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

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Announcements
Continentalclusters is a Hewlett-Packard high availability solution that provides disaster
tolerant clustering with no distance limitation. Version A.08.00 of Continentalclusters
contains enhancements and is released on HP-UX 11i v2 and HP-UX 11i v3 with the
following product number:
T2346BA - license, media, and documentation
Version A.08.00 of Continentalclusters requires the HP-UX 11i v2 or HP-UX 11i v3
operating system. Continentalclusters Version A.08.00 requires HP-UX Distributed Systems
Administration Utilities Version C.01.00.11 and HP-UX Secure Shell Version A.04.50.021.
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 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.
For information on supported versions, see the Disaster Tolerant Clusters Products
Compatibility and Feature Matrix (Continentalclusters-CC), located at http://
www.hp.com/go/hpux-serviceguard-docs -> HP Serviceguard Continentalclusters.
What’s In This Version
Continentalclusters employs semi-automatic failover of Serviceguard packages from one
cluster to another following a cluster event that indicates serious disruption of service on
one of the clusters. The product consists of a set of configuration, management commands,
and a set of daemons that monitors and sends notification of cluster events.
New Features for the April 2011 Patch Release
Continentalclusters version A.08.00 with the patches listed under “Patches Introduced
for A.08.00 for the April 2011 Enhancements” (page 19), provides the following new
capabilities:
• “Support for Three Data Center (3DC) Continuous Access Journal (CAJ) Replication
Between Sites in a 3DC Disaster Recovery (DR) Solution” (page 7)
• “Support for Three Links and Delta Resync functionality in a 3DC DR Solution”
(page 7)
• “Support for Device Group Monitor in a 3DC DR Solution” (page 8)
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