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This section lists the supported operating systems for this release of Veritas products.
For important updates regarding this release, review the Late-Breaking News TechNote on the Symantec Technical Support website:
http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/335001
The Veritas 5.1 release operates on the following operating systems and hardware:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL 5) with Update 3 (2.6.18-128.el5 kernel) or later on AMD Opteron or Intel Xeon EM64T (x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (SLES 10) with SP2 (2.6.16.60-0.21 kernel) on AMD Opteron or Intel Xeon EM64T (x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (SLES 11) (2.6.27.19-5 kernel) on AMD Opteron or Intel Xeon EM64T (x86_64)
Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL 5) with Update 3 (2.6.18-128.el5 kernel) or later on AMD Opteron or Intel Xeon EM64T (x86_64)
If your system is running an older version of either Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, or Oracle Enterprise Linux, you must upgrade it before attempting to install the Veritas Storage Foundation software. Consult the Red Hat, SUSE, or Oracle documentation for more information on upgrading or reinstalling your system.
Symantec supports only Oracle, Red Hat, and SUSE distributed kernel binaries.
Symantec products 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 you install Symantec products.
http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/335001
The Veritas 5.1 release is also supported on the Xen platform for Linux, with some restrictions.
See the Storage Foundation Release Notes for more information.
For information about the use of this product in a VMware Environment, refer to http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/289033