HP Serviceguard Version A.11.20 Release Notes, April 2011

Contents
Publishing History..........................................................................................6
1 Serviceguard Version A.11.20 Release Notes..................................................7
Announcements........................................................................................................................7
Platform Dependencies.........................................................................................................7
April 2011 Patches...............................................................................................................7
Serviceguard Bundled Components - New Product Structure......................................................7
Serviceguard Optional Products Not Bundled..........................................................................8
Serviceguard A.11.19 Is the Required Basis for Rolling Upgrades.................................................8
New Cluster Manager..........................................................................................................8
Quorum Server Upgrade Required if You Are Using an Alternate Address...................................9
Serviceguard Manager Available from the System Management Homepage (SMH)......................9
Support for Mixed-OS Clusters (HP–UX 11i v2 and 11i v3).........................................................9
New Support for Version 5.1 Service Pack 1 (SP1) of Veritas Products from Symantec....................9
Support for Veritas Products from Symantec.............................................................................9
Version 4.1, 4.2, or 4.3 of HPVM Required.............................................................................9
ipnodes Entries Needed in /etc/nsswitch.conf.......................................................................10
Legacy Packages...............................................................................................................10
STORAGE_GROUP Deprecated......................................................................................10
Do Not Use .rhosts ............................................................................................................10
cmviewconf Obsolete.........................................................................................................10
Serviceguard Extension for Faster Failover Obsolete...............................................................10
RS232 Heartbeat Obsolete.................................................................................................10
Token Ring and FDDI Obsolete............................................................................................11
Parallel SCSI Dual Cluster Lock Obsolete...............................................................................11
Parallel SCSI Not Supported for Lock LUN.............................................................................11
Cluster Name Restrictions....................................................................................................11
Optimizing Performance when Activating LVM Volume Groups.................................................11
High Availability Consulting Services....................................................................................12
HP-UX 11i v3 Features Important to Serviceguard....................................................................12
New Bundles................................................................................................................12
Support for Veritas 5.1 SP1 from Symantec.......................................................................12
Native Multipathing, Veritas DMP, and Related Features in HP-UX 11i v3..............................12
PV Links..................................................................................................................12
PCI Error Recovery....................................................................................................12
Online Replacement of LAN Cards Requires Patch.............................................................13
What’s in this Release.............................................................................................................13
New Features for A.11.20 April 2011 Patches.........................................................................13
New Features for A.11.20....................................................................................................13
Serviceguard on HP-UX 11i v3.............................................................................................14
What’s Not in this Release..................................................................................................15
About the New Features.....................................................................................................15
Modular CFS Packages for Reducing Package Usage.........................................................15
Advantages of Modular CFS Packages........................................................................16
Improved Performance while Halting a Non-detached Multi-node Package............................16
Support for Veritas 5.1 SP1 on HP-UX 11i v3 Only.............................................................16
Easy Deployment...........................................................................................................16
Advantages of Easy Deployment.................................................................................17
Limitations of Easy Deployment...................................................................................17
Halting a Node or the Cluster while Keeping Packages Running (Live Application Detach)......18
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