High Availability Monitors Version A.04.00.02 Release Notes HP-UX 11i v1 Manufacturing Part Number: B5736-90052 June 2004 United States © Copyright 2004 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
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High Availability Monitors Version A.04.00.02 Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v1 Announcement Announcement High Availability Monitors (HA Monitors) (B5736DA) A.04.00.02 runs on the HP-UX 11i v1 operating system. The following high availability monitors are included in this bundle: • HA Disk Monitor checks the status of the disks managed by Logical Volume Manager (LVM) and detects disconnected buses, power-failed or missing disks, and stale or missing mirrors.
High Availability Monitors Version A.04.00.02 Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v1 What Is in This Version What Is in This Version The A.04.00.02 version of HA Monitors for HP-UX 11i v1 operating system runs on the PA platform. HA Monitors contains a suite of monitors. Among them, MIB Monitor is used for monitoring the availability of LAN interface. Libraries of all HA Monitors are available as PA libraries.
High Availability Monitors Version A.04.00.02 Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v1 What Is in This Version • To configure packages in Serviceguard, refer to Managing Serviceguard at http://docs.hp.com/hpux/ha/index.html. Further Information EMS, HA Monitors, Serviceguard and Serviceguard Extension for RAC documentation is available at http://docs.hp.com/hpux/ha/index.html. Support information is available from the Hewlett-Packard Electronic Support Center: http://www.itrc.hp.
High Availability Monitors Version A.04.00.02 Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v1 Known Problems and Workarounds Known Problems and Workarounds The following are known problems and workarounds in the HA Monitors product diskmond reports an error when vgchange is working at the same time What is the problem? diskmond might report DOWN status for the resource lv_summary without encountering any LVM or disk failure.
High Availability Monitors Version A.04.00.02 Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v1 Known Problems and Workarounds Only Oracle database is monitored when both Oracle and Informix databases are installed on the same system • What is the problem? Both Oracle and Informix have their own RDBMS 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.04.00.02 Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v1 Known Problems and Workarounds Resource instance /rdbms/server/peak_connects/ is invalid • What is the problem? peak_connects represents the greatest number of simultaneous connections to the database server since the server started. It is currently not being incremented. • What is the workaround? Monitor a different resource.
High Availability Monitors Version A.04.00.02 Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v1 Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements The HA Monitors software should be installed on each node that you want to monitor. If you want to monitor the management station, then HA Monitors should be installed on the management station also. Compatibility with HP-UX Releases HA Monitors version A.04.00.02 runs on the HP-UX 11i v1 operating system only.
High Availability Monitors Version A.04.00.02 Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v1 Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements NOTE Table 1-2 EMS is also included with other monitoring products. If you must install one of these monitors later, your present EMS software may be replaced with a later version. Documentation for all versions of EMS is available on the http://www.docs.hp.com/ha web site EMS / HA Monitors & Serviceguard Compatibility EMS / HA Monitors Version A.02.00 A.03.00, A.03.00.
High Availability Monitors Version A.04.00.02 Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v1 Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Table 1-2 EMS / HA Monitors & Serviceguard Compatibility (Continued) EMS / HA Monitors Version A.03.40 HP-UX Release HP-UX 11i Version 1.6 Serviceguard Version Serviceguard A.11.14.01 Serviceguard Extension for RAC (formerly known as Serviceguard OPS Edition) A.11.14.01 A.04.00.01 HP-UX 11i v1 Serviceguard A.11.15.
High Availability Monitors Version A.04.00.02 Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v1 Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Requirements for Serviceguard and Serviceguard Extension for RAC users: When you have Serviceguard installed and want HA Monitors to be part of a package, specify the monitor as a package resource dependency when you configure the package. The following versions of Serviceguard are compatible with version A.04.00.02 of HA Monitors. • HP-UX 11i v1, Serviceguard version A.11.
High Availability Monitors Version A.04.00.02 Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v1 Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements This command causes the SNMP subagent to remain in UP state even though the Informix database may be stopped and restarted. The subagent must be active in order to be able to access the values in the rdbms public MIB, on which the HA Database Monitor reports.
High Availability Monitors Version A.04.00.02 Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v1 Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Use the software management tools in SAM or the swinstall command to install HA Monitors. For details, see Using High Availability Monitors in http://docs.hp.com. The HA Monitors version A.04.00.02 bundle (Part number B5736DA) contains the following file sets that will be installed on PA platform: • EMS-MIBMonitor.
High Availability Monitors Version A.04.00.02 Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v1 EMS and EMS HA Monitors Patch Strategy EMS and EMS HA Monitors Patch Strategy Versions of EMS are provided as releases and patches. EMS patch will contain HA Monitors patch as well. EMS uses PHSS_ prefix for patches. A new release contains new EMS and EMS HA Monitors features as well as fixes for known problems.
High Availability Monitors Version A.04.00.02 Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v1 EMS and EMS HA Monitors Patch Strategy Table 1-3 EMS and EMS HA Monitors Compatibility with HP-UX Releases EMS / HA Monitors Release Chapter 1 Support Status Compatible A.03.01 No Longer Patched 11.00 A.03.02 No Longer Patched 11.00 A.03.10 No Longer Patched 11.00 A.03.20 Current Release 11.00 A.03.20.01 No Longer Patched 11i v1 (B.11.11) A.04.00 No Longer Patched 11i v1 (B.11.11) A.04.00.
High Availability Monitors Version A.04.00.02 Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v1 Patches and Fixes in This Version Patches and Fixes in This Version Required and Recommended Patches The contents of HA Monitors A.03.20.01 and A.03.40 has been incorporated into HA Monitors version A.04.00.02 product.
High Availability Monitors Version A.04.00.02 Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v1 Software Availability in Native Languages Software Availability in Native Languages HA Monitors version A.04.00.02 does not provide native language support.
High Availability Monitors Version A.04.00.02 Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v1 List of Documents available with the Product List of Documents available with the Product High Availability Monitors Version A.04.00.02 Release Notes is available with the product. Using High Availability Monitors user manual is available on http://docs.hp.com/hpux/ha/index.html.
