HP Serviceguard Version A.11.19 Release Notes, July 2009
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- HP Serviceguard Version A.11.19 Release Notes
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- 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
• Configuration enhancements
— Modular package configuration wizard
— Enhanced package dependencies configuration
— Improved cluster and package configuration validation
— Tooltips for cluster and package configuration parameters
— Cluster configuration wizard
— Advanced cluster configuration options
• Ease-of-use improvements:
— Preview Administration operations (e.g. simulate an administration operation
such as “Halt Node”)
— Display Serviceguard patch version
— Context sensitive links to Partition Manager
◦ Partition Manager is a free HP tool to configure and manage nPartitions
on HP server systems. If Partition Manager is not installed, a pop-up window
displays HTTP 404 – File not found. Partition Manager is a free
product that is included in the Operating Environment bundle on the HP-UX
distribution media. It also is included on the HP Integrity Essentials
Foundation Pack for Linux Management CD. Partition Manager must be
installed before you can launch it in Serviceguard Manager.
— Context sensitive links to VM Manager
VM Manager is a tool that system administrators can use to create, monitor,
and evaluate HP Integrity Virtual Machines (Integrity VM). You must have the
following to launch VM Manager:
◦ HP Virtual Machines Manager (VM Manager) version A.03.50 or later must
be installed on the VM host system.
◦ The VM Manager software must be installed on the VM Host node which
hosts the VM guest nodes where VM Manager will be launched.
◦ To launch VM Manager on an HPVM guest, HPVM-Guest Bundle software
must be installed on the guest node.
Refer to HP Integrity Virtual Machines Installation, Configuration, and
Administration on docs.hp.com for additional information.
— Menu bar added on alert pages to act on problems
— Graphical view replacing table view as default view for the package
dependencies
— Improved run package operation
— Enhanced access to consolidated logs
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