HP Serviceguard Quorum Server Version A.04.00 Release Notes, March 2009

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Printing History .............................................................................................................................7

1 HP Serviceguard Quorum Server Version A.04.00 Release Notes...................................................9

Announcements....................................................................................................................9

Cluster Name Restrictions..............................................................................................9

Using this Version...............................................................................................................10

Getting the Software......................................................................................................10

Documentation for This Version ..................................................................................10

Further Information.......................................................................................................10

What Is the Quorum Server?..............................................................................................10

How the Quorum Server Works....................................................................................10

System Requirements and Recommendations...................................................................11

System Requirements....................................................................................................11

Operating System and Hardware Requirements.....................................................11

Memory and Disk Requirements.............................................................................12

Network Recommendations..........................................................................................12

Compatibility with Serviceguard Versions........................................................................12

Installing the Quorum Server.............................................................................................13

Installing on HP-UX......................................................................................................13

Installing on Linux........................................................................................................14

Updating the Quorum Server.............................................................................................14

Updating the Quorum Server (HP-UX) .......................................................................14

Updating the Quorum Server (Red Hat Linux)............................................................15

Updating the Quorum Server (SUSE Linux).................................................................15

Configuring Serviceguard to Use the Quorum Server.......................................................16

About the QS Polling Interval and Timeout Extension.................................................16

Using Alternate Subnets................................................................................................17

Requirements for Using Alternate Subnets.............................................................17

Setting Quorum Server Parameters in the Cluster Configuration File.........................17

Setting Quorum Server Parameters for IPv6 Subnets...................................................18

Configuring and Running the Quorum Server..................................................................19

Creating a Package for the Quorum Server..................................................................19

Running the Quorum Server on a Single System..........................................................21

Specifying a Log File................................................................................................21

Running the Quorum Server....................................................................................22

Creating and Updating the Authorization File.............................................................22

Replacing a Failed Quorum Server System........................................................................23

Uninstalling the Quorum Server........................................................................................24

Patches, Fixes, and Known Problems in this Version.........................................................24

Patches...........................................................................................................................25

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