Serviceguard Extension for SAP Release Notes Version B.05.10, December 2012

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1 Serviceguard Extension for SAP Version B.05.10 Release Notes........................4
Announcements........................................................................................................................4
What's In this Version...............................................................................................................4
Cluster awareness for SAP startup framework...........................................................................5
Easy Deployment scenarios for SAP landscapes through HP Serviceguard Manager .....................5
Guided configuration and administration of SGeSAP modular packages through HP Serviceguard
Manager ...........................................................................................................................6
Improved SAP central service software operation monitoring......................................................7
Oracle database software operation monitoring......................................................................7
MaxDB database service software operation monitoring...........................................................7
Cluster module for SAP MDM 7 instance packages..................................................................7
SGeSAP/dbinstance supports SAP Sybase ASE .......................................................................7
SGeSAP/dbinstance supports IBM DB2 UDB...........................................................................8
Graceful database package shutdown ...................................................................................8
SAP-specific node-local cluster verification...............................................................................8
Configurable intra-module parallelization................................................................................8
Operation with HP-UX Containers for Oracle databases............................................................8
Additional enhancements......................................................................................................9
Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements...............................................................10
Hardware Requirements......................................................................................................10
OS Platform and Version Compatibility.................................................................................10
SAP Software License Requirements......................................................................................10
Additional Software Requirements........................................................................................11
Compatibility Issues...........................................................................................................11
Serviceguard Extension for SAP Compatibility with SAP Releases..............................................11
Port Requirements..........................................................................................................14
Installing...........................................................................................................................14
Additional Reading.................................................................................................................14
Patches, Fixes, Known Problems, and Workarounds.....................................................................15
Known Limitations..............................................................................................................15
Fixes................................................................................................................................15
Patches.............................................................................................................................16
Software Availability in Native Languages.................................................................................17
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