10Product overview

Veritas Storage Foundation

service protects communication channels among Symantec application clients and services through message integrity and confidentiality services.

Before you install the authentication service, read the Storage Foundation and

High Availability Solutions appendix in the Symantec Product Authentication

Service Installation Guide.

This document is located at the following directory in the release media.

authentication_service/docs/vxat_install.pdf

Before you select this method of setting up the authentication service, also read the product installation guide and release notes.

Storage Foundation Management Server

Storage Foundation Management Server (SF Management Server) provides a centralized management console for Veritas Storage Foundation products. You can use SF Management Server to monitor, visualize, and manage storage resources and generate reports about those resources. SF Management Server is not available on the Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions release and must be obtained separately. For information on ordering SF Management Server, visit the following URL:

www.symantec.com/enterprise/sfms

Veritas Storage Foundation

Before you install this product, complete the following tasks:

Read the product release notes.

Review the preliminary information.

Follow the instructions in the Storage Foundation Installation Guide. These documents are located at the following directories in the release media.

storage_foundation/docs/sf_notes.pdf

storage_foundation/docs/sf_install.pdf

About this product

Veritas Storage Foundation by Symantec includes Veritas File System by Symantec (VxFS) and Veritas Volume Manager by Symantec (VxVM) with various feature levels.