Managing Serviceguard Seventeenth Edition, First Reprint December 2009

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
” (page 365).
Use the following bullet points as a checklist, referring to the “Package Parameter
Explanations” (page 263), and the comments in the configuration file itself, for detailed
specifications for each parameter.
NOTE: Optional parameters are commented out in the configuration file (with a # at
the beginning of the line). In some cases these parameters have default values that will
take effect unless you uncomment the parameter (remove the #) and enter a valid value
different from the default. Read the surrounding comments in the file, and the
explanations in this chapter, to make sure you understand the implications both of
accepting and of changing a given default.
In all cases, be careful to uncomment each parameter you intend to use and assign it
the value you want it to have.
• package_name. Enter a unique name for this package. Note that there are stricter
formal requirements for the name as of A.11.18.
• package_type. Enter failover, multi_node, or system_multi_node.
(system_multi_node is reserved for special-purpose packages supplied by HP.)
Note that there are restrictions if another package depends on this package; see
“About Package Dependencies” (page 168).
See “Types of Package: Failover, Multi-Node, System Multi-Node” (page 256) for
more information.
• node_name. Enter the name of each cluster node on which this package can run,
with a separate entry on a separate line for each node.
• auto_run. For failover packages, enter yes to allow Serviceguard to start the package
on the first available node specified by node_name, and to automatically restart it
later if it fails. Enter no to keep Serviceguard from automatically starting the
package.
• node_fail_fast_enabled. Enter yes to cause the node to be halted (system reset) if the
package fails; otherwise enter no.
For system multi-node packages, you must enter yes.
Editing the Configuration File 289