VSI Availability Manager - Version 3.2

                                  Release Notes

                                   April 2015

              The following notes address new features for the
              HP Availability Manager Version 3.2.
              These notes are in the following categories:

              o  New and changed features

              o  Installation notes

        1 New and Changed Features

              The following section discusses new and changed features
              introduced in Version 3.2 of the Availability Manager.

        1.1 Support for Monitoring VSI OpenVMS Version 8.4-1H1

              The Availability Manager can now collect data for systems
              running OpenVMS version 8.4-1H1.

        1.2 Microsoft Windows 64-bit Support

              The Availability Manager Windows kit supports installation
              on 64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows. All other Availability
              Manager components for Windows have been upgraded to function
              on 64-bit Windows as well. 

              If you need 32-bit Windows support, the HP Availability Manager
              version 3.1-2 kit is available, as the HP and VSI kits contain
              equivalent Analyzer and Server software. 

              The AVAIL_MAN_ANA kit has been renamed to AVAIL_MAN_ANA_
              SRVR because the new kit contains both the Data Analyzer
              and Data Server.

        2 Installation Notes

              The notes in this section are related to the
              preinstallation and installation of the Availability
              Manager software.

        2.1 OpenVMS Data Collector kit

              For the Availability Manager version 3.2, the AVAIL_MAN_BASE
              kit (SIP kit) that installs with OpenVMS version 8.4-1H1
              supplies the Data Collector and related files. Since a Data
              Collector version 3.2 kit would supply the same files, it is
              not needed. The Data Collector kit will be available for future
              versions of the Availability Manager. 

        2.2 Installing from an ODS-5 Disk

              If you install the Version 3.2 kit from an ODS-5 disk, the
              file name for the kit must be in all-capital letters for
              the kit to be installed correctly.

        2.3 Copy Your AVAILMAN.INI File

              Prior to installation, you might want to make a copy of
              your AVAILMAN.INI file to save your customizations such
              as event threshold settings and the groups you usually
              monitor. On Windows systems, also delete any desktop
              shortcuts for previous versions of the Availability Manager
              because they will be invalid once the new version is
              installed.