High Availability Monitors Version A.04.20 Release Notes (December 2005)

High Availability Monitors Version A.04.20 Release Notes
Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements
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Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements
The HA Monitors software must be installed on each node that you want to monitor. If you
want to monitor the management station, then HA Monitors must be installed on the
management station also.
Compatibility with HP-UX Releases
HA Monitors version A.04.20 runs on the HP-UX 11i v2 operating system only.
Software Requirements
HA Monitors version A.04.20 is dependent on Event Monitoring Service, version A.04.20.
When you order the HA Monitors product, EMS software and documentation is automatically
included.
NOTE 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. Documentation for all versions of EMS is on the
http://docs.hp.com/en/ha.html website.
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.04.20 of HA Monitors.
• HP-UX 11i v2, Serviceguard version A.11.15.00 and later versions.
• HP-UX 11i v2, Serviceguard Extension for RAC version A.11.15.00 and later versions.
Requirements for HP OpenView Users:
You must configure templates into HP OpenView ITO or NNM to view the status of HA
Monitors. To configure, download the latest templates from the http://software.hp.com
web site. Click High Availability, then Event Monitoring Service Developer’s Kit.
The templates are listed in the Developers’ Kit web page.