HP Serviceguard Version A.11.19 Release Notes, March 2009

— Identify whether nodes and packages are halted or failed
— Identify package type (e.g. failover, multi-node system multi-node, Serviceguard
Extension for RAC)
— Identify Serviceguard nodes that are VMware guests
— Identify Serviceguard nodes that are Integrity VM hosts or guests
• Detect Serviceguard Extension for SAP
• 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
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