Metrocluster with 3PAR Remote Copy for Linux Version B.01.00.00 Release Notes

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B.01.00.00 Release Notes
Announcements
HP Metrocluster with 3PAR Remote Copy for Linux is a Hewlett-Packard High Availability(HA)
product that integrates Metrocluster with HP 3PAR Storage Systems.
Metrocluster with 3PAR Remote Copy for Linux Version B.01.00.00 is being released on the
following Linux distributions:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 server or Advanced Platform
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 server or Advanced Platform
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11
Metrocluster with 3PAR Remote Copy for Linux allows:
• The application packages to automatically failover among local nodes that are attached to
the same 3PAR storage system.
• The application packages to automatically failover between one system that is attached locally
to its 3PAR storage system and another remote node that is attached locally to the other 3PAR
storage system.
Since Metrocluster configurations are complex to configure and maintain, it is strongly recommended
that you use Hewlett-Packard’s high availability consulting services to ensure a smooth installation
and rollout. Contact your HP representative to inquire about high availability consulting. In addition,
you should work with your HP representative to ensure that you have the required firmware revisions
for disk drives, disk controllers, LAN controllers, and other hardware devices.
What’s in this version
Metrocluster with 3PAR Remote Copy for Linux enables automatic failover of Serviceguard packages
between primary and recovery sites.
Features supported in B.01.00.00 version
• “Support for Synchronous Replication mode” (page 4)
• “ Support for Asynchronous Periodic Mode ” (page 5)
• “Support for Fully and Thinly Provisioned Virtual Volumes” (page 5)
• “Support for Remote Copy configurations” (page 5)
• “Support for 3PAR Virtual Domains” (page 5)
• “Supported volume managers with Metrocluster with 3PAR Remote Copy for Linux” (page 6)
• “Support for Continentalclusters” (page 6)
• “Support for Serviceguard A.11.20.xx” (page 6)
• “Support for failover polices site_preferred and site_preferred_manual” (page 6)
• “Support for persistent reservations” (page 6)
Support for 3PAR features
Support for Synchronous Replication mode
Metrocluster with 3PAR Remote Copy for Linux version B.01.00.00 includes support for synchronous
replication mode. HP 3PAR Remote Copy software offers synchronous and asynchronous periodic
data transfer mode between the storage systems. Synchronous data transfers offer the highest levels
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