HP Serviceguard Version A.11.20 Release Notes, February 2014

Restrictions for DRD Upgrades
• DRD is available only on HP-UX 11i v3.
• As of the date of these release notes, the only paths that are supported for DRD upgrade are:
from Serviceguard version A.11.18 with patch PHSS_37602 (or a later cumulative patch)
to:
◦
– A.11.19
– an A.11.19 patch release
– A.11.20
– an A.11.20 patch release
◦ from Serviceguard version A.11.19 to:
an A.11.19 patch release–
– A.11.20
– an A.11.20 patch release
IMPORTANT:
◦ Upgrades from earlier releases via DRD are not currently supported.
◦ DRD upgrades to version A.11.19 require that you make a manual fix to a
checkinstall script in the software depot.
You need to make this fix if:
– You are using drd runcmd update-ux to upgrade to Serviceguard A.11.19; or
– You are using drd runcmd swinstall to upgrade to Serviceguard A.11.19.
For instructions on making the fix, see the Workaround Notes for defect QXCR1000901306
at http://www.hp.com/go/hpsc; see “Fixed in This Version” (page 49) for more
information about looking up defects.
You do not need to make this fix if:
– You are upgrading from Serviceguard A.11.18 or A.11.19 to A.11.20, or
– You are using drd runcmd swinstall to upgrade from one revision of
Serviceguard A.11.19 to a later revision, or
– You are using drd runcmd update-ux to upgrade to an HP-UX OE containing
SG A.11.20.
• As of the date of these release notes, DRD upgrade is supported for clusters that use the LVM
or VxVM volume manager.
IMPORTANT: See the HP Serviceguard Storage Management Suite A.04.01 Release Notes
and HP Serviceguard Storage Management Suite A.03.02 Release Notes for information
about DRD upgrades in CVM/CFS environments.
• Use the DRD software released with the September 2009 release of HP-UX 11i v3 or later.
You do not have to upgrade the operating system itself, so long as you are running 11i v3.
HP recommends using the latest version of the DRD software, which you can obtain free from
HP (see “Upgrade Using DRD” above.)
• Serviceguard does not support booting from a clone disk made on another system (sometimes
referred to as DRD re-hosting).
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