Managing Serviceguard Fifteenth Edition, reprinted May 2008

Configuring Packages and Their Services
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6 Configuring Packages and Their
Services
Serviceguard packages group together applications and the services and
resources they depend on.
The typical Serviceguard package is a failover package that starts on
one node but can be moved (“failed over”) to another if necessary. See
“What is Serviceguard?” on page 26, “How the Package Manager Works”
on page 74, and “Package Configuration Planning” on page 169 for more
information.
You can also create multi-node packages, which run on more than one
node at the same time.
System multi-node packages, which run on all the nodes in the
cluster, are supported only for applications supplied by HP.
Before you begin, make sure you have done the necessary planning; see
“Package Configuration Planning” on page 169.
Creating or modifying a package requires the following broad steps, each
of which is described in the sections that follow:
1. Decide on the package’s major characteristics and choose the
modules you need to include (page 277).
2. Generate the package configuration file (page 311).
3. Edit the configuration file (page 313).
4. Verify and apply the package configuration (page 320).
5. Add the package to the cluster (page 322).