VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Release Notes (August 2003)

VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes
Overview of VxVM 3.5 for HP-UX
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Overview of VxVM 3.5 for HP-UX
VERITAS Volume Manager Release 3.5 for HP-UX provides
state-of-the-art online disk management for HP-UX. It consists of
several related bundles:
• Base VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 for HP-UX (Base VXVM)
[Base-VXVM]:
Provides basic volume manager features, including a Java-based
GUI, and is included with all HP-UX 11i AR0902 Operating
Environments, as well as with the HP-UX 11i Application Release
for no additional fee. When MC/ServiceGuard or ServiceGuard OPS
Edition is installed on your system, the Base VERITAS Volume
Manager 3.5 for HP-UX also provides some basic clustering features.
The Base-VXVM bundle installed by default contains VRTSvxvm,
VRTSvmdoc, VRTSvlic, VRTSob, VRTSobgui, VRTSvmpro, and
VRTSfspro.
• VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 for HP-UX (VxVM) [B9116AA]:
Provides a full set of enhanced volume manager capabilities,
including mirroring, and is available for an additional fee.
• VERITAS Cluster Volume Manager 3.5 for HP-UX (CVM)
[B9117AA]:
Provides enhanced volume manager functionality for clustered
environments, is integrated with MC/ServiceGuard and
ServiceGuard OPS Edition, and is available for an additional fee.
B9117AA requires B9116AA.
• VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 FastResync Option for HP-UX (FR)
[B9118AA]:
Reduces the time taken to resynchronize a split mirror to the
volume, and is available for an additional fee. B9118AA requires
B9116AA.
This release also includes the new VERITAS Enterprise Administrator™
(VEA™) graphical user interface.
The VERITAS Volume Manager for HP-UX is an alternative to the HP
Logical Volume Manager and HP MirrorDisk/UX products.