HP Serviceguard Toolkit for Oracle on Linux Release Notes Version A.05.01.12

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Release Notes
Announcements
The HP Serviceguard Toolkit for Oracle on Linux enables you to configure an Oracle single instance
in a Serviceguard cluster on Linux (SG/LX) and integrate an Oracle database server with SG/LX.
What is new in this version
This release of HP Serviceguard toolkit for Oracle includes support for the following enhancements:
• Support for cluster verification feature for Oracle toolkit.
• Oracle toolkit support on RHEL 5.10, RHEL 6.5, and SLES 11 SP3.
• Validation if unsupported attribute value has been changed by user during online modification.
• Support for sourcing the user defined environment variables for Oracle Instance.
Support for legacy packages
You can use the legacy method to still create new toolkit packages in the A.05.01.12 toolkit
version. However, HP recommends that you to use the modular method to create new toolkit
packages whenever possible. The legacy style toolkit package does not support the following new
enhancements:
• Online modification of toolkit attribute values.
• Alert mail notification.
IMPORTANT: Legacy packages will be obsolete from the next major version of Serviceguard.
NOTE: Use the cmmigratepkg command to migrate from legacy style of packaging to modular
style of packaging.
Compatibility matrix and installation
Compatibility matrix
The compatible versions of HP Serviceguard, Linux OS, and Oracle database for this toolkit are
as follows:
Oracle versionLinux OS version
HP Serviceguard
versionToolkit versionToolkit
10gR1, 10gR2,
11gR1, and 11gR2
RHEL 5.x, RHEL 6.1,
RHEL 6.2, RHEL 6.3,
A.11.20.20 or laterA.05.01.12HP Serviceguard
Toolkit for Oracle on
Linux RHEL 6.4 (supports
Oracle 11.2.0.3 and
Oracle 11.2.0.4), and
RHEL 6.5.
SLES 11 SP1, SLES 11
SP2, and SLES 11
SP3.
For most recent compatibility information, see the latest HP Serviceguard Toolkit Compatibility
Matrix available at:
http://www.hp.com/go/linux-serviceguard-docs
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