Managing Serviceguard Nineteenth Edition, Reprinted June 2011

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? ” (page 20), “How the Package
Manager Works” (page 48), and “Package Configuration Planning ” (page 120) 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 ” (page 120).
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 217)).
2. Generate the package configuration file (page 241).
3. Edit the configuration file (page 242).
4. Verify and apply the package configuration (page 245).
5. Add the package to the cluster (page 246).
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