron) 

2.6.5-7.244-smp
2.6.5-7.244-default 

X 

X 

Veritas products will operate on subsequent kernel and patch releases provided the operating systems maintain kernel ABI (application binary interface) compatibility.

Information about the latest supported Red Hat erratas and updates and SUSE service packs is available in the following TechNote. Read this TechNote before installing any Veritas product.

http://support.veritas.com/docs/281993