Managing Serviceguard Nineteenth Edition, Reprinted June 2011

Table 14 Types of Changes to Packages (continued)
Required Package StateChange to the Package
CAUTION: Removing a file system may cause problems if the file system cannot
be unmounted because it's in use by a running process. In this case Serviceguard
kills the process; this could cause the package to fail.
Package must not be running.Remove a file system: legacy
package
Package can be running.Change
concurrent_fsck_operations,
These changes in themselves will not cause any file system to be unmounted.
concurrent_mount_and_umount_operations,
fs_mount_retry_count,
fs_umount_retry_count:
modular package
Package must not be running.Change
concurrent_fsck_operations,
concurrent_mount_and_umount_operations,
fs_mount_retry_count,
fs_umount_retry_count:
legacy package
Package can be running.Change
kill_processes_accessing_raw_devices:
modular package
Package must not be running.Change
kill_processes_accessing_raw_devices:
legacy package
Package can be running.Add a vxvm_dg or cvm_dg:
modular package
Package should not be running.Remove a vxvm_dg or cvm_dg:
modular package
See CAUTION under “Remove a volume group: modular package”.
Package can be running.Change vxvm_dg_retry: modular
package
Package must not be running.Add or remove a VXVM_DG or
CVM_DG: legacy package
Package must not be running.Change VXVM_DG_RETRY: legacy
package
Package can be running but proceed with caution. See “Renaming or Replacing
an External Script Used by a Running Package” (page 298).
Add, change, or delete external
scripts and pre-scripts: modular
package
Changes take effect when applied, whether or not the package is running. If you
add a script, Serviceguard validates it and then (if there are no errors) runs it
when you apply the change. If you delete a script, Serviceguard stops it when
you apply the change.
Package must not be running.Change vxvol_cmd
Package must not be running.Change vgchange_cmd
Package can be running.Change
concurrent_vgchange_operations,
These changes in themselves will not cause any volume group to be activated or
deactivated.
deactivation_retry_count,
enable_threaded_vgchange:
modular package
Package must not be running.Change cvm_activation_cmd
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