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PowerHA introduced support for SQL services earlier this year and is expanding this support to include SQL-based access for PowerHA session information, enabling clients to query information about the state of replication. The following new SQL Services are supported:
Additional Enhancements
There are several other enhancements to PowerHA including: Easier to configure firewall security and Quality of Service (QoS) in a Geographic Mirroring environment with the ability to specify a port number for use by Geographic Mirroring.
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