LifeKeeper for Linux v6 Update 1 released today

Keeping up the pace set by the Windows team with their recent product announcement, we today released a major product update - SteelEye LifeKeeper for Linux v6 Update 1. 

LifeKeeper for Linux v6 Update 1 includes any changes made since the release of v6 in August 2006.  These changes include: 

• Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 8 on x86, AMD64/EM64T, and pSeries
• Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 on x86, AMD64/EM64T, and IBM POWER
• Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 on x86, AMD64/EM64T, and IBM POWER
• IP Kit enhancements
  • Option of using a list of ping addresses for IP health checks, rather than the default broadcast ping mechanism
  • Ability to specify that a virtual IP address should be the source address for outgoing network packets
• Certified running on IBM System i (iSeries) servers with Linux LPARs
• GUI updated to include context-sensitive functions, configurability and extensibility features
• SteelEye Data Replication
  • Support for mirroring up to 7 mirror targets
  • This support is fully integrated with LifeKeeper's cascading failover capability, providing 8-way failover of SDR-mirrored storage and any associated applications
• HDLM Recovery Kit - New recovery kit to provide support for Hitachi HiCommand Dynamic Link Manager (HDLM) devices
• ClearCase Recovery Kit
  • Support for ClearCase v7
  • Support for ClearCase multi-site for non-managed synchronization of replicated VOBs
  • Validation testing to achieve Ready for IBM Rational software certification
• SAP Recovery Kit - Support for SAP NetWeaver 2004s (Web Application Server 7.00)
• VMware Virtual Machine Recovery Kit
  • Support for VMware ESX Server 3.0
  • Support for VMware Server 1.0 (on a Linux Host OS)
• PowerPath Recovery Kit - Support for PowerPath 5.0
• LifeKeeper Data Replication v4 - Support for Adaptec i2o RAID devices
• PostgreSQL Recovery Kit - Support for PostgreSQL v8.2.1
• General Maintenance for the following kits:
  • ClearCase Recovery Kit
  • PowerPath Recovery Kit
  • LVM Recovery Kit
  • DMMP Recovery Kit
  • SDD Recovery Kit
  • HDLM Recovery Kit
  • Oracle Recovery Kit
  • NFS Server Recovery Kit
  • DB2 Recovery Ki
  • MySQL Recovery Kit
  • LKDR v4.x

Please refer to the LifeKeeper for Linux v6 Update 1 Release Notes and the corresponding Administration Guides for additional information.