BrightStor® ARCserve® Backup for UNIX r11.5 Readme
D01208-1E


1.0 Welcome

2.0 Operating System Support
2.1 Base Product
2.2 Client Agent for UNIX
2.3 Agent for Informix
2.4 Agent for Lotus Domino
2.5 Agent for Sybase
2.6 Agent for Oracle
2.7 Disaster Recovery Option
2.8 NDMP NAS Option
2.9 Tape Library Option
2.10 Storage Area Network (SAN) Option
2.11 Enterprise Option for Advantage Ingres
2.12 Enterprise Option for DB2 UDB
2.13 Enterprise Option for IBM 3494
2.14 Enterprise Option for SAP R/3 for Oracle
2.15 Enterprise Option for StorageTek ACSLS

3.0 System Requirements
3.1 Base Product
3.2 Advantage Ingres Database Requirement
3.3 Advantage Ingres Database Location Requirement
3.4 Browser Support
3.5 Client Agent for UNIX
3.6 Agent for Informix
3.7 Agent for Lotus Domino
3.8 Agent for Sybase
3.9 Agent for Oracle
3.10 Disaster Recovery Option
3.11 NDMP NAS Option
3.12 Tape Library Option
3.13 Storage Area Network (SAN) Option
3.14 Enterprise Option for Advantage Ingres
3.15 Enterprise Option for DB2 UDB
3.16 Enterprise Option for IBM 3494
3.17 Enterprise Option for SAP R/3 for Oracle
3.18 Enterprise Option for StorageTek ACSLS

4.0 Installation Considerations

5.0 General Considerations
5.1 HP-UX File System Limitations
5.2 Disaster Recovery Option Considerations
5.3 Agent for Oracle Considerations

6.0 Known Issues
6.1 Base Product Known Issues
6.2 Agent for Informix Known Issues
6.3 Agent for Lotus Domino Known Issues
6.4 Agent for Sybase Known Issues
6.5 Agent for Oracle Known Issues
6.6 Disaster Recovery Option Known Issues
6.7 NDMP NAS Option Known Issues
6.8 Enterprise Option for Advantage Ingres Known Issues
6.9 Enterprise Option for DB2 Known Issues
6.10 Enterprise Option for SAP R3 for Oracle Known Issues
6.11 Enterprise Option for StorageTek ACSLS
6.12 BrightStor Portal Integration Known Issues

7.0 Documentation Changes

8.0 Language Certification

9.0 Documentation

10.0 Contact Customer Support


1.0 Welcome

Welcome to BrightStor® ARCserve® Backup for UNIX r11.5. This Readme file contains important information to help you with your implementation of the product, including installation considerations, operating system information, known issues, and how to contact Computer Associates Customer Support.


2.0 Operating System Support

The following sections provide information about the operating systems on which BrightStor ARCserve Backup and its agents and options are supported.


2.1 Base Product

BrightStor ARCserve Backup is supported on the following operating systems:


2.2 Client Agent for UNIX

You can install the BrightStor® ARCserve® Backup Client Agent for UNIX on the following platforms


2.3 Agent for Informix

You can install the BrightStor® ARCserve® Backup Agent for Informix on the following operating systems:


2.4 Agent for Lotus Domino

You can install the BrightStor® ARCserve® Backup Agent for Lotus Domino on the following operating systems:


2.5 Agent for Sybase

You can install the BrightStor® ARCserve® Backup Agent for Sybase on the following operating systems:


2.6 Agent for Oracle

You can install the BrightStor® ARCserve® Backup Agent for Oracle on the following operating systems:


2.7 Disaster Recovery Option

You can install the BrightStor® ARCserve® Backup Disaster Recovery Option on the following operating systems:


2.8 NDMP NAS Option

You can install the BrightStor® ARCserve® Backup NDMP NAS Option on the following operating systems:


2.9 Tape Library Option

You can install the BrightStor® ARCserve® Backup Tape Library Option on the following operating systems:


2.10 Storage Area Network (SAN) Option

You can install the BrightStor® ARCserve® Backup Storage Area Network (SAN) Option on the following operating systems:


2.11 Enterprise Option for Advantage Ingres

You can install the BrightStor® ARCserve® Backup Enterprise Option for Advantage Ingres on the following operating systems:


2.12 Enterprise Option for DB2 UDB

You can install the BrightStor® ARCserve® Backup Enterprise Option for DB2 UDB on the following operating systems:


2.13 Enterprise Option for IBM 3494

You can install the BrightStor® ARCserve® Backup Enterprise Option for IBM 3494 on the following operating systems:


2.14 Enterprise Option for SAP R/3 for Oracle

You can install the BrightStor® ARCserve® Backup Enterprise Option for SAP R/3 for Oracle on the following operating systems:


2.15 Enterprise Option for StorageTek ACSLS

You can install the BrightStor® ARCserve® Backup Enterprise Option for StorageTek ACSLS on the following operating systems:


3.0 System Requirements

The following sections provide information about the system requirements for BrightStor ARCserve Backup and its agents and options.


3.1 Base Product

The following sections identify the minimum system requirements for the BrightStor ARCserve Backup base product.


Solaris SPARC

BrightStor ARCserve Backup requires, at minimum, the following on Solaris SPARC:


IBM AIX

BrightStor ARCserve Backup requires, at minimum, the following on IBM AIX:

Additional Requirements:


HP-UX

BrightStor ARCserve Backup requires, at minimum, the following on HP-UX:

Note: To install the iSponsor and iGateway components on HP-UX, the minimum requirement for the HP-UX kernel parameter max_thread_proc is 128.


3.2 Advantage Ingres Database Requirement

The minimum Advantage™ Ingres® Database requirements for all UNIX platforms are as follows:

If installed on the same file system, a minimum total of 1700 MB hard disk space is required on that file system.


3.3 Advantage Ingres Database Location Requirement

The following information, related to the size of the Advantage Ingres database, should be considered when installing BrightStor ARCserve Backup:


3.4 Browser Support

BrightStor ARCserve Backup r11.5 requires, at minimum, the following supporting browsers:


3.5 Client Agent for UNIX

To use the Client Agent for UNIX, you must satisfy the following minimum system requirements on the supported operating systems:


3.6 Agent for Informix

The following sections provide the minimum system requirements for the Agent for Informix.


Sun SPARC

On Sun SPARC, the agent requires the following:


IBM AIX

On IBM AIX, the agent requires the following:


HP-UX

On HP-UX, the agent requires the following:


HP/Compaq OSF Tru64

On OSF Alpha, the agent requires the following:


Database Support

You can use the Agent for Informix with the following databases:


3.7 Agent for Lotus Domino

The following sections provide the minimum system requirements for the Agent for Lotus Domino.


Sun SPARC

On Sun SPARC, the agent requires the following:


IBM AIX

On IBM AIX, the agent requires the following:


HP-UX

On HP-UX, the agent requires the following:


Database Support

You can use the Agent for Lotus Domino with the following databases:


3.8 Agent for Sybase

The following sections provide the minimum system requirements for the Agent for Sybase.


Sun SPARC

On Sun SPARC, the agent requires the following:


HP-UX

On HP-UX, the agent requires the following:


Database Support

You can use the Agent for Sybase with the following databases:


3.9 Agent for Oracle

The following sections provide the minimum system requirements for the Agent for Oracle.


Sun SPARC

On Sun SPARC, the agent requires the following:

On Sun Solaris for x86, the agent requires the following:


IBM AIX

On IBM AIX, the agent requires the following:


HP-UX

On HP-UX, the agent requires the following:


HP-UX Itanium

On HP-UX Itanium, the agent requires the following:


HP/Compaq OSF Tru64

On OSF Alpha, the agent requires the following:


Database Support

You can use the Agent for Oracle with the following databases:


3.10 Disaster Recovery Option

The following sections provide the minimum system requirements for the Disaster Recovery Option.


Sun SPARC

On Sun SPARC, the option requires the following:


3.11 NDMP NAS Option

The following sections provide the minimum system requirements for the NDMP NAS Option.


Sun SPARC

On Sun SPARC, the option requires the following:


HP-UX

On HP-UX, the option requires the following:


NAS Filer Support

Network Appliance servers must have, at minimum, Data ONTAP Version 6.01 R3.

Note: For a complete list of the ONTAP versions supported with Network Appliance NAS Filers, see the online Certified Device List.


3.12 Tape Library Option

The following sections provide the minimum system requirements for the Tape Library Option.


Sun SPARC

On Sun SPARC, the option requires the following:


IBM AIX

On IBM AIX, the option requires the following:


HP-UX

On HP-UX, the option requires the following:


3.13 Storage Area Network (SAN) Option

The following sections provide the minimum system requirements for the Storage Area Network (SAN) Option.


Sun SPARC

On Sun SPARC, the option requires the following:


IBM AIX

On IBM AIX, the option requires the following:


HP-UX

On HP-UX, the option requires the following:


3.14 Enterprise Option for Advantage Ingres

The following sections provide the minimum system requirements for the Enterprise Option for Advantage Ingres.


Sun SPARC

On Sun SPARC, the option requires the following:


IBM AIX

On IBM AIX, the option requires the following:


HP-UX

On HP-UX, the option requires the following:


Database Support

You can use the Enterprise Option for Advantage Ingres with the following databases:


3.15 Enterprise Option for DB2 UDB

The following sections provide the minimum system requirements for the Enterprise Option for DB2 UDB.


Sun SPARC

On Sun SPARC, the option requires the following:


IBM AIX

On IBM AIX, the option requires the following:


Database Support

You can use the Enterprise Option for DB2 UDB with the following databases:


3.16 Enterprise Option for IBM 3494

The following sections provide the minimum system requirements for the Enterprise Option for IBM 3494.


Sun SPARC

On Sun SPARC, the option requires the following:


IBM AIX

On IBM AIX, the option requires the following:


HP-UX

On HP-UX, the option requires the following:


3.17 Enterprise Option for SAP R/3 for Oracle

The following sections provide the minimum system requirements for the Enterprise Option for SAP R/3 for Oracle.


Sun SPARC

On Sun SPARC, the option requires the following:


IBM AIX

On IBM AIX, the option requires the following:


HP-UX

On HP-UX, the option requires the following:


Database Support

You can use the Enterprise Option for SAP R/3 for Oracle with the following databases:


3.18 Enterprise Option for StorageTek ACSLS

The following sections provide the minimum system requirements for the Enterprise Option for StorageTek ACSLS.


Sun SPARC

On Sun SPARC, the option requires the following:


IBM AIX

On IBM AIX, the option requires the following:


HP-UX

On HP-UX, the option requires the following:


StorageTek ACSLS Software Support

The option requires StorageTek ACSLS version 6 or StorageTek ACSLS version 7.


4.0 Installation Considerations

The following section provides information to consider when installing BrightStor ARCserve Backup:


5.0 General Considerations

The following sections provide general information to consider when using BrightStor ARCserve Backup.


5.1 HP-UX File System Limitations

The default file size limit for HP-UX operating systems is 2 GB of data. The absence of large file support prevents file system devices on HP-UX file systems from storing backups that exceed 2 GB and causes backups to these file system devices to fail.

To enable large backups to a file system device, you must enable large file support on the HP-UX file system hosting the file system device. Enable this support before specifying the file system devices as destinations in your BrightStor ARCserve Backup environment.

For information about enabling large file support on HP-UX operating systems, see the documentation for the HP-UX operating system.


5.2 Disaster Recovery Option Considerations

The following section provides information to consider when using the Disaster Recovery Option:


5.3 Agent for Oracle Considerations

The following section provides information to consider when using the Agent for Oracle:


6.0 Known Issues

The following sections provide information about issues known to exist in this release of BrightStor ARCserve Backup.


6.1 Base Product Known Issues

The following issues relating to the BrightStor ARCserve Backup base product are known to exist in this release:


6.2 Agent for Informix Known Issues

The following issues relating to the Agent for Informix are known to exist in this release:


6.3 Agent for Lotus Domino Known Issues

The following issues related to the Agent for Lotus Domino are known to exist in this release:


6.4 Agent for Sybase Known Issues

The following issues related to the Agent for Sybase are known to exist in this release:


6.5 Agent for Oracle Known Issues

The following issues related to the Agent for Oracle are known to exist in this release:


6.6 Disaster Recovery Option Known Issues

The following issues affecting the Disaster Recovery Option are known to exist in BrightStor ARCserve Backup for this release:


6.7 NDMP NAS Option Known Issues

The following issues related to the NDMP NAS Option are known to exist in this release:


6.8 Enterprise Option for Advantage Ingres Known Issues

The following issues related to the Enterprise Option for Advantage Ingres are known to exist in this release:


6.9 Enterprise Option for DB2 Known Issues

The following issues related to the Enterprise Option for DB2 are known to exist in this release:


6.10 Enterprise Option for SAP R3 for Oracle Known Issues

The following issues related to the Enterprise Option for SAP R3 for Oracle are known to exist in this release:


6.11 Enterprise Option for StorageTek ACSLS

The following issues related to the Enterprise Option for StorageTek ACSLS are known to exist in this release:


6.12 BrightStor Portal Integration Known Issues

The following issues relating to the integration of BrightStor ARCserve Backup r11.5 and BrightStor® Portal r11.1 are known to exist in this release:


7.0 Documentation Changes

Updated guides will be available at http://ca.com/support.

The following section provides information about items that have not yet been changed in the product documentation, but that affect the information in that documentation:


8.0 Language Certification

An internationalized product is an English product that runs correctly on local language versions of the required operating system and required third-party products, and supports local language data for input and output. Internationalized products also support the ability to specify local language conventions for date, time, currency, and number formats.

A translated product (sometimes referred to as a localized product) is an internationalized product that includes local language support for the product's user interface, online help and other documentation, as well as local language default settings for date, time, currency, and number formats.

For BrightStor ARCserve Backup for UNIX r.11.5, in addition to the English release, Computer Associates supports the following languages:

Internationalized and translated:

If you run this product on a language environment not included in the list, you may experience problems.


9.0 Documentation

Each PDF guide in a documentation set has a unique Document ID (DID) that appears on the title page of the guide. The DID uses the first six characters to identify the guide, a hyphen, then two characters at the end to identify the edition and language in which it is written. For example, D01193-1E identifies the first edition of the English version of the BrightStor ARCserve Backup for UNIX Release Summary. When the second edition of this guide is published, the DID is incremented to D01193-2E. The DID is used without the hyphen for the .PDF file on the product media and on SupportConnect as shown in Filename column of the following table.

The DIDs and filenames for this product's guides are:

Guide Name DID Filename
BrightStor ARCserve Backup for UNIX Release Summary D01193-1E D011931E.PDF
BrightStor ARCserve Backup for UNIX Getting Started D01194-1E D011941E.PDF
BrightStor ARCserve Backup for UNIX Administrator Guide D01195-1E D011951E.PDF
Advantage Ingres Embedded Edition Administrator Guide A00229-1E A002291E.PDF
BrightStor ARCserve Backup Client Agents Guide D01165-1E D011651E.PDF
BrightStor ARCserve Backup for UNIX Agent for IBM Informix Guide D01196-1E D011961E.PDF
BrightStor ARCserve Backup for UNIX Agent for Lotus Domino Guide D01197-1E D011971E.PDF
BrightStor ARCserve Backup for UNIX Agent for Sybase Guide D01198-1E D011981E.PDF
BrightStor ARCserve Backup for UNIX Agent for Oracle Guide D01199-1E D011991E.PDF
BrightStor ARCserve Backup for UNIX Disaster Recovery Option Guide D01200-1E D012001E.PDF
BrightStor ARCserve Backup for UNIX NDMP NAS Option Guide D01201-1E D012011E.PDF
BrightStor ARCserve Backup for UNIX Tape Library Option Guide D01202-1E D012021E.PDF
BrightStor ARCserve Backup Storage Area Network (SAN) Option Guide D01166-1E D011661E.PDF
BrightStor ARCserve Backup for UNIX Enterprise Option for AdvantageIngres® D01206-1E D012061E.PDF
BrightStor ARCserve Backup for UNIX Enterprise Option for DB2 UDB Guide D01207-1E D012071E.PDF
BrightStor ARCserve Backup for UNIX Enterprise Option for IBM 3494 Guide D01204-1E D012041E.PDF
BrightStor ARCserve Backup for UNIX Enterprise Option for SAP R/3 for Oracle Guide D01205-1E D012051E.PDF
BrightStor ARCserve Backup for UNIX Enterprise Option for StorageTek ACSLS Guide D01203-1E D012031E.PDF

The DID for this Readme file appears under the Readme title; the DID without the hyphen is used for the Readme filename on SupportConnect.


10.0 Contact Customer Support

For online technical assistance and a complete list of locations, primary service hours, and telephone numbers, contact Customer Support at http://ca.com/support.


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