HP Serviceguard Version A.11.18 Release Notes, September 2008

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Printing History ...........................................................................................................................11
1 Serviceguard Version A.11.18 Release Notes................................................................................13
Announcements..................................................................................................................13
Platform Dependencies.................................................................................................13
September 2008 Patch....................................................................................................13
Serviceguard Bundled Components - New Product Structure.....................................13
Advantage of the New Product Structure...............................................................13
Serviceguard Optional Products Not Bundled.............................................................14
SMS A.01.01 or Later Required with June 2007 or Later MCOE...................................14
Support for Veritas 5.0...................................................................................................14
New Method for Configuring Packages.......................................................................14
New Online Cluster-Management Capabilities............................................................14
Serviceguard Manager Available from the System Management Homepage
(SMH)............................................................................................................................15
Version 3.0 or 3.5 of HPVM Required...........................................................................15
Support for Mixed-OS Clusters (HP–UX 11i v2 and 11i v3).........................................15
RS232 Heartbeat Obsolete.............................................................................................15
Token Ring and FDDI Obsolete.....................................................................................15
Parallel SCSI Dual Cluster Lock Obsolete.....................................................................16
Parallel SCSI Not Supported for Lock LUN..................................................................16
Cluster Name Restrictions.............................................................................................16
Optimizing Performance when Activating LVM Volume Groups...............................16
High Availability Consulting Services..........................................................................17
Announcements for HP-UX 11i v2................................................................................17
Possible Problem when Upgrading from HP-UX 11i v1 to 11i v2...........................17
Use -T option to identd............................................................................................17
New Features for September 2008 Patch.................................................................18
Announcements for HP-UX 11i v3................................................................................18
New Bundles............................................................................................................18
Support for Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM)........................................................19
Native Multipathing, Veritas DMP, and Related Features......................................19
PV Links..............................................................................................................19
PCI Error Recovery.............................................................................................19
Online Replacement of LAN Cards Requires Patch................................................20
New Features for September 2008 Patch.................................................................20
What’s in this Release.........................................................................................................20
New Serviceguard Features Common to HP-UX 11i v2 and 11i v3.............................21
New Serviceguard Features Available Only on HP-UX 11i v3.....................................23
Changes First Introduced in Earlier Releases...............................................................24
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