Serviceguard Extension for RAC Version A.11.20 Release Notes, April 2013

• “GMS authorization” (page 16)
• Support for DRD—see “Upgrade Using DRD” (page 16)
• Support for multi-node online reconfiguration (MORE) of LVM volume groups—see “Support
for Multi-Node Online Configuration (MORE)—LVM Version 2.1 Volume Groups Only” (page
14)
• “Support for Logical Volume Manager Version 2.0 and later” (page 13)
• “Support for Veritas CFS and CVM Versions 5.0.1 and 5.1 SP1” (page 14)
• “Support for Oracle 10gR2 RAC with SLVM and ASM” (page 15)
• “Support for Oracle 11gR1 RAC with SLVM and ASM” (page 15)
• “Support for the SGeRAC Toolkit ” (page 15)
Support for new ASM DG packages◦
◦ Support for modular package format
◦ Support for toolkit maintenance mode
◦ Support for package halt reason feature
◦ Support for package description feature
• Support for a maximum of 16 nodes in a cluster
• Support for a maximum of four nodes over distances up to 100 kilometers in an
extended-distance cluster with CFS/CVM 5.0.1, 5.1 SP1, and LVM 2.1
The previous maximum in this configuration was two nodes.
• Hostnames for SGeRAC cluster nodes can be up to 39 characters (bytes) long (The former
limit was 31 characters).
NOTE: The SLVM subsystem on HP-UX 11i v3 only supports hostnames up to 31 characters
long in an SGeRAC configuration. The cluster node name associated with a SLVM volume
group will be shown in the vgdisplay output as the first 30 characters plus an asterisk (*)
if the hostname is longer than 31 characters.
• The contents of the README has been moved to the Using Serviceguard Extension for RAC
user guide (published March 2011 or later). Go to www.hp.com/go/
hpux-serviceguard-docs, and then click HP Serviceguard Extension for RAC.
• Support for Serviceguard A.11.20 Easy Deployment commands.
NOTE: Serviceguard A.11.20 Patch PHSS_41628 should be installed.
Support for User defined Database Service in SGeRAC Toolkit
From SGeRAC A.11.20 patch PHSS_42561 or later, the user defined database services can be
configured to be started and stopped by SGeRAC toolkit Oracle RAC instance Multi-node
package.For more information, see Using Serviceguard Extension for RAC user guide (published
March, 2012 or later) at www.hp.com/go/hpux-serviceguard-docs—> HP Serviceguard Extension
for RAC.
Support for Mixed HP-UX Operating System during Rolling Upgrade
You can upgrade the HP-UX OS (if required) during rolling upgrade. However, rolling upgrades
are not intended as a means of using mixed releases of HP-UX, Serviceguard or SGeRAC within
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