Managing HP Serviceguard A.11.20.00 for Linux, June 2012

Preface

This guide describes how to configure and manage Serviceguard for Linux on HP ProLiant server

under the Linux operating system. It is intended for experienced Linux system administrators. (For

Linux system administration tasks that are not specific to Serviceguard, use the system administration

documentation and manpages for your distribution of Linux.)

IMPORTANT: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) is not supported in Serviceguard A.11.20.00

version.

The contents are as follows:

• Chapter 1 (page 17) describes a Serviceguard cluster and provides a roadmap for using this

guide.

• Chapter 2 (page 21) provides a general view of the hardware configurations used by

Serviceguard.

• Chapter 3 (page 27) describes the software components of Serviceguard and shows how

they function within the Linux operating system.

• Chapter 4 (page 70) steps through the planning process.

• Chapter 5 (page 121) describes the creation of the cluster configuration.

• Chapter 6 (page 153) describes the creation of high availability packages.

• Chapter 7 (page 180) presents the basic cluster administration tasks.

• Chapter 8 (page 225) explains cluster testing and troubleshooting strategies.

• Appendix A (page 239) gives guidelines for creating cluster-aware applications that provide

optimal performance in a Serviceguard environment.

• Appendix B (page 250) provides suggestions for integrating your existing applications with

Serviceguard for Linux.

• Appendix C (page 253) contains a set of empty worksheets for preparing a Serviceguard

configuration.

• Appendix D (page 257) provides information about IPv6.

• Appendix E (page 263) is an introduction to Serviceguard Manager.

• “Maximum and Minimum Values for Parameters” (page 266) provides a reference to the

supported ranges for Serviceguard parameters.

• “Monitoring Script for Generic Resources” (page 267) provides the monitoring script template

for Generic Resources.

• “HP Serviceguard Contributed Toolkit” (page 272) describes a group of tools to simplify the

integration of popular applications with Serviceguard.

Related Publications

For additional information, see the latest edition of the following documents:

• HP Serviceguard for Linux Release Notes

• HP Serviceguard Quorum Server Release Notes

• Clusters for High Availability: a Primer of HP Solutions. Second Edition. HP Press, 2001

(ISBN 0-13-089355-2)

Use the following URL to access HP’s high availability documentation web page:

http://www.hp.com/go/linux-serviceguard-docs