Using Easy Deployment in Serviceguard and Metrocluster environments on HP-UX 11i v3 - (March 2012)

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You can directly access Managing Serviceguard, Nineteenth Edition at

www.hp.com/go/hpux-serviceguard-docs ->

HP Serviceguard.

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industries and to see what is new in Serviceguard, visit: http://www.hp.com/go/serviceguard

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minimize downtime, and reduce complexity of configuration and deployment of robust clustered environments,

visit http://www.hp.com/go/ha.

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5900-1593, Created March 2012

HP recommends modular style packages for new application deployment in Serviceguard clusters.

HP also urges you to convert all existing legacy packages to modular style packages in your Serviceguard clusters.

Only with modular style packages can you take advantage of the new Serviceguard features explained in this white

paper and many other advanced Serviceguard features. For more details on migrating to modular style packages,

please refer to this white paper:

“Migrating packages from legacy to modular style” (October 2007) at:

http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c02056215/c02056215.pdf

HP strongly recommends using Dynamic Root Disk software to enable safe and less disruptive upgrades to your

HP-UX 11i v3 servers. You can obtain the DRD software for free from: www.hp.com/go/drd

Please contact your HP representative to learn more about any of the following products:

Serviceguard, Serviceguard Manager, Serviceguard Extension for Oracle RAC (SGeRAC), Serviceguard Extension

for SAP (SGeSAP), Enterprise Cluster Master Toolkit (ECMT), Metrocluster, and Continentalclusters.