HP Serviceguard Version A.11.17 on HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes, February 2007

Serviceguard Version A.11.17 on HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes
Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements
Chapter 136
Before Installing Serviceguard A.11.17
Before you install Serviceguard A.11.17, you need to make sure that your
cluster has the correct hardware upgrades. If you are upgrading older
systems, ensure that your HP representative reviews the firmware levels
of SCSI controller cards and installs the latest versions.
Access changes as of A.11.16
Serviceguard version A.11.16 introduced a new access method. As of
A.11.16, Serviceguard uses Access Control Policies, rather than
cmclnodelist or .rhosts, to authenticate users.
If you want to allow non-root access to a cluster, you must configure an
Access Control Policy in the cluster configuration file or in a package
configuration file.
For more information about role-based access, see the Managing
Serviceguard manual (docs.hp.com -> High Availability), the
Serviceguard Manager help (under Configuring Clusters -> Roles), and
the cluster and package configuration files themselves.
Considerations when Upgrading Serviceguard
If you relied on .rhosts for access in the previous version of the cluster,
be sure to manually configure Access Control Policies for the cluster
users.
When you upgrade from an earlier version, Serviceguard converts
cmclnodelist entries into new entries written into the cluster
configuration file during the upgrade, as follows:
• USER_NAME <user_name>
• USER_HOST <host_node>
• USER_ROLE Monitor
A wild-card + (plus) is converted as follows:
• USER_NAME ANY_USER
• USER_HOST ANY_SERVICEGUARD_NODE
• USER_ROLE Monitor