HP Serviceguard Storage Management Suite Version A.02.00 for HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes, April 2008

HP Serviceguard Storage Management Suite Version A.02.00 Release Notes
Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements
Chapter 138
If one of the impacted HP Serviceguard Storage Management Suite
bundles is installed without this supplemental software, the following
bundle components will fail to install:
• VRTSdbed - special commands available in the /opt/VRTSdbed/bin
directory that are provided to assist with converting an existing
database to use Quick I/O.
• ASGV - contains bundle specific control scripts that control
installation behavior and update configuration files delivered by the
Serviceguard Storage Management Suite bundle.
Without the VRTSdbed and ASGV components, the Cluster Volume
Manager (CVM) stack cannot be started and an attempt to start the
Cluster File System (CFS) package on all nodes will cause a panic.
The Supplement Media for the Serviceguard Storage Management Suite
Version A.02.00 includes:
• SGSMSupp - this is a "dummy bundle" tag, it does not get installed
• VRTSdbcom,r=5.0.00.01-GA,a=HP-UX_B.11.23_IA/PA,v=HP -
Veritas Storage Foundation for DB Common Utilities
• VRTSdbms3,r=3.0.130.0,a=HP-UX_B.11.23_IA/PA,v=HP - Veritas
Storage Foundation for Oracle DBMS3
NOTE: This software can also be downloaded from the HP Software
Depot at: www.hp.com/software/SGSMS
SCSI-3 Persistent Reservation Support
Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) relies on SCSI-3 Persistent Reservation
being supported on the storage. This is part of the Veritas split brain
prevention. HP Serviceguard uses a different and more robust method to
prevent split brain, there is no need for SCSI-3 Persistent Reservation on
the storage.
Use of HP-UX mount Commands for CFS Environments
Once the disk group and mount point multi-node packages are created in
Serviceguard, it is critical to use the CFS commands, including
cfsdgadm, cfsmntadm, cfsmount, and cfsumount. If the HP-UX
commands such as mount and umount are used, it could cause serious
problems such as writing to the local file system instead of the cluster file
system.