High Availability Monitors Version A.04.20.11.03, A.04.20.23.03, and A.04.20.31.03 Release Notes

Announcement
High Availability Monitors™ (B5736DA) A.04.20.23.03 and A.04.20.31.03 are being released for
use on the Integrity platform and PA-RISC platform with the HP-UX 11i v2 and HP-UX 11i v3
operating system respectively. High Availability Monitors version A.04.20.11.03 is being released
for use on the PA-RISC platforms 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. It provides the summary
status for both physical and logical volumes in a volume group, and individual status for
each disk, and logical volume.
• Management Information Base (MIB) Monitors - The following MIB monitors are shipped
with the product:
— HA Cluster Monitor checks the status of clusters, nodes, packages, and services of
Serviceguard.
— HA Network Interface Monitor reports the status of LAN interfaces.
— HA System Resource Monitor checks the number of users, the system load, and the
amount of file system space.
The High Availability Monitors (HA Monitors) bundle depends on, and includes, the Event
Monitoring Service (EMS) (EventMonitoring). When you install HA Monitors, the installation
process automatically installs EMS.
High Availability Monitors (B5736DA) version A.04.20.11.03, A.04.20.23.03, and A.04.20.31.03
includes media, license, and manual.
What is in This Version
HA Monitors version is upgraded to A.04.20.11.03, A.04.20.23.03, and A.04.20.31.03 to support
the update of Event Monitoring Service (EMS) A.04.20.11.03, A.04.20.23.03, and A.04.20.31.03
respectively.
Further Information
EMS, HA Monitors, Serviceguard and Serviceguard Extension for RAC documentation is available
on the HP Technical Documentation website at http://docs.hp.com/en/ha.html.
Support information is available on the Hewlett-Packard Electronic Support Center website at
http://www.itrc.hp.com
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.04.20.11.03, A.04.20.23.03, and A.04.20.31.03 runs on HP-UX 11i v1,
HP-UX 11i v2, and HP-UX 11i v3 operating system respectively.
Software Requirements
HA Monitors version A.04.20.11.03, A.04.20.23.03, and A.04.20.31.03 is dependent on Event
Monitoring Service version A.04.20.11.03, A.04.20.23.03, and A.04.20.31.03 respectively. When
you order the HA Monitors product, EMS software and documentation is automatically included.
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