Benefits

HACMP™ provides the following benefits:

• The HACMP planning process and documentation include tips and advice about the best practices for installing and maintaining a highly available HACMP cluster.
• When the cluster is operational, HACMP provides automated monitoring and recovery of all the resources that the application needs.
• HACMP provides a full set of tools for maintaining the cluster and ensures that the application is available to clients.

Use HACMP to:

• Set up an HACMP environment using online planning worksheets that simplify initial planning and setup.
• Ensure high availability of applications by eliminating single points of failure in an HACMP environment.
• Use high-availability features available in AIX®.
• Manage how a cluster handles component failures.
• Secure cluster communications.
• Set up fast disk takeover for volume groups managed by the Logical Volume Manager (LVM).
• Manage event processing for an HACMP environment.
• Monitor HACMP components and diagnose problems that might occur.