HP Serviceguard A.11.20.10 for Linux Release Notes, December 2012

Contents
Overview................................................................................................................................5
Supported platforms and Linux distributions..................................................................................5
Serviceguard bundled components - product structure...............................................................5
What is new in this release........................................................................................................9
What is new in Servicegurad................................................................................................9
What is new in Serviceguard Manager..............................................................................9
Features not supported in this version...................................................................................10
About the new features.......................................................................................................10
Support for forceful halt..................................................................................................10
Support for WBEM providers on SUSE.............................................................................10
Enhancement to XDC environment of Serviceguard............................................................10
Support for Sites...........................................................................................................11
Support for Alert notification...........................................................................................11
Easy configuration using cmpreparecl..............................................................................11
Deprecated or obsolete features...........................................................................................11
Defects fixed in this version......................................................................................................11
Defects fixed in Serviceguard..............................................................................................12
Defects fixed in Serviceguard Manager................................................................................13
Known problems and limitations...............................................................................................14
Known problems and limitations in Serviceguard....................................................................14
Known problems and limitations in Serviceguard Manager......................................................15
Compatibility and installation requirements................................................................................15
Installing HP Serviceguard for Linux......................................................................................16
Serviceguard for Linux patches (updates)..........................................................................16
Installing Serviceguard-xdc.............................................................................................16
Pre-installation checklist for Serviceguard..........................................................................16
Pre-installation checklist for Serviceguard Manager............................................................17
Considerations when upgrading Serviceguard..................................................................19
Considerations when installing Serviceguard....................................................................19
Ports requirements..............................................................................................................19
Ports needed for authentication............................................................................................20
Ports required by Serviceguard Manager..............................................................................20
System firewalls.................................................................................................................20
Installing the Quorum Server...............................................................................................21
Setting permissions on the /root/.rhosts file...........................................................................21
Rolling software upgrades...................................................................................................22
Requirements................................................................................................................22
Limitations of rolling upgrades.............................................................................................23
Preparation.......................................................................................................................23
Procedure — performing the rolling upgrade.........................................................................24
Keeping Kernels consistent..............................................................................................26
Example .....................................................................................................................27
Step 1. Halt first node...............................................................................................27
Step 2. Upgrade first node........................................................................................27
Step 3. Restart cluster on first node.............................................................................28
Step 4. Repeat the process on next node.....................................................................28
Step 5. Move package back to original node...............................................................29
Rolling upgrade from A.11.19.X to A.11.20.00.........................................................................29
Performing offline upgrade from A.11.18.X to A.11.20.00..........................................................30
Rolling software upgrade for Serviceguard XDC environment...................................................31
Verifying installation...........................................................................................................31
Rolling upgrade in Serviceguard Manager............................................................................31
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