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

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Printing History ............................................................................................4
1 HP Serviceguard Quorum Server Version A.04.00 Release Notes.....................5
Announcements........................................................................................................................5
Cluster Name Restrictions......................................................................................................5
Using this Version.....................................................................................................................5
Getting the Software............................................................................................................5
Documentation for This Version .............................................................................................6
Further Information...............................................................................................................6
What is the Quorum Server?......................................................................................................6
How the Quorum Server Works?............................................................................................6
System Requirements and Recommendations................................................................................7
System Requirements............................................................................................................7
Operating System and Hardware Requirements...................................................................7
Memory and Disk Requirements........................................................................................8
Network Recommendations...................................................................................................8
Compatibility with Serviceguard Versions.....................................................................................9
Installing the Quorum Server....................................................................................................10
Installing on HP-UX.............................................................................................................10
Installing on Linux..............................................................................................................10
Updating the Quorum Server ..................................................................................................11
Updating the Quorum Server (HP-UX) ..................................................................................11
Updating the Quorum Server (For All Red Hat Linux Releases prior to RHEL 6)............................12
Updating the Quorum Server from qs-A.04.00.01 to qs-A.04.00.02 or later (For RHEL 6)...........12
Updating the Quorum Server (SUSE Linux)............................................................................12
Configuring Serviceguard to Use the Quorum Server...................................................................13
About the QS Polling Interval and Timeout Extension..............................................................13
Using Alternate Subnets......................................................................................................13
Requirements for Using Alternate Subnets.........................................................................13
Setting Quorum Server Parameters in the Cluster Configuration File..........................................14
Setting Quorum Server Parameters for IPv6 Subnets...........................................................14
Requirements for Using IPv6 Subnets...........................................................................15
Configuring IPv6 Addresses without the July 2009 Patch................................................15
Configuring and Running the Quorum Server.............................................................................15
Creating a Package for the Quorum Server...........................................................................16
Running the Quorum Server on a Single System.....................................................................17
Specifying a Log File.....................................................................................................17
Running the Quorum Server............................................................................................17
Creating and Updating the Authorization File........................................................................18
Replacing a Failed Quorum Server System.................................................................................19
Uninstalling the Quorum Server................................................................................................20
Patches, Fixes, and Known Problems in this Version.....................................................................20
Patches.............................................................................................................................20
Known Problems and Workarounds......................................................................................20
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