HP Serviceguard Storage Management Suite Version A.04.01.01 for HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes, June 2014

NOTE:
• The following SG SMS releases cannot coexist with HP-UX 11i v3 March 2014 release:
SG SMS A.04.00.00◦
◦ SG SMS A.04.00.01
◦ SG SMS A.04.01.00
The SG SMS releases listed requires lower version of VxVM and VxFS bundles than what is
supported by HP-UX 11i v3 March 2014 release. Hence SG SMS releases listed cannot coexist
with HP-UX 11i v3 March 2014 release. However this problem is fixed in SG SMS A.04.01.01,
so you can now use SG SMS A.04.01.01 along with HP-UX 11i v3 March 2014 release.
• The SG SMS version A.04.01 contains the packaging fix that resolves an issue in the VRTSvxvm
pre-install script due to which DRD clone does not boot when an upgrade is made from earlier
bundles.
• In the SG SMS Version A.04.00 release, cross bundle upgrades were not supported. SG SMS
Version A.04.01 release supports the recommended paths to upgrade from your existing
bundles to bundle 4 or bundle 7. If you are already using bundle 4 or bundle 7, there is no
impact. For example, in SG SMS Version A.04.00 release, upgrading from bundle T2771DB
to bundle T2774EB was not possible. This is enabled in SG SMS Version A.04.01 release.
NOTE: For more information on recommended upgrade paths, see Table 5 (page 22) and
Table 6 (page 23).
• From HP-UX 11i v3, VxVM disks can be configured to use HP-UX native multipathing instead
of the default Veritas DMP (Dynamic Multi-pathing) by declaring such disks as foreign devices
in VxVM. These foreign devices bypass DMP, allowing HP-UX native multipathing to have full
control on the disks with respect to multipathing and load balancing. However, CVM disks
that are sharable VxVM disks must be configured to use DMP. Moreover, on a system with
CVM installed, it is not supported to configure even local VxVM disks to bypass DMP.
• The following HP Serviceguard Storage Management Suite product bundles, which were
available in the SG SMS Version A.03.01 release, were discontinued and removed from the
price list for the SG SMS Version A.04.00.00 release:
◦ T2771xx
◦ T2773xx
◦ T2775xx
◦ T8685xx
◦ T8686xx
◦ T8695xx
◦ T8696xx
NOTE: Support for these product bundles will continue. To get the exact dates for the end of the
patch phase and the end of support, refer to the 10/10 HP Serviceguard Storage Management
Suite Support Model link contained in the HP Serviceguard Storage Management Suite
Discontinuance (End of Sale) Announcement letter at the following URL:
http://www.hp.com/softwarereleases/releases-media2/notices/
SG_SMS_Discontinuance_Letter_March_2011.pdf
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