Managing Serviceguard Eighteenth Edition, September 2010

NOTE: Optional parameters are commented out in the configuration file (with a # at
the beginning of the line). In some cases these parameters have default values that will
take effect unless you uncomment the parameter (remove the #) and enter a valid value
different from the default. Read the surrounding comments in the file, and the
explanations in this chapter, to make sure you understand the implications both of
accepting and of changing a given default.
In all cases, be careful to uncomment each parameter you intend to use and assign it
the value you want it to have.
• package_name. Enter a unique name for this package. Note that there are stricter
formal requirements for the name as of A.11.18.
• package_type. Enter failover, multi_node, or system_multi_node.
(system_multi_node is reserved for special-purpose packages supplied by HP.)
Note that there are restrictions if another package depends on this package; see
“About Package Dependencies” (page 179).
See “Types of Package: Failover, Multi-Node, System Multi-Node” (page 280) for
more information.
• node_name. Enter the name of each cluster node on which this package can run,
with a separate entry on a separate line for each node.
• auto_run. For failover packages, enter yes to allow Serviceguard to start the package
on the first available node specified by node_name, and to automatically restart it
later if it fails. Enter no to keep Serviceguard from automatically starting the
package.
• node_fail_fast_enabled. Enter yes to cause the node to be halted (system reset) if the
package fails; otherwise enter no.
For system multi-node packages, you must enter yes.
• run_script_timeout and halt_script_timeout. Enter the number of seconds Serviceguard
should wait for package startup and shutdown, respectively, to complete; or leave
the default, no_timeout; see (page 290).
• successor_halt_timeout. Used if other packages depend on this package; see “About
Package Dependencies” (page 179).
• script_log_file (page 292).
• log_level (page 292).
• failover_policy (page 292). Enter configured_node or min_package_node.
(This parameter can be set for failover packages only.)
• failback_policy (page 293) Enter automatic or manual.
(This parameter can be set for failover packages only.)
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