Preface

This second printing of the manual includes an update to the VxVM feature for the Metrocluster CA XP and Metrocluster CA EVA environments. In addition, this guide describes how to configure disaster tolerant clusters using Serviceguard, Metrocluster CA XP, Metrocluster EMC SRDF, and Continentalclusters. The contents are as follows:

Chapter 1 “Disaster Tolerance and Recovery in a Serviceguard Cluster” is an overview of disaster tolerant cluster configurations.
Chapter 2 “Building an Extended Distance Cluster Using Serviceguard” shows the creation of disaster tolerant cluster solutions using extended Serviceguard cluster configurations.
Chapter 3 “Designing a Metropolitan Cluster” shows the creation of disaster tolerant cluster solutions using the metropolitan cluster products.
Chapter 4 “Designing a Continental Cluster” shows the creation of disaster tolerant solutions using the Continentalclusters product.
Chapter 5 “Building Disaster-Tolerant Serviceguard Solutions Using Metrocluster with Continuous Access XP” shows how to integrate physical data replication via Continuous Access XP with metropolitan and continental clusters.
Chapter 6 “Building Disaster Tolerant Serviceguard Solutions Using Metrocluster with Continuous Access EVA” shows how to integrate physical data replication via Continuous Access EVA with metropolitan and continental clusters.
Chapter 7 “Building Disaster Tolerant Serviceguard Solutions Using Metrocluster with EMC SRDF” shows how to integrate physical data replication via EMC Symmetrix disk arrays. Also, shows the configuration of a special continental cluster that uses more than two disk arrays.
Appendix A “Environment File Variables for Serviceguard Integration with Continuous Access XP” documents the environment template file variables used with Metrocluster CA and the XP series disk arrays.
Appendix B “Environment File Variables for Metrocluster CA EVA” documents the environment template file variables used with Metrocluster EVA series disk arrays.
Appendix C “Environment File Variables for Metrocluster with EMC SRDF” lists all the configuration file variables used in defining the continental cluster configuration.
Appendix E “Continentalclusters Command and Daemon Reference” documents the Continentalclusters command set.
Appendix D “Configuration File Parameters for Continentalclusters” documents the Continentalclusters command set.

Related Publications

The following documents contain additional useful information:

Clusters for High Availability: a Primer of HP Solutions, Second Edition. Hewlett-Packard Professional Books: Prentice Hall PTR, 2001 (ISBN 0-13-089355-2)
Managing Serviceguard (B3936-90095)
Using Serviceguard Extension for RAC (T1859-90033)
Using High Availability Monitors (B5736-90025)
Using the Event Monitoring Service (B7612-90015)

When using VxVM storage with Serviceguard, please refer to the following:

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

Use the following URL to access HP’s high availability web page:

http://www.hp.com/go/ha

Use the following URL for access to a wide variety of HP-UX documentation:

http://docs.hp.com/hpux

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