HP Serviceguard Extended Distance Cluster for Linux A.12.00.00 Deployment Guide, March 2014

Preface

This guide introduces the concept of Serviceguard Extended Distance Clusters (serviceguard-xdc).

It describes how to configure and manage HP Serviceguard Extended Distance Clusters for Linux

and the associated Software RAID functionality.

In addition, this guide includes information on a variety of Hewlett-Packard (HP) high availability

cluster technologies that provide disaster recovery for your mission-critical applications. Serviceguard

has supported disaster recovery clusters on HP-UX for several years now while it is relatively new

on Linux. Features of those disaster recovery HP-UX systems may be used as an example through

this document.

NOTE: Whenever you install a patch for serviceguard-xdc, it increments the last two digits in the

version number. For example, if you install the serviceguard-xdc SGLX_00455 patch, the

serviceguard-xdc for Serviceguard becomes A.11.20.21. For the complete list of bug fixes and

enhancements, see the respective patch text that is shipped along with the patch.

The information in this document is applicable for serviceguard-xdc A.11.20.20 and later versions.

Intended Audience

It is assumed that you are familiar with the following topics:

• HP Serviceguard configurations

• Basic RAID concepts

Related Publications

For additional information, see the following documents at http://www.hp.com/go/

linux-serviceguard-docs:

• Managing HP Serviceguard A.12.00.00 for Linux

• HP Serviceguard A.12.00.00 for Linux Release Notes

• HP Serviceguard Enterprise for Linux Enterprise Version 12.00.00 Release Notes

• HP Serviceguard Quorum Server Version A.04.00 Release Notes

For information about HP’s High Availability, see:

http://www.hp.com/go/ha

Problem Reporting

If you have any problems with the software or hardware products, please contact your HP support

representative.