Continentalclusters Version A.05.01 Release Notes, December 2005 (T2346-90007)

Continentalclusters Version A.05.01 Release Notes
Announcements
Chapter 14
Announcements
Continentalclusters is a Hewlett-Packard high availability solution that
provides disaster tolerant clustering with no distance limitation. Version
A.05.01 of Continentalclusters, which contains enhancements and defect
fixes, is being released on HP-UX 11i v1 and HP-UX 11i v2 update 2 with
the following product number:
• T2346BA - license, media, and documentation
Version A.05.01 of Continentalclusters requires the HP-UX 11i v1 or
HP-UX 11i v2 update 2 operating systems. Continentalclusters version
A.04.00 or later will not automatically include the following separately
purchased products: Metrocluster CA XP, Metrocluster CA EVA, and
Metrocluster with EMC SRDF.
Since Continentalclusters configurations may be complex to configure
and maintain, it is highly recommended that you use Hewlett-Packard’s
high availability consulting services to ensure a smooth installation and
rollout. Contact your HP representative to inquire about high
availability consulting. In addition, work with your HP representative to
ensure that you have the latest firmware revisions for disk drives, disk
controllers, LAN controllers, and other hardware.
Starting with version A.04.00, Continentalclusters recovery supports
Oracle 9i RAC instances. Table 1-1 shows the Oracle RAC support
requirements for Continentalclusters version A.05.01.
Table 1-1 Metrocluster Version Requirements for Continentalclusters
Oracle RAC Support
Continentalclusters
Version
Metrocluster
CA XP
Version
Metrocluster
CA EVA
Version
Metrocluster
EMC SRDF
Version
HP-UX
Version
A.05.01
A.04.20 or later A.01.00 or later A.04.13 or later 11i v1
A.04.21 or later A.01.00 or later A.04.13 or later 11i v2