Top Technotes for Veritas Storage Foundation - Updated March 2012

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Here is the list of top Storage Foundation Unix/Linux Support Technotes for the past quarter. Please make sure to browse the list first before you post a question here on Connect, as you may find an answer to the product issue you are seeing. Hope you find your answer here.

Article Hyperlink	Document Title
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH74012	Hardware Compatibility List for Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) and High Availability Solutions 5.1 (including SFCFS for Oracle RAC for RHEL, SLES and OEL), 5.1 Platform Release 1, 5.1 Service Pack 1, 5.1 Service Pack 1 Platform Release 4, and VirtualStore 5.1 SP1 PR3
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH17676	How to use the VRTSexplorer utility to gather information useful for Symantec Corporation Technical Support
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH78300	How to load/view HBA and associated SAN software.
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH27451	How to download the Symantec (formerly Veritas) Support Tools package
http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC4039	Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions Database Support Matrix
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH47728	Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) and High Availability Solutions Hardware TechNote for 5.0 MP1 and 5.0 MP3 (AIX, Solaris), 5.0 MP1, 5.0 MP2, and 5.0.1 (HPUX) and 5.0 MP2, 5.0 MP3 and 5.0 MP4 (Linux), 5.1 (AIX, Linux, Solaris)
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH77062	Symantec Enabled Arrays - Information regarding the Array Support Libraries and Array Policy Modules, included in the VRTSaslapm package, for Veritas Volume Manager(tm) 5.1 and later
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH21351	VERITAS Enabled Arrays - Introduction to the Array Support Library
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH78028	Veritas File Systems with Disk Layout Version 4 or Version 5 Cannot be Mounted or Upgraded with Veritas File System Release 5.1
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH46445	Late Breaking News (LBN) - Updates to the Release Notes for Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) and High Availability Solutions 5.0 to 5.0 Maintenance Pack 4 ( MP4 ) on Linux and 5.0 Release Update 1 (RU1) for SLES 11 and 5.0 Release Update 3 (RU3) for IBM Power and 5.0 Release Update 4 (RU4) and cross references to product documentation
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH19464	How to disable a controller using vxdmpadm
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH170013	Hardware Compatibility List for Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) and High Availability Solutions 6.0
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH47620	Hardware Compatibility List for Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) and High Availability Solutions 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1, 5.0 Maintenance Pack 2 (including SFCFS for Oracle RAC for RHEL, SLES and OEL), 5.0 Maintenance Pack 3, 5.0 Maintenance Pack 4, and 5.0.1
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH75506	Late Breaking News (LBN) - Updates to the Release Notes for Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 5.1, 5.1 PR1 and 5.1 SP1 on Linux
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH128957	Explanation of what the udid_mismatch flag indicates in vxdisk list output
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH74389	Supported Database versions for Storage Foundations(HA) and Storage Foundations for Databases(SFDB) tools
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH127097	The VCS Management Console, VCS Java Console, VCS Simulator and Veritas Enterprise Administrator Console GUI utilities are no longer packaged with the installation distribution as of Version 5.1. However, the utilities can be obtained from the links below. Registration is required.
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH128027	After installation of Volume Manager (VxVM) or Storage Foundation with the install script "-installonly" option, vxinstall fails to configure the system and error V-5-1-684 is encountered.
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH87371	Where can customers download product patches and get new patch availability notifications for Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions, Storage Foundation Manager, Veritas Operations Manager, Cluster Server One, Cluster Server for VMware ESX, Scalable File Server, and CommandCentral Storage?
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH125662	Best practice using PowerPath with Storage Foundation/Volume Manager
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH48797	Where to download Symantec Veritas Enterprise Solutions products
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH130427	Getting V-365-1-1 nagware messages even after installing valid license
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH129742	V-365-1-1:getting vxvm error. says license not installed.
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH145094	During SF/HA 5.1or SFCFS 5.1or VCS 5.1 upgrade, the following error is displayed: CPI ERROR V-9-0-0 Failed to upgrade because the system configuration files are not available. Cluster won't start after upgrade.
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH152554	VxVM  (VERITAS Volume Manager) DMP (Dymanic Multi-Pathing) panic in dmp_update_stats.

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