HP Serviceguard A.11.20 Release Notes, September 2012

Contents
Publishing History..........................................................................................6
1 Serviceguard Version A.11.20 Release Notes..................................................7
Announcements........................................................................................................................7
Platform Dependencies.........................................................................................................7
March 2012 Patch................................................................................................................7
Serviceguard Bundled Components - Product Structure..............................................................7
Serviceguard Optional Products Not Bundled..........................................................................8
Serviceguard A.11.19 Is the Required Basis for Rolling Upgrades.................................................8
New Cluster Manager..........................................................................................................8
Quorum Server Upgrade Required if You Are Using an Alternate Address...................................9
Serviceguard Manager Available from the System Management Homepage (SMH)......................9
Support for Mixed-OS Clusters (HP–UX 11i v2 and 11i v3).........................................................9
Support for Veritas Products from Symantec.............................................................................9
Version 4.3 of HPVM or HP-UX vPars and Integrity Virtual Machines 6.1Required.........................9
ipnodes Entries Needed in /etc/nsswitch.conf.........................................................................9
Legacy Packages.................................................................................................................9
STORAGE_GROUP Deprecated......................................................................................10
Do Not Use .rhosts ............................................................................................................10
cmviewconf Obsolete.........................................................................................................10
Serviceguard Extension for Faster Failover Obsolete...............................................................10
RS232 Heartbeat Obsolete.................................................................................................10
Token Ring and FDDI Obsolete............................................................................................10
Parallel SCSI Dual Cluster Lock Obsolete...............................................................................10
Parallel SCSI Not Supported for Lock LUN.............................................................................11
Cluster Name Restrictions....................................................................................................11
Optimizing Performance when Activating LVM Volume Groups.................................................11
High Availability Consulting Services....................................................................................11
HP-UX 11i v3 Features Important to Serviceguard....................................................................11
New Bundles................................................................................................................11
Native Multipathing, Veritas DMP, and Related Features in HP-UX 11i v3..............................12
PV Links..................................................................................................................12
PCI Error Recovery....................................................................................................12
Online Replacement of LAN Cards Requires Patch.............................................................12
What’s in this Release.............................................................................................................12
New Features for A.11.20 March 2012 Patch.........................................................................13
New Features in Earlier Patches of A.11.20............................................................................13
New Features for A.11.20....................................................................................................13
Serviceguard on HP-UX 11i v3.............................................................................................14
What’s Not in this Release..................................................................................................15
About the New Features.....................................................................................................15
iSCSI Storage Support with Persistent Reservations.............................................................15
Rules and Limitations.................................................................................................16
Enhancement to Handle Failures During Package Halt........................................................16
Easy Migration from Legacy Packages to Modular Packages...............................................16
Integration of System Fault Management or Custom Defined Monitor in Serviceguard Using
Generic Resources.........................................................................................................16
Advantages of Generic Resources...............................................................................17
Modular CFS Packages for Reducing Package Usage.........................................................17
Advantages of Modular CFS Packages........................................................................17
Improved Performance while Halting a Non-detached Multi-node Package............................17
Support for Veritas 5.1 SP1 on HP-UX 11i v3 Only.............................................................18
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