Serviceguard Manager Version A.05.02 Release Notes, March 2009
How it Works
You can install Serviceguard Manager on a system running HP-UX, Linux, or Windows.
From the system running Serviceguard Manager, you connect to a Serviceguard Node (HP-UX or Linux) to
establish your management session.
When you establish a Session Server connection, which is a cluster member node that the administrator
connects to through Serviceguard Manager and displays the discovered clusters. The component of
Serviceguard that interfaces with Serviceguard Manager is called the COM (Cluster Object Manager). The
version of the Session Server's COM is shown in its properties.
When you log in to a Session Server, it goes out on its subnets to discover Serviceguard nodes configured
for these types of clusters:
• Serviceguard, Version A.10.10 through A.11.17.01
• Serviceguard Extension for RAC, Version A.11.15.00 and later.
• Metrocluster, all versions
• Continentalclusters, all versions
You can do administrative commands if the Session Server and the target Serviceguard node or cluster has
version A.11.13.00 through A.11.17.01.
The Session Server queries Serviceguard nodes on its subnet for status and configuration information. If the
discovered node has allowed the Session Server to query, the information will appear in your map, tree,
Properties, and Alerts. (See "Before Installing Serviceguard Manager," below, for a description of configuring
node access permissions.)
NOTE: Continentalclusters are always on more than one subnet, therefore, Serviceguard Manager sees
them as two clusters. To see all the information about a Continentalcluster, open two separate sessions, one
for each subnet.
What Documentation is Available for This Version
These Release Notes will help you install Serviceguard Manager.
Once Serviceguard Manager is running, online help has the information about how to use the interface.
Start with the Help topic
Using Serviceguard Manager
. Be sure to read the Help topic
Security, Logons, and
Permissions
.
Documentation for the Serviceguard products themselves is available at http://www.docs.hp.com and
is updated regularly. Click High Availability, then scroll through the alphabetical listings.
You will find manuals for Serviceguard, including:
•
Managing Serviceguard
•
Getting Started with Serviceguard on Linux
•
Serviceguard for Linux
•
Using Serviceguard Extension for Real Application Clusters (RAC)
•
Managing Serviceguard Extension for SAP
•
Designing Disaster Tolerant High Availability Clusters
You will also find Release Notes for Serviceguard Manager, Serviceguard, and other High Availability
products.
You can order the book
Clusters for High Availability: A Primer of HP Solutions
, second edition, by Peter
Weygant (HP Press: Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-089355-2). This guide describes basic cluster concepts. To
see information about this retail book, go to http://www.hp.com/hpbooks/ and click search, then enter
the first few words of the title.
For information about HP-UX, go to: http://www.docs.hp.com and scroll to HP-UX in the alphabetical
listing.
For information about Red Hat Linux, go to http://www.redhat.com
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