HP Serviceguard Version A.11.18 Release Notes, September 2008

The download includes Release Notes; follow directions in that document to install
the upgrade.
Once you have downloaded the software, set the identd -T option to 120 (-T120);
this ensures that a connection inadvertently left open will be closed after two minutes.
identd is usually started by inetd from /etc/inetd.conf, so you would normally
edit that file to set the identd -T option.
The -T option may also be available in the form of a patch to earlier Sendmail versions;
or for later HP-UX versions. (And if you are still running some clusters under
Serviceguard A.11.16 on HP-UX 11i v1, note that the -T option is available for that
configuration.)
Check the man page for identd to determine whether the -T option is supported for
the version of identd currently on your system.
For more information, see:
• The section “Ensuring that the Root User on Another Node Is Recognized” in
Chapter 5 of the 15th edition of Managing Serviceguard at http://docs.hp.com
-> High Availability -> Serviceguard
• The section “What’s In This Version” in the Sendmail 8.13.3 Release Notes.
• The identd (1M) manpage.
New Features for September 2008 Patch
Patch PHSS_38423 for Serviceguard A.11.18 on HP-UX 11i v2 is needed to enable
some of the features discussed in these Release Notes. See the following for more
information about the features in question:
• “About Cross-Subnet Configurations” (page 40)
• “Migrating Legacy to Modular Packages” (page 38)
• “Other Package Changes” (page 40)
• “About the Volume Monitor” (page 49)
• “Alternate Quorum Server Subnet” (page 51)
• “Support for Veritas 5.0 on HP-UX 11i v2 and 11i v3” (page 25)
Announcements for HP-UX 11i v3
Serviceguard A.11.18 supports HP-UX 11i v3, which introduces important
improvements, particularly in regard to the I/O subsystem. See the subsections that
follow, and “What’s in this Release” (page 20).
New Bundles
Serviceguard A.11.18 is now available as a recommended product in the HP-UX 11i v3
HA-OE and DC-OE bundles.
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