Managing Serviceguard 13th Edition, February 2007

Understanding Serviceguard Software Components
How the Package Manager Works
Chapter 3 87
Table 3-3 Package Failover Behavior
Switching Behavior
Options in
Serviceguard
Manager Parameters in ASCII File
Package switches
normally after
detection of service,
network, or EMS
failure, or when a
configured resource
dependency is not met.
Halt script runs before
switch takes place.
(Default)
• Service Failfast
not set (for all
services).
(Default)
• Node Fail Fast
not set.
(Default)
• Auto Run set
for the package.
(Default)
• NODE_FAIL_FAST_ENABLED set to
NO. (Default)
• SERVICE_FAIL_FAST_ENABLED
set to NO for all services.
(Default)
• AUTO_RUN set to YES for the
package. (Default)
Package fails over to
the node with the
fewest active packages.
• Failover Policy
set to minimum
package node.
• FAILOVER_POLICY set to
MIN_PACKAGE_NODE.
Package fails over to
the node that is next
on the list of nodes.
(Default)
• Failover Policy
set to
configured
node. (Default)
• FAILOVER_POLICY set to
CONFIGURED_NODE. (Default)
Package is
automatically halted
and restarted on its
primary node if the
primary node is
available and the
package is running on
a non-primary node.
• Failback policy
set to
automatic.
• FAILBACK_POLICY set to
AUTOMATIC.
If desired, package
must be manually
returned to its primary
node if it is running on
a non-primary node.
• Failback Policy
set to Manual.
(Default)
• Failover Policy
set to
configured
node. (Default)
• FAILBACK_POLICY set to MANUAL.
(Default)
• FAILOVER_POLICY set to
CONFIGURED_NODE. (Default)