VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Release Notes (August 2003)

VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes

VERITAS VxVM 3.5 Licenses

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Limitations of this Release

VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 for HP-UX has the following limitations,

which will be removed in subsequent releases:

• Only versions A.11.13 and A.11.14 of MC/ServiceGuard and

ServiceGuard OPS Edition for HP-UX 11i will work with VERITAS

Cluster Volume Manager 3.5 for HP-UX.

• Only version A.11.13 and A.11.14 of MC/ServiceGuard for HP-UX 11i

will work with VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 for HP-UX.

• The VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 for HP-UX now supports the HP

Process Resource Manager (PRM) product. An HP OS patch is

required to be able to gather statistics on disks managed by VxVM.

The patch number was not known at the time this document was

written. See Patches and Fixes in This Version for instructions on

ﬁnding the latest patches.

• A disk monitor integrated with the EMS framework is not yet

available for disks being managed by VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5

for HP-UX.

• You must use LVM to manage your cluster lock disk; you cannot use

VERITAS Volume Manager for HP-UX or VERITAS Cluster Volume

Manager 3.5 for HP-UX to manage a cluster lock disk with this

release.

• The maximum number of nodes in a ServiceGuard cluster is 4 in this

release of VERITAS Cluster Volume Manager 3.5 for HP-UX.

HP is continually adding support for additional hardware and software.

Contact your HP Service Representative for information about

additional support or refer to the latest edition of these Release Notes on

http://docs.hp.com. Refer to Hardware Requirements later in this

document for the current list of platforms and peripherals that are

supported with VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 for HP-UX.

Supported Migration Scenarios

The upgrade procedure allows you to retain your existing HP-UX 11.11

or HP-UX 11i VxVM conﬁguration when migrating to VxVM 3.5 on

HP-UX 11i. After upgrading, you can resume using VxVM on the same

host with an upgraded operating system without running the vxinstall

procedure. Refer to the VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Installation

Guide for details