HP Serviceguard Version A.11.18 Release Notes, September 2008

Patch
A patch to a release may be issued in response to a critical business problem found by
a Serviceguard customer, or a patch may enable new features. (Such features do not
affect the running of an existing Serviceguard cluster until you activate them, for
example by reconfiguring the cluster or reworking a package.)
In the case of a patch, the following is guaranteed:
• Patch-specific release testing is performed before the patch is posted.
• Existing functionality, scripts, etc. will continue to operate without modification.
• All fixes from the previous patch are incorporated.
Certification testing for a patch is recommended only for those fixes that are important
to your specific installation, or for new features that you intend to use.
Supported Releases
For information about the support life of a given release and its compatibility with
versions of related products, see the Serviceguard Compatibility and Feature Matrix, on
docs.hp.com -> High Availability, under the heading Serviceguard ->
Support Matrixes.
Version Numbering
Serviceguard releases employ a version numbering string that helps you identify the
characteristics of the release. The version string has 4 parts:
• Alphabetic Prefix
• First Numeric Field
• Second Numeric Field
• Third Numeric Field
When a new release is issued, different portions of the version string are incremented
to show a change from a previous version of the product.
Software Availability in Native Languages
Serviceguard Manager provides Native Language Support, but the command-line
interface does not.
IMPORTANT: Even though the command-line interface does not provide Native
Language Support, Serviceguard functions correctly whether or not the LANG variable
is set to C.
The Serviceguard Manager plug-in supports the following languages in addition to
American English:
• Japanese
• Simplified Chinese
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