Managing Serviceguard Fifteenth Edition, reprinted May 2008

Configuring Packages and Their Services
Editing the Configuration File
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Editing the Configuration File
When you have generated the configuration file that contains the
modules your package needs (see “Generating the Package Configuration
File” on page 311), you need to edit the file to set the package parameters
to the values that will make the package function as you intend.
IMPORTANT Do not edit the package configuration file of a Veritas Cluster Volume
Manager (CVM) or Cluster File System (CFS) multi-node or system
multi-node package.
Create VxVM-CVM-pkg or SG-CFS-pkg by means of the cmapplyconf
command. Create and modify SG-CFS-DG-id# and SG-CFS-MP-id# using
the cfs commands listed in Appendix A, “Serviceguard Commands,” on
page 439.
It is a good idea to configure complex failover packages in stages, as
follows:
1. Configure volume groups and mount points only.
2. Check and apply the configuration; see “Verifying and Applying the
Package Configuration” on page 320.
3. Run the package and ensure that it can be moved from node to node.
NOTE cmcheckconf and cmapplyconf check for missing mount points,
volume groups, etc.
4. Halt the package.
5. Configure package IP addresses and application services.
6. Run the package and ensure that applications run as expected and
that the package fails over correctly when services are disrupted. See
“Testing the Package Manager” on page 406.