HP Serviceguard Quorum Server for Linux Version A.12.00.00 Release Notes, March 2014

1. Make sure that there is at least one IPv4 address on the Quorum Server that can be reached
by all the cluster nodes.
2. Generate the cluster configuration file; for example:
cmquerycl -q <QS_Host> -n <Node1> -n <Node2> -C <ClusterName>.conf
3. Edit the resulting file:
1. Change the value of the QS_HOST parameter to an IPv6 address, or a hostname that
resolves to an IPv6 address.
2. Add the QS_ADDR parameter, and a second IPv6 address or hostname that resolves to
an IPv6 address.
3. Change the value of HOSTNAME_ADDRESS_FAMILY to ANY.
4. Apply the new configuration.
Configuring and running the Quorum Server
• You can configure the Quorum Server as a monitored package in one Serviceguard cluster
to provide quorum service to another Serviceguard cluster or clusters; see “Creating a package
for the Quorum Server” below.
• You can also configure the Quorum Server to run on a single system; see “Running the Quorum
Server on a single system” (page 14).
NOTE: The Quorum Server must be running during the following cluster operations:
• when the cmquerycl command is issued
• when there is a cluster re-formation
• when the cmapplyconf command is issued
Creating a package for the Quorum Server
You can run the Quorum Server as a package in another cluster.
NOTE: The instructions and examples in this section are for creating a legacy package. Such
packages are supported with all currently-supported versions of Serviceguard. For information on
creating a modular package, supported as of Serviceguard A.11.18, see Chapter 6 of the latest
version of Managing Serviceguard at http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-serviceguard-docs—>
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To configure the Quorum Server into a package with Quorum Server as the monitored service,
do the following.
NOTE: If you have just installed the quorum server, or if you are adding new cluster nodes, or
implementing the alternate-subnet functionality, you must update the authorization file before you
run the package; see “Creating and updating the authorization file” (page 14).
1. Install the Quorum Server software on all nodes; see “Installing the Quorum Server” (page 7).
2. In the configuration directory ($SGCONF), create a subdirectory for the Quorum Server package,
then change your working directory to it:
mkdir qs-pkg
cd qs-pkg
3. Create a package configuration file:
cmmakepkg -P qs-pkg.config
4. Edit the parameter values in the file as follows.
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