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

• T2776CA or T2796CA HP Serviceguard Cluster File System for Oracle bundle
— Version A.02.00 — software and license
— Installation and support services available through product options
— T2796CA includes all of the above plus the Mission Critical Operating Environment
(MCOE)
• T2777CA or T2797CA HP Serviceguard Cluster File System for RAC bundle
— Version A.02.00 — software and license
— Installation and support services available through product options
— T2797CA includes all of the above plus the Mission Critical Operating Environment
(MCOE)
These HP Serviceguard Storage Management Suite product bundles are shipped on independent
media. They are not included on the June 2007 HP-UX Application Release media.
Due to the complexity of configuring clusters, you may wish to use Hewlett-Packard’s high
availability consulting services to ensure a smooth installation and rollout. Please contact your
HP representative to inquire about high availability consulting. In addition, you should work
with your HP representative to ensure that you have the correct firmware revisions for disk
drives, disk controllers, LAN controllers, and other hardware.
What’s New and Changed in Storage Management Suite 2.0
Storage Management Suite version 2.0 has added support for the following HP Serviceguard
A.11.18 features:
• Serviceguard Extension for Faster Failover (SGeFF)
• High Availability — Network File System (HA-NFS) with Cluster File System (CFS)
Storage Management Suite version 2.0 includes the following Veritas Storage Foundation 5.0
features:
• Faster device discovery
• Tunable DMP with multi-threaded error handling
• Cluster File System (CFS) and Cluster Volume Manager (CVM) performance and scaling
enhancements
— Multiple Cluster File System transaction servers
— Multiple joiners improve cluster startup and reformation time
— Faster and more reliable failover
• File change log
— Applications can check what changed
— Enhances backup, auditing and compliance, Open View, etc.
• Intelligent storage provisioning management enhancements
• More policies for tiered storage support
What’s in this Version
HP Serviceguard Storage Management Suite Version A.02.00 is being released on HP-UX 11i v2.
The HP Serviceguard Storage Management Suite bundles deliver core HP Serviceguard products
and Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) and File System (VxFS, also known as JFS) in all bundles.
Support for Veritas Cluster File system (CFS) is available in certain bundles. A summary of all
products delivered in each bundle is listed in Table 1-1: “Products and Associated Bundles”.
Storage Management Suite bundles version A.02.00 include Veritas version 5.0 products. If you
are using Veritas version 4.1 products, refer to the Storage Management Suite bundles version
A.01.01.
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