Managing Serviceguard Fifteenth Edition, reprinted May 2008

Configuring Packages and Their Services
Choosing Package Modules
Chapter 6290
NOTE If the package halt function fails with “exit 1”, Serviceguard does not
halt the node, but sets no_restart for the package, which disables
package switching (auto_run), thereby preventing the package from
starting on any adoptive node.
Setting node_fail_fast_enabled to yes prevents Serviceguard from
repeatedly trying (and failing) to start the package on the same node.
For system multi-node packages, node_fail_fast_enabled must be set
to yes.
run_script_timeout The amount of time, in seconds, allowed for the
package to start; or no_timeout. The default is no_timeout. The
maximum is 4294.
If the package does not complete its startup in the time specified by
run_script_timeout, Serviceguard will terminate it and prevent it
from switching to another node. In this case, if
node_fail_fast_enabled is set to yes, the node will be halted (HP-UX
system reset).
If no timeout is specified (no_timeout), Serviceguard will wait
indefinitely for the package to start.
If a timeout occurs:
• Switching will be disabled.
• The current node will be disabled from running the package.
NOTE VxVM disk groups are imported at package run time and exported at
package halt time. If a package uses a large number of VxVM disk,
the timeout value must be large enough to allow all of them to finish
the import or export.
halt_script_timeout The amount of time, in seconds, allowed for the
package to halt; or no_timeout. The default is no_timeout. The
maximum is 4294.