HP Serviceguard Version A.11.18 Release Notes, September 2008

1 Serviceguard Version A.11.18 Release Notes
Announcements
This section announces the most important features and limitations of Serviceguard
A.11.18. For more information, see “What’s in this Release” (page 20).
Platform Dependencies
This new version of Serviceguard is supported on HP-UX 11i v2 and 11i v3. There are
some platform dependencies; see the following subsections for details:
• “Announcements for HP-UX 11i v2” (page 17)
• “Announcements for HP-UX 11i v3” (page 18)
• “New Serviceguard Features Available Only on HP-UX 11i v3” (page 23)
September 2008 Patch
For information about new features introduced in the September 2008 patches, see:
• for patch PHSS_38423 for Serviceguard A.11.18 on HP–UX 11i v2: “New Features
for September 2008 Patch” (page 18)
• for patch PHSS_38424 for Serviceguard A.11.18 on HP–UX 11i v3:“New Features
for September 2008 Patch” (page 20)
Serviceguard Bundled Components - New Product Structure
The following Serviceguard components are now available for HP-UX 11i v2 and 11i
v3:
• Product T1905CA — A.11.18 — software and license
• Product T1906CA — A.11.18 — documentation
The following products are bundled with Serviceguard, as components of the
Serviceguard product, T1905CA:
• The new Serviceguard Manager web-based graphical user interface (GUI), version
B.01.01.
This version is also known as the SMH Plug-in, or simply plug-in, version. See
“About the Serviceguard Manager SMH Plug-In” (page 53).
• The Cluster Object Manager (COM), version B.05.00.
• The SGWEBEM Providers product, version A.02.00.
Advantage of the New Product Structure
This new product structure allows Serviceguard customers who subscribe to Update
services to download Serviceguard from the web (along with the three sub-products
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