High Availability Monitors Version A.03.
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High Availability Monitors Version A.03.10 Release Notes Announcements 1 High Availability Monitors Version A.03.10 Release Notes Announcements Version A.03.10 of High Availability Monitors (B5736BA) includes media, license, and manual. Version A.03.10 runs on HP-UX 10.20 and HP-UX 11.0. The following high availability monitors are included in this bundle: • HA Database Monitor checks the status of Oracle 8 databases and Informix 7 and their application servers.
High Availability Monitors Version A.03.10 Release Notes Announcements • The EMS framework queries monitors, accepts status messages, interprets them according to your configured monitoring requests, and sends notification when and where you request. Define monitoring requests through either the EMS GUI or with high availability software such as MC/ServiceGuard and ServiceGuard OPS Edition.
High Availability Monitors Version A.03.10 Release Notes What’s New in this Version What’s New in this Version Version A.03.10 includes resources for Informix databases that the HA Database Monitor can now track, such as /rdbms/database and /rdbms/status. In addition, database resources can now be configured as part of an MC/ServiceGuard package resource dependency (for MC/ServiceGuard A.11.09 on HP-UX 11.0, for Oracle databases only).
High Availability Monitors Version A.03.10 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements describes basic cluster concepts. • Advanced Tape Services User’s Guide (HP Part Number B3936-90032). This guide describes shared tape configuration and management. For information about ClusterView Plus and its relationship to IT/Operations and Network Node Manager, refer to: • HP ClusterView Plus Version B.03.
High Availability Monitors Version A.03.10 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Software Requirements HA Monitors is dependent on Event Monitoring Service, Version A.03.10 or later. When you order the HA Monitors product, EMS software and documentation is automatically included. EMS is also included with other monitoring products. If you should install one of these monitors later, your present EMS software may be replaced with a later version.
High Availability Monitors Version A.03.10 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Version 8.0.5 and Informix Version 7.3.0.
High Availability Monitors Version A.03.10 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements of the 11.0 operating system.) • Fibre Channel: To use the HA Disk Monitor with disks connected by fibre channel, you must already have the SCSI passthrough driver installed, as described in NIO Bus, above. Then, follow the directions below: — For HP-UX 10.20, install Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver product J3630BA, and any recommended patches. — For HP-UX 11.
High Availability Monitors Version A.03.10 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements system in multi-user mode. Use the software management tools in SAM or the swinstall command to install HA Monitors. For details see Using High Availability Monitors (HP Part Number B5736-90025).
High Availability Monitors Version A.03.10 Release Notes Required and Recommended Patches Required and Recommended Patches This section describes patches that are required and defects that have been fixed in version A.03.10 of High Availability Monitors. The following patches (or their supersedents) are required. You must install these patches before you install EMS A.03.10. This list is subject to change without notice. Contact your HP support representative for up-to-the-moment information.
High Availability Monitors Version A.03.10 Release Notes Required and Recommended Patches Table 1-2 EMS Patches for HP-UX 11.00 Patch Date Description PHSS_20326 991201 The opcmsg protocol for communicating with IT/Operations (ITO) is supported for managed nodes running HP-UX 10.20, but it is now available in EMS on HP-UX 11.0.
High Availability Monitors Version A.03.10 Release Notes Known Problems and Workarounds Known Problems and Workarounds The following are known problems with the HA Monitors product or with Event Monitoring Service: JAGab04570: Delay in changing resource state What is the problem? When SNMP connectivity to dbsnmp (Oracle SNMP) fails, EMS correctly reports that there are “no instances” of the /rdbms/server/status resource.
High Availability Monitors Version A.03.10 Release Notes Known Problems and Workarounds If you have installed EMS software with a later version number than the version you are trying to install, you may see errors similar to the following in the swinstall logfile, /var/adm/sw/swagent.log: ERROR A later revision (one with a higher revision number) of fileset EMS-Core.EMS-CORE,r=A.03.10 has already been installed. Either remove this fileset or change the allow_downdate option to true.
High Availability Monitors Version A.03.10 Release Notes Known Problems and Workarounds You will then see error messages similar to the following during the execution phase: Summary of Analysis Phase: ERROR Skipped (in analysis) EMS-Config.EMS-GUI, r=A.03.10 ERROR Skipped (in analysis) EMS-Core.EMS-ORE, r=A.03.10 ERROR 2 of 5 filesets had Errors. 3 of 5 filesets had no Errors or Warnings: ERROR NOTE The Execution Phase had errors. See the above output for details.
High Availability Monitors Version A.03.10 Release Notes Known Problems and Workarounds resources, be sure the database is available, and its server has been started. Only Oracle database monitored when both Oracle and Informix databases installed on same system • What is the problem? Both Oracle and Informix have their own RDMS MIB subagents, and each has its own proprietary method of instrumenting the MIB. The HA Database Monitor relies on values in the MIB to monitor the databases and database servers.
High Availability Monitors Version A.03.10 Release Notes Software Availability in Native Languages Known Problems and Workarounds for Informix Installations Resource instance /rdbms/server/uptime is always -l • What is the problem? The uptime resource should be equal to the number of seconds that the database server has been up. For Informix, the uptime value is always -1, which indicates that this value cannot be calculated. • What is the workaround? Monitor a different resource for changes.
High Availability Monitors Version A.03.
