HP Serviceguard for Linux Version A.11.18 Release Notes, 2nd Edition, March 2009

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1 Serviceguard for Linux Version A.11.18 Release Notes...................................................................11
Announcements..................................................................................................................11
March 2008 Patches (A.11.18.03)...................................................................................11
Supported Platforms and Linux Distributions.............................................................11
Product Structure .........................................................................................................12
New Method for Configuring Packages.......................................................................13
Support for Virtual Machines........................................................................................13
New Online Cluster-Management Capabilities............................................................13
Serviceguard Manager Available from the System Management Homepage
(SMH)............................................................................................................................13
Support for DM-MPIO..................................................................................................13
Cluster Name Restrictions.............................................................................................14
New Features for March 2008 Patches..........................................................................14
Documentation Errata...................................................................................................15
High Availability Consulting Services..........................................................................15
What’s in this Release.........................................................................................................15
Changes First Introduced in Earlier Releases...............................................................18
What’s Not in this Release.............................................................................................18
About Modular Packages..............................................................................................18
Package Modules.....................................................................................................19
Base Package Modules........................................................................................19
Optional Package Modules.................................................................................21
New Parameters.......................................................................................................22
module_name........................................................................................................23
module_version.....................................................................................................23
operation_sequence................................................................................................23
successor_halt_timeout..........................................................................................23
log_level...............................................................................................................23
priority.................................................................................................................24
monitored_subnet_access.......................................................................................24
ip_subnet_node ....................................................................................................24
pev_......................................................................................................................24
external_pre_script................................................................................................25
external_script......................................................................................................25
Legacy and Modular Package-Configuration Parameters.......................................25
Parameters whose Formal Requirements Have Changed..................................27
Migrating Legacy to Modular Packages..................................................................28
About Package Dependencies.......................................................................................28
About Multi-Node Packages.........................................................................................29
Other Package Changes.................................................................................................29
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