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About This Guide
This guide provides information necessary to plan and install the High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing for AIX 5L software, version 5.4.
The following table provides version and manual part numbers for the Planning and Installation Guide.
Who Should Use This Guide
This guide is intended for system administrators and customer engineers responsible for:
Planning hardware and software resources for an HACMP™ cluster Installing and configuring an HACMP cluster Maintaining and troubleshooting an HACMP cluster. As a prerequisite to installing the HACMP software, you should be familiar with:
IBM eServer pSeries system components (including disk devices, cabling, and network adapters) The AIX 5L operating system, including the Logical Volume Manager subsystem The System Management Interface Tool (SMIT) Communications, including the TCP/IP subsystem. sHighlighting
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ISO 9000
ISO 9000 registered quality systems were used in the development and manufacturing of this product.
HACMP Publications
The HACMP software comes with the following publications:
HACMP for AIX 5L Release Notes in /usr/es/sbin/cluster/release_notes describe issues relevant to HACMP on the AIX platform: latest hardware and software requirements, last-minute information on installation, product usage, and known issues. HACMP on Linux Release Notes in /usr/es/sbin/cluster/release_notes.linux/ describe issues relevant to HACMP on the Linux platform: latest hardware and software requirements, last-minute information on installation, product usage, and known issues. HACMP for AIX 5L: Administration Guide, SC23-4862 HACMP for AIX 5L: Concepts and Facilities Guide, SC23-4864 HACMP for AIX 5L: Installation Guide, SC23-5209 HACMP for AIX 5L: Master Glossary, SC23-4867 HACMP for AIX 5L: Planning Guide, SC23-4861 HACMP for AIX 5L: Programming Client Applications, SC23-4865 HACMP for AIX 5L: Troubleshooting Guide, SC23-5177 HACMP on Linux: Installation and Administration Guide, SC23-5211 HACMP for AIX 5L: Smart Assist Developer’s Guide, SC23-5210 IBM International Program License Agreement. HACMP/XD Publications
The HACMP Extended Distance (HACMP/XD) software solutions for disaster recovery, added to the base HACMP software, enable a cluster to operate over extended distances at two sites. HACMP/XD publications include the following:
HACMP/XD for Geographic LVM (GLVM): Planning and Administration Guide, SA23-1338 HACMP/XD for HAGEO Technology: Concepts and Facilities Guide, SC23-1922 HACMP/XD for HAGEO Technology: Planning and Administration Guide, SC23-1886 HACMP/XD for Metro Mirror: Planning and Administration Guide, SC23-4863. HACMP Smart Assist Publications
The HACMP Smart Assist software helps you quickly add an instance of certain applications to your HACMP configuration so that HACMP can manage their availability. The HACMP Smart Assist publications include the following:
HACMP Smart Assist for DB2 User’s Guide, SC23-5179 HACMP Smart Assist for Oracle User’s Guide, SC23-5178 HACMP Smart Assist for WebSphere User’s Guide, SC23-4877 HACMP for AIX 5L: Smart Assist Developer’s Guide, SC23-5210 HACMP Smart Assist Release Notes. IBM AIX 5L Publications
The following publications offer more information about IBM technology related to or used by HACMP:
RS/6000 SP High Availability Infrastructure, SG24-4838 IBM AIX 5L v.5.3 Security Guide, SC23-4907 IBM Reliable Scalable Cluster Technology for AIX 5L and Linux: Group Services Programming Guide and Reference, SA22-7888 IBM Reliable Scalable Cluster Technology for AIX 5L and Linux: Administration Guide, SA22-7889 IBM Reliable Scalable Cluster Technology for AIX 5L: Technical Reference, SA22-7890 IBM Reliable Scalable Cluster Technology for AIX 5L: Messages, GA22-7891. Accessing Publications
Use the following Internet URLs to access online libraries of documentation:
AIX 5L, IBM eServer pSeries, and related products:
http://www.ibm.com/servers/aix/library
AIX 5L v.5.3 publications:
http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/pseries/library/
WebSphere Application Server publications:
Search the IBM website to access the WebSphere Application Server Library
DB2 Universal Database Enterprise Server Edition publications:
http://www.ibm.com/cgi-bin/db2www/data/db2/udb/winos2unix/support/v8pubs.d2w/en_main#V8PDF
Tivoli Directory Server publications:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/tividd/td/IBMDirectoryServer5.1.html
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