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PRIMECLUSTER  Installation and Administration Guide 4.6
FUJITSU Software

Appendix O Release Information

This appendix lists the locations and the descriptions changed in PRIMECLUSTER 4.6.

No

Edition

Location

Description

1

4.6.2

1.7.1 Common Notes

Added the note when installing security software.

2

4.6.2

1.7.1 Common Notes

Added the note if CF is running.

3

4.6.2

1.7.2 Notes on PRIMERGY
3.1.6.1 PRIMERGY
5.1.2.3 Setup Procedure for Shutdown Facility in PRIMERGY

Added the note when using a serial console.

4

4.6.2

3.1.6.1 PRIMERGY

Changed the description of prerequisites for the IPMI shutdown agent settings.

5

4.6.2

4.3.3 Initial Setup of Web-Based Admin View

Added the note when setting management servers of Web-Based Admin View.

6

4.6.2

5.1.1 Setting Up CF and CIP

Added the description of setting CIP subnets.

7

4.6.2

5.1.2.3.1 Checking the Shutdown Agent Information

Added the description when checking settings of the shutdown agent.

8

4.6.2

5.1.2.4 Setup Procedure for Shutdown Facility in PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series

Added the note when panicking a node via MMB or iRMC/MMB.

9

4.6.2

6.7.1 Starting RMS Wizard

Added the note while executing the hvw command.

10

4.6.2

6.7.2.2 Creating Scalable Cluster Applications

Added the note about attributes other than AutoStartUp.

11

4.6.2

6.7.3.2 Setting Up Fsystem Resources

Added the description about the definition of mount points.

12

4.6.2

6.7.3.6 Setting Up Takeover Network Resources

Added the note when setting the VIRTUAL attribute for RHEL8 or later.

13

4.6.2

6.11.3 Notes on Scripts

Changed the note when redirecting the messages output from the resident process to other log files.

14

4.6.2

7.2.2.6 Entering maintenance mode for Cluster Application

Changed the note when starting the maintenance mode.

15

4.6.2

9.2.2 Changing the IP Address of the Administrative LAN

Added "See" for the method of changing the IP address of the administrative LAN used by Web-Based Admin View.

16

4.6.2

H.2.1.1 Installation and Configuration of Related Software

Changed the description about setting up shared disks (when using VMware vCenter Server functional cooperation) when creating virtual machines.

17

4.6.2

H.2.1.1 Installation and Configuration of Related Software

Changed the description of the procedure for checking when setting hostid.

18

4.6.2

I.2.2.2 Creating Virtual Network

Added the description when protocol information is icmp, to the security group.

19

4.6.2

I.2.4 Installing PRIMECLUSTER

Added the reference when using kdump.

20

4.6.2

I.2.7.1 Initial GLS Setup

Changed the description of the setup procedure of GLS.

21

4.6.2

I.2.9 Building Cluster Application

Added the note when setting the security group.

22

4.6.2

L.3.7.2 When Using the Takeover Network

Changed the description of the procedure for changing the cluster application information.

23

4.6.3

Chapter 2 Site Preparation
9.2.3 Changing the IP Address of CF over IP

Added the descriptions of cloud environments.

24

4.6.3

2.1.1 Product Selection

Changed the following.
- Description of PRIMECLUSTER Enterprise Edition (EE)
- Description of the SA feature

25

4.6.3

2.2.1 Virtual Machine Function

Changed the configuration figures of the virtual machine function.

26

4.6.3

2.3.3 Single-Node Cluster Operation
4.2 Activating the Cluster Interconnect
5.1.1 Setting Up CF and CIP

Added and changed the notes in the case of the single-node cluster operation.

27

4.6.3

3.3 PRIMECLUSTER Installation

Deleted the setting procedure after PRIMECLUSTER was installed.

28

4.6.3

3.3 PRIMECLUSTER Installation

Changed the note when using the ntpdate service or the chronyd service.

29

4.6.3

4.2 Activating the Cluster Interconnect

Changed the note when not using CF over IP.

30

4.6.3

6.2.1 GLS Setup
L.3.2 Setup in Single-User Mode

Changed the following.
- Execution examples and Note of the operation procedures
- Procedure for creating the takeover IP address (takeover virtual interface)

31

4.6.3

6.7.2.1 Creating Standby Cluster Applications

Changed the description of the LicenseToKill attribute of the userApplication.

32

4.6.3

6.7.3.2 Setting Up Fsystem Resources
6.7.3.4 Setting Up Gds Resources
6.7.3.6 Setting Up Takeover Network Resources
6.11 Notes When Setting Cmdline Resources

Deleted the note of the MonitorOnly attribute and changed the descriptions of the MonitorOnly attribute.

33

4.6.3

7.2.2.6 Entering maintenance mode for Cluster Application

Changed the note about using the maintenance mode.

34

4.6.3

B.7 Shutdown Facility (SF)

Deleted the clvmgsetup command from "System administrator."

35

4.6.3

C.3.2.1 core Files Output

Changed the note when outputting core files.

36

4.6.3

H.1 Cluster Systems in a VMware Environment

Added the note to forcible stop with VMware vCenter Server functional cooperation (recommended).

37

4.6.3

H.1 Cluster Systems in a VMware Environment

Changed the following.
- Information of forcible stop with the I/O fencing function
- Note of VMware vCenter Server functional cooperation (recommended) for the shared disk

38

4.6.3

H.2.1.1 Installation and Configuration of Related Software

Changed the description of the procedure for configuring VMware vCenter Server.

39

4.6.3

H.2.3.2 Setting Up the Shutdown Facility (when using VMware vCenter Server Functional Cooperation)

Changed the description of the setting contents of the shutdown agent.

40

4.6.3

J.2 systemd Service Lists

Added utilized ports and remarks to smawsf.service.

41

4.6.3

Appendix M Resident Processes in PRIMECLUSTER and Monitoring Targets

Added the description of the resident processes in PRIMECLUSTER and the monitoring targets.

42

4.6.3

Appendix N Changes in Each Version

Added the following as incompatible functions.
- Registering/Deleting a network interface card in the resource database of the cluster resource management facility
- Change of the path of the environment variable java_home used in Web-Based Admin View
- Behavior of the resource where the MonitorOnly attribute is set

43

4.6.4

1.7.1 Common Notes

Changed the description when configuring CF.

44

4.6.4

2.1.1 Product Selection

Added PRIMECLUSTER Cloud Edition description.

45

4.6.4

5.1.2.3.6 Starting up the Shutdown Facility
5.1.2.4.6 Starting the Shutdown Facility
5.1.2.5.6 Starting the Shutdown Facility
5.1.2.6.5 Starting the Shutdown Facility
5.1.2.6.6 Setting up the Host OS Failover Function to the Host OS (PRIMEQUEST only)
G.2.2 Using the Host OS failover function
I.2.8.1 Initial Setup of Cluster

Changed the descriptions when starting the shutdown facility.

46

4.6.4

6.7.3.6 Setting Up Takeover Network Resources

Added a procedure to match the network interface name to the connection profile name when using inherited network resources in a RHEL 8 environment.

47

4.6.4

6.13 Notes When Setting Takeover Network Resource

The description of precautions for setting Takeover Network Resource has been changed.

48

4.6.4

H.2.1.1 Installation and Configuration of Related Software

Changed the following of creating virtual machines.
- Description when using the virtual disk as a shared disk for setting up shared disks (when using VMware vCenter Server functional cooperation)
- Note when setting up the virtual network

49

4.6.4

Appendix K Using Firewall

Changed the description when allowing the port number used by PRIMECLUSTER.

50

4.6.4

Appendix N Changes by version

Added the following incompatibilities:
- Changing the procedure for setting Takeover Network Resources.