Metrocluster with 3PAR Remote Copy for Linux Version B.12.00.00 Release Notes

Supported volume managers with Metrocluster with 3PAR Remote Copy for Linux
The following volume managers are supported with Metrocluster 3PAR Remote Copy for Linux.
• LVM
• VxVM
For the supported versions of the volume managers, see Serviceguard Disaster Recovery Products
Compatibility and Feature Matrix (Metrocluster 3PAR Remote Copy) available at http://
www.hp.com/go/linux-serviceguard-docs.
Support for Continentalclusters
Support for HP 3PAR Remote Copy replication in Continentalclusters
HP 3PAR Remote Copy replication is supported with Continentalclusters B.12.00.00 and Metrocluster
with 3PAR Remote Copy for Linux B.12.00.00. For more information, see Continentalclusters for
Linux Version B.12.00.00 Release Notes available at www.hp.com/go/linux-serviceguard-docs.
Support for Serviceguard features
Support for failover polices site_preferred and site_preferred_manual
Metrocluster for Linux supports Serviceguard failover policies site_preferred and
site_preferred_manual. These failover policies are supported for failover packages configured in
a Metrocluster with sites defined in the Serviceguard cluster configuration file.
For more information on these failover polices site_preferred and site_preferred _manual, see
Building Disaster Recovery Serviceguard Solutions Using Metrocluster with 3PAR Remote Copy for
Linux B.12.00.00 available at http://www.hp.com/go/linux-serviceguard-docs .
NOTE: You must install the Metrocluster Add-ons for Linux RPM to use the site aware failover
policies.
Support for persistent reservations
Metrocluster for Linux supports configuring persistent reservations (PR) in Metrocluster packages to
control access to LUNs. For more information on persistent reservation, see Managing HP
Serviceguard A.12.00.00 for Linux available at http://www.hp.com/go/linux-serviceguard-docs
.
Support for Device Mapper
Metrocluster for Linux supports configuring Device Mapper for disks used in Metrocluster packages.
All the Serviceguard related restrictions and guidelines for supporting DM-Multipath are also
applicable to Metrocluster configurations.
For more information on the restrictions, see HP Serviceguard for Linux Certification Matrix available
at http://www.hp.com/go/linux-serviceguard-docs.
Features not supported in Metrocluster with 3PAR Remote Copy for Linux
• Synchronous Long Distance configuration
• Unidirectional Remote Copy configuration
• 3PAR Remote Copy volume groups configured with fail_wrt_on_err policy
Features not supported in Metrocluster with 3PAR Remote Copy for Linux 7