HP Serviceguard Version A.11.19 Release Notes, March 2009

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Printing History .............................................................................................................................9
1 Serviceguard Version A.11.19 Release Notes................................................................................11
Announcements..................................................................................................................11
Platform Dependencies.................................................................................................11
Serviceguard Bundled Components - New Product Structure.....................................11
Serviceguard Optional Products Not Bundled.............................................................11
New Cluster Manager...................................................................................................11
Serviceguard A.11.19 Is the Required Basis for Future Rolling Upgrades...................12
Quorum Server Upgrade Required if You Are Using an Alternate Address...............13
Serviceguard Manager Available from the System Management Homepage
(SMH)............................................................................................................................13
Support for Mixed-OS Clusters (HP–UX 11i v2 and 11i v3).........................................13
Version 3.5, 4.0, or 4.1 of HPVM Required....................................................................13
Legacy Packages............................................................................................................13
.rhosts Deprecated....................................................................................................13
cmviewconf Deprecated..............................................................................................14
Serviceguard Extension for Faster Failover Obsolete...................................................14
RS232 Heartbeat Obsolete.............................................................................................14
Token Ring and FDDI Obsolete.....................................................................................14
Parallel SCSI Dual Cluster Lock Obsolete.....................................................................14
Parallel SCSI Not Supported for Lock LUN..................................................................15
Cluster Name Restrictions.............................................................................................15
Optimizing Performance when Activating LVM Volume Groups...............................15
High Availability Consulting Services..........................................................................16
Announcements for HP-UX 11i v2................................................................................16
Possible Problem when Upgrading from HP-UX 11i v1 to 11i v2...........................16
Use -T option to identd............................................................................................16
Features First Introduced in Serviceguard version A.11.18 (September 2008
Patch)........................................................................................................................17
Announcements for HP-UX 11i v3................................................................................17
New Bundles............................................................................................................17
Support for Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM)........................................................17
Native Multipathing, Veritas DMP, and Related Features in HP-UX 11i v3...........18
PV Links..............................................................................................................18
PCI Error Recovery.............................................................................................18
Online Replacement of LAN Cards Requires Patch................................................19
Features First Introduced in Serviceguard version A.11.18 (September 2008
Patch)........................................................................................................................19
What’s in this Release.........................................................................................................19
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