MC/ServiceGuard NFS Toolkit Version A.11.00.03 Release Notes HP 9000 Networking Manufacturing Part Number: B5140-90007 E0301 U.S.A.
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MC/ServiceGuard NFS Toolkit Version A.11.00.03 Release Notes Announcements MC/ServiceGuard NFS Toolkit Version A.11.00.03 Release Notes Announcements With the AP0301 release, MC/ServiceGuard NFS will now monitor NFS TCP services, in addition to the NFS UDP services. This feature will be available to users using HP-UX 11.0, but not to users using 11i. If a user chooses to install AP0301 on HP-UX 11i, HP will not provide support for MC/ServiceGuard NFS over TCP feature.
MC/ServiceGuard NFS Toolkit Version A.11.00.03 Release Notes What’s in This Version Details The following 3 parameters for monitoring NFS services have been defined in the nfs.mon file. They carry default values. The user has the option to reset the defaults. The 3 arguments are listed below in sequence: 1. INTERVAL: specifies the interval in which ServiceGuard should re-check whether NFS daemons are up and running. The default is set to 10 seconds. 2.
How to use MC/ServiceGuard NFS over TCP feature: To use MC/ServiceGuard NFS over TCP in the 11.0 release, the user should have the following software installed and configurations done: Software: 1. Latest NFS GR patch PHNE_22642 and its dependencies 2. MC/ServiceGuard A.11.09 3. MC/ServiceGuard NFS Toolkit A.11.00.03 Configurations: 1. NFS over TCP enabled 2. MC/ServiceGuard cluster configured (Refer to: http://docs.cup.hp.com//hpux/onlinedocs/B3936-90045/00/00/1-con.html) 3.
MC/ServiceGuard NFS Toolkit Version A.11.00.03 Release Notes Limitations Limitations 1. NFS/TCP may not be able to service new requests if the default kernel parameter max_thread_proc is hit. Users may need to increase the value of the kernel parameter, max_thread_proc in /stand/system on the HA server machine(s). They should then rebuild/reboot the kernel to take advantage of the change. The setting range for max_thread_proc is: 64 <= max_thread_proc <=nkthread 50 <= nkthread <=30000 2.
MC/ServiceGuard NFS Toolkit Version A.11.00.03 Release Notes Compatibility and Installation Requirements Software Requirements Version A.11.09 or greater of MC/ServiceGuard must be installed. The NFS services must be installed. There are no other software requirements other than those for MC/ServiceGuard. Hardware Requirements For this release, MC/ServiceGuard Toolkit has been tested over 4 or fewer nodes.
MC/ServiceGuard NFS Toolkit Version A.11.00.03 Release Notes Related Documentation Related Documentation The list below contains documentation related to the MC/ServiceGuard NFS products: • Managing MC/ServiceGuard NFS (B5140-90005). Note: B5125-90001 Managing Highly Available NFS and B5140-90005 Managing MC/ServiceGuard NFS are identical in content. The difference is only in their title. • Managing MC/ServiceGuard (B3936-90026) • MC/ServiceGuard Version A.11.
