High Availability Monitors Version A.04.20 Release Notes HP-UX 11i v1 September 2005 Manufacturing Part Number: B5736-90058 September 2005 United States © Copyright 2005 © Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
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High Availability Monitors Version A.04.20 Release Notes Announcement Announcement High Availability Monitors (B5736DA) A.04.20 is being released for use on the PA-RISC platform with the HP-UX 11i v1 operating system. The following high availability monitors are included in this bundle: • HA Disk Monitor - It checks the status of LVM managed disks and detects disconnected buses, power-failed or missing disks, and stale or missing mirrors.
High Availability Monitors Version A.04.20 Release Notes What Is in This Version What Is in This Version The A.04.20 version of HA Monitors for HP-UX 11i v1 operating system runs on the PA platform. HA Monitors has been updated to support the update of Event Monitoring Service (EMS) A.04.20. HA Monitors contains a suite of monitors. Among them, MIB Monitor is used for monitoring the availability of LAN interface. Libraries of all HA Monitors are available as PA libraries.
High Availability Monitors Version A.04.20 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements The HA Monitors software must be installed on each node that you want to monitor. If you want to monitor the management station, then HA Monitors must be installed on the management station also. Compatibility with HP-UX Releases HA Monitors version A.04.20 runs on the HP-UX 11i v1 operating system only.
High Availability Monitors Version A.04.20 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Requirements for Database Monitor Users: The Database Monitor is supported for the Oracle Enterprise Server version 9.2 and Informix version 9.3. Before you begin to monitor your database services, you must install the following components: • For Oracle: — Oracle Net9 (for networking) — Oracle Intelligent Agent (for SNMP support) and any patches.
High Availability Monitors Version A.04.
High Availability Monitors Version A.04.20 Release Notes EMS and EMS HA Monitors Patch Strategy EMS and EMS HA Monitors Patch Strategy EMS is provided through releases and patches. EMS patch will contain HA Monitors patch as well. EMS uses PHSS_ prefix for patches. A new release contains new EMS and EMS HA Monitors features as well as fixes for known problems. For a new release of EMS and EMS HA Monitors, the following is guaranteed: • Full release testing is performed prior to release.
High Availability Monitors Version A.04.20 Release Notes EMS and EMS HA Monitors Patch Strategy Table 1-1 EMS/HA Monitors Release EMS and EMS HA Monitors Compatibility with HP-UX Releases Support Status HP-UX Release Compatibility A.03.00.xx No longer patched 11.00 A.03.01 No longer patched 11.00 A.03.02 No longer patched 11.00 A.03.10 No longer patched 11.00 A.03.20 Current Release 11.00 A.03.20.01 No longer patched 11i v1 (B.11.11) A.04.00 No longer patched 11i v1 (B.11.11) A.04.
High Availability Monitors Version A.04.20 Release Notes EMS and EMS HA Monitors Patch Strategy Table 1-1 EMS/HA Monitors Release A.04.
High Availability Monitors Version A.04.20 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in this Version Patches and Fixes in this Version Fixes and Changes There are no defect fixes in this release.
High Availability Monitors Version A.04.20 Release Notes Software Availability in Native Languages Software Availability in Native Languages HA Monitors version A.04.20 does not provide native language support.
High Availability Monitors Version A.04.20 Release Notes List of Documents available with the Product List of Documents available with the Product The following documents are available with HA Monitors version A.04.20: • High Availability Monitors Release Notes • Using High Availability Monitors manual These documents are available on http://docs.hp.com/en/ha.html.
