HP Serviceguard for Linux Version A.11.18 Release Notes, 2nd Edition, March 2009

For Red Hat:.............................................................................................................55
For SUSE:.................................................................................................................55
Installing the WBEM Provider 2.0.................................................................................56
Installing Quorum Server..............................................................................................57
Setting Permissions on the /root/.rhosts File.................................................................57
Installing and Setting Up Serviceguard Manager on Linux.........................................57
What you need.........................................................................................................57
Installation Overview...............................................................................................57
Downloading and Installing the Required Software from the Internet..................59
Installing HP SMH and HP SMH Tomcat................................................................60
Installing Serviceguard Manager B.01.01................................................................61
Installing and Configuring the Distributed Systems Administration Utilities
(DSAU).....................................................................................................................62
Using the Command Line to Set Up a Shared Storage Location for the
Consolidated Logs..............................................................................................62
Using the Command Line to Configure the Package clog for Consolidated
Logging...............................................................................................................64
Using Serviceguard Manager to Configure the Package clog for Consolidated
Logging...............................................................................................................65
Viewing the Consolidated Logs.........................................................................65
Uninstalling Serviceguard for Linux.............................................................................65
Rules.........................................................................................................................66
Rolling Software Upgrades...........................................................................................66
Requirements ..........................................................................................................66
Limitations ..............................................................................................................67
Preparation...............................................................................................................68
Procedure — Performing the Rolling Upgrade.......................................................69
Keeping Kernels Consistent...............................................................................71
Example ...................................................................................................................71
Step 1. Record all data as specified in the preparation section..........................72
Step 2. .................................................................................................................73
Step 3. .................................................................................................................73
Step 4. .................................................................................................................74
Step 5. .................................................................................................................74
Linux Distribution Differences for Serviceguard..........................................................75
File Locations ..........................................................................................................75
Ensuring Clean Shutdown of Cluster Nodes Running SUSE SLES10.....................75
Implementing Channel Bonding in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server........................75
Preventing Boot-Time vgscan and Ensuring Serviceguard Volume Groups Are
Deactivated...............................................................................................................76
Patches for this Version.......................................................................................................76
Fixed in This Version..........................................................................................................77
JAGaf41625 (SR8606381412): Failure to access the locklun device is reported as a lock
denied............................................................................................................................77
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