HP Serviceguard Version A.11.19 Release Notes, July 2009
Table Of Contents
- HP Serviceguard Version A.11.19 Release Notes
- Table of Contents
- Printing History
- 1 Serviceguard Version A.11.19 Release Notes
- Announcements
- Platform Dependencies
- July 2009 Patches
- Serviceguard Bundled Components - New Product Structure
- Serviceguard Optional Products Not Bundled
- New Cluster Manager
- Serviceguard A.11.19 Is the Required Basis for Future Rolling Upgrades
- Quorum Server Upgrade Required if You Are Using an Alternate Address
- Serviceguard Manager Available from the System Management Homepage (SMH)
- Support for Mixed-OS Clusters (HP–UX 11i v2 and 11i v3)
- Version 5.0 of Veritas CVM and CFS from Symantec Required
- Version 3.5, 4.0, or 4.1 of HPVM Required
- ipnodes Entries Needed in /etc/nsswitch.conf
- Legacy Packages
- .rhosts Deprecated
- cmviewconf Deprecated
- Serviceguard Extension for Faster Failover Obsolete
- RS232 Heartbeat Obsolete
- Token Ring and FDDI Obsolete
- Parallel SCSI Dual Cluster Lock Obsolete
- Parallel SCSI Not Supported for Lock LUN
- Cluster Name Restrictions
- Optimizing Performance when Activating LVM Volume Groups
- High Availability Consulting Services
- Announcements for HP-UX 11i v2
- Announcements for HP-UX 11i v3
- What’s in this Release
- New Features for July 2009 Patches
- Features Introduced in A.11.19
- Serviceguard on HP-UX 11i v3
- What’s Not in this Release
- About the New Features
- Features Introduced Before A.11.19
- Features First Introduced in Serviceguard A.11.18 Patches
- Features First Introduced Before Serviceguard A.11.18
- Documents for This Version
- Further Information
- Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements
- Installing Serviceguard on HP-UX
- Uninstalling Serviceguard
- Patches for this Version
- Fixed in This Version
- Known Problems
- About Serviceguard Releases
- Release Notes Revisions
- Native Languages
- Announcements
Quorum Server Upgrade Required if You Are Using an Alternate Address
If you are using an Alternate Quorum Server Subnet (page 41), you must upgrade the
Quorum Server to version A.04.00 before you upgrade the cluster to Serviceguard
A.11.19.
CAUTION: If you fail to do this, the upgraded cluster will be running without a cluster
lock until you have upgraded the Quorum Server.
Serviceguard Manager Available from the System Management Homepage (SMH)
For details, see “Serviceguard Manager” (page 30).
NOTE: The earlier, station-management version of Serviceguard Manager is obsolete
(as of Serviceguard A.11.18). The last version of Serviceguard that supports that product
is A.11.17 (A.11.17.01 on HP-UX 11i v3).
Support for Mixed-OS Clusters (HP–UX 11i v2 and 11i v3)
With some limitations, HP now supports Serviceguard clusters in which some nodes
are running HP-UX 11i v2 and some 11i v3. See “Mixed Clusters” (page 49).
Version 5.0 of Veritas CVM and CFS from Symantec Required
Serviceguard A.11.19 supports only version 5.0 of Veritas CVM and CFS from Symantec.
Versions 4.1 and earlier are no longer supported for these products, though VxVM 4.1
is still supported. See also “Support for Veritas 5.0 on HP-UX 11i v2 and 11i v3”
(page 43).
For the most up-to-date information, check the Serviceguard/SGeRAC/SMS/Serviceguard
Manager Plug-in Compatibility and Feature Matrix, at the address given under
“Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements” (page 49).
Version 3.5, 4.0, or 4.1 of HPVM Required
If you intend to use HP Integrity Virtual Machines (HPVM) with Serviceguard A.11.19,
you must install or upgrade to HPVM 3.5, 4.0, or 4.1; these are the only versions
currently supported with Serviceguard A.11.19. See “Support for HP Integrity Virtual
Machines (HPVM)” (page 45) for more information about HPVM. See also “cmappmgr”
(page 29).
ipnodes Entries Needed in /etc/nsswitch.conf
Beginning with version A.11.19, Serviceguard uses calls that require ipnodes entries to
be configured in the /etc/nsswitch.conf. See “Safeguarding against Loss of Name
Resolution Services” in Chapter 5 of Managing Serviceguard for more information.
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