Installation and Upgrade General Checklist Report
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VeritasTM Services and Operations Readiness Tools Installation and Upgrade Checklist Report for InfoScale Storage 7.3.1, Solaris 11, SPARC Index Back to top Important Notes Components for InfoScale System requirements Product features Product documentation Patches for InfoScale Storage and Platform Platform configuration Host bus adapter (HBA) parameters and switch parameters Operations Manager Array Support Libraries (ASLs) Additional tasks to consider Important Notes Back to top Note: You have not selected the latest product version. Consider installing or upgrading to the latest version; otherwise, you may encounter issues that have already been fixed. To run a new report for the latest product version, select it from the Veritas product drop-down list. 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. Components for InfoScale Back to top The InfoScale product you selected contains the following component(s). Dynamic Multi-Pathing Storage Foundation Storage Foundation Cluster File System Get more introduction of Veritas InfoScale. System requirements Back to top Required CPU number and memory: Required number of CPUs Required memory SF or SFHA N/A 2GB SFCFS or SFCFSHA 2 2GB 1 of 11 VeritasTM Services and Operations Readiness Tools Required disk space: Partitions Minimum space required Maximum space required Recommended space /opt 99 MB 1051 MB 134 MB /root 1 MB 30 MB 1 MB /usr 3 MB 237 MB 3 MB /var 1 MB 1 MB 1 MB Supported architectures: SPARC M5 series [1] SPARC M6 series [1] SPARC M7 series [1][2] SPARC S7 series [1] SPARC T3 series [1] SPARC T4 series [1] SPARC T5 series [1] SPARC T7 series [1][2] SPARC T8 series [1][2] SPARC64 X+ series [1] SPARC64 XII series [1] SPARC64-V series SPARC64-VI series SPARC64-VII/VII+ series SPARC64-X series [1] UltraSPARC II series UltraSPARC III series UltraSPARC IV series UltraSPARC T1 series [1] UltraSPARC T2/T2+ series [1] 1. Oracle VM Server for SPARC supported. See the following TechNote: http://www.veritas.com/docs/DOC5860. 2. eUSB device is not supported. Related documentation Multi-core multi-thread processor SPARC64 Series Oracle's SPARC T3 SPARC T3 Processor Overview SPARC T4 Processor Data Sheet UltraSPARC - III CPU Module Installation Guide UltraSPARC IIs CPU Module Installation Guide UltraSPARC Processors 2 of 11 VeritasTM Services and Operations Readiness Tools Product features Back to top The features in the list are enabled in this release. Feature InfoScale Storage 1-256 TB File System ALUA and Generic ALUA Array Support Alert for SG Freeze/Unfreeze with time counter 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 Dynamic LUN expansion Dynamic Multi-pathing Dynamic Multi-pathing - Intelligent pathing for EMC VPLEX Enclosure based naming FSS performance enhancements Fault tolerant file system File Change Log File system migration from EXT4 to VxFS File system snapshots File system storage checkpoints Flashsnap: Disk group split & join Flashsnap: Fast resynchronization Full size instant snapshots Hardware assisted copy Heartbeats: LLT over UDP Heartbeats: Low-priority Heartbeats:Dedicated Private Network connections Hot-relocation Import cloned LUN Improved VVR network bandwidth utilization for TCP protocol 3 of 11 VeritasTM Services and Operations Readiness Tools Keyless licensing Live migration from Oracle ASM Single Instance to VxFS Mount lock NFSv4 support Named data streams NetApp C-Dot Array Support Online coordinator disk replacement Online file system defragmentation Online file system grow & shrink 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)) Puppet support Quality of Service (QoS) for applications Quick I/O (QIO) and Cached QIO (CQIO) Remote mirrors for campus clusters Replicator option (formerly Volume Replicator) 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 (ALL DLV's ) SmartMove SmartTier (formerly Dynamic Storage Tiering) Space-optimized instant snapshot Split-mirror snapshot Sub-cluster support Support for NVMe devices for non-intel cards Support for native 4k sector size storage devices Thin storage reclamation Thin storage reclamation using UNMAP Third Party Certificate Support 4 of 11 VeritasTM Services and Operations Readiness Tools User & group quotas VIOM API for service group management (Online/Offline/Switch) iSCSI device support Database storage checkpoints & rollback Oracle only FlashSnap: Database Oracle only SmartTier for Oracle (formerly Database DST) Oracle only Product documentation Back to top Product guides Veritas InfoScale Solutions Guide - English Veritas InfoScale Replication Administrator's Guide - English Veritas InfoScale Disaster Recovery Implementation Guide - English Veritas InfoScale Troubleshooting Guide - English InfoScale Solutions Guides Veritas InfoScale Solutions SmartIO for Solid-State Drives Solutions Guide - English Veritas InfoScale Virtualization Guide - English Veritas InfoScale Storage and Availability Management for Oracle Databases - English Veritas InfoScale What's New In This Release - English Release Notes Veritas InfoScale Release Notes - English Veritas InfoScale Updates, Patches, and Late Breaking News (LBN) - English Storage Foundation Configuration and Upgrade Guide - English Storage Foundation Guides Storage Foundation Administrator's Guide - English Veritas File System Programmer's Reference Guide - English Veritas InfoScale Installation Guide - English Installation Guide Veritas InfoScale Chef Deployment Guide - English Dynamic Multi-Pathing Guide Dynamic Multi-Pathing Administrator's Guide - English 5 of 11 VeritasTM Services and Operations Readiness Tools Getting Started Veritas InfoScale Getting Started Guide - English Legal Notice Veritas InfoScale Third-Party Software License Agreements - English Manual pages Manual Pages Veritas InfoScale Storage Manual Pages - English Compatibility lists Veritas InfoScale Hardware Compatibility List - AIX, Linux, Solaris - English Compatibility Lists Veritas InfoScale Software Compatibility List - Solaris - English Patches for InfoScale Storage and Platform Back to top Product (recommended) Patch Date Size cpi-Patch-7.3.1.2100 2021-08-30 37.61 KB dbed-sol11_spa...atch-7.3.1.1100 2020-01-23 75.95 MB vcs-sol11_sparc-Patch-7.3.1.1100 2019-11-05 100.18 MB infoscale-sol11...-Patch-7.3.1.200 2019-06-24 85.74 MB infoscale-sol11...-Patch-7.3.1.100 2019-02-28 88.44 MB vcsag-sol11_sp...Patch-7.3.1.100 2018-09-10 4.86 MB vcs-sol11_sparc-Patch-7.3.1.100 2018-09-10 99.59 MB cpi-Patch-7.3.1.200 2018-05-23 4.93 KB Platform (required) No patches required. Platform configuration Back to top Supported platform version. Last updated on 2021-01-01 Product versionPlatform version7.3.111.4, 11.3, 11.2, 11.1 Related documentation Oracle Solaris 11 Operating System Overview 6 of 11 VeritasTM Services and Operations Readiness Tools Host bus adapter (HBA) parameters and switch parameters Back to top 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. Operations Manager Back to top 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 7.4.2. Documentation Array Support Libraries (ASLs) Back to top Array family (model) Documentation Libraries 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 with libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) See TechNote PowerPath Dell EMC Symmetrix DMX series libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) See TechNote Dell EMC Symmetrix VMAX series libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) See TechNote Dell EMC Symmetrix VMAX series libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) See TechNote with PowerPath Dell EMC Unity series libvxCLARiiON (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) See TechNote Dell EMC VMAX3/VMAX All Flash libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) See TechNote Family series with PowerPath Dell EMC VMAX3/VMAX All Flash libvxemc (embedded in the package VRTSaslapm) See TechNote