HP Serviceguard A.12.00.00 for Linux Release Notes, May 2014

NOTE: Ensure that you run the cmsetlicense command on each node. When you add
a new node to the cluster you must apply the license using the cmsetlicense command.
For more information about license see the following documents available at http://www.hp.com/
go/linux-serviceguard-docs:
• HP Serviceguard for Linux Base Version A.12.00.00 Release Notes
• HP Serviceguard for Linux Advanced Version A.12.00.00 Release Notes
• HP Serviceguard for Linux Enterprise Version A.12.00.00 Release Notes
Improved installation and upgrade through cmeasyinstall and cmupgrade commands
Serviceguard for Linux A.12.00.00 offers improved installation and upgrade methods through the
following commands:
• cmeasyinstall—This command helps you to do a fresh installation of HP Serviceguard
and its components such as Serviceguard Extended Distance Cluster, Serviceguard Manager,
Oracle toolkit, Enterprise DB toolkit, SAP sybase toolkit and Metroclusters except for SGeSAP
from HP Serviceguard for Linux Base, HP Serviceguard for Linux Advanced and HP Serviceguard
for Linux Enterprise A.12.00.00 DVD or ISO image.
• cmupgrade—This command helps you in upgrading HP Serviceguard and its components
such as Serviceguard Manager, Toolkits, Extended Distance Cluster and Metrocluster except
for SGeSAP.
For more information about cmeasyinstall and cmupgrade commands see the following
documents available at http://www.hp.com/go/linux-serviceguard-docs:
• HP Serviceguard for Linux Base Version A.12.00.00 Release Notes.
• HP Serviceguard for Linux Advanced Version A.12.00.00 Release Notes.
• HP Serviceguard for Linux Enterprise Version A.12.00.00 Release Notes.
Using Serviceguard with virtual machines
Serviceguard for Linux supports using VMWare and KVM guests as cluster nodes. In this
configuration, the virtual machine is a member of a Serviceguard cluster, allowing failover of
application packages between other physical or VM nodes in the cluster. VMware vMotion feature
is supported in this release. For more information about VMware features and configurations see
Using HP Serviceguard for Linux with VMware Virtual Machines white paper at http://
www.hp.com/go/linux-serviceguard-docs.
Deprecated or obsolete features
Deprecated or obsolete features in Serviceguard
The following features are deprecated or obsolete from Serviceguard in this version:
• The sg/persistent_res module and the persistent_res.sh control script are obsolete.
Instead, you must use the sg/pr_cntl module and pr_cntl.sh control script. The
capabilities provided by the new module and control script is also applicable for legacy
packages.
If you have configured the packages with sg/persistent_res module in the modular
packages or if you are using sglx_vm parameter in the legacy package, remove the module
and include the sg/pr_cntl module. The sglx_vm parameter is obsolete.
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