Feature support for DB2 across Veritas InfoScale 7.3 products

Veritas InfoScale Storage solutions and use cases for DB2 are based on the shared management features of Veritas InfoScale Storage Foundation and High Availability (SFHA) Solutions products. Clustering features are available separately through Cluster Server (VCS) as well as through the SFHA Solutions products.

Table: Storage management features in Veritas InfoScale products lists the features supported across SFHA Solutions products. Table: Availability management features in Veritas InfoScale solutions products lists the high availability and disaster recovery features available in VCS.

Table: Storage management features in Veritas InfoScale products

Storage management feature

Veritas InfoScale Foundation

Veritas InfoScale Storage

Veritas InfoScale Availability

Veritas InfoScale Enterprise

Quick I/O

Note:

Not supported on Linux

N

Y

Note:

Supported in the cluster-exclusive mode which allows access to the feature only from a single node.

N

Y

Cached Quick I/O

Note:

Not supported on Linux

N

Y

N

Y

Concurrent I/O

N

Y

N

Y

Compression

N

Y

N

Y

Flexible Storage Sharing

N

Y

N

Y

SmartIO FS (Read Caching)

N

Y

N

Y

SmartIO FS (Writeback Caching)

N

Y

N

Y

SmartMove

N

Y

N

Y

SmartTier

N

Y

N

Y

Thin Reclamation

N

Y

N

Y

Portable Data Containers

N

Y

N

Y

Database FlashSnap

N

Y

N

Y

Database Storage Checkpoints

N

Y

N

Y

Advanced support for virtual storage

Y

Y

Y

Y

Clustering features for high availability (HA)

N

N

Y

N

Disaster recovery features (HA/DR)

N

N

Y

N

Dynamic Multi-pathing

Y

Y

Y

Y

Table: Availability management features in Veritas InfoScale solutions products

Availability management feature

VCS HA/DR

Clustering for high availability (HA)

Y

Database and application/ISV agents

Y

Advanced failover logic

Y

Data integrity protection with I/O fencing

Y

Advanced virtual machines support

Y

Virtual Business Services

Y

Campus or stretch cluster

Y

Global clustering (GCO)

Y

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