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ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager 14.1 Operator's Guide

1.4.2 Software requirements


1.4.2.1 Manager of AdvancedCopy Manager

The following table lists the software requirements for Manager of AdvancedCopy Manager

Table 1.3 Software requirements for Manager of AdvancedCopy Manager

Product name

Requirement

Remarks

Solaris 8
Solaris 9
Solaris 10

Required

Support OS

SynfinityCLUSTER 2.0
PRIMECLUSTER V4.1 or later
VERITAS Cluster Server 4.0
VERITAS Cluster Server 4.1
VERITAS Cluster Server 5.0
SunCluster 3.1

Conditionally required

For cluster operation with Manager of AdvancedCopy Manager

Multipath disk control (MPHD) 2.0 or later

Conditionally required

When a Storage Management Server serves as a Storage Server, and when multipath disk control is carried out

Multipath disk control load balance option (MPLB) 2.0 or later

Conditionally required

When a Storage Management Server serves as a Storage Server, and when it carries out multipath disk control and load distribution of a path is carried out further

GR multipath driver (GRMPD) 1.0 for Solaris

Conditionally required

When a Storage Management Server serves as a Storage Server, and when it carries out multipath disk control and load distribution of a path is carried out further

ETERNUS multipath driver

Conditionally required

When a Storage Management Server serves as a Storage Server, and when it carries out multipath disk control and load distribution of a path is carried out further

PRIMECLUSTER GDS Snapshot 4.1A30 or later

Conditionally required

When the Storage Management Server also serves as the Storage Server, and when the backup operation or replication operation is performed in linkage with GDS Snapshot.

VERITAS Volume Manager 4.0
VERITAS Volume Manager 4.1
VERITAS Volume Manager 5.0

Conditionally required

When the Storage Management Server also serves as the Storage Server, and when a logical volume of VERITAS Volume Manager is the target of the operation performed.

Note

If Solaris 10 operating system is in use

The Solaris 10 operating system functions not supported are:

  • Containers(Zones)

  • ZFS

Note

If multi-path drivers are in use

Use the ETERNUS multi-path drivers for synchronous replication operations that target areas that include VTOC.

Note that the software version and level differs in accordance with the install destination system environment. Refer to the relevant software manual for details.


1.4.2.2 Agent of AdvancedCopy Manager

Table 1.4 Software requirements for Agent of AdvancedCopy Manager

Product name

Requirement

Remarks

Solaris 8
Solaris 9
Solaris 10

Required

Support OS

Symfoware Server Advanced Backup Controller 6.x or later

Conditionally required

For backup operations linked to Symfoware

SynfinityCLUSTER 2.0
PRIMECLUSTER V4.1 or later
VERITAS Cluster Server 4.0
VERITAS Cluster Server 4.1
VERITAS Cluster Server 5.0
SunCluster 3.1

Conditionally required

For cluster operation with Agent of AdvancedCopy Manager

Multipath disk control (MPHD) 2.0 or later

Conditionally required

For multipath disk control

Multipath disk control load balance option (MPLB) 2.0 or later

Conditionally required

For multipath disk control and path load balancing

GR multipath driver (GRMPD) 1.0 for Solaris

Conditionally required

For multipath disk control and path load balancing

ETERNUS multipath driver

Conditionally required

For multipath disk control and path load balancing

PRIMECLUSTER GDS Snapshot 4.1A30 or later

Conditionally required

When the backup operation or replication operation is performed in linkage with GDS Snapshot.

VERITAS Volume Manager 4.0
VERITAS Volume Manager 4.1
VERITAS Volume Manager 5.0

Conditionally required

When a logical volume of VERITAS Volume Manager is the target of the operation performed.

Note

If Solaris 10 operating system is in use

The Solaris 10 operating system functions not supported are:

  • Containers(Zones)

  • ZFS

Note

If multi-path drivers are in use

Use the ETERNUS multi-path drivers for synchronous replication operations that target areas that include VTOC.

The version level of software is different depending on the system environment at the installation destination. Refer to the manual etc. of the relating software for details


1.4.2.3 GUI client of AdvancedCopy Manager

In order to use the GUI client of AdvancedCopy Manager, the conditions described in "Conditions of use" in the "ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager GUI User's Guide" must be met.