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

Option to install only the minimal packages
The product installer now provides several options for which packages to install.
For each product, you can install the minimal packages, the recommended packages
or all of the packages.
When you install with the product installer, you can select from one of the
following install options:
■ Minimal depots: installs only the basic functionality for the selected product.
■ Recommended depots: installs the full feature set without optional depots.
■ All depots: installs all available depots.
When you install with a product install script, such as installsf, you can use the
following options to the install script:
■ -minpkgs: displays the depots and patches required for basic functionality.
■ -recpkgs: displays the recommended depots and patches.
■ -allpkgs: displays all available depots and patches.
Veritas extension for Oracle Disk Manager depot is installed
by default for Storage Foundation and Storage Foundation
Cluster File System
The Veritas extension for Oracle Disk Manager package is supported with a Storage
Foundation license.
In this release, the product installer now installs the required depot for ODM by
default when Storage Foundation is installed.
Changes related to Storage Foundation Cluster File System
Storage Foundation Cluster File System includes the following changes in 5.1 SP1:
Common Internet File System
This new Common Internet File System (CIFS) feature lets you share CFS file
systems using CIFS protocol that can be accessed by Window clients. Upon node
failure or service group failover, the CIFS shares continue to be served by other
cluster nodes.
See the Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System Administrator's Guide for
more information.
See the cfsshare(1M) manual page.
11Storage Foundation Cluster File System Release Notes
Changes introduced in 5.1 SP1