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

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Software prerequisite
• Serviceguard A.11.20 plus PHSS_41628 or superseding patch must be installed on all nodes.
Cluster Easy Deployment using Serviceguard Manager
The cluster Easy Deployment feature helps users by performing the following tasks:
• Setting up cmclnodelist after selection of nodes
• Configuring shared subnets (network configuration)
• Configuring cluster-wide device special files
• Performing cluster lock selection and creating shared storage, if needed
• Updating system files on cluster nodes
Enable CFS or CVM in the cluster
The following prerequisites need to be satisfied to use the cluster Easy Deployment feature to enable CFS or CVM in
the cluster:
• The SG SMS versions A.03.01 or later with Serviceguard A.11.20 plus PHSS_41628 or superseding patch need
to be pre-installed.
• The user must verify that vxinstall has been run on all nodes of the cluster.
When a SG SMS CFS or CVM standalone bundle is installed on all the nodes, the users will be prompted to choose if
they would like to enable CFS or CVM in the cluster. As part of this, the SG-CFS-pkg (SMNP) will be automatically
configured during cluster deployment. This package is the system multi-node package (SMNP) that runs the CVM
infrastructure. It configures and starts the CVM/CFS stack.
SGeRAC cluster Easy Deployment
The following products need to be pre-installed to use the SGeRAC cluster Easy Deployment feature:
• SGeRAC A.11.20 Patch—PHSS_41642 or superseding patch
• Oracle RAC 11gR2
When the SGeRAC product is installed on all the nodes, the cluster Easy Deployment feature checks if the following
conditions are satisfied:
• The cluster configuration has the same LAN interface name on all nodes.
• The cluster is not configured with IPv6 heartbeat.
Specific warning messages are displayed to the user, if the previously listed conditions are not met.
Metrocluster Easy Deployment
One of the following products needs to be pre-installed to use the Metrocluster Easy Deployment feature:
• HP Metrocluster with Continuous Access for P9000 and XP A.11.00 PHSS_41664 or superseding patch
• HP Metrocluster with Continuous Access EVA A.05.01 PHSS_41660 or superseding patch
• HP Metrocluster with EMC SRDF A.09.01 PHSS_41662 or superseding patch
The Metrocluster Easy Deployment feature simplifies the configuration process by:
• Defining sites and associating nodes with these sites
• Enabling that the quorum server is used for arbitration
Continentalclusters Easy Deployment
The cluster configured using Easy Deployment in Serviceguard Manager can be used as a primary cluster or a
recovery cluster of Continentalclusters. However, cluster Easy Deployment doesn’t support Continentalclusters
configuration steps like preparing a Continentalclusters configuration file, setting up Continentalclusters monitoring
daemons, configuring logical or physical data replication, and creating recovery packages.