Continentalclusters Version A.08.00 Release Notes, March 2013

Support for Serviceguard Features
The following Serviceguard features are not supported in version A.08.00.
• Package exclusion dependency
• Live Application Detach of site controller packages configured in the recovery groups and the
packages managed by that site controller instance
• Package Maintenance mode for site controller packages configured in the recovery groups
and the packages managed by that site controller instance
• Online reconfiguration of Site Controller module package parameters
• Online reconfiguration of Device group parameters in Continentalclusters XPCA (ccxpca
module) packages
• Packages configured in Continentalclusters Recovery Groups cannot be evaluated with cmeval
command
Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements
The same version of Continentalclusters and HP Serviceguard must be installed on all nodes in all
the clusters of the configuration. To use Continentalclusters, the following hardware and software
must be installed and configured on all nodes.
Hardware Requirements
Host System Hardware Requirements
• HP 9000 Servers
• HP Integrity Servers
If you are doing data replication with P9000/XP disk arrays, there are both hardware and software
requirements. For more information on the hardware and software requirements for Metrocluster
with Continuous Access for P9000 and XP, see the Metrocluster with Continuous Access for P9000
and XP Release Notes, available at: www.hp.com/go/hpux-serviceguard-docs —> HP Metrocluster.
If you are doing data replication with EVA series disk arrays, there are both hardware and software
requirements. For more information on the hardware and software requirements for Metrocluster
Continuous Access EVA, see the Metrocluster with Continuous Access EVA Release Notes, available
at: www.hp.com/go/hpux-serviceguard-docs —> HP Metrocluster.
If you are doing data replication with EMC Symmetrix disk arrays, there are both hardware and
software requirements.
For more information on the hardware and software requirements for Metrocluster/SRDF, see the
Metrocluster with EMC SRDF Release Notes, available at: www.hp.com/go/hpux-serviceguard-docs
—> HP Metrocluster.
For performing data replication with 3PAR storage systems, there are both hardware and software
requirements. For more information on the hardware and software requirements for Metrocluster
with 3PAR Remote Copy, see the Metrocluster with 3PAR Remote Copy Release Notes, available
at: www.hp.com/go/hpux-serviceguard-docs —> HP Serviceguard Metrocluster with 3PAR Remote
Copy.
Software Requirements
There are both HP software and disk array management software requirements.
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