MC/ServiceGuard NFS Toolkit A.11.11.03 Release Notes Edition 1 Manufacturing Part Number: B5140-90013 September 2003 United States © Copyright 2003 © Hewlett-Packard Development Company L.P. All rights reserved.
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MC/ServiceGuard NFS Toolkit A.11.11.
MC/ServiceGuard NFS Toolkit A.11.11.03 Release Notes Announcement Announcement In the earlier versions of MC/ServiceGuard NFS Toolkit, file locks were not maintained when an NFS server package was moved to a new node. To address this limitation, the latest version of MC/ServiceGuard NFS Toolkit, A.11.11.03, includes a new feature - File Lock Migration. NFS clients reclaim the file locks automatically following an NFS server package failover or manual package migration. MC/ServiceGuard NFS Toolkit A.11.11.
MC/ServiceGuard NFS Toolkit A.11.11.03 Release Notes What Is in This Version What Is in This Version MC/ServiceGuard NFS Toolkit A.11.11.03 includes a new feature - File Lock Migration. The detailed information of this feature is as follows: • Each HA/NFS package designates a unique holding directory located in one of the filesystems associated with the package. In other words, an empty directory is created in one of the filesystems that moves between servers as part of the package.
MC/ServiceGuard NFS Toolkit A.11.11.03 Release Notes What Is in This Version NOTE MC/ServiceGuard NFS Toolkit version A.11.11.03 requires MC/ServiceGuard version A.11.13, because this version of NFS toolkit takes advantage of the updated package integration framework delivered in MC/ServiceGuard A.11.13. This new framework enables multiple MC/ServiceGuard partner software packages to be combined more easily into an integrated solution. If the new File Lock Migration feature of NFS Toolkit A.11.11.
MC/ServiceGuard NFS Toolkit A.11.11.03 Release Notes Known Problems and Workarounds Known Problems and Workarounds Problem If you run AutoFS on NFS servers that participate in a Highly Available NFS cluster (through MC/ServiceGuard), the behavior of building a local IP interface list can, in certain cases, render MC/ServiceGuard unable to migrate an NFS package during a fail-over event. NOTE This problem impacts only HA/NFS server systems running AutoFS. You can safely use AutoFS on client systems.
MC/ServiceGuard NFS Toolkit A.11.11.03 Release Notes Known Problems and Workarounds NOTE 8 Do not stop or start the NFS client or NFS server during execution of the preceding two actions.
MC/ServiceGuard NFS Toolkit A.11.11.03 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements For detailed installation and configuration instructions, see Managing MC/ServiceGuard NFS User Manual (B5140-90012). MC/ServiceGuard NFS Toolkit A.11.11.03 Software and Patch Requirements MC/ServiceGuard NFS Toolkit version A.11.11.03 requires MC/ServiceGuard version A.11.
MC/ServiceGuard NFS Toolkit A.11.11.03 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements OS Platform and Version Compatibility MC/ServiceGuard and MC/ServiceGuard NFS Toolkit are available only on HP 9000 series 800 servers. MC/ServiceGuard NFS Toolkit version A.11.11.03 is supported only on HP-UX 11i v1. Disk and Memory Requirements Installing MC/ServiceGuard NFS Toolkit requires 100 KB of disk space. Each configured package requires additional 100 KB of disk space.
MC/ServiceGuard NFS Toolkit A.11.11.03 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version Patches and Fixes in This Version The fixes in this version are as follows: SR Number Problem Description 8606271572 File locks held against the files residing in an HA/NFS package are lost following an HA/NFS package failover event. 8606269596 Customers might use the older nfs.cntl and nfs.conf scripts instead of the new hanfs.
MC/ServiceGuard NFS Toolkit A.11.11.
