Managing HP Serviceguard A.11.20.00 for Linux, June 2012

Table 12 Types of Changes to Packages (continued)
Required Package StateChange to the Package
Package must not be running.Add or delete a service: legacy
package
Package can be running.Change service_restart:
modular package
Serviceguard will not allow the change if the new value is less than the current restart
count. (You can use cmmodpkg -R<service_name> <package> to reset the restart
count if you need to.)
Package must not be running.Change SERVICE_RESTART:
legacy package
Package must not be running. (Also applies to cross-subnet configurations.) Package
must not be running. Subnet must already be configured into the cluster.
Add or remove a SUBNET (in
control script) : legacy
package
Package can be running.Add or remove an
ip_subnet: modular package
See “ip_subnet” (page 165) for important information. Serviceguard will reject the
change if you are trying to add an ip_subnet that is not configured on all the nodes
on the package's node_name list.
Package can be running.Add or remove an
ip_address: modular
package
See “ip_subnet” (page 165) and “ip_address” (page 166) for important information.
Serviceguard will reject the change if you are trying to add an ip_address that
cannot be configured on the specified ip_subnet, or is on a subnet that is not
configured on all the nodes on the package's node_name list.
Package must not be running. (Also applies to cross-subnet configurations.)Add or remove an IP (in
control script) : legacy
package
Package can be running.Add or delete nodes from
package’s ip_subnet_node
Serviceguard will reject the change if you are trying to add a node on which the
specified ip_subnet is not configured.
list(page 166) in cross-subnet
configurations
Package can be running.Add or remove monitoring for
a subnet:
Serviceguard will not allow the change if the subnet being added is down, as that
would cause the running package to fail.
monitored_subnet for a
modular package or SUBNET
(in the package configuration
file) for a legacy package
Package must not be running.Add, change, or delete a pv:
modular package
NOTE: pv (page 172) is for use by HP partners only.
Package can be running.Add a volume group: modular
package
Package must not be running.Add a volume group: legacy
package
Package should not be running.Remove a volume group:
modular package
CAUTION: Removing a volume group may cause problems if file systems, applications
or other resources are using it. In addition the CAUTION under “Remove a file system:
modular package” applies to any file systems using the volume group.
Package must not be running.Remove a volume group:
legacy package
Package should not be running (unless you are only changing fs_umount_opt).Change a file system: modular
package
Changing file-system options other than fs_umount_opt may cause problems because
the file system must be unmounted (using the existing fs_umount_opt) and remounted
Reconfiguring a Package 221