Managing Serviceguard 11th Edition, Version A.11.16, Second Printing June 2004

Understanding Serviceguard Software Components
How the Package Manager Works
Chapter 3 75
Figure 3-6 After Package Switching
Failover Policy
The Package Manager selects a node for a package to run on based on the
priority list included in the package configuration file together with the
FAILOVER_POLICY parameter, also coded in the file or set with
Serviceguard Manager. Failover policy governs how the package
manager selects which node to run a package on when a specific node has
not been identified and the package needs to be started. This applies not
only to failovers but also to startup for the package, including the initial
startup. The two failover policies are CONFIGURED_NODE (the default) and
MIN_PACKAGE_NODE. The parameter is coded in the package ASCII
configuration file:
# Enter the failover policy for this package. This policy will
be used
# to select an adoptive node whenever the package needs to be
started.
# The default policy unless otherwise specified is