Managing Serviceguard Eighteenth Edition, September 2010

dependency_name
An identifier for a particular dependency that must be met in order for this package
to run (or keep running). It must be unique among this package's dependency_names.
The length and formal restrictions for the name are the same as for package_name
(page 288).
IMPORTANT: Restrictions on dependency names in previous Serviceguard releases
were less stringent. Packages that specify dependency_names that do not conform to the
above rules will continue to run, but if you reconfigure them, you will need to change
the dependency_name; cmcheckconf and cmapplyconf will enforce the new rules.
Configure this parameter, along with dependency_condition and dependency_location, if
this package depends on another package; for example, if this package depends on a
package named pkg2 to be running on the same node:
dependency_name pkg2dep dependency_condition pkg2 = UP dependency_location same_node
For more information about package dependencies, see the parameter descriptions
that follow, the cmmakepkg (1m) manpage, and the discussion in this manual “About
Package Dependencies” (page 179).
dependency_condition
The condition that must be met for this dependency to be satisfied.
The syntax is: <package_name> = <package_status>. <package_name> is the
name of the package depended on. Valid values for <package_status> are UP, or
DOWN.
• UP means that this package requires the package identified by <package_name>
to be up (that is, the status reported by cmviewcl is UP).
If you specify UP, the type and characteristics of the current package (the one you
are configuring) impose the following restrictions on the type of package it can
depend on:
— If the current package is a multi-node package, <package_name> must identify
a multi-node or system multi-node package.
— If the current package is a failover package and its failover_policy (page 292) is
min_package_node, <package_name> must identify a multi-node or system
multi-node package.
— If the current package is a failover package and its failover_policy (page 292) is
configured_node , <package_name> must identify a multi-node or system
294 Configuring Packages and Their Services