Continentalclusters for Linux Version B.12.00.
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Contents 1 Continentalclusters for Linux version B.12.00.00 release notes...........................4 Announcements........................................................................................................................4 What’s in this version ...............................................................................................................4 Features supported in B.12.00.00...........................................................................................
1 Continentalclusters for Linux version B.12.00.00 release notes Announcements Continentalclusters for Linux is a Hewlett-Packard high availability solution that provides disaster recovery clustering with no distance limitation. Continentalclusters for Linux Version B.12.00.
Continentalclusters for Linux product features The Continentalclusters for Linux product has the following basic features: • This Continentalclusters supports the following configurations: ◦ Basic configuration ◦ Bi-directional/Mutual Recovery configuration ◦ N-1 Configuration ◦ N-1 Bidirectional configuration For more details, see Understanding and Designing Serviceguard Disaster Recovery Architectures available at http://www.hp.com/go/linux-serviceguard-docs.
◦ TCP/UDP port message delivery ◦ Text log files ◦ Console – ◦ The messages related to console notifications are written either to /dev/console or /dev/xconsole as available. OPC messages to OpenView IT/Operations – For OPC notifications, HP Operations Agent product must be installed. Continentalclusters uses the opcmsg command that is shipped as part of HP Operations Agent to send OPC notifications. Security infrastructure Continentalclusters for Linux B.12.00.00 uses a secure infrastructure.
Support for IPv6 protocol Primary and recovery clusters in Continentalclusters can be configured with IPv6 address. Additionally, notifications provided for cluster events can use an IPv6 address. IMPORTANT: A mixed cluster configuration, in which one cluster is configured with the IPv4 protocol, and the other cluster with the IPv6 protocol, is not supported.
Host Software requirements • Serviceguard for Linux version A.12.00.00 • Continentalclusters requires SSH to be configured among all the nodes in the clusters. If SSH is not available on the cluster nodes, install the following RPMs on all the nodes in the clusters: ◦ openssh-4.3 or later on RHEL, and ◦ openssh-5.1 or later on SLES NOTE: SSH must not be configured to emit any banner messages on command execution.
/opt/cmcluster/doc 2. Run the following command to install Continentalclusters SNMP RPM. This RPM is required by Continentalclusters for sending SNMP notifications. For Red Hat: # rpm –i serviceguard-continentalclusters-snmpd-B.12.00.00.rhel5.x86_64.rpm (RHEL 5.x only) # rpm –i serviceguard-continentalclusters-snmpd-B.12.00.00.rhel6.x86_64.rpm (RHEL 6.x only) For SLES: # rpm –i serviceguard-continentalclusters-snmpd-B.12.00.00.sles11.x86_64.
You must also see the following documents when using Continentalclusters for Linux: • Managing HP Serviceguard A.12.00.00 for Linux This manual describes all basic cluster configuration and administration tasks. Depending on the Serviceguard version in your environment, see the appropriate version of this manual. If you are using the XP disk array with Continuous Access P9000 or XP for data replication, see the following available at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Product.
Further reading Support information, including current information on patches and known problems, see Hewlett-Packard Support Center www.hp.com/go/hpsc. To receive the latest news about recommended patches, product support matrices, and recently supported hardware, go to the HP Support Center site above, and subscribe to the high availability programs tips and issues digest. Fixes in B.12.00.00 version The following defect is resolved in B.12.00.
