Managing HP Serviceguard A.12.00.00 for Linux, June 2014

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.)

NOTE: Starting Serviceguard A.12.00.00, legacy packages are obsolete and only modular

packages are supported. For more information about how to migrate to modular packages, see

the white paper Migrating packages from legacy to modular style available at http://www.hp.com/

go/linux-serviceguard-docs.

The contents are as follows:

• Chapter 1 (page 19) describes a Serviceguard cluster and provides a roadmap for using this

guide.

• Chapter 2 (page 25) provides a general view of the hardware configurations used by

Serviceguard.

• Chapter 3 (page 31) describes the software components of Serviceguard and shows how

they function within the Linux operating system.

• Chapter 4 (page 77) steps through the planning process.

• Chapter 5 (page 143) describes the creation of the cluster configuration.

• Chapter 6 (page 179) describes the creation of high availability packages.

• Chapter 7 (page 211) presents the basic cluster administration tasks.

• Chapter 8 (page 257) describes how to simulate Serviceguard clusters.

• Chapter 9 (page 263) provides a mechanism to the users to perform "availability audits" on

their Serviceguard cluster, nodes, and application packages running on the clusters.

• Chapter 10 (page 269) explains cluster testing and troubleshooting strategies.

• Appendix A (page 283) gives guidelines for creating cluster-aware applications that provide

optimal performance in a Serviceguard environment.

• Appendix B (page 295) provides suggestions for integrating your existing applications with

Serviceguard for Linux.

• Appendix C (page 299) contains a set of empty worksheets for preparing a Serviceguard

configuration.

• Appendix D (page 303) provides information about IPv6.

• Appendix E (page 309) provides a reference to the supported ranges for Serviceguard

parameters.

• Appendix F (page 311) provides the monitoring script template for Generic Resources.

• Appendix G (page 317) describes a group of tools to simplify the integration of popular

applications with Serviceguard.

Related Publications

For additional information, see the following documents at http://www.hp.com/go/

linux-serviceguard-docs:

• HP Serviceguard A.12.00.00 for Linux Release Notes

• HP Serviceguard Quorum Server Version A.04.00 Release Notes