HP Serviceguard Quorum Server Version A.04.00 Release Notes, May 2014

You must have root capability to run the Quorum Server. On a single system, configure the Quorum
Server to start up when the system on where it is installed restarts or reboots. Create an entry such
as the following in the /etc/inittab file:
• For HP-UX:
qs:345:respawn:/usr/lbin/qs >> /var/adm/qs/qs.log 2>&1
• For All Red Hat Linux Releases prior to RHEL 6 (all in one line):
qs:345:respawn:/usr/local/qs/bin/qs >> /var/log/qs/qs.log 2>&1
NOTE: Nothing has to be done on RHEL 6 systems for Quorum Server to start up when the
system on which it is installed. As part of installation this is added to the “upstart.”
In RHEL 6, init from the sysvinit package has been replaced with “upstart”, an
event-based init system. This system handles the starting of tasks and services during boot,
stopping them during shutdown and supervising them while the system is running."
With this /etc/inittab is depricated.
• For SUSE Linux:
qs:345:respawn:/opt/qs/bin/qs >> /var/log/qs/qs.log 2>&1
Start the Quorum Server as follows:
init q
On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, use the following command to start the quorum server process:
/sbin/initctl start qs
Verify the Quorum Server is running by checking the qs.log file. (Recommended log pathnames
are in Table 3 (page 17).)
For HP-UX, enter: cat /var/adm/qs/qs.log
For Linux, enter: cat /var/log/qs/qs.log
The log must contain entries such as the following, indicating that the Quorum Server has started:
Oct 04 12:25:06:0:main:Starting Quorum Server
Oct 04 12:25:09:0:main:Server is up and waiting for connections at port 1238
Creating and Updating the Authorization File
The Quorum Server reads the authorization file when it starts up. You need to create the file, on
the system(s) where the Quorum Server software resides, when you first install the Quorum Server,
and update it when you add nodes to a cluster the Quorum Server serves, or add or change the
IP addresses or hostnames by which the nodes communicate with the Quorum Server.
On an HP-UX system, the authorization file must be /etc/cmcluster/qs_authfile.
On a Red Hat Linux system, it must be /usr/local/qs/conf/qs_authfile.
On a SUSE Linux system, it must be /opt/qs/conf/qs_authfile.
Enter into the file the fully-qualified hostnames, or IP addresses, of all the cluster nodes that will
obtain quorum services from this Quorum Server. Use one line per node, for example:
ftsys9.localdomain.com
ftsys10.localdomain.com
18 HP Serviceguard Quorum Server Version A.04.00 Release Notes