Veritas Storage Foundation 5.1 SP1 Cluster File System Release Notes (5900-1509, April 2011)

Database requirements
Veritas Storage Foundations product features are supported for the following
database environments:
Table 1-1
SybaseOracleDB2Veritas Storage Foundations feature
NoYesNoOracle Disk Manager, Cached Oracle Disk
Manager
YesYesYesQuick I/O, Cached Quick I/O
YesYesYesConcurrant I/O
YesYesYesStorage Checkpoints
YesYesYesFlashsnap
YesYesYesSmartTier
NoYesNoDatabase Storage Checkpoints
NoYesNoDatabase Flashsnap
NoYesNoSmartTier for Oracle
Storage Foundation for Databases (SFDB) tools Database Checkpoints, Database
Flashsnap, and SmartTier for Oracle are supported only for Oracle database
environments.
For the most current information on Storage Foundation products and single
instance Oracle versions supported, see:
http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/331625
Review the current Oracle documentation to confirm the compatibility of your
hardware and software.
Disk space requirements
Before installing any of the Veritas Storage Foundation products, confirm that
your system has enough free disk space.
Use the "Perform a Preinstallation Check" (P) menu or the -precheck option of
the product installer to determine whether there is sufficient space.
# ./installer -precheck
21Storage Foundation Cluster File System Release Notes
System requirements