Managing Serviceguard 13th Edition, February 2007

Understanding Serviceguard Software Components
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3 Understanding Serviceguard
Software Components
This chapter gives a broad overview of how the Serviceguard software
components work. The following topics are presented:
• Serviceguard Architecture
• How the Cluster Manager Works
• How the Package Manager Works
• How Package Control Scripts Work
• How the Network Manager Works
• Volume Managers for Data Storage
• Responses to Failures
If you are ready to start setting up Serviceguard clusters, skip ahead to
Chapter 5, “Building an HA Cluster Configuration,” on page 187