HP Serviceguard for Linux Version A.11.19 Release Notes, October 2009

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1 Serviceguard for Linux Version A.11.19 Release Notes.....................................................................9
Announcements....................................................................................................................9
Supported Platforms and Linux Distributions...............................................................9
New Support for SUSE SLES 11......................................................................................9
July 2009 Patches.............................................................................................................9
October 2009 Patches.....................................................................................................10
Product Structure .........................................................................................................10
New Licensing Method.................................................................................................11
New Cluster Manager...................................................................................................12
Legacy Packages............................................................................................................12
.rhosts Deprecated....................................................................................................12
cmviewconf Deprecated..............................................................................................12
Quorum Server Upgrade Required if You Are Using an Alternate Address...............13
Serviceguard Manager Available from the System Management Homepage
(SMH)............................................................................................................................13
Cluster Name Restrictions.............................................................................................13
ipnodes Entries Needed in /etc/nsswitch.conf.....................................................13
High Availability Consulting Services..........................................................................13
What’s in this Release.........................................................................................................13
New Features for A.11.19.01 (July 2009 Patches)..........................................................14
New Features for October 2009 Patches........................................................................14
Features Introduced in A.11.19.....................................................................................15
About the New Features...............................................................................................16
New Support for IPv6..............................................................................................16
Rules and Restrictions for IPv6-Only Mode.......................................................16
Restrictions if You Have Not Applied the July 2009 Patch..................................18
Package Maintenance Mode....................................................................................19
VLAN Configurations..............................................................................................20
Configuration Restrictions..................................................................................20
Additional Heartbeat Requirements..................................................................20
New Kinds of Package Dependency........................................................................20
About Package Weights...........................................................................................21
About the IP Monitor...............................................................................................21
New Online Cluster Configuration Capabilities.....................................................21
New Online Package Configuration Capabilities....................................................22
New Preview Capabilities........................................................................................22
About Persistent Reservations.................................................................................22
Other Package Changes...........................................................................................23
About cmappmgr.....................................................................................................23
About Serviceguard Manager..................................................................................24
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