Continentalclusters Version A.08.00 Release Notes, April2011 (5900-1485)

Contents
Publishing History.......................................................................................................................5
1 Continentalclusters Version A.08.00 Release Notes......................................................................6
Announcements........................................................................................................6
What’s In This Version ..............................................................................................6
New Features for the April 2011 Patch Release........................................................6
Support for Three Data Center (3DC) Continuous Access Journal (CAJ) Replication
Between Sites in a 3DC Disaster Recovery (DR) Solution.......................................7
Support for Three Links and Delta Resync functionality in a 3DC DR Solution...........7
Support for Device Group Monitor in a 3DC DR Solution.....................................8
Support for Data Replication Storage Failover Preview in a 3DC DR Solution..........9
Support for Disaster Recovery Rehearsal Operations in a 3DC DR Solution.............9
Features Introduced in A.08.00...........................................................................10
Continentalclusters Product Features.................................................................10
Support for IPv6 Protocol................................................................................11
Enhanced Security Infrastructure......................................................................11
Support for Modular Packages........................................................................12
Support for Modular CFS Packages.................................................................12
Support for Complex Workloads using Site Aware Disaster Tolerant Architecture
(SADTA).......................................................................................................12
Support for Oracle RAC ASM using SADTA......................................................13
Support for Oracle 11gR2 as Single Instance and as RAC..................................13
Support for Configuring Package Dependencies for Failover Recovery
Packages.....................................................................................................14
Support for HPVM Packages in Continentalclusters............................................14
Support for Serviceguard Features............................................................................14
Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements...............................................14
Hardware Requirements......................................................................................14
Host System Hardware Requirements...............................................................14
Software Requirements.......................................................................................15
HP Software Requirements..............................................................................15
Bastille Security Set up.......................................................................................15
Installing Continentalclusters................................................................................16
Upgrading from Earlier Versions......................................................................16
Compatibility Issues...........................................................................................17
What Manuals are Available for this Version.........................................................17
Further Reading.................................................................................................19
Patches and Fixes in this Version...............................................................................19
Patches Introduced for A.08.00 for the April 2011 Enhancements.............................19
Fixes................................................................................................................20
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