Continentalclusters Version A.07.00 Release Notes, December 2007 (T2346-90010)

Continentalclusters Version A.07.00 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.07.00 of Continentalclusters, which contains enhancements and defect
fixes, is being released on HP-UX 11i v2 and HP-UX 11i v3 with the
following product number:
• T2346BA - license, media, and documentation
Version A.07.00 of Continentalclusters requires the HP-UX 11i v2 or
HP-UX 11i v3 operating system. Continentalclusters version A.04.00 or
later will not automatically include the following separately purchased
products: Metrocluster with Continuous Access XP, Metrocluster with
Continuous Access 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.07.00.
Table 1-1 Metrocluster Version Requirements for Continentalclusters
Oracle RAC Support
Continentalcluster
Version A.07.00
Metrocluster
Continuous
Access XP
Version
Metrocluster
Continuous
Access EVA
Version
Metrocluster
EMC SRDF
Version
Supported
Metrocluster Versions
A.06.00 or later A.01.00 or later A.05.01 or later
Volume Managers and
File Systems
Supported
LVM, SLVM,
Veritas CVM 4.1,
and Veritas CFS
4.1
LVM and SLVM.
Veritas CVM 4.1,
and Veritas CFS
4.1
LVM, SLVM,
Veritas CVM 4.1,
and Veritas CFS
4.1