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
Support for Veritas 5.0 on HP-UX 11i v2 and 11i v3................................................43
Features First Introduced Before Serviceguard A.11.18 ...............................................43
About Device Special Files (DSFs)...........................................................................43
Support for HP Integrity Virtual Machines (HPVM)..............................................45
About HPVM and Cluster Re-formation Time..................................................45
Access changes as of A.11.16....................................................................................46
Considerations when Upgrading Serviceguard.................................................46
Considerations when Installing Serviceguard...................................................47
Documents for This Version ..............................................................................................47
Further Information............................................................................................................48
Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements................................................49
Compatibility.................................................................................................................49
Mixed Clusters.........................................................................................................49
Mixed Serviceguard Versions.............................................................................49
Mixed Hardware Architecture...........................................................................49
Mixed HP-UX Operating-System Revisions......................................................50
Compatibility with Storage Devices........................................................................53
Bastille Compatibility...............................................................................................54
Before Installing Serviceguard A.11.19 ........................................................................55
Memory Requirements..................................................................................................55
Port Requirements.........................................................................................................55
Ports Required by Serviceguard Manager...............................................................56
System Firewalls............................................................................................................56
Installing Serviceguard on HP-UX.....................................................................................56
Dependencies................................................................................................................56
Installing Serviceguard..................................................................................................57
If You Need To Disable identd......................................................................................58
Upgrading from an Earlier Serviceguard Release........................................................59
Upgrade Using DRD................................................................................................59
Rolling Upgrade Using DRD..............................................................................59
Non-Rolling Upgrade Using DRD.....................................................................60
Restrictions for DRD Upgrades..........................................................................60
Veritas Storage Management Products....................................................................61
Rolling Upgrade.......................................................................................................61
Requirements for Rolling Upgrade....................................................................61
Rolling Upgrade Exceptions....................................................................................61
HP-UX Cold Install.............................................................................................61
HP Serviceguard Storage Management Suite and standalone CVM
product................................................................................................................62
Migrating to Agile Addressing if Using Cluster Lock Disk...............................62
Upgrading from an Earlier Release if You Are Not Using Rolling Upgrade
(Non-Rolling Upgrade).................................................................................................62
Uninstalling Serviceguard..................................................................................................62
Patches for this Version.......................................................................................................63
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