HP Serviceguard Version A.11.20 Release Notes, August 2011

Cluster-wide Device Special Files (cDSFs)..........................................................................19
Points To Note..........................................................................................................19
Where cDSFs Reside.................................................................................................19
Checking the Cluster Configuration and Components.........................................................20
Limitations...............................................................................................................21
Cluster Verification and ccmon...................................................................................22
NFS-mounted File Systems..............................................................................................22
The LVM and VxVM Volume Monitor...............................................................................23
Serviceguard Manager...........................................................................................................24
DSAU Integration...............................................................................................................24
Native Language Support...................................................................................................24
What You Can Do.............................................................................................................25
New Features....................................................................................................................25
Current Limitations of Serviceguard Manager.........................................................................25
Browser and SMH Issues................................................................................................26
Pages Launched into New Window rather than Tabs with Firefox Tabbed Browsing...........26
Internet Explorer 7 Zooming Problem..........................................................................26
HP System Management Homepage (HPSMH) Timeout Default.......................................26
Help Subsystem.................................................................................................................26
Before Using HP Serviceguard Manager: Setting Up...............................................................26
Launching Serviceguard Manager........................................................................................27
Patches and Fixes...............................................................................................................27
Features Introduced Before A.11.20............................................................................................27
Features First Introduced in Serviceguard A.11.19 Patches.........................................................27
Features First Introduced Before Serviceguard A.11.19 .............................................................28
About olrad..................................................................................................................28
About vgchange -T........................................................................................................28
About the Alternate Quorum Server Subnet.......................................................................29
About LVM 2.x..............................................................................................................29
About cmappmgr..........................................................................................................29
HPVM 4.1 Support for Windows 2008 Guests.............................................................30
About Device Special Files (DSFs)....................................................................................30
Support for HP Integrity Virtual Machines (HPVM).............................................................31
About HPVM and Cluster Re-formation Time.................................................................31
Access changes as of A.11.16..........................................................................................32
Considerations when Upgrading Serviceguard.............................................................32
Considerations when Installing Serviceguard................................................................32
Documents for This Version......................................................................................................33
Further Information..................................................................................................................33
Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements...............................................................34
Compatibility....................................................................................................................34
Mixed Clusters..............................................................................................................34
Mixed Serviceguard Versions.....................................................................................34
Mixed Hardware Architecture.....................................................................................34
Mixed HP-UX Operating-System Revisions....................................................................35
Compatibility with Storage Devices..................................................................................37
Bastille Compatibility.....................................................................................................37
Before Installing Serviceguard A.11.20 .................................................................................38
Memory Requirements........................................................................................................38
Port Requirements...............................................................................................................38
Ports Required by Serviceguard Manager.........................................................................39
System Firewalls.................................................................................................................39
Installing Serviceguard on HP-UX..............................................................................................39
Dependencies...................................................................................................................39
Installing Serviceguard.......................................................................................................39
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