Software helps achieve business continuity.
Press Release Summary:
Supporting AIX® 5L v5.3 and multi-tiered applications, HACMP(TM) monitors pSeries® servers and network connections and performs application failover to backup servers. Product features cluster configuration using ASCII files, and provides automatic detection and correction of problems with configuration. Optional Extended Distance feature provides real-time data mirroring, while Smart Assist brings additional setup assistance for database application environments.
Original Press Release:
IBM HACMP V5.3 Helps Achieve Business Continuity That Reliable Hardware Alone Cannot Provide
At a glance
HACMP, which offers robust high availability and disaster recovery for IBM pSeries and iSeries(TM) customers with mission-critical applications, now supports AIX® 5L V5.3.
Simplified integration of DB2 and Oracle applications into an HACMP cluster
Enhanced support for complex multitiered applications
Streamlined cluster configuration using simple ASCII files
Automatic detection and correction of problems with the cluster configuration
Accommodations for OEM file systems
Parallel processing of application resources
Easier, more flexible disaster recovery configuration and management
New HACMP/XD Geographic Logical Volume Manager (GLVM) data mirroring
HACMP/XD Metro Mirror for IBM ESS and SVC
Ability to "mix-and-match" application management policies within and between site configurations
The optional features HACMP/XD and HACMP Smart Assist provide complete high availability disaster recovery solutions for your business.
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Your IBM representative, an IBM Business Partner, or IBM Americas Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL (Reference: RE001).
Overview
Most application outages are caused not by hardware failures but by network, application, or external causes. For over a decade, IBM HACMP(TM) has provided reliable high availability services, monitoring customers' pSeries® servers and network connections and dependably performing application failover to backup servers.
The optional HACMP Extended Distance (HACMP/XD) feature provides real-time data mirroring and disaster recovery for critical business needs, enabling you to protect business-critical applications and provide 24 x 7 service to your customers and staff. HACMP/XD includes three distinct data mirroring and disaster recovery solutions:
Geographic Logical Volume Manager (GLVM)
Metro Mirroring (formerly known as Peer-to-Peer Remote Copy) for IBM ESS and SVC
High Availability Geographic Cluster (HAGEO) IP-based mirroring
The HACMP Smart Assist feature brings additional high availability setup assistance for database application environments. Three applications help you easily integrate your DB2®, Oracle, and WebSphere® applications into an HACMP cluster. Smart Assist expands HACMP auto-discovery features to simplify and streamline the configuration process.
Now you have a single, world-class source of protection for your mission-critical applications.
HACMP V5.3: Simpler. Faster. Goes the distance.
Simpler:
New Smart Assists simplify configuration for use with DB2 and Oracle.
Enhanced support for complex multitiered applications brings ease-of-use to remote clusters.
Clusters can be configured using simple ASCII files.
HACMP automatically detects and corrects problems with the cluster configuration.
HACMP now accommodates OEM volumes and file systems.
Faster:
Applications stay up longer and recover faster.
Application resources are processed in parallel at primary and secondary sites.
Goes the distance:
Easier, more flexible disaster recovery configuration and management
Simpler site management policies for the startup, fallover, and fallback behavior
Ability to "mix and match" application management policies within and between sites
Dynamic reconfiguration (DARE) in all HACMP/XD configurations
Software withdrawal and service discontinuance:
Effective April 30, 2006, IBM will withdraw from marketing the V5.2 release of the HACMP program.
Effective July 12, 2005, current 577x SWMA type numbers will be withdrawn and replaced with new 566x SWMA type numbers.
Effective September 30, 2007, IBM will discontinue service for HACMP V5.2.
Program warranty service for 5765-E82 GeoRM V2.4 is extended to September 30, 2007.
Planned availability date
August 12, 2005
Key prerequisites
AIX 5L V5.2 or V5.3, or later
pSeries and iSeries servers with adequate slots for your disk and network adapters in a no-single-point-of-failure configuration
