Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements

The same version of Continentalclusters must be installed on all nodes in both clusters of the configuration. All the participating Serviceguard clusters in one Continentalcluster must run the same operating system version. To use Continentalclusters, the following hardware and software must be installed and configured on all nodes.

Hardware Requirements

Host System Hardware Requirements

For HP-UX 11i v1:

HP 9000 servers

For HP-UX 11i v2 :

HP 9000 servers

HP Integrity servers

* HP-UX 11i v2 September 2004 update supports both HP 9000 servers and/or Integrity servers.

If you are doing data replication with XP series disk arrays there are both hardware and software requirements. For more information on the hardware and software requirements for Metrocluster CA XP refer to the Metrocluster with Continuous Access XP release notes, which can be found on http://www.docs.hp.com.

If you are doing data replication with EMC Symmetrix disk arrays, there are both hardware and software requirements. For more information on the hardware and software requirements for Metrocluster/SRDF refer to the Metrocluster with EMC SRDF release notes, which can be found on http://www.docs.hp.com.

Software Requirements

There are both HP software and disk array management software requirements.

HP Software Requirements

For HP-UX 11i v1:

Serviceguard version A.11.14 or later, or Serviceguard OPS Edition A.11.14, or Serviceguard Extension for RAC version A.11.15 or later.

For HP-UX 11i v2:

Serviceguard version A.11.15 or later, or Serviceguard Extension for RAC version A.11.15 or later.




	NOTE: This list is subject to change without notice. Contact your HP support representative for latest information.

Contact your HP Representative to ensure you have the most up to date and required versions of HP software and disk array management software.

Bastille Sercurity Set up

HP-UX 11i v2 Operating Environment includes Bastille and HP-UX IPFilter products that allow customers to control their systems security environment. Continentalclusters has the same set up requiremnts as Serviceguard and Event Monitoring Service products.

For the Bastille security setup requirements for Serviceguard all mandatory HP-UX IP filter rules apply. In addition, the rules for remote command excecution and cluster object manager (COM) must include all participating Continentalcluster nodes for <clusternodes> as designated in the specific rules for using Serviceguard and IPFilter, which are documented in the HP-UX IPFilter version A.03.05.08 Administrators Guide (B9901-90018) posted at
http://www.docs.hp.com -> internet and security solutions.

For the Bastille security setup requirements for Event Monitoring Service, refer to the Event Monitoring Service release notes.

Installing Continentalclusters

Continentalclusters can be installed while the system is running in multi-user mode.

Run swinstall(1m) to install Continentalclusters from a SD depot. Select the following fileset:
- T2346BA—Continentalclusters
Continentalclusters files are placed in the following directories:
- /usr/lbin
- /usr/sbin
- /etc/opt/resmon
- /etc/cmconcl
- /opt/cmconcl
- /opt/cmom
If you are using physical data replication with the XP series or the EMC Symmetrix, purchase Metrocluster CA XP or Metrocluster/SRDF and install either the HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Raid Manager software (available as a set of cpio files with the XP system) or the EMC Symmetrix SymCLI software on all nodes.

If you are using the Oracle 8i Standby Database for logical data replication, purchase the Enterprise Cluster Master toolkit product, and consult your HP representative for more information about installing the template files.




	NOTE: Installation of Continentalclusters version A.04.02 does not check the existence of the dependent Serviceguard or Serviceguard OPS Edition or Seviceguard Extension for RAC. Make sure standard Serviceguard or Serviceguard OPS Edition or Seviceguard Extension for RAC is installed or selected at the time of installation of Continentalclusters.

Upgrading from Earlier Versions...

If you are upgrading a continental cluster from an earlier version, you need to do the following:

Delete the old Continentalclusters configuration:
# cmdeleteconcl
Upgrade new version of Continentalclusters.
Re-apply the Continentalclusters configuration using the original configuration file:
# cmapplyconcl -C cmconl.config

Refer to Chapter 4 of the Designing Disaster Tolerant High Availability Clusters manual for information on editing configuration files and issuing the configuration commands.

Compatibility Issues

Configuration with a metropolitan cluster as the primary cluster is supported in the cascading failover configuration using Metrocluster with EMC SRDF and CA XP. For details on using EMC SRDF refer to Chapter 6 of the Designing Disaster Tolerant High Availability Clusters manual. For details on using XP CA contact your HP representative.

What Manuals are Available for this Version

For information about configuring packages, refer to the following manual, which is shipped with Continentalclusters version number A.04.02. Also, be sure to review the README file that accompanies the software you are using.

See the following manuals for more information:

Designing Disaster Tolerant High Availability Clusters (B7660-90015)
Managing Serviceguard (B3936-90079)

For the most current version of these documents including updates to this document, refer to http://docs.hp.com/hpux/ha

If you are using the XP disk array with Continuous Access XP for data replication, refer to the following:

HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Business Copy User’s Guide, Sixth Edition (B7906-96005)
HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Continuous Access User’s Guide, Sixth Edition (B7905-96006)
HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Raid Manager User’s Guide, Fourth Edition (T1610-96001)
HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Remote Control User’s Guide (B9357-96011)

If you are using EMC SRDF for data replication, contact EMC for any EMC products related documentation.

Before attempting to use VxVM storage with Continentalclusters, please refer to the following documents for your version of VERITAS software:

VERITAS Volume Manager Administrator’s Guide. This contains a glossary of VERITAS terminology.
VERITAS Volume Manager Storage Administrator Administrator’s Guide
VERITAS Volume Manager Reference Guide
VERITAS Volume Manager Migration Guide
VERITAS Volume Manager for HP-UX Release Notes

The August 1999 HP World presentation “Disaster-Tolerant Highly Available Cluster Architectures” and other documentation on Continentalclusters is available from http://docs.hp.com/hpux/ha.

Further Information

Support information, including current information on patches and known problems, is available from Hewlett-Packard IT center:

http://itrc.hp.com (Americas and Asia Pacific)

http://europe.itrc.hp.com (Europe)

The most recent versions of user's guides and white papers are available on Hewlett-Packard's high availability documentation web page:

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/ha