HP Serviceguard for Linux Base Version 12.00.00 Release Notes, May 2014

NOTE: On SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, xinetd service does not run if no services are
configured. The xinetd service can be started with -stayalive option to ensure that it is
running even when no services are configured.
• Table 1 lists all the software that you need for each distribution before installing HP
Serviceguard for Linux Base.
Table 1 RPMs (prerequisites) for installing Serviceguard for Linux A.12.00.00
SUSE Linux Enterprise ServerRed Hat Enterprise Linux
bash
pidentd
libblkid1
sblim-indication_helper
sblim-sfcb
sblim-sfcc
sblim-cmpi-base
net-snmp
sg3_utils
xinetd
libnl
tog-pegasus
lm_sensors
tog-pegasus
authd
krb5-libs
zlib
e2fsprogs-libs (rhel 5)
libblkid (rhel 6)
net-snmp
sg3_utils
sg3_utils-libs
xinetd
libnl
Other software prerequisites
Table 2 lists the Java and Jetty versions that you need before installing Serviceguard Manager.
You can download Jetty versions from Jetty web page at http://www.eclipse.org/jetty.
Table 2 Supported Java and Jetty versions
VersionsSoftware
8.1.xJetty
1
1.7 and laterJava 7 Update x
1
Ensure that the Jetty location is same for all the nodes specified.
NOTE: Serviceguard Manager is not compatible with Jetty server versions 9.x.x.
You can install all of these software prerequisites manually or automatically by using
cmeasyinstall -a command except for Java and Jetty.
6.4 Installing HP Serviceguard for Linux
If you are installing HP Serviceguard for Linux the first time, you can do in the following ways:
• “Installing HP Serviceguard for Linux using cmeasyinstall”
• “Installing HP Serviceguard for Linux the traditional way”
If HP Serviceguard version earlier than A.12.00.00 is installed, you can either use the cmupgrade
tool to upgrade to A.12.00.00 (see “Upgrading HP Serviceguard for Linux using cmupgrade tool”
section) or remove the older versions manually using the rpm -e command (see “Removing HP
Serviceguard for Linux”) and then install Serviceguard A.12.00.00 using cmeasyinstall tool.
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