HP Serviceguard Version A.11.19 Release Notes, July 2009
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- 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
Legacy Packages
In A.11.19, you can still create new packages using the legacy method (the method
used before Serviceguard A.11.18; see “Configuring a Legacy Package” in Chapter 7
of Managing Serviceguard). In some cases new capabilities provided in modular packages
(those created by the method introduced in A.11.18) have been added to legacy packages
as well. But after A.11.19, new features will be implemented only in modular packages.
IMPORTANT: Support for legacy packages will be withdrawn altogether in a future
release. Use the modular method to create new packages whenever possible.
See Chapter 6 of Managing Serviceguard for more information.
STORAGE_GROUP Deprecated
The STORAGE_GROUP parameter (in the package configuration file for legacy
packages) is deprecated as of Serviceguard A.11.19.
This parameter was intended only for the support of CVM 3.5, which is not supported
by A.11.19. In current versions, a package using CVM disk groups for raw access
(without CFS) needs to declare a dependency on SG-CFS-pkg; see “Creating the
Storage Infrastructure with Veritas Cluster Volume Manager (CVM)” in Chapter 5 of
Managing Serviceguard for more information.
.rhosts Deprecated
Using the .rhosts file as a means of allowing root access to an unconfigured node is
deprecated as of Serviceguard A.11.19; support for this method will be withdrawn in
a future release. You should use $SGCONF/cmclnodelist instead. See “Allowing
Root Access to an Unconfigured Node” in Chapter 5 of Managing Serviceguard for more
information.
cmviewconf Deprecated
cmviewconf is deprecated as of Serviceguard A.11.19; this command will be obsolete
in a future release. Use cmviewcl to obtain information about the cluster. See
“Reviewing Cluster and Package Status” in Chapter 7 of Managing Serviceguard for
more information.
Serviceguard Extension for Faster Failover Obsolete
Performance improvements in the New Cluster Manager (page 12) make the
Serviceguard Extension for Faster Failover (SGeFF) obsolete. If SGeFF is present, it will
be removed from the system when you install Serviceguard A.11.19.
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