Managing Serviceguard Fifteenth Edition, reprinted May 2008

Understanding Serviceguard Software Components
Serviceguard Architecture
Chapter 364
• vxfend - When Veritas CFS is deployed as part of the Serviceguard
Storage Management Suite, the I/O fencing daemon vxfend is also
included. It implements a quorum-type functionality for the Veritas
Cluster File System. vxfend is controlled by Serviceguard to
synchronize quorum mechanisms.
• cmvxd - The Serviceguard-to-Veritas daemon coordinates the
membership information between Serviceguard and Veritas'
Clustered File System product. (Only present when Veritas CFS is
installed.)
• cmvxping - The Serviceguard-to-Veritas daemon activates certain
subsystems of the Veritas Clustered File System product. (Only
present when Veritas CFS is installed.)