<s>
On	O
March	O
15	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
Symantec	O
released	O
Symantec	B-Application
Operations	I-Application
Readiness	I-Application
Tools	I-Application
(	O
SORT	O
)	O
,	O
an	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
Veritas	B-Application
Operations	I-Application
Services	I-Application
(	O
VOS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SORT	O
(	O
formerly	O
VOS	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
web-based	O
suite	O
of	O
services	O
introduced	O
by	O
Symantec	O
Corporation	O
in	O
2008	O
that	O
supports	O
Symantec	O
enterprise	O
products	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Veritas	B-Application
Storage	I-Application
Foundation	I-Application
,	O
Veritas	B-Operating_System
Cluster	I-Operating_System
Server	I-Operating_System
(	O
VCS	B-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
and	O
NetBackup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SORT	O
collects	O
environmental	O
data	O
from	O
AIX	B-Application
,	O
HP-UX	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SORT	O
uses	O
a	O
data	O
collector	O
to	O
collect	O
configuration	O
and	O
environmental	O
data	O
about	O
Veritas	B-Application
Volume	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
(	O
VxVM	B-Application
)	O
,	O
Veritas	B-Application
File	I-Application
System	I-Application
(	O
VxFS	B-Application
)	O
,	O
VCS	B-Operating_System
,	O
NetBackup	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
Symantec	O
enterprise	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
and	O
licensing	O
inventory	O
report	O
lists	O
installed	O
software	O
binaries	O
and	O
license	B-Application
keys	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
risk	O
assessment	O
report	O
provides	O
an	O
environment-specific	O
configuration	O
assessment	O
with	O
recommendations	O
to	O
increase	O
performance	O
,	O
availability	O
,	O
and	O
utilization	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
checks	O
in	O
the	O
risk	O
assessment	O
report	O
lists	O
volumes	O
whose	O
mirrors	O
are	O
composed	O
of	O
logical	O
units	O
from	O
the	O
same	O
disk	B-General_Concept
array	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Logical	B-Application
volumes	I-Application
that	O
are	O
mirrored	O
have	O
higher	O
availability	O
when	O
mirrored	O
across	O
separate	O
disk	B-Device
array	I-Device
controllers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mirroring	O
logical	B-Application
volumes	I-Application
across	O
separate	O
disk	B-Device
array	I-Device
controllers	I-Device
allows	O
the	O
logical	B-Application
volumes	I-Application
to	O
continue	O
to	O
operate	O
should	O
one	O
disk	B-General_Concept
array	I-General_Concept
fail	O
.	O
</s>
