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SFHA 6.2 introduces a new enhancement for layered volumes. A layered volume is a virtual Veritas Volume Manager object that is built on top of other volumes. The layered volume structure tolerates failure better and has greater redundancy than the st...
A device tree is a data structure that describes the LUNs in your environment. When you remove LUNs dynamically from an existing target ID, the operating system SCSI device tree must be cleaned up. This is to release the SCSI target ID for reuse if a...
To transition to an InfoScale product, on the system where you already have an InfoScale product installed, run the product installer for the InfoScale product you want to transition to. The following table lists the supported paths to transition fr...
To upgrade to an InfoScale product, your systems must have a corresponding Symantec Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions product of version 6.x or 6.0.x already installed. If your current installation does not meet this minimum require...
If you had installed Storage Foundation for Windows (SFW) or Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) clients only (VCS Java Console or VEA), you cannot upgrade them to 7.0 version. To install the latest version of clients-only, uninstall its earlier version a...
To use Storage Foundation for Windows (SFW) for storage management and Veritas Cluster Server for Windows (VCSW) for high availability, you can install InfoScale Availability on a machine where InfoScale Storage is already installed or vice-a-versa. ...
The Symantec Storage Foundation and High Availability products included support to perform a rollback from the upgraded version to the original version. The rollback process allowed you to revert back to its earlier installation and restore the confi...
With the 7.0 release, the wizard that was used to upgrade Veritas Cluster Server (VCS), in a rolling upgrade manner is not available. That wizard upgraded the passive nodes first, failed over service groups to the upgraded nodes, and then upgraded t...
In the 7.0 release, the following products from Symantec Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions are rebranded and repackaged under the Veritas InfoScale family. Storage Foundation (SFW) Storage Foundation and High Availability Sol...
The InfoScale products have server and client components; VCS Cluster Manager (Java Console) and Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA). The client components are installed by default when you install the server components. To install the client c...
In a VMware environment, after you install Symantec High Availability Console, Veritas InfoScale integrates with VMware vSphere Client and provides the following user interfaces: Install Guest Components option in the context menu Symantec Hi...
To install the InfoScale products use the product installer or the CLI. Use these methods to install the products in virtual as well as physical environments. In case of virtual environments, whether VMware or Hyper-V, the product installer or the C...
In the Veritas InfoScale 7.0 release, the Storage Foundation High Availability (SFHA) product portfolio has been replaced with a more simplified, robust, and comprehensive Veritas InfoScale portfolio that includes the following four products: Verita...
The documentation for Veritas Risk Advisor (VRA) 7.0 formerly known as Disaster Recovery Advisor (DRA) is now available at the following location: PDF: SORT documentation page The VRA 7.0 documentation set includes the following manuals: ...
SmartIO supports the use of Solid-State Drives (SSD) exported by FSS to provide caching services for applications running on Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) and Veritas File System (VxFS). In this scenario, Flexible Storage Sharing (FSS) exports SSDs f...
Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) agents are programs that manage resources, such as disk groups and mount points, within cluster environments. Each type of resource requires an agent. Agents act as intermediaries between VCS and the resources they manage...
In the VMware environment, you can administer the Symantec Dynamic Multi-Pathing (DMP) solution through the Command Line Interface (CLI), the Web Client, and the vSphere Client interfaces. Each interface provides a unique experience in managing stora...
Storage Foundation (SF) 6.2 leverages the atomic write capability of Fusion-io devices in the Red Hat Enterprise (RHEL) 6.x environment. Atomic write support in Storage Foundation helps improve database performance. Atomic write capable devices, suc...
Introduced in Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions (SFHA) 6.1 on Linux, the SmartIO feature is now available on AIX and Solaris in the SFHA 6.2 release. SmartIO enables the effective use of your solid-state drives through data cachin...
Cluster File System (CFS) 6.2 brings the Flexible Storage Sharing (FSS) feature to Solaris and AIX environments, enabling you to share Direct Attached Storage (DAS) across nodes in the cluster to run in SAN-free or hybrid modes. FSS takes advantage ...
