Veritas Flex Appliance Getting Started and Administration Guide
- Product overview
- Release notes
- Flex Appliance 2.1 new features, enhancements, and changes
- Flex Appliance 2.1.1 new features, enhancements, and changes
- Flex Appliance 2.1.2 new features, enhancements, and changes
- Flex Appliance 2.1.3 new features, enhancements, and changes
- Flex Appliance 2.1.4 new features, enhancements, and changes
- Supported upgrade paths to this release
- Operational notes
- Flex Appliance 2.1 release content
- Flex Appliance 2.1.1 release content
- Flex Appliance 2.1.2 release content
- Flex Appliance 2.1.3 release content
- Flex Appliance 2.1.4 release content
- Getting started
- Initial configuration guidelines and checklist
- Performing the initial configuration
- Adding a node
- Accessing and using the Flex Appliance Shell
- Accessing and using the Flex Appliance Console
- Managing the appliance from the Appliance Management Console
- Setting the date and time for appliance nodes
- Common tasks in Flex Appliance
- Managing network settings
- Managing users
- Overview of the Flex Appliance default users
- Changing the password policy
- Managing Flex Appliance Console users and tenants
- Adding a tenant
- Editing a tenant
- Removing a tenant
- Adding a local user to the Flex Appliance Console
- Connecting a remote user domain to the Flex Appliance Console
- Importing a remote user or user group to the Flex Appliance Console
- Editing a remote user domain in the Flex Appliance Console
- Changing a local user password in the Flex Appliance Console
- Expiring local user passwords in the Flex Appliance Console
- Removing users from the Flex Appliance Console
- Managing user authentication with smart cards or digital certificates
- Changing the hostadmin user password in the Flex Appliance Shell
- Changing the sysadmin user password in the Veritas Remote Management Interface
- Using Flex Appliance
- Managing the repository
- Creating application instances
- Managing application instances from Flex Appliance and NetBackup
- Managing application instances from Flex Appliance
- Upgrading application instances
- Updating an application instance to a newer revision
- About Flex Appliance upgrades and updates
- Appliance security
- Monitoring the appliance
- Reconfiguring the appliance
- Troubleshooting guidelines
About Flex Appliance upgrades and updates
Flex Appliance provides product enhancements and fixes with the following types of releases:
Upgrades
An upgrade release contains new features, enhancements, and fixes. An upgrade installs a new version of the Flex Appliance software, including the operating system and the appliance interfaces.
The version number for an upgrade release includes a single decimal point. For example, 2.1.
Updates
An update release is primarily comprised of fixes, though it may also include enhancements. An update modifies the existing version of Flex Appliance by making changes to the operating system, the appliance interfaces, or both.
The version number for an update release includes the version number of the release it modifies, followed by another decimal point and the update number. For example, 2.1.1 would be an update for release 2.1.
Firmware updates
A firmware update modifies the firmware on the appliance hardware components, including the BIOS, storage, network interface cards, and Fibre Channel ports. The version number for a firmware update is not related to the Flex Appliance version.
Veritas recommends that you install updates and upgrades when available to make sure that you have the latest product features and fixes.